ADAM LEWIS
When I saw the forecast I was really excited, I hadn’t had a chance to get a good session at Daymer for years. It’s a place that is kind of special to me, back in the Team Airborn days George’s family had an unreal cottage overlooking the bay and we used to sail there a lot. We even used to get abandoned there on windy weekends, sail all day and then walk to Padstow for fish and chips. Over the years we’ve had some awesome sessions. I just guess I have a lot of fond memories of the place and it’s not often it disappoints. I tend to look for a W/SW wind with a slightly larger swell. Actually it works a lot and its usually a bit windier than anywhere else. The only thing you need to be careful of is the tide, if its on the way out there is a lot of water moving out to sea and if there is a big swell it can be really, really choppy almost un-sailable.
The day we sailed it I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’d scored a session in Polzeath the day before but the wind was pretty sketchy and the waves were a bit funky, then as Muzza arrived the wind dropped and the waves went. All that was left was a pretty strong tide surge up the beach; actually I only got off the beach in my car just in time! Then the next day, it didn’t look so windy when we woke up. I was pretty worried but after picking up JC it seemed to pick up on the way. As we arrived we ran round the head land to check it out. My heart soared; it looked mental, mega waves out back and a sailable section at Doom Bar on the inside.