Off day training
A little swell popped up the other day, and so we took to the water and the Air for a little training day.
We put the new Fanatic SURF BAMBOO RETROLUTION 5’10″ LTD, through its paces
Keeping fit and in the water helps to keep us sharp, and a more prepared for the days the solid swell arrive
Glyn Air
Nathan Launch
High Speed
Lip glide ski driving, Nathan pushing his ski driving
On a new day: Catflap
A perfect pressure chart set the alarm bells ringing, and the level of ‘froth’ went through the roof.
The potential? How big will it get? Will the swell pulse in the day or the night?
The questions were all soon to be answered.
With a solid swell booming through the night, we were sure it was going to be good.
Judge for yourselves.
Nathan
Glyn
Big thanks to Stel (James Castell) aka : Tronic Pro, our unofficial/official photographer, videographer, back-up ski driver and general frother..
G and N
Big chill and a few thrills
This gallery contains 3 photos.
The Alarm went off, I was sure I had just gone to sleep, that’s not right. I just want another ten minutes.
It was not to be. My partner in crime, was already smashing around, getting the kit ready.
It was now 5am, we had only collected our photographer 6 hours ago, and I was now beginning to pay the price.
We had to in the water by first light, as the tide was against us.
We had mustered a crew to drive the support ski, with camera man on board.
The severity of being exposed on a ski was explained in detail to all the crew, some seemed to take it on board, others not so much.
It soon became very apparent as to how exposed one is on top of the water, and that a bare 5mm wetsuit was not going to be enough.
The tide was not looking right and the chop was unrelenting;
We got straight into it, and had a few waves, and a couple of beat downs, but it wasn’t going to be our day. Sets of wave constantly missing the spot and the tide getting worse.
We were in the water and in super warm wetsuits, so didn’t feel the cold and were shocked to learn that it was around -6°C becoming a -12°C with wind-chill.
The crew on the other hand were painfully aware of the actual temperature and were on the verge of suffering from hypothermia. We were forced to call it a day on this occasion.
Back to the slip, lick our wounds, and off to find some smaller but fun waves.
It takes a lot of hard work, commitment and training, but even with all that it doesn’t always quite come together as planned.
If it was easy, we wouldn’t always be alone out there on the water.
One thing is for sure, without the right kit, it would have been a whole lot worse.
G.O.
One of the few we had before the crew turned blue
Small, fun, and pretty chilly
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