nc paddle surfer has moved to: April 2011

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Camera Setting Screw-up Today

The surf was excellent from 6:00 to 7:30. Photos taken about 8am.

Surf Machine 8'0 PSH WR

Jacky 7'3 Hokua

Surf Machine

Jacky

CB1 9'0 Mana

Friday, April 29, 2011

The Surf is Still out there

Jacky

Zo's board getting a demo ride

Zo, I don't think you're getting it back!

Jacky

Dwight

Some good size is still out there!

Drake

Dwight

Jeremy

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Windsurfing Fun Tonight

Jacky on the 5.0 Ezzy Panther

I used the 5.5 Panther

Vincent is giving lessons. Its been years since lessons were offered locally

Sunday, April 24, 2011

We feel like 30 year old kids again!

Sometime in the mid 80s we started windsurfing the Basin. We spent 100+ days a year windsurfing there until 1999, when we switched to kitesurfing. It's great to be back. We had a blast today.

Jacky on her 6.0 Ezzy

Only Snapped a Few this Morning

CB-1 on his 9'0 Mana

Hunter on his 7'3 Hokua

Butch on his 9'5 Mana

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Rodeo Surf Today

Surf Machine 8'0 PSH WR

Surf Machine

CB1 9'0 Mana

Brad 8'0 PSH WR

Brad

Z on 8'6 PSH WR

Surf Machine

Friday, April 22, 2011

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

We windsurfed the Basin tonight on my new 6.5 Ezzy. It worked like I had hoped. The low end matched the 12m kites. The Basin renovation looks complete now, including new parking signs that made ALL the parking spots for boat trailers only. The kitesurfers, windsurfers and kayakers got totally screwed. No parking for us and there are more of us than boat trailers. The Basin is a 3 foot deep mud hole. Hardly the popular boating place it was 20 years ago. There are just a few car parking spots down the road. Not where anyone with recreational gear, kayaks, windsurfers, or kites would want to haul piles of gear to and from the water. Lets hope the parking is policed with some common sense.