WIND OF CHANGE
I woke from my nap to the sweet noise of wind gusts. Not too strong but it doesn’t take much to get a windsurfer excited! As quickly as I could I threw my gear out of the van and rigged my trusty light wind combination – a 5.0 and 82 litre RRD Wave Cult. I was frothing but nervous the wind could drop as fast as it came. I walked towards the ocean with all the gear on my head. Only two or three surfers were in the water. They looked at me as if they had never saw a windsurfer. The Wind was ok, not planing but enough to allow some nice waveriding in small but fun surf. Being the only windsurfer in the water in a place I don’t know surrounded by a beautiful landscape makes it feel special even if the session is pretty short. It was only an hour but an intense hour. Getting wave after wave until the setting sun cooled the air and slowed down the thermally driven wind. It’s ok; the length of session wasn’t the point.
