Wakeboarding in Camarines Sur

Location: Camarines Sur Watersports Complex, Camarines Sur, Bicol Region
Dates: May 15-17, 2009
Activities: Wakeboarding, swingboarding, navigating the Lago Del Rey obstacle course, participating in the Havaianas event, bonding with other travel-oriented and adventurous peeps, camwhoring

Liquid Force's newest endorser?

An angel in front and one mean wakeboarder in the background

Like I told you I was planning to do (in Cam Sur, here I come!), I went to the Camarines Sur Watersports Complex last weekend, with other people who were either just curious about wakeboarding or who were already wakeboarding enthusiasts. I, myself, am both  a rookie and an enthusiast. The first time I saw a wakeboard, I said to it: “I will conquer you someday!” Well, I haven’t quite conquered it yet. I know that if I persevere, though, I’ll reach that goal soon. I just have to keep going to Cam Sur or Calatagan so I can practice. I also want to visit The Boardinghouse in Talisay, Batangas (near Tagaytay). I’ve read that the facility rents out speedboats and wakeboarding equipment so that one can wakeboard on Taal Lake. I’ve only tried wakeboarding using a cable system; I’ve never tried it behind a speedboat. The pros say it’s actually easier to wakeboard with a speedboat towing the wakeboarder because it’s the speedboat that will adjust to his wakeboarding speed and style, not the other way around. With a cable system, it’s the person who has to adjust his speed and style.

Two pros

To somebody as fascinated with wakeboarding as I am, this is one beautiful image

When I went to Lago de Oro, I only got to kneeboard and could never really maneuver the sharp turns. But in Cam Sur, not only did I get to finally nail the turns, I was actually able to cross the lake with my feet, NOT my knees, on the board! Now I can say that I really wakeboarded, not just kneeboarded!

Unfortunately, my shots are all of me IN the lake, not on it. I think there’s only one shot of me on the board. My triumph has not been documented! Hmp. But no worries, I know there will be more wakeboarding weekends for me. I can’t even wait to get back on the board, sore muscles and all.

Ready

Set

And down I go! Hehehe...;p

Kneeboarding

Wakeboarding session #2: Posing before I put my feet on the board

This is called having fun while being dragged by a rope.

Aside from wakeboarding, we also  tried swingboarding, with Tikoy of Travel Factor and Trish as our coaches.

One foot first, girl...

...Now put the other foot on the swingboard, too.

The Master and her young Jedi: Tikoy and Ian

I went to Cam Sur with a bunch of strangers, and now I have a whole new set of friends. My travel buddies were a cool bunch of people, adventurous, most of them within my age range, and quite easy to get along with. It was a breeze for me to bond with them. We’re even planning to go on other trips together!

Our travel team, having brunch at CWC's clubhouse

With my housemates

Giant flipflops, anyone?

A Havaianas-sponsored event

The obstacle course on Lago Del Rey

The Camarines Sur Watersports Complex

Of course, my summer travel photos will not be complete without my mandatory FHM pose:

Somewhere over the rainbow...is a Liquid Force wakeboard with my name on it!

Thanks, TF, for one awesome weekend!

Travel Factor's Cam Sur Surfvivors

Puerto Galera

Your Writer, emoting on the beach

This is a photo blog, created to promote Puerto Galera, which was where I spent part of Holy Week. If I had to describe in one word this popular tourist spot in Mindoro Oriental, the word would be breathtaking. It truly is!

View Point

Your Writer, embracing the heat of the afternoon sun

Stripping during a rocky climb

Tamaraw Falls

The view from Ponderosa

My BFF Gi, higher up in Ponderosa

White Beach

Talipanan Beach

A great photo shoot location in Talipanan Beach

A taste of the famous and infamous Galera nightlife

Sabang Beach

The view from the rooftop of the Sabang Oasis

Divers on the blue waters off Sabang Beach

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A tip: In Puerto Galera, it is best to stay in Sabang Beach, visit different places other than the beaches, go to Talipanan Beach to swim and/or sunbathe, then head to White Beach to party.

Next stop: Mt. Pinatubo and then Sagada

My Red Bikini

I just bought a red bikini online. It’s so flirtatious and feminine, and I know that the color will flatter my skin tone.

The red bikini, my newest acquisition

I don’t know what has come over me, but I am loving summer. I usually don’t like the beach or swimming in the summer heat because I don’t want to tan, but I have lined up trips for this season. Where there is water, there are bikinis. Right now, I’m adding to my collection.

I always have a hard time finding a bikini that’s right for my body. Most bikini bottoms fit me well, but bikini tops are a different story altogether. A bikini top has to have the right shape and the right support, or else my nipples will probably stage a performance of their own while I’m on the beach or by the pool. That’s why when it comes to finding the perfect bikini top, I envy flat-chested women.  I think that’s one of the few advantages they have over women with ample breasts. They never find it difficult to shop for swimwear. Case in point: My friends and I were shopping last week for bikinis for our next trip, and the yellow bikini that I oh-so-wanted ended up being bought by my girlfriend. I tried to make the top fit me, but my boobs were battling with the fabric. They were like prisoners, seemingly yelling “Let us out! Let us out!” If I had bought the 2-piece suit, I’m pretty certain I’d end up embarrassing myself and my friends on the beach, for my boobs would surely pop out. Talk about being a showstopper!

Since this week is Holy Week, my newest acquisition will probably not get here in time for Galera. I’ll just wear it on my Bicol/Donsol excursion, which I’m very excited about. I’ll get to swim with whalesharks then!

If you’re curious about whalesharks, which are our native butandings, just Google the term. They’re an endangered species, they come out in groups from April to June, and they are some of the Philippines’ pride. They can be found in Donsol, Sorsogon.

What Happens in Cabu

…Is supposed to stay in Cabu. But I have chosen to post some “evidence” of what happened in Cabu here on The Beat…

Summer is off to a great start! I’m on vacation until April 13. My first summer activity was a trip last weekend to The Farm in Cabu, with 2 other nurses and some resident doctors of Radiology. As usual, because we nurses are camwhores, we spent most of the trip taking pictures of ourselves. Of course, we took some shots of the doctors, too. (I have  to admit that we spent most of the time taking pictures of ourselves alone, though. The residents just served as ornaments. )

And of course, where there’s a pool, there are bikini shots. I’m posting some of our pictures here. After all, your writer is vain, oh vain, oh vain!

Tres Bonitas: Your Writer, Aimee, Jen

My pink polka dot bikini from Topshop

The start of the Girl-On-Girl photo shoot, featuring The Vanities

Jen and Moi: What Dr. P will dream about tonight...

My newest Facebook profile pic

MD's and RN's...and Cabu