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Tune
in Your Positive Brain Waves
Myzsa Willis,
9, performs a headstand on her board during a session
at 15th Street recently. She is the youngest person
ever documented to perform the feat.
Ocean waves are a most powerful force.
It's been said a breaking 20-foot wave at Waimea Bay
in Hawaii has enough power to light New York City for
three minutes. Yet with the right mindset, surfers play
with the rollers while others head for the hills (literally).
Equally as powerful, and in ways more so, are our personal
brain waves. What we think and believe will have a profound
affect on all of us individually and collectively.
Success emanates from positive beliefs. It's safe to
say, from catching one's very first wave to surfing
a tidal wave, all successful achievement has come from
a single thought -I think I can. In life we help create
our own wipeouts or triumphs depending on how and what
we think.
Genius lies in breaking new ground or going where no
others have ever gone. Once something is accomplished,
others look on and already know for sure it can be done.
This is when supreme and deep faith are needed with
single focus on "I can."
There is a famous surf spot in Hawaii known as the Banzai
Pipeline. The pipeline is a very challenging wave reserved
for experts only. Because these powerful waves break
over a dangerously shallow reef, surfing pros from around
the world approach with caution.
Nowadays, even the feared waves of the Pipeline are
crowded with surfers wanting to prove to themselves
and others they have what it takes to ride these skill-testing
waves.
There was
a time not long ago when not one surfer would even attempt
to paddle out. One day, Phil Edwards from California
became the first surfer to challenge Pipeline.
Imagine standing on the beach by yourself looking out
at these incredibly steep and hollow waves. Imagine
feeling the sea spray permeating the air and hearing
the explosion as waves came crashing in. How could Edwards
know if successfully surfing these waves was possible?
The only way to know for sure was to try. The only way
Edwards was able to get off the beach and attempt this
courageous feat was his belief that he could. Not only
was he the first surfer to surf Pipeline he was the
first to get tubed across the reef and make it. Edwards
set a standard for surfing that has been equaled but
never surpassed.
The power of belief works for every boy or girl regardless
of age. Every once in a while some expert surfer will
showcase their talent and skill and to the pleasure
of those watching, come surfing in doing a headstand.
This master maneuver is reserved for only the rare few,
the top class of surfers.
Myzsa Willis, 9, who has been surfing since the tender
age of 2, does headstands routinely. She also switches
her stance from left to right with ease, making her
possibly the youngest person in the world under 10 who
can surf four ways (right, left, right side up, and
upside down.)
She showed up on the beach in Del Mar one afternoon
surfing mainly the inside waves. As one particular white
water wave rolled in, she prepared herself and
started paddling for it. To everyone's amazement, once
she caught the wave, instead of jumping to her feet,
she gently put her head on the surfboard and raised
her feet straight up high into the air.
Everyone on the beach stood and cheered. Beginner and
advanced surfers alike watched totally transfixed as
she surfed in upside down. Some surfers in the water
taking lessons, who were having trouble just getting
to their feet, were completely in awe. After going back
out, she rode three more waves, her last one coming
in upside down doing the splits, a super crowd pleaser.
Once back on the beach Myzsa was asked about her incredible
feat. After all, she had never seen anyone surfing upside
down let alone another kid. This surfing gymnast queen
coolly replied, "I just thought I could do it and
then I did.
For all challenges we face or goals we want to accomplish,
even surfing dangerous waves or doing master surfing
maneuvers, for success, tune your brain waves to positive
thoughts such as "I think I can." A thought,
like a wave, can be a powerful thing. Sea you in the
Surf.
The Willis Bros. are surfing experts recognized for
surfing the worlds largest waves and teaching thousands
in Hawaii and California to surf.
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