Was at work today and it was blowing 20 at Chappy. I was pretty psyched to try some initial board-off tricks. Of course, since I have the best luck in all the world, when I got to Chappy, it had dropped to about, oh, 10. Nice. Good thing I brought my skim board. I ended […]
Went into work early, and left early, so I could sail at Chappy this afternoon. Unfortunately, winds were not nearly as high as predicted, and were extremely variable. According to the iWindsurf sensor when I left work, the sustained winds were around 20, gusts to 25, but the lulls were down around 12!! It was […]
Dawn Patrol at Wood Neck today. Peter was there as well. Very strange conditions…not gusty, more like variable. I’d be overpowered and having a nice time for a few minutes, then it would die for a few minutes and I’d have to sine like crazy. I had an ice cream headache the whole time, air […]
I’ve had a hard week, so I took the afternoon off and went kiting at Scusset Beach with Rob. Ed and George were there also, although unfortunately they didn’t get much riding in. Totally gnar conditions, wind was direct onshore, some of the waves were well overhead. And, I’m glad to say, I totally […]
Went to Chappy after work today. Wind was not as thermonuclear as they were predicting, which was a bummer. I was really looking forward to be insanely powered up. Instead, I was powered up, but didn’t have as much as I could have handled or wanted. Now that I’m trying bigger tricks, and grabs and […]
Went to Chappy after work today, and was feeling like I would be underpowered on my 9m Waroo. Luckily, Rob was coming in with his new-to-him 12m Waroo, and was gracious enough to let me go out for a ride with his gear. Didn’t want to go too nuts with Rob’s gear, butI was able […]