278/365 Fall Surfing at Nauset Light
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
Thoughts on photo of the day? I can't decide.
But hey: (used) NEW BOARD!
Also:
Holy crap, the water's cold in October! I managed to stay in for a little over an hour with a 3mm/2mm full wetsuit and 5mm booties before the shivering started. I'd probably get gloves if I try it again this year, but I don't think that's going to help me last any longer, just make it slightly less unpleasant.
I was talked into driving to the cape to surf the post-Hurricane swells. It's about 100 miles each way, taking a bit under 2 hours (which is why we tried Narragansett for our first forays into surfing in the northeast); gratefully, no traffic at all. (From what I heard, they didn't let people in the water on the big overhead surf days over the weekend, which is unfortunate, because I imagine that it'd be fun to just go and watch even if I couldn't surf that stuff.)
A beautiful day, and the waves were of goodly size, but it was a bit choppy at times and honestly, I'm not really good enough for even the smaller 5-6' waves. Plus, getting used to yet another board didn't help. (this time I got a 9'4" surftech longboard from Nauset Surf in Orleans -- only $20/day! Good prices for buying boards, too, at least compared to the shop we've been to in Narragansett.)
Still, a nice day to be out at the beach.
218/365 Surf Lessons at Narragansett Beach
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
Back down to Narragansett for the second time and had much more success with a 9'2" board and a full wetsuit. I'm still just a beginner, but at least I caught a few waves this time.
200/365 Narragansett Swim Party
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
Checked out the surfing scene at Narragansett beach and late in the afternoon a large party of swimmers hit the beach. I overheard someone say something about a swim to Block Island. (which can't be right, because that'd be something like 14 miles away.)
Surfing Stats:
hours spent driving: 4
hours spent looking for parking: 1
hours spent surfing: 2.75
hours spent shivering: 3.5 (corollary: bought new wetsuit)
# wipeouts: NO COMMENT.
108/365 waxy
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
First day on the 10-2 Epoxy boards. Success!
103/365 Nephi
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
The dude behind Learn to Surf on Kauai (808.826.7612) who got us started last January, and kept us hooked up with instruction and boards while we were on Kauai this go-around.
