The ASP surfing event was something we hadn’t factored into the equation before booking our tickets. Surely the best surfers on the planet were going to be equally hungry to catch this swell and no doubt they would not take too kindly to a bunch of windsurfers dropping in on one of the most coveted surfing waves in the world? Would they be cool with us? We’d have to cross that bridge at a later date.
One of my main concerns was finding boats to get out to the reef on, but within fifteen minutes of arriving on Plantation Scotty already had the matter sorted and we were all booked up to head to Cloudbreak within the hour. If you don’t mind splurging £100 for a 3-hr. trip out to the reefs, boats are no problem, although todays journey five miles or so offshore into twenty-five knots and choppy seas was no doubt going to be rough ride.