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Stunning Elliot Bay
The old police station
another of the many lounge areas
The Kauri treeSand Surfing near 90 Miles Beach Part 2
Feeling a bit more adventurous, I managed to convince Connor to ride down the back slope. As we reached the first summit, we walked through the ridge to the top of the second slope. The first slope we tried had a 45 degree angle with ample of space to slow down. The slope we were about to try had an 80 degree angle with little room for error. Before I went down the slope, I asked Connor if he thought we had enough room to brake. He replied by saying sure. Oh, how na?ve we were at that time. What followed closely resembled a scene from a funny cartoon. I hopped into the buggie board and headed down hill head first. I quickly caught up a tremendous speed. Unlike the powdery sand of the slope on the front, this one was as hard as a rock and as hot as a frying pan. So down I went catching up speed without slowing down. I reached the bottom, which had very little room for braking. To my surprise, I didn't slow down and I was so fast I couldn't possible roll to the side without getting hurt. So, I instinctively covered my head with my arms and hopped for the best. Mimicking a cartoon character, I headed head on towards the upcoming smaller slope ahead of me. It was one of those slopes that have been weathered down by wind, thus showing a ninety degree angle wall. All I can remember is hitting that slope hard. It didn't hurt much at the time, but according to Connor I hit it like an exploding torpedo sending off sand up high into the air for all to see. It was hilarious he said! I was just happy to be alive for a few inches to my right and left was several sharp rocks that were not visible from above! I tried to warn him not to follow on my footsteps, but he didn't get the message up above. All I could see was him on the board riding at a fast speed down bellow. He saw the error of my ways though and managed to roll himself to the side to slow down. It didn't help him much either for he rolled like crazy. Luckily no one was hurt so we decided to head uphill to ride the easier slope on the other side.
