5/20/08 Rodanthe

SW 25-30. 4.5/RW74. Very little loop progress, ramps not lining up, balls not lining up either. First session on the Sumo 400. Good combination, way better for me than the old 370. Billy, Bob.

5/19/08 ODU

W 20-30 5.4/Acid. Decent but gusty session with Billy. Some decent jumps, tried throwing myself over the front of the board a-la fwd loop with some success, trip to Hatteras tomorrow could see more progress.

5/9/08 Anderson Point

The first session here. SW/ 20-25 6.2/102. Really good session, a place we will definitely frequent more often. Nice starboard ramps, really big port ramps way out by the markers, it is big water, and to get to the nice swells you have to really go far out. The wind died and I swam for a while until Contos rescued me with the Cat and an Exocet Cross. Knight, Billy as well.

5/8/08 Avon

Well I invited Billy to come with Raav and I on a planned trip to Avon. While everyone is friends it is always an adventure to bring someone new with us. You just never know...
No problems, the ride down was full of tech talk, chick talk, food talk, nothing reallt important. We went directly to Avon Sailhouse and got our 2 NL mast plugged by Margaret. Olaf was his usual off-putting self. Raav got 12 footstraps, Billy and I got some downhaul line. Went and got Contos' useless brand new 5.5 Warp from sailworld. Tried to get out of there as fast as possible. Hit the turnout with solid 5.4/Acid. Raav on 5.0 Ice/FSW 85, Billy on Hucker 4.8/Seatrend ATV. Weeds negligible, reef was decent, not great. We all had some nice moves and jumps, some real high. Stayed out there for 2-3 hours, came in for Chicken Parm subs, and then back out for 6.0 sailing until dusk. Ride home was full of pot, beer, and going over every single sailing event over the past 6 hours. Nice. Got home after 10PM. Nicer.

5/3/08 Rodanthe

Flat water. SSW 6.2/102, then winding up to Acid/5.4. Sailed all day fast, and turned great, including some fast tacks. Getting on the Acid was so nice compard to the 102. Just so easy to pop out of the water, and the jibing was just unreal. Rowland, Mckendree(s), Perkins, Marcy, a few others. Only a handful of decent airs, really only 1 or 2 that I got excited about, the ramps were just not lining up. Transformers will be fun if I can ever get anyone down there to sail.