WHEN I WAS LITTLE I USED TO SKATEBOARD AROUND MY BACK GARDEN, AND MY GRANDMA WOULD CALL OUT "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, THERE'S A GIRL IN THE GARDEN". IT WOULD SEND ME INTO SUCH FITS OF GIGGLES I WOULD FALL OFF MY BOARD, AND I'D END UP WITH NEW SCRATCHES EVERYDAY FROM HER CALLING THIS OUT. GROWING UP IT'S A PHRASE THAT'S BEEN DRUMMED INTO MY HEAD, ALWAYS PUTTING A SMILE ON MY FACE. NOW 20 AND HAVING SPENT MOST OF THE LAST DECADE SURFING, SNOWBOARDING, SKIING, PADDLE BOARDING, PARAGLIDING, SKATEBOARDING AND SO ON, IT'S A PHRASE THAT STICKS TO ANYTHING MY GRANDMA WOULD SHAKE HER HEAD AT.
I'VE BEEN WANTING TO START A BLOG FOR SOME TIME NOW. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I TRAVELLED AROUND AUSTRALIA WITH MY BOYFRIEND. BEFORE I WENT, ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS SAID "ANNIE, YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING SUCH COOL THINGS, YOU SHOULD START A BLOG SO PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW." OF COURSE I AGREED, BUT PUT IT TO THE BACK OF MY MIND. FAST FORWARD NEARLY 2 YEARS, & NOT ONLY DID I TRAVEL AROUND OZ, I ALSO WORKED A SEASON IN MERIBEL, FRANCE - SNOWBOARDING & CLEANING TOILETS EVERYDAY! I WENT ON A 2 MONTH ADVENTURE TO BALI, SURFING SOME LOVELY WAVES & SUBMERGING MYSELF IN THE CULTURE. I ALSO WORKED A SUMMER IN MY NOW HOME TOWN OF ST.IVES, CORNWALL, LONG-BOARDING AT MY LOCAL BREAKS AND CHALLENGING MYSELF TO SOME STEEP CORNISH HILLS ON MY CRUISER (THAT DIDN'T GO SO WELL!) & I MISSED OUT ON THE CHANCE TO DOCUMENT IT ALL.
FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, & SOCIAL SITES AND MEDIA HAS GOTTEN THE BETTER OF ME. I RECENTLY SAW THE ROXY COMPETITION 'LET THE SEA SET YOU FREE', & KICKED MYSELF, AS IT SEEMED SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. WHEN I WENT TO MY BOYFRIEND ABOUT STARTING A BLOG, I MENTIONED THE NAME "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN", AND HE OOZED ENTHUSIASM! HE SAID "THAT'S GREAT, IT'S LIKE ANNIE IS GRABBING HER 'GUN' SURFBOARD & IS READY TO GO SURF SOME BIG WAVES!" I LAUGHED & THEN REALISED THERE WERE 2 SIDES TO MY NAME...
SO NOT ONLY DOES THIS BLOG REPRESENT MY GROWING LOVE OF EXTREME SPORTS, IN A WAY IT REPRESENTS THE 'BIG WAVES' I'VE OVERCOME AND GOING TO EXPERIENCE IN THE FUTURE. THIS BLOG IS A HAVEN, A PLACE WHERE I CAN UPLOAD MY PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS, MY FILM-MAKING AND PHOTOGRAPHS. TIPS ON HOW TO SURVIVE A SKI SEASON & THE NEWEST HEALTHY RECIPES I'VE FOUND. THIS BLOG IS SAYING 'ANNIE'S GRABBING HER CAMERA' OR 'ANNIE'S GOT HER PAINTS READY' OR 'ANNIE IS GETTING HER GUITAR OUT' (IF YOU'RE LUCKY) THIS BLOG IS ABOUT BEING CREATIVE AND DOCUMENTING TOO MANY MEMORIES & INSPIRATIONS I HAVE MISSED OUT ON.
MY BOYFRIEND NOW JOKES "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, THE SURF IS PUMPING." I CAN SEE MY GRANDMA NOW, SHAKING HER HEAD AWAY!!
(BY THE WAY, I DON'T HAVE A GUN SURFBOARD, OR SURF BIG WAVES. I'M MORE OF A 3FT-WAVE-KINDA-GAL. BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW MUCH FUN YOU'RE HAVING OUT THERE, RIGHT?!)
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