JAMIE HANCOCK
“I’d only been back in the UK for a few days before the first charts started to light up. I was gagging to go on a trip with the boys and this Cornwall forecast looked perfect to try and acclimatise back to the UK winter conditions.
It turned out to be great fun once we made that dreaded trek down the hill to the beach. The higher perspective from the car park was deceptive to knowing the actual size of the swell; it turned out to be quite punchy. After the initial shock to the system of the colder water I slowly started to dial into the way the waves were hitting the sandbar. I went for bigger kit with a 4.5m Vandal prototype and my Tabou 75 litre board but that quickly proved to be way too big. The hill is a nightmare to get up and down at Mexico’s so I stuck with the 4.5m but could have easily dropped to a 4.0m and small board by the middle of the session. I was lucky enough to nail one or two decent airs and plenty of other fun waves. There were plenty of others charging and everyone was absolutely loving it on the water. Most amazing moment of the day? Well that has to go to Jamie Hawkins and how many times he dropped in on everyone, must have been a record!”