6/27/10 Avon

Rode to Avon with Carl and Raav. Met Contos, Jack, Pete & Kim. Wind came up to 6.0 around 3 and we sailed at the Hole. Long run to a smallish but fun reef, Contos eating it HARD on the way out, running aground at full speed. 6.2/101. SW 20. Rode Raav's new Quatro FSW and Pete's 90L Real Wind. Neither is for me. I still need a smaller weed fin for the 101. Also need to get the footstraps back to the inboard positions where they belong.

6/12/10 Willoughby

10-20 S/SW. 7.2/150L Mistral Explosion. Board is slow but comfortable, did make me think that a board of that size might have its place. Jack was there to have a few Corona after the session at that bar at the marina. This was the night of Beyond the Lighted Stage.

6/6/10 Messick Point

Billy, Rob Solly, Contos, Jack, Lam, Trumbolt, 5 or 6 others. SW 20-35. Fun. Sailed 101/6.2 for a while then switched to Acid. Weed fins. Wish I had smaller fins for the 101 so I could have sailed it with the 5.3. Sailed all day, very tired. Actually was the second time at Messick, the first that I drove there. Will go there again for the decent chop and that O-So-Sweet Jibatorium on the south side.

5/29/10 Corolla

Dialed in session on the sound. 101/7.2. Nice SW 15-20. Should have rigged to 6.0 but left the 7 up. Fun.

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.

Corolla & Jockey's 4/25/10

First session of 2010 and first session with the GoPro! Some footage below. Hung over from dinner with LJM, Rob, I mean Raav, Sybil, Contos (oh yeah), Sooz, Jack, Nikki, Dave later. Very gusty all day, but the first session of the year was better than nothing. Sailed Corolla in the AM and met Carl at Jockey's after lunch. Gusty there as well. Sailed all gear in 1 day.