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Member#: 494 Location: Manchester Registered: 04-01-2004 Diary Entries: 3
Mood: Reet
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11th January 2004
Boogie Boarding: Porth Oer Wind Direction: West south west Wind Stength: Suicidal Surf / Sea State: reasonable size,messy Air Temperature: 3 degrees C Sea Temperature: Cold with knobs on Weather: damp Max Speed: Distance Covered:
Began the day with a hang over and stinking on last night's kebab. Made it
to Thodd's on time incredibly and we made our way to Abersoch. After an
hour or so on the road, we stopped to eat at which point I realised that
I'd forgotten my towel, much to the amusement of the others who leapt to my
rescue and picked up loads of McDonalds napkins.... funny b******s!
We checked out Hell's Mouth first and were greeted by a white churning mess
and a wind suitable for kite surfing the QE2. Infact the only signs of
potential were being shown by the puddle in the carpark which was
demonstrating a clean right hand reef break of around an inch or two!
Hindered by Sat Nav we made our way over to whistling sands (via bognor
regis judging by the route! Never trust a computer!) and found that
although the wind was still howling along, the enclosed bay was picking up
some reasonable 5 foot sets.
We suited up in 3 degree centigrade winds (according to Madam Sat Nav)
which is about as much fun as glueing your willy to a ferarri. Having
never surfed here before, I was really chuffed that there is a channel down
the left hand side which allows you to get to the back of the break without
fighting your way through the first 3 lines. Within 2 seconds, I'm
eternally grateful to my girlfriend for buying me wetgloves for xmas... 2
seconds after that I'm in ice cream hell...... the ice cold spray was
being blown at hell of a rate straight into my eyeballs, which I enjoyed
immensely.
In all seriousness though, it was a really good session by the time we came
out after about an hour. We had warmed up a lot apart from the odd head
freeze and had some quality rides and the odd wipeout. I really buzzed off
being back in the swell in my little world where I'm only caring about one
thing - That rush of riding this amazing force. Watching Thodd absolutely
take it home on one of the biggest sets that day helped to make it a
perfect session.
I say perfect... remember the towel thing! Blue and crying is probably a
good way of discribing the last part!
Still it's getting a five stars for being a truly awesome day!
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