5/8/10 Rodanthe

Road trip with Contos. SW 30-35 4.4/74. Fun but too many weeds even for the Wardog. Had to go with the too-big Surfgrass on the 74 and this made the board a little out of control. Ate shit hard and slammed my thigh into the mast. Still hurts badly on 2 days later as I write this. Contos, Billy, Steve N., Chad, Lisa, Lam, a few others. Sailed Contos' AHD wave board and will be selling my RW 74 as soon as I get around to it. Forgot about GoPro.

4/30/10 Kashy's

Sailed Formula gear for the first time. Lots of work. Will sail again if the opportunity presents itself. I think that the racing aspect of that type of sailing is what keeps it alive, the gear is cumbersome and the sailing is anything but relaxing. The boards do perform in light winds so I can see some advantages. In Corolla the next day I watched Pat blast along, albeit straight downwind with a 16m kite. That also holds some interest as well. No more sailing for me this weekend even though it was windy. Plastic's arrival trumped windsurfing.