by Tristan Gordon
Fresher Tristan gives us an idea of what it’s like to join the Wakeboard club, and a run down of what they’ve been up to so far.
Signing up at Freshers’ Fayre couldn’t have been easier, apart from having a banging headache hangover, and working out where Wakeboarding was. Once there I actually found out about ‘White Out’, a Wakeboard social that involves not being able to see straight or allowing anyone to understand you till 7pm the next day. The introduction as a Fresher had begun; living in halls meant that trying to work out where anything might be apart from at Guildhall and Gunwarf would be impossible, therefore trying to find a “£1 roast dinner at the Eldon arms with added banter” for a social was going to be a struggle.
From here, the world of being called ‘Fresh” became standard, though getting to know most of the Pompey Wake guys made it a little easier; and eventually I would lose the name ‘Fresher’. After the liquid-based few weeks, we managed to get out on a trip, hit the water and enjoy; though on the way back, quote: “a fat lady just crashed into our bus”, making the day a little more adventurous. With the insurance information afterwards, everything had all become a little more exciting.
In all honesty, Wakeboarding is a fantastic sports club. I’ve already met some great mates to sort out somewhere to live next year, got a fair bit of banter, a cheap roast dinner, first session was free and I might even have had a couple of drinks on the side (enough to forget the night before). So yeah, from a Fresher’s point of view, Pompey Wake all the way!
Well I might just well sign up for Freshers’ Fayre – nice article – look forward to the next one