WInter 2017/2018

2018 so far has been a mixed bag of surfing for sure, but all in all the 2017/2018 winter is defo going down as the best season I have had, some amazing east coast sessions, some mentioned on this thread, many not.

Back to the last month or so, seen everything from long long long mellow waves on the 14ft race sup to a reef that likes to get very ugly on the take off and that I have mainly surfed in very heavy weather, at times unable to see paddling back up the point due to the rain smashing my face.

I have fixed 3 boards over one weekend and promptly smashed one up the following day on the rocks at Pease, a reef I have never had a board damaged on before despite surfing it for nearly 15 years now (is it really that long!!).

Wetsuit boots are difficult to use in deep snow I have discovered, but I did manage to Surf and Ski in one day in my own village after the beast from the east.

I set out in Jan with the intention of using the boards I don't often ride so:
6.3 Superfish - Had a couple of sessions on this but nothing outstanding - waiting for a good day with a bit of punch.
9.0 surf sup is actually good fun to use, now that I am getting used to the take off. Flapping a paddle around is pretty tedious though, but the whole standing to take off is quite cool. It has been fun learning a new type of surfing. I have caught more waves on my 14ft race board, just by tooling round the coast.
7ft magic carpet - forgotten how good this board is, perfect for the heavy weather reef mentioned above, easy to turn, forgiving blah blah, such a great board.
6.4 Webber After Burner - not ridden as yet - still not even waxed it.

More swell on the way, next week off as well.