Thursday, May 7, 2009

This is our car. What a knacker. No A/C. The back doors don't open. Windows only go down from drivers side. Stereo doesn't work. Cheap as chips though and no one will steal it! And the junkie long boards kinda match it.
Had my first windsurf yesterday. Totally marginal 10 knots of wind but plenty of good waves breaking on the Upper Kanaha reef so lots of fun catching them and trying to ride them with a little style. 90 litre Goya wave and my 5.3 Down the line riding though which I have never done before and completely kooked it a few times getting washed over the reef but its all pretty safe down there and good practice when it turns on at the better and more full on spots up the coast. Locals tell me that its is very unusual conditions. Very light wind and some reasonable swell.
Our little surf spot right out front has been a bit junk all week until this morning when it turned on for a hour. Just me and a longboarder out and some great head high plus lefts. Super shallow on the inside though with rocks sticking out the water. I tried to get back out the water via the rocks and got properly worked. Dinged my board and my pride. Won't do that again!
The forecast is for light winds into next week but there is tonnes to do so its not the end of the world. We have books to read and plenty of beers and just watching the world go by here is great.
Sorry there is no more pictures but some will be on the way soon.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Guys, sounds like you are having a wonderful time, glad that Riversdale was able to provide you with the ideal training and build up for Hawaii !! - Cheers Penny

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  2. Yep. The surf at riversdale is very similar. Not so much Pinot though. We have to drink Budweiser instead. The place here feels just like a bach actually and we have said it reminds us of your place. Say hi to Mark for me.
    Aloha

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