Quiver

From Left to Right:-

Dippy - 5'11" Diplock

Pink - 6' Adams

Red - 6' Adams Carbon Rail

Dave - 6'2" Dave Brown

Freddie - 6'3" Al Merrick Flyer 2 in Tufflite

Fatty - 6'9" Sprayed it myself using Ford Orange and Peugeot Green

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22/05/10

Dawny at Croyde Low tide!
I got to Down End at 6.15 and there was already a guy charging, so I told him I wasn't staying and left after a big poo in the public toilets there! I parked at the good old National Trust CP for free (membership free anyway) It was heaving 40 people in at 6.30 and about 3million but 8.30 WTF! It was a real punchy wave around the 3ft marker, got slammed into the sea bed a few times but it's all good! Went in on Red (6' Adams Carbon Rail). Three diferent boards in three sessions, it good to make use of the quiver that has taken me years to build!

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21/05/10

Croyde - Sunny, 3ft and Clean!
Went in on Dippy (5'11" Diplock) it was quite busy but for some reason no one was catching many waves except me and this guy on a fat green fish! Had a good surf but there was a big lull between sets and I got bored talking to myself in the end so I went after a couple of hours only after a good handfull of waves though!

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18/05/10

The Cornish Gate!

It looked rubbish and I was meeting a none surfing uni mate that was down so I didn't rush in! Had a nice Hot Chocolate first! It was alot better than it looked I went in on Freddie 'The Flyer' and it was actually quite good fun found a nice peak pretty much to myself only a couple of kooks that I just kept snaking! There was a fun steep reform on the inside as it was low and it was shoulder high! 3/5

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I have to back track a bit now as I am getting lazy with this blog already! I must try harder! Beck's working tonight btw!

Beck and I had the week off from 11th April so we headed down to Cornwall for the start of it, the only thing is it was; yep you guessed it; flat! Well near as damn it anyway! Loggable but without a log it was unsurfable! I did get in with Blocko though on the Sunday!

We went down to the Minnack Theatre which is an awesome place, the weather was wicked, we saw a pod of about 50-60 dolphins and I spotted some people on the nuddy beach which was funny. I mean really naked in the second week of April, the guy must be really desperate to get a black willy! Does a suntanned willy make a bigger willy? I've heard that black willy's are bigger than white!

Anyway back to surf reporting:-

11/04/10

As above me and Blocko went in for what I thought was a real desperate session at Godreefy (A little to the right of Godrevy but over the rocks at high tide, me and Blocko like to rename spots for fun!) It was actually quite fun we took it in turns to be the giver and the reciever and not in a gay way just a bit camp! We even had a little crowd taking photos and stuff! It's amazing how tired you get in 1ft surf, turn and burn and paddle straight back out and turn and burn again and so on!

26/04/10

First session without boots finally! I really do hate wearing boots! I had a site visit for work at Launceston at 2.30 conveniently arranged by myself so after I then headed to Watergate to meet up with Blocko (New daddy) the sun was shining and the surf was 2ft+ and clean I was pretty happy to be in the water and getting paid at the same time! Got a few waves under my belt too which was nice!

29/04/10

I had one of those antagonising mornings at work where I really could not decide whether the surf was going to be clean enough or not! Trev Toes Lumley reported 2-3ft and clean in the morning but I knew the wind was westerly and only getting stronger! I was listening/watching to the asp in Brazil and talking to people on Eyeball at the same time a couple of which (Ramon esp) had just been surfing so I got a recommendation that it was worth the trip from Exeter! He was right it was head high on the sets and alot cleaner than I thought albiet a little choppy, I had a couple of bombs from outback right into the beach, it got shit at high tide so I headed in.

This is where it all got a bit painfull, I parked at the National Trust Carpark not thinking about the fact that the shortcut over the rocks is not accessible at high tide, therfore Ihad to walk the long away around with bare cold feet, I felt like I had wore my feet down to the bone by the time I got back to the car! Ouch

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DIY (Nesting)

When I first started this blog, I thought and I hoped that it would be mostly reporting on my surf sessions, however once again the weekend shows a poor effort on the waves front. At least I got in on Friday!

So as you can see by the photos I have spent the day screwing wood, I have made a pretty neat shoe storage, put some more modulisation into the built in wardrobe in the spare room, built the babies set of draws (Wardrobe to follow) and re-arranged the surf shed. Wetsuits are now at the back with the boards in the middle, I only use two suits at a time and the rest were getting in my way so it works a lot better i've chuck Beck's sponge and the spare sponge in the back too!

So I would say a weekend of diy due to the poor surf but my neighbours are telling me it nesting! I'm not sure either way maybe a bit of both, you decide for yourself!

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The cornish gate

I was planning on going to Widdy or N.Devon, but when I was talking about it at work one of the other Engineers asked if I was going near Launceston, not one to miss this opportunity I decided to take to diesel money do a 5 min site visit and go on to Watergate! I was expecting it to be pretty big and half expected to have to head to the bay, however it looked like it was 5ft max on the sets, the report on MSW said 10ft faces and a monster paddle.
Well they got the monster paddle right, not to get out put just to stay still, the swell dropped through the session and the wind swung around which was pretty annoying, I got stuck in a rip over on the right as the tide was coming in against the rocks so I decided to do the walk of shame before I got stuck, I hate doing the walk of shame! Got out back again pretty quick though so should have just done it earlier.
I had met Block-o there but ended up missing each other most of the session, should have gone to specsavers! It was good to get some decent sized waves for a change even though it wasn't particularly a good session. O well shit 2010 of surf goes on, it is warmning up though!

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