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Things I’m Glad I Didn’t Know When I Started Surfing

Near-drowning experiences, streaming noses and what's REALLY inside all that saltwater you've been swallowing...

Not THAT kind of nose… Photo: Paolo Marchesi

All that wiping out, duck-diving and turtle-rolling frequently pushes copious amounts of seawater up your nose and into your sinuses. Unfortunately, what goes up must come down.

You’ll drop a pen in a meeting later that morning, and when you bend to pick it up off the floor – drip, drip, drip.

In lunchtime yoga class, downward poses will send dribbles from your nose onto the mat.

And better not go to bed with anyone for the first time post-surf (unless you were riding waves together). Certain sexual positions will release an unromantic dribble of water onto your partner’s face.

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