GROM GRADUATION
Feb 09, 2022
4 minutes
WORDS BY MAT BELL WINNER OF THE 2022 SURFING LIFE TRAVEL WRITING COMPETITION
PHOTOS BY
RAY BISSCHOP
The power and beauty of surf travel is that it is an antidote to the rigours and the tedium that generally defines most of our lives. When we travel for surf, whether we score or get skunked, it stimulates satisfaction and growth. Is it rebellion, escapism, or a chance to feel? Whatever the reason, surf travel is a psychological, rather than, a physical tonic.
Life-changing journeys become such powerful memories that it can feel like yesterday. This is one of them—life’s serendipitous spinoffs. The narrow freedom between the end of a schooling career and entering the workforce.
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