It’s been over 20 years since I surfed and skied on the same day. Back when we visited the Gorge regularly I had a memorable day where I went skiing on Mount Hood in the morning, then windsurfed on the Columbia River in the afternoon (and even golfed 9 holes at twilight).
Len had already been telling me about his two surfing adventures over the Christmas holidays. The forecast for Boxing Day was looking ok with temperatures near zero and some north wind building small waves on Georgian Bay. He convinced me that it would be fun and he was right! We got into our wetsuits at his place and drove the 8 minutes to the beach.
The shore at Sunset beach is a smooth rock bottom so the waves form pretty consistently. At under a metre high (under a foot using Hawaii back of the wave measurements), it took a while to find a wave. It took even longer for me to catch one, but eventually I got one wave on my knee and one wave standing for a second. Then Len had a go for a few and then I got an even longer one.
I went back to the car and got my camera and some shots of Len riding a decent one. We walked back to the shore and waved at some curious onlookers. In my 6/5/4 hooded wetsuit I was still dry above my waistline after 40 minutes in the water. My fingers and toes were a bit cold, but nothing was stinging. We drove back with the heat on full in the car smiling about our adventure.
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| Len getting the board ready |
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| The rocky shore |
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| Decent waves |
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| Len styling on the wave |
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| Session smiles |
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| Len in his element |
Asda
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| Short but fun waves |
Ice possible drive with care!
(Note from my car during the warm up self test
Later that night Jen and I went out for a few runs of nights skiing. Surfing and Skiing on the same day; we are liking living in Collingwood!
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Night skiing…
The Sunset Beach surf spot is way
in the distance beyond the snow making |
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