Monday, 14 February 2011

Winds: SW 14. 16m. Spleene Board. Navarre Pier session. Water: clear, but sun was getting low. Waves: none crashing near shore, rolls out past sand bar. Some very nice floaty jumps today. Odd thing: nobody called each other because they thought everyone's wife would let them go out. Pier is a pretty decent spot, but I wouldn't use it when spring comes around.

Sunday, 13 February 2011

Winds: SW 10-12. 16m. Spleene Board. Old spot session. Water: crystal, chilly. Waves: ripples. Air temp was awesome. Not an awesome session. Guys wanted to go to the old spot. Too busy. That's why I stick to the orange house. I feel bad about folks that left the beach because they guys got in the way. Wind came on a little stronger near sunset. Day prior, we paddleboarded and wind screamed from SW at about 3 o'clock. Thought there would be another repeat, oh well.

Wednesday, 3 February 2011

Winds: NNW 15-17. 16m. Spleene Board. Soundside Session. Water: cloudy day, some chop. Really low tide near launch. Freaking cold. Turned out to be 40 degrees. I held off jumping because I didn't want to crash and get wet!

Friday, 28 January 2011

Winds: WSW 14-16. 16m. Rogue Wave Board. Water: mostly clear, some haze from the chop. Waves: pretty calm, some hip highs on first sand bar. Four foot swells on second. A woman flagged me down and said that a kitesurfer had crashed and not gotten back up. I raced downwind to find him. He was swimming back to shore on his board. Towed him the rest of the way. Good save, but he would have been fine without my help. His kite eventually blew ashore.

Friday, 7 January 2011

Winds: Big Sabine SW 20-30. Soundside W 18-20. 16m. Rogue Wave Board. Water: gulf had a brown band around breaker, murk from high winds. Waves: fast and low. West wind blowing the tops off of them. Went out to Big Sabine, but conditions too strong. 11m still out of commission. Saw guys on way home at Mom's Beach. Decided to give it another try. Pretty good save! Packed up in the dark!

Sunday 2 January 2011

Winds: NW 11-18. 16m. Spleene Board. Soundside Session. Water: still chilly but was very clear in the Sound today. Gusty conditions, but very manageable. Losing stamina to put up with it, must change training regimen. Jesse broke chicken rope on the Helix.

Thursday 30 December 2010

Winds: SE 10-12. Forecast 17. 16m. Rogue Wave Board. Water: serious murk due to chop. Waves: fast, breaking quick. Some overhead. Was meant to be a downwinder with Philip and Tim, but the waves were a bit much and the wind didn't show up as forecasted. Did a few runs, could get upwind. Called it early.