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Member#: 8704 Location: Registered: 02-12-2009 Diary Entries: 8
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21st October 2005
Windsurfing: Bigbury Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: F6-7 Surf / Sea State: Big Air Temperature: Ok Sea Temperature: Ok Weather: Sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered:
Managed to slip away from work early and got to Bigbury at around 2.30
which coincided conveniently with low tide. Rigged a 4.7 and the big wave
board but changed my mind straight away when I struggled to hold on to the
kit as I walked down the beach. Back to the van to rig a more sensible 4.1
and small wave board. Bumped into Spencer as I was rigging up, seems he had
a good day braving high tide in a SW.
First run out and the further across the bay, the bigger the waves got. It
was decision time about where to gybe, one mistake and you were punished by
a 10ft wall of impending white water. Took a few runs out to get
comfortable as I was very overpowered on the outside, then it was big jump
time. One big jump took me very high over the pit behind the wave and I
misjudged and landed very flat. After a few more runs I got nailed by a
wave that broke over the front of the board as I was going up the face.
Surfaced to an upside down board with an ominous crease, seems that flat
landing did a lot more damage than I thought. After walking back up wind (I
got pounded all the way into the River) I went for a few more tentative
runs but the damage to the board was quite bad so I wrapped up for the
day.
Another good day cut short by more kit damage looks like I'll be retiring
that board (my first custom) after it's 9 years of faithful service. I
watched the others for a bit and saw Dave from Reactive pull a neat stalled
forward with an almost over rotated landing which snapped half the fin off
the board!!
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