The Winter Swell is Coming: Airhead Surf Diary
I have just been checking the weather and swell reports for the coming days ahead…..
Winter swells are coming with big low-pressure systems heading across the Atlantic it looks like we could be in for some fun in the coming days ahead…… I am sure in the next few days the kite surfers will be checking their gear ready to hit the water and when the wind dies down the Stand Up People will only to happy to see the swell reports.
For info on what is heading our way check out Ocean Weather or Magic Sea Weed
Keep checking back for more up dates from “The Airhead”
October 11th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Excellent, I really really really could do with a surf !
October 14th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
So did the swell come???
Saturday was a good day at Bracklesham from what I have been told, great riding until high tide then it flattened off.
Then came Sunday…. after working hard during the week and getting everything done at the shop that I could I was ready for a good session….. I got a text from Matt at 7.45am saying “9am my house” so the day was set and I got to Matt’s at 8.55, the line up at Bracklesham was already busy so we headed over to Witterings to meet up with Adriano from Indo Board…..
There where a few guy’s getting ready to hit the water and was surprised to see a guy I have known for a few years Mark from Worthing getting out of his flash new camper van….. I must say it’s just what every surfer needs….. Anyway Matt on his new C4 10′6″, Adriano on SOS Big Red and Myself on C4 10′6″ got on the water at last and where greeted by a few small sets coming in….. after about half an hour on the water I was thinking I should have stayed at home…. it was just not happening for me on the C4 10′6″ so I thought I would tempt Adriano off of the Big Red and on to the C4…. yep that did the trick I was having a ball and happily Adriano was also enjoying the 10′6″.
The line up started to get busy so we headed away from the crowd and the waves where just getting better and better…. well we where enjoying ourselves, after a couple of hours and some great rides we started to head back… then I dawned on me….. I was knackered, oh well head down and grit my teeth…
We all got off the water and agreed…. with the warm winter sun on us and some great rides we had all had a great time.
I hope everyone had the chance to enjoy the water over the weekend….. Rock on
October 15th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Andy baby how you doin.
Glad the weekend was a gooden for you. Hows the shop fit goin, nearly there. James and I headed for Gwithian early Saturday. On arrival we just looked at each other with the same thought. f********in hell that’s big. silence was the order of the moment, once reality kicked back in we decided to let fate have a go, and went for it. The rip at the furthest point near the lighthouse just chucked us out like a bad case of the sh**s. James headed for the first set to come in, and disappeared down to the bottom of the pot, only to reappear back over the lip as it exploded. luck or skill !! either one he survived. It was like that all day. On our second sesh of the day, it had calmed down a tad. much more of a friendly wave. There were two other supb out in the middle of the bay, they had a van with jimmy lewis plastered all over it. Didnt catch up with them as we were at the other end.
Anyway take care and c yer soon. Alan the devon coyote.
October 15th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Hey Al…
I had a call from a mate who was at Gwithian, he told me it was going off big time so it sounds like your timing was perfect… or not as the case may be. The guy’s in the Jimmy Lewis van must have been Bill the UK JL importer anyway it sounds like you guys had a ball.
Ride safe
Andy
October 17th, 2007 at 8:17 am
yo Andy mate, its gone a tad quiet on the supuk site since the comp. Has everyone gone on there hols. Still to send you that leash ,geting round to it.easterlys for us the next couple of days, paignton it is then. take care.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Hey Al…
yeh the forums are not getting much traffic right now not sure why…. Im on them most days cos I have nothing much to do while I am waiting for the shop to re-open.
Bordum is a killer.
Catch ya soon
Andy