CHANCES
The waters at my derigging site are still, but around the corner lies one of the “biggest, heaviest, scariest waves ever”. Quit while you’re ahead is the saying but I wasn’t ahead, I just quit. A gambler knows the house always wins, I’m not a gambler, but I know this wave, any wave, always wins. I can’t compete, only spectate, participate. I help my friends recover the rescue jet skis and we laugh about the near misses we all had and witnessed. Windsurfing here is rare, so rare, because of the topography of the land and the effect it has on blocking the wind. It might be months or years before I get the chance again, maybe never, who knows, who can predict the ocean and our lives, not me. So I happily treasure the rarity to a well held memory of a privilege and note the day well. I’ll put it in my top 5 list on the Internet.
