12 pm Timo: It didn’t take long to see where Jules and Justin have learnt all their skills. The boys were ripping, big vertical smacks, one-handed airs – they had this place wired. I was going to have to sail out of my skin today to stand a chance, but it was great though to have a chance to sail with such talented guys. The waves started to get better as the tide raced out. JC was even happy, the wispy cloud from the morning session soon disappeared and we were left with literally not a cloud in the sky – not bad for December! The waves were a lot more like Cornwall than a spot in the Channel, lining up like any other world-class beach-break. Speaking to the boys we’d managed to score one of the best days of the year due to the wind direction being more side off than normal (SW is side/side onshore), and the waves still were a solid size.
The sailing was in my opinion as good as it gets for a beachie, perfect head-to-logo size waves, not too big to get destroyed, but big enough to cut loose and go for it without too much consequence. Move of the day had to go to Jules. His vertical smacks were what wave sailing should be all about, you won’t see any half turns or ‘freestyle takas’ from him, all his moves are 100% pure wave sailing as it should be – vertical and fast!