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Dry Surf lesson at Arugam Bay

Waves are recurring motion. Ever tumbling, ever crashing, forming great peaks before hollowing out in a shower of foam. Their existence evokes a sundry of organic human responses. The human can dominate the wave, or suffer its wrath like a forgotten tissue in a washing machine. Surfers find a thrill from riding a wall of water that has enough power to dwarf them. You know, man versus wild, that sort of stuff.

Surfers get snobby about their waves. Locals protect them, taking all the rides save the odd donation to a sun-burnt tourist in a gesture of charity, or pity. Surfers form some sort of salty secret society, their mandate: to protect their territory. During Sri Lankaa??s 30 year war, it was the LTTE Tamil Tigers who took the east coast and ironically, protected it from the cheap exploits of package tourism. Ita??s the same coast that was devastated by the most powerful wave of all, Tsunami – Japanese for a??harbour wave.a??

Now, the beaches are largely unspoiled and Arugam Bay Buy biaxin antibiotic is aA?favouriteA?among board riders. Friday nights are spent sitting in the sand with barbequed prawns and a beach fire flicking light on scorched facesa?? Swedes, Aussies, Spaniards, Germans and Austrians debriefing the daya??s biggest catches. Ita??s an international forum but I think theya??re speaking English or maybe ita??s some secret jargon you learn at the secret surfer society? Crests, tubes, breaks, impact zonesa?? a??Yeah, I had a car once,a?? I join in.

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