4/2/11 Avon

Contos/Jack. Contos' van. Windsurfing Magazine test cottage. Lots of 105-125 l boards all over the place. Met editor of Windsurfing Mag. West wind. Anywhere from 18 to 40. Temps water and air low to mid 50's. New suit and booties worked well, no gloves. Looking back the best setup would have been the 101 and the 5.3 all day long. Leaving the 101 in Norfolk was possibly a mistake. Started the day powered on 74/4.4, got off the water for an hour or so, then rigged 6.2/86 and ripped for the rest of the day. 6.2 is actually too big for the Acid, despite what "they" say. Squall came through and it ripped my entire rig out of my hand while I was adjusting outhaul, rig flew up at least 30' into the air and 50' down wind. Fucking spectacular. I laughed, and started trudging after it. When the squall died down there were enough decent ramps to catch some 6-8' jumps for about 15 minutes. Saw Deja that night at Lazy Horse in Chesapeake. I don't know anyone besides Ted and Contos who would set foot in the bar. It was great.

3/19/11 Aydlett

First session of the year if you can call it that. Some not very satisfying ENE 6.0/101 conditions. At least I got to try out the new Pro Motion wetsuit. Nice and comfy, just like the man says. Air:65, water low 50's.

Aydlett 11/7/2010

5.3/86. N 25-30 Gusty. Contos, Jack, Billy, Chad, Chuck Rhodes. Best session yet at Aydlett with lots o' ramps and tons o' air. 4/3 full with Etan boots (1st session with these). 53F. Hands were OK, but much colder and would need gloves. Water in the high 50's. Need to order some padding for the Acid.

Ted's Visit and Bachelor Weekend

Ted arrived on Thursday night (Plastic's birthday) after we both drove through the remnants of Nicole, Ted getting the worst of the weather. Closed down Cantina. Met Rob for breakfast at Charlies, then sailed at Aeries (N 5.3/Acid) for several hours with Jack and Carl. Following cheeseburgers we then shot over to first landing and sailed (N 6.2/101). Tango was experiencing failure to launch, Raav and I sailed out past Cape Henry for some fantastic jumping and wave riding, head high ramps and waves, along with dolphins and a tremendous smack to my balls on a mid-air bail out. Almost passed out. Sailed back to first landing and Raav scurried home while Contos lumbered out and sailed with the now successfully launched Tango for another hour of 6.0 fun swell sailing immediately in front of the launch site. Plastic cooked dinner and we had the fire department called when Huck thought our London Broil was a fire in the Temple.
Saturday was a formula day with Chad contributing a rig to me and Kashy a board. Kashy was holding a regatta a lots of local sailors and visitors were there including Contos, Hooper and others. Formula beckons.
Drank our faces off all night. Plastic, Pat, Ted, Rob, Jack, Contos. Everyone home safe.

9/27/10 Buckroe

SE 20 101/6.2. Raav. Short (1 hour) but sweet session. Ended up in the Daily Press. Knight missed it.

Here is what was in the Daily Press:






Rob Spurgeon takes to the air on a wave off of Buckroe Beach Monday as Spurgeon and fellow surfer Chris Lewis both of Norfolk enjoyed the stiff wind off off of Buckroe Beach Monday.






Chris Lewis and Rob Spurgeon both of Norfolk pass each other off of Buckroe Beach Monday as the two windsurfers took advantage of brisk winds Monday.

9/26/10 Buckroe

N 20. 6.2/101. Pretty fun 2 hour session with Derek. Some nice turns and airs way out in the channel. No-one else showed. Still a little hung over from Spruill party.

Kashy's 8/15/10

7.2/102. Kashy, Contos, Javier, Glenn, Coyne, Quinn. SE 18. After walking 9 with Contos and shooting better than I ever had before, we slipped into Kashy's for a quasi surprise thermal. Flattish but nice. Sailed fastish with Dave as he was testing fins. Sailed his slalom board, and no shit he's fast, it's EASY.

Kashy-Cam at York Point, August 15, 2010 from Javier Garriz on Vimeo.