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Member#: 7269 Location: Registered: 02-01-2008 Diary Entries: 20
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4th April 2004
Windsurfing: Hayling Wind Direction: SW (some west) Wind Stength: 25mph Surf / Sea State: Lumpy Air Temperature: 12 Sea Temperature: 10 Weather: SUNSHINE Max Speed: Distance Covered:
What a day - lovely. Got down there about 2pm due to the tides. Rigged 5m
but was a bit overpowered and I wanted a smaller sail to try some things
with - rigged the 4.5.
Tide graddully dropped and had some great wave riding, (yes frontside which
is a miracle for me) close to the beach near the kiting area. As tide
dropped further there was a huge rip and decided to bugger off to the
sandbar. - Nice steep 3-4ft ramps. Some riding but nothing amazing (my
abilty not the waves). A few stand up jet skies turned up to play in the
waves. A bit unverving consdieirng theor machines weigh quite a bit. They
soon buggered off.
A couple of guys wre going for forward and back loops. decided ive got
nothing to lose as I had my helmet on. Apprached a 2ft reformed wave and
just sheeted in as I was told. Whoooooeeeeeeee!! Big rush then quiet as I
looked at my tail (I was also told to look behind me on take off) then big
splash and my a4se hit the water - kind of waterstarterd out. I dont think
it looked stylish but more of a roll than forward but well chuffed. Did
about 5 in all with various outcomes one was a nasty back slap but was OK.
Well pleased - took some guts everytime. Tide dropped so much that the
waves lost their appeal. Got off the water about 430-5ish - what a day.
Hope the bank holiday happens.
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