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4th June 2005
Windsurfing: Shoreham Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: 23-28 kts (ish) Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: 15ºC Sea Temperature: 14ºC Weather: Overcast, sunny spells Max Speed: Distance Covered:
Met up with Boards forumers and fellow Loop Virgins Billyboy, Henryscat and
Chaos at the Ham. We had thought about going to Hove where the waves would
be better, but with more SW than W in the wind, Shoreham seemed to be the
better bet since it would be more cross-shore there.
Arrived around 12.30pm, just as the tide was beginning to drop away from
the groynes. Started with the 5.2....doh! Stupidly overpowered. So changed
down to the 4.5, fully downhauled, and was fine for the rest of the
session. Proper maxed out....but fine.
NO LOOPS. :( Only had one ramp where I should have gone for it. Rest of the
time, just no real waves to speak of, the usual messy chop instead. All
just lame excuses really I know, but feel I do need small 1-2 foot waves
breaking evenly and consistently on a sandbar such as at Hayling or Avon to
be able to prepare myself properly to go for them.
Anyway....all good apart from that. A solid bonkers windy session, much
windier than forecast and expected. Lack of waves meant there was nothing
particularly exciting about it, just relentless fully powered up charging
around. 4 hours on the water, now I'm shagged. :@
As I was driving back along the Brighton sea-front, couldn't help but
notice several sets of half-decent nice sized waves rollling in to the
beach. Hove would have been the better choice....oh well, next time.
More tomorrow hopefully. Thumbs up for these windy weekends!
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