6/28-29/08 Avon

Left Norfolk around 9:30 AM Sat. with plans to stay until Sunday afternoon. Things worked out. Lauren and Hooper, Acid, Radical, 5.4/4.5/3.7. Sailed the hole for about an hour on 5.4/Acid (boring/zero ramps) then went over to Ego for a few hours of normal 5.0 ocean sailing. It was a nice reminder about how much better the ocean is than ANY other place to sail. Came in around 4 PM and Bill Bell asked if I wanted to be a judge in the Loopoff. 5 local sailors, 30 min heat, some nice loops, all fwds. Went back out for another 1/2 hour or so then went back and checked into the Avon Motel. Fun fact: There were 2 well used flyswatters on the bullitin board in our room. Lauren rallied MD Smith style and got on board.
As we were pulling into the parking lot of the hotel, we ran into Uvee and Dave the tree trimmer. We said a quick hello and made plans to catch a few beers at the Mad Crabber later. Later came and we did meet them and were thoroughly entertained for the rest of the evening.
Next AM after coffee and blueberry muffins we headed back to the Hole where I rigged a 4.5/RW and sailed the sound for an hour or so, again boring (ocean looked a little light and offshore when we arrived.) Went and checked the ocean again and swapped the RW for the Acid and had the best 2 hours of sailing of the year, real nice easy wave riding, wound 4.5, and some decent port ramps on the way in. Left for home around 2:30 PM. A great weekend with Lauren, Hooper, wind, a skeevy motel and a very interesting dinner conversation.

6/14/08 Corolla

7.2/102 SE ocean North Beach. Sailed for about 30 minutes and the wind backed off. Nice. Also got a new Jed Noll longboard. Leo ate LJM's bra and spread around $1500.00. Sold the Explorer to Dave.

Avon 6/4-6/8/08

Windsurfing weekend, if you want to call it that. Tango and I drove into wound 5.0 conditions Wednesday PM. Sailed Acid until dark, Ted sailed his 5.4 and the AHD. Fun, the sound was better out in front of the really cool rental house than at any other place in Avon other than the reef. Sailed the next morning with the guys on 6.2 and cracked the nose of my 102. Ding sticked it and went back out on the 7.2 Crossover maiden session. Nice. Wind then died for the rest of the weekend. We rented Kona's which were not too fun.

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.