Despite growing up inland in Wagga Wagga, Stacie Bobele, aka Surfing Mum, has been surfing for 15 years. What made her start surfing? The reason everyone does, Stacie explains, because it looks cool. Her first board, a completely inappropriate 7’2” gun, is now replaced by her 6’3” stick which she spends most of her wet [...]
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About Surfing Mum
Thursday, June 11th, 2009 -
Double-pink lines: How pregnancy and surfing can go together PART 2
Thursday, June 11th, 2009What a difference three weeks can make in the second trimester! As soon as I lay down on my borrowed board, it all felt very wrong – very wrong and VERY awkward. How do men with beer bellies do it?? Even so, I paddled out through the (somewhat messy and not great) Oceanside break to [...]
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Double-pink lines: How pregnancy and surfing can go together PART 1
Thursday, June 11th, 2009Very Handsome Husband (VHH) and I had just returned from a two-hour surf when I discovered I was pregnant. I had one test stick left, and despite missing my period, I strangely wasn’t expecting anything other than a negative result. As it was my job to rinse out the wetsuits while VHH picked up Mexican [...]
