I decided that I'd join the Toronto Windsurfing Club Wednesday night windsurfing race series. Since there is never really enough wind in Toronto for shortboarding in the summer, longboard racing seemed like a good way to get on the water regularly. Silent Sports had a deal on Konas so I picked up a used board and 9.0 sail which is the size for my weigh class.
It is just a short drive from work, but I always seem to be late getting to the start line for the Wednesday night races.
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| Coming right from work to race |
Indeed the first few races have seen a variety of conditions. May 20th was very cold. May 27 had nice conditions and people (including Vanessa) were shortboarding. June 24th was hot and stinky with the rain washing tons of stuff right into the lake.
And June 27th was the 2nd Saturday race series and I froze in the rain. At least the water was clean (and cold) again. Here's the race track from my first race.
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| Kona racing in the Toronto harbour - 2015 Pan Am Games will be here! |
The neat part of the June 27th race was that the race committee members were actually the judges that will be running the Pan Am Games races here in Toronto in two weeks!
The small fleet at
TWC is very friendly. I just need to stop colliding with people by accident - yikes. And it is humbling though to be near the back of the pack all the time, especially when the Konas start with the raceboards.
Oh well, lots to learn.
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