Crowded Waves and Quiet Trails

Friday off in May and a lucky swell. Surf 1 on the twinny was good but marred when I dropped it. Hung around for the push and surfed a very crowded reef on my log. Got the lions share with on of the c2c guys and later a couple of the other regulars that showed up. Most were just floating but it did make getting down the line without running people over interesting at times. And you don't want to be hit by a 9.2.

Later in week ride Cannock and it was nice and quiet, met a group on the trail and ended up riding the second half with them. We pushed each other onto some of the black sections and I was pleased to complete then all - shows how far you can progress in a couple of months riding.

Nasty little step up

Spotted in Monaco

These things are getting better with age.

 Couple of shots of them setting up for the race

Agent Orange

Goes like shit of a shovel. Two of the best surfs of the year, nice evening surf then the following morning

got up 4:30 to hit the beach at first light and it was pumping. The first half hour solo was just about as good as I have surfed and the new board the best board I have ridden - and I do love my single fin.

Wave number two was the money as they say, easy roll in then it walled up all the way to the inside allowing my average ability to draw the kind of lines that my  mind often plans but rarely delivers. Speed up for the last section then up and over the shoulder, paddle out and repeat. Someone later paddled up and said they had been watching from the road, "looked great first thing, you were all over it eh" oh aye my ego will take that all day long, at least till the next missed wave.

And more on the way for next week.

Wetsuit warming, wrap it round a bottle of boiling water.

New Rocket

Super clean logging

Perfect clean little pease on the push after low tide. Surfed it till the swell said goodbye to the bank.

Nice Drops

Report from 19a Ryanair, Beziers to Edinburgh. So after a long run of flatness the East Coast suddenly woke up and things got interesting again. A decent long range swell showed up and for a couple of hours at least the wind came good, a bank held some shape and it went real glassy. Once again a small few were getting our fill.

As is often the case there was a short period of twenty mins when things were just so and the drops got steep and the shoulder real pretty.

More of the same due tomorrow and a new board has been bought on a whim on Scottish second hand surfboards Facebook page.

No surf pics but how about this 2cv6 I saw in Meze this week.