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mchaco1
Joined: 08 Sep 2010 Posts: 645
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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isobars wrote: | Yup ... there's the wingers ... the slight hitch in the rail line near the tail, visible in contrast to the fin in this photo. On a different note, your board's upside down. I NEVER let the business side (the bottom) of my boards or my fins for that matter, touch anything but padded bag, air, water, or groomed lawn. I cringe when I see people leave their boards belly down on asphalt or rocks or getting ground away at the water's edge. |
The spoons already pretty beat, but it still works fine, same for the fin. I usually sit them on edge but I wanted a good picture of it. |
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jota
Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 205
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:29 pm Post subject: Re: First day at the Hatch |
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mchaco1 wrote: | If theres wind ill probably be there. Im usually on the spoon or the ninja turtle board in the video |
Were you wearing a blue PFD and just upwind of the Hatch point, towards Cheap, at some point Saturday?
There are so few people on the water this time of year, and I did see a guy in a blue PFD in huge swell (don't remember the sail or board); I noticed because it was immediately obvious the guy didn't have experience in those conditions, and my first thought was wtf? But after a few reaches I saw the guy was mostly under control, and not intimidated, and generally charging, so I did actually wonder to myself if it was you. But at that point you were just posting about the Event Site . . .
I was staying a bit upwind because Richard was floating in a tube taking photos off the point, and the moths were circling the flame, so it seemed just as well to stay out of the way. |
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mchaco1
Joined: 08 Sep 2010 Posts: 645
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: First day at the Hatch |
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jota wrote: | mchaco1 wrote: | If theres wind ill probably be there. Im usually on the spoon or the ninja turtle board in the video |
Were you wearing a blue PFD and just upwind of the Hatch point, towards Cheap, at some point Saturday?
There are so few people on the water this time of year, and I did see a guy in a blue PFD in huge swell (don't remember the sail or board); I noticed because it was immediately obvious the guy didn't have experience in those conditions, and my first thought was wtf? But after a few reaches I saw the guy was mostly under control, and not intimidated, and generally charging, so I did actually wonder to myself if it was you. But at that point you were just posting about the Event Site . . .
I was staying a bit upwind because Richard was floating in a tube taking photos off the point, and the moths were circling the flame, so it seemed just as well to stay out of the way. |
I was wearing a half blue wetsuit that might have been mistaken for a pdf. I had a red seat harness on. I was staying generally to the upwind side of the point to get the fast broad reaches back in. Your general description sounds spot on though I spent a lot of time bobbing on saturday on the little spoon in the extensive lulls and the rest of the time blasting along at mach 5 in the gusts pretending I was dale cook |
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