Sorry Scott I forgot to mention that until I saw you were already on the water and then realized it was too late. Glad you had a good session though. It was a very nice day to be out, besides all the stuff in the water. I saw that power pole in the water too. Also saw you getting some good rides! It was great to see you on the water again sorry I didn't get a chance to say hello. See you next time, I know it's hard to get out with a baby but hope it's not too long before you get out again.Lowesdown wrote:I should have joined at the boat launch
Hey Gabriel glad you guys got out, you should have a great weekend, wish I could join you!gabrielb wrote:Tofino is looking good as your past weekend.
Lowesdown wrote:I know. There was tons of debris also saw some large logs, what appeared to be a power pole and other chunks of wood. I did manage to have a really good session regardless of the debris, I rigged up my 5.7 on my 111. I was powered the whole time which was good for nailing down some techniques. Last night I did a little bit of reading on rig tuning and I moved my mast foot way mor forward and my board was way less squirrley and stayed a lot more stable. It was almost at the last possible spot. I managed to stay upwind for the most part, which is a big accomplishment in my books. I was working on staying upwind however I wasn't in the straps all of the time, I defiantly improved as the day progressed. I did notice it was easier to stay upwind when heading back to shore... Is that normal with the wave and wind direction at Centennial?
Looks like 5 or so kites scored and Michael at the boat launch, on the dropping tide I should have joined at the boat launch, near the end I hit a few sand bars. Whoops!
All in all a great day with epic weather.
Michael wrote:Not the spring session I was hoping for but it was nice to get out. Was powered on the 5.2 for about an hour then things started to get light. The waves were starting to set up nicely on the outside but right it the sweet spot was a massive debris field! I've never seen it like that before even on the highest winter tides. There was stuff everywhere! I had to slog through it a few times and one time got a big piece of wood stuck to my fin, I had to jump in and get it off. It wasn't your usual stuff either, tonnes of chunks of wood, big weeds, some construction materials and lots of other $H!#, it look like some municipality must have bulldozed everything off their beach and pushed it out to sea, nasty. Please let there be another spring session, I'm not ready for Squamish yet!