Want to fight?

Or the art of going with the flow

Drawing by Tineke Tammes

Twelve years old. Stark naked, apart from the bright green plastic shoes. 

My parents had taken us on holiday to the south of Brittany. To a naturist camping and now beach. 

The sun was shining. The waves of the Atlantic Ocean were crashing onto the shore.

I was in my element. Waiting for the 'right' wave. Trying to catch the wave a…