S37 – SUP – Florencia (2019 July 8)Repeat. Look-sees at Long Beach (looked sweet up at tinnies, but Ethan wanted more), Rosie (heavy, quick, and a dozen shortboarders competing for the peak), Long Beach (thumpy now), so Flo it was. Very similar to the day before and delightful as well. A little smaller, some roll and a light southeast wind but it cleaned up as the session went on. A few nice rights and a few clean hits. Not as much power as the day before (yesterday I was able to back-door the peak a couple of times on purpose, but today no Bueno). Sorry Ethan didn`t join in the fun, but his choice. One friendly local surfer out sharing the peak lookers left of the stair case. I have a new found admiration for Flo.
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S38 – SUP – Green Point (2019 July 9)Morning. Less lullage, more girth and lower tide made for tough time getting out and a lot of energy burned. Seal was watching me again. Some well overhead. A lot of work for the limited number of rides, but still worth it.
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S39 – SUP – South Chesterman (2019 July 9)Bombs. Look-see at Long Beach (stirred up) and Cox Bay (cleaner but north end favoured and closing out), so decided on an afternoon session at South Chesterman and the south swell continued to deliver. There were a few that made my eyes open wide and a few that rolled me. They were round and fat on the outside so you have to work to catch them and the angle didn`t have much west in it so they were a little `close-outie` but there was a young gun there that had the left in the cove figured out and showed us how it was done. Even a few two hit minis up at the east end of the beach. Fun to have Ethan back out on the water yesterday after his `day off`. Share plate dinner at Wolf in the Fog then campfire and cards under the trap and evening rain at the campsite.
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S40 – surf/SUP – Florencia (2019 July 10)Rain Day. Survived the monsoon last night. Just as I decided I was going to check out the SE at Long Beach/South Chesterman the early morning wind tanked. Ukee, Wind and Sea, bakery, surf shops and then a late day Flo session in the sun. By the time we got out on the water it turned rather chaotic. It was easier to get out then it looked, but harder to catch then it looked (variation, positioning, and size). When you hung outside only the closeout bombs could be caught, if you dared. Ethan grabbed one, dropped in and then kicked out when the foam pile engulfed him. He was then too tired to battle his way out again on his shortboard. It took me what felt like forever to pick off my second (and final) wave of the session. Nice to get out after the rain, but that session felt more like we were playing defence (and just happy to get back to the beach). Late dinner at Sobo.
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S41 – SUP – Green Point (2019 July 11)Semi-relentless. Quick wake-up session to start the day. The foam piles were semi-relentless this morning (I just about gave up them made it out). Once out, there was a soft left a little further north that provided some fun rides. Fog rolled in while I was leaving the water.
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S42 – SUP – Wickeninnish (2019 July 11)Contest. Toured the sand dunes at Wickeninnish Beach. Then toured the south surf spots - look-see at Flo (thick fog), Wick (sun and variety of waves on offer), and Long Beach (fog and dumpy). We decided to return to Wick. We started with a hitting the lip contest in the cove then migrated our way down the beach to Lot E to surf the shoulders of the remaining south swell (caught one really fun pocket right). Back playing offence. Ate while watching the surfers on the backlit waves at the Cox Bay as dinner guests of the Beachside Grill (Long Beach Resort) and then campfire at Green Point.
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