After procrastinating some accounting work for weeks, I finally had to pull an all-nighter getting done before today's deadline. So, I treated myself to a quick surf this am after 2 hours sleep and getting the kids to school.
Getting changed, the guy parked in front of me, from Hawaii (Ras Trent haole with dreads), said he just snapped his leash and asked if I had one I'd sell him. Didn't think I did, but looked and found an extra ProLite comp in the back that was a couple years old. He tried hard to give me some cash for it, but I insisted he take it- I need all the karma points I can get! He was stocked and went to get changed back into his wetsuit.
Punchy, backwashy CH sets at gentleman’s hour on the quickly rising tide. Lotsa water moving around. Rode the 5'6 superchunk again. So fun. Takes a lot to come unstuck from the concave deck, but I got smashed when I tried to pull into a frothy one off the drop. Fin nicked my ankle but not bad. Otherwise, the lil rocket skateboar handled a lot of steep bumpy drops and warbly sections. one positive of the short length is fitting in tight spaces. Looking at it later, the back half is pretty flat, but the wide nose has a bit of rocker to it (more than I expected) and a little scoop to the nose... kept me from pearling at least 2-3 times. So much speed, but still whips around razor sharp.
This album TA quad set is really nice too, stocked it feels as good as the template looked to me.
Had to go after 30min, but got a few punchy ones. High tide was pushing the break further inside. Ras Trent paddled back out but I didn't seem him catch a wave from his spot outside. Hope he got a couple
My shoulders are killin me from paddling this thing the past few days tho.
edit: I should’ve asked RasT if he was an electrician and surfed with
@racer1 back home