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Tofino Day Trip

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by Michael » Sat Oct 03, 2015 11:37 am

First trip to Long Beach. What a spot, if the wind would have showed oh what it it would have been. :cry: First run got planing and was soooo stoke, sailed to the out side and then nothing. Had to up haul to get back in but managed to catch an awesome wave ride so couldn't give up. Kept trying for about half a hour but the wind just got lighter. Still was able to catch a few really nice waves got 3 nice turns on one and that made my day. Best SUP session I've ever had though. The waves were so nice, lots of head high sets, big and friendly compared to The Cape. It was a long way to go for a day trip ( 5:15 first sailing 10:45 last sailing ) so next time I'll definitely stay for a few days. Can't wait to go back. :D
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by C36 » Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:10 pm

We were following along from afar. You can see what we saw here - six posts in all. Glad you enjoyed your first trip out to LB! 8-) :D

Hope Windoctor captured some shots. If you see any surface please let us know.
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by Michael » Sat Oct 03, 2015 9:41 pm

Here are a few frame grabs from Long Beach. Not great, I should have got some footage while SUPing but wanted to save the camera for the windsurfing action that never really happened. Look at the full size photos on the album page and you can see the waves in the background looking very sweet.
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#photo Look at the surfer on the wave in the background and you get a sense of how big they were
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ShortLivedStoke.jpeg
#photo Look at the spacing between me and the wave in front
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CatchingFirstLBRide.jpeg
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WaveInBackground.jpeg
#photo Look at the wave in the background
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AboutToGetEaten.jpeg
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by Ryan » Sun Oct 04, 2015 4:32 am

Thanks for the post, I've tried Tofino a few times but always no wind, looking to try again soon.
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by C36 » Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:05 pm

I took a look at the larger images. Really clean waves with nice spacing! You scored a great day!

Nice to see the wry smile
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Love the composition of this shot
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by spinmaster3000 » Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:35 pm

Looks like a beauty of a day! Thanks for sharing the great pics!
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