S11 –SUP – Agate Beach (2017 June 24)Magic. High heat. Waist to chest high glassy waves. SUP. Exactly what was required. Lovely smooth rides with minimal effort for most of the session. So glad I took the ProWave down! Then moved past the peak into a rip and the swell size jacked. This was requiring more effort than desired, so rode one to the beach and called it. Windoctor got some awesome shots of the surfers in the lee of Yakina Head (incredible barrelling wave)! Returned back to South Jetty State Park south of Newport to find wind still teasing. Simon headed home. Windoctor and I pulled the plug too and headed south to the campo and passed through south wind under sunny skies on route. 33 when we left Newport and a brisk 12 when we arrived in Gold Beach. Strange.
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SlideshowS12 –SUP – Cape Sebastian (2017 June 25)South Swell. South swell had arrived in earnest but it had a travelling partner – south wind. Pistol River was dumpy; Meyer Creek had a point break left and onshore wrap; Cape looked familiar on the uber low tide (lines of south swell) but a little rolly. Decided on the Cape. Windoctor said he would `rather read a book` when he saw the conditions, but I headed out anyway with the AllWave. Challenging, but rewarding. Windoctor graciously coached and shot photos. Tide was flooding quickly. Almost got barrelled in the mid-tide shore pound. Left the largest waves unchallenged as they were dumping in lines (at least that is my story and I am sticking to it).
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SlideshowS13 –windsurf – North Jetty (2017 June 25)Surprise, surprise! South wind. Sunshine. South swell. North Jetty. We stopped at the visitor centre for a quick look-see and it seemed the gravity of Windoctor’s ‘book’ had been replaced by the freshening south wind. Next stop was the North Jetty and this is where we launched. Windoctor was amped to sailing down-the-line side-on conditions to port. He ripped a few (hundred) turns! I took out 5.3/115 but was stop-start and in the ended decided to call it after long energy sucking walk of shame courtesy of a lull and some current. Seasonal Gold beach resident kiter said the locals usually launch from the wayside to the north to avoid extra current from the Rogue River. Fun to try new spots and new moves - check out Windoctor’s ‘Seastar’ (below)! Busy day for an 'off day'.
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