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May 03, 2005
feeling a lil' squirrely this week
testing out the new fin setup all this week. so far it's getting a goooood review. i'm really starting to dig the 2+1 setup w/ a cutaway "squirrel" fin in the center box. alot more drive from the board w/ some sweet responsive turning power. we call my board the marsh-mellow board since she's big'n wide. the new fin setup though is like a new pair of shoes for her, she's all sassy & spunky this week. we'll see how it handles the big swell coming in "maybe" tonight on into the weekend. suppose to be 3-5 then bump to 4-6. which for all of you who want to know what that means? it goes like this: 3-5 hawaiian is about 6-10ft face on the average sets, & 4-6 is about 8-12ft regular measurement face of wave. i've already started day dreaming about the potential....so here it goes. i'm rubbing my buddha dolls belly & wishing for:
3-6 on the big sets, glassy rollers coming in on a low tide going high, light trades 5-10, low dawn patrol crowds, high numbers of regulars, w/ back to back sets & a 10 minute wait for the next pair of sets. :-)
yeah yeah i know, it's a wish list....but to tell you the truth this week has had all the right elements to make it happen! which in irony is all part of the stoke, the anticipation of what could be.
on to some other news, tahiti has been getting is fair share of waves over the weekend. check out these 2 shots.
"Tahitian charger Raimana Van Bastoloer went w/in an inch of losing his life. He was towed into a solid 12 footer by his ski driver Reef Macintosh, who gunned it but couldn't quite make it over the shoulder & had to bail the PWC - which was caught in the lip & launched over the falls, as Raimana was pulling in. He barely made it out & the PWC was totally destroyed on the reef. " - surfline.com
shane dorian jet setted to surf these types of waves & getting a super surly dream of a lifetime
Posted by Single Fin at May 3, 2005 01:27 PM