Canadian Thanksgiving Saturday

The wind forecast was solid and I headed out in the late afternoon once the temperature had risen into double digits. The morning low 2c temperature was due to a north wind that nicely switched to southwest and warmed up as expected.

I was on the Fanatic Skate 108 and rigged the 5.4. It was the perfect combination. Only the 2nd time this year that I had enough wind to rig something that small.

My tracks in the SW wind

I didn't try many tricks for the first hour or so as I didn't want to spend too much time in the cold water. When I did fall for the first time around 30 minutes into my session it did give me a head freeze when I got going again and my wet head got even more chilled in the wind.

I had some great wave rides and laughed out loud at a few duck jibes that I made. I was carving some sweet jibes and planing out the other side. There are some smooth arcs in the tracks on the map.

I did try a vulcan and duck tack toward the end of the session - both were fails. But I nailed a nice carving 360 as I returned to shore. A bit cold but a very good session in all.

The wind built in the afternoon as predicted

The wind kept building all night and I fell asleep very soundly.

Air 11c
Water 14c

Time 1:35
Total distance 40.4 km
Max speed, 46.2 km/h