This 70-year-old Cape Town granny is no ordinary surfer!
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- Опубліковано 20 кві 2017
- Bernie Shelly (70) first stepped onto a surfboard when she was just 19. Nearly 30 years and a hip replacement later, this grandmother of eight is still riding the waves.
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I grew up in Hawai’i, and surfed most of my life. Then I got married, and worked, and the ocean just went by wayside. Like all of you, I turn 70 in a couple of months, and starting to train. So mahalo Mrs. Shelly for the inspiration. You go girl. 😊
Yes! Just surfed for the first time at 50 and I'm so excited. Why did I wait? Doesn't matter because I finally did it!
THAN K YOU!
Looking at 70 in a few months... two surf boards in the barn five heart surgeries under my belt and ten good summers to go.
Your words are just the kick in the ass I need to recapture enough strength to get outside once again and enjoy the waves!
I love her.
Just Fantastic
Absolutely love this woman’s perspective. Who cares what people think-this seems to hold so many of us back from enjoying life and being able to test ourselves. Rock on lady❤
Go for it. I'm 71 and still riding a 6'0".
Peter Cole I'm 90 and still going strong.
@@Anth230 Your ageist humour is truly inspiring 😂 Your HQ even more
@Edward Molina Jr I'm Peter Cole from SF, Santa Cruz ( Cowell's 1962), Bolinas and Pacifica and now Oceanside not the older Socal to Hawaiian Sunset charger from the 1940's - 50's to present day.
That's impressive
GREAT...... Started in 66...still going...
Que gran inspiración es oir a esta dama .Tengo 56 años y comencé con el Bodyboard a los 49 y hace 3,empecé con el surf en mi tabla de 8 pies. Mis respetos y saludos desde Chile.🤘🇨🇱
Bless you girl so inspiring
Power to you Mrs. Shelly I wish we had more people like you in this world especially with your outlook and views on life - flowing love to you!
This is very inspiring
You BERNIE SHELLY are smart, super fit, competent and uplifting. Our patriarchal world badly needs free, progressive minds like yours, thank you! Truly inspiring😊.
Speaking of sexism and ageism ... just look at the title...Cape Town "Granny" .... Although she's a super fit surfer she is DEFINED by being a "granny". How ageist, sexist and small are youmagtv "minds" are? VERY.
She still looks so healthy. Shows how great surfing is
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You go girl!!
Yes!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 such an inspiraron! I live to surf and plan to surf till I die lol.
So inspirational 🙏
Great mind, thanks for sharing!
English observer: as a 75 year old ( reasonably healthy ) but stuck in a rut I was wondering if it’s pheasible to get back in the water after 50 years of not surfing, So…I searched for oldest surfer & this lovely lady appeared in my feed ! 🙏 Nuff said… here we go !! 🏄 Many thanks to the luvverly lady 😊
go for it! all the best :)
Great lady and words of wisdom you will have 20 more summers of surfing at least with your great attitude 🤙
Love and kisses
The draw of the ocean. Honored to share that with you.
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Cape Town surfers are hard as nails, must be the amount of white pointers they share the line up with.
Hey Grannie: Just take "Curcurma with a little black pepper" daily, along with 2-3 tablespoons of coconut oil and none of those age related brain problems won't even happen - don't even have to worry about them! From a 76 year old Surfer retired in Mexico.
An inspiration to me
An age is just a number indeed!
respect GIRL ! ;)
I think you mean nearly 50 years later.
Very motívate speech but we didn’t have seen surfing.
Nice except “Attitude is everything” cause you saying those who were “Struck” with horrible things had bad attitudes?
Amazing how you twisted her words ….. obviously she didn’t mean that 😠
where is the footage of her actually riding waves?