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Session: Turning point

Written by alleyoopster

Tuesday July 15 2008 03:00:00 PM

Surf spot: La Piste, France

Session's Rate:

Wind direction: Onshore

Wind Strength: Light

Nb waves ridden: 3

Length of the surf session: 1 hours

Surfboard ridden: Zuma Jay minimal 7.4

Fins: 1

Weather and water temp: 21/18

Waves height: 1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft

Waves Quality:
- Mushy

Description:

Over a couple of days worked on technique after lessons at Carcons. Nothing happened on the first day, but on the afternoon of the second day I decided to take out Zuma Jay, which I have never been able to ride as it was too small for my experience level. It is also not bouyant enough. I went out without a wetsuit and decided to go straight in for a wave, caught it and was up and riding. This was really the first time I have managed to do this and to do it on this board was amazing for me. Really happy.

The picture shows me a little unstable on the morning session with a larger board. No shots of the afternoon, but I was better - honestly ;)

This is a shot of the me the same morning on a hired board. As you can see I am a little unstable coming in on the whitewash. The afternoon session I managed to take a leap forward on a friends board.