CONQUISTADORS OF THE USELESS

3 QUESTIONS

1 DO YOU WANT TO SURF THE BEST WAVES OF YOUR LIFE?

2 CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?

3 ARE YOU ABLE TO MEET ME AT THE AIRPORT AT 6AM TOMORROW?

What would you do if the same questions were pinged to you by a famous surf photographer on a Monday morning at 5am, precipitating a sea change in your quiet life?

The answers were all yes, of course, although the overspill into other lives was significant. Bailed on my girlfriend mid-house renovation; bailed on my job; bailed on the plethora of neatly packaged responsibilities that you only realise you have when you turn your back on them.

Instead, I suddenly found myself stuffing possessions into a board-bag, while trotting out lies to the most important people in my life down my cell phone.

“Where? I don’t know. I know that sounds strange… I’m sorry. One week… I’m sorry.”

With the cogs firmly in motion and adrenaline running thin over hours in transit, I hang on to the fact that we’re only a couple more