We arrived in Hatteras at 1am Monday morning, after 17 hours of driving! A great crew of 4 enjoyed the ride in the Traverse, and there are 7 of us in the rental house. Some road trip shots below, the windsurfing report starts now!
I never would have gone out windsurfing in 10-12 knot winds 10 years ago. Even less so in the Atlantic Ocean. But since spending time on the International Windsurfing Tour, I'm crazy for the waves. So I rigged up my 6.2 Duke and got on the 116 Freewave and headed out near Frisco, NC. Here are some photos in reverse order.
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| Oh yeah, a good late afternoon session |
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| It was a good session in the small waves. Thanks Chuck for the photos. |
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| A pre-session photo |
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Windsurfing in and out - view from the east, as the wind was S/E.
Convenient parking! |
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| Really only got planing once - but the little wave rides were worth it |
While recently watching the Sylt PWA event and the IWT/PWA Aloha Classic, I heard the commentators talk about "floating and riding". This is where you take a bigger board, and slog out upwind, and then catch waves. You maybe get planing on a wave, but at least you get to ride it with some turns.
I was channelling my best imitation of float and ride IWT windsurfer Jeff Albright, and spent more time out there than I expected. Lo and behold, I did get planing once toward the end of the session even though that wasn't the goal. The air was 20c, the water a pleasant 21c. The only issue was the grapefruit sized jellyfish that I surfed past every 10 seconds / 10 meters or so!
Here are some more photos from our drive, in reverse order:
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| Stopping in Breezewood for Arbys. Trying to imitate the image below. |
A bit earlier in the drive we went through the remnants of some lake effect snow...
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| Snow in upper NY on Nov 3rd |
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| And it was cold! |
And from the start of the trip.
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| Ready to roll |
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| 14 hours became 17 hours with stops and traffic in Washington |
Looks like some great wind on Wednesday...
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