Thursday we headed to Kite Point for a very gusty session. But it was still a blast non-the-less. It had been a while since we all rode so it was still a good session. Lulu, Dave, John, and GS were all there. The Fam came in for the weekend for Thanksgiving. Saturday I snuck in a short session at the lighthouse with thigh high waves and more gusty winds. Sunday I grabbed a couple shots of Zack out on the 9’9 and a 13m waroo. He was killing it unhooked in the waves.
I Headed out to KP yesterday after work to catch a session. I headed out on a 06 13m fuel and quickly became over powered. I came in to pump up when i saw that dave hade both the 08 nemi and waroo ready to go. So i tried them back to back. It was blowing about 25 so i was well powered on the 9m kites. I liked the feel of the waroo better. It seemed to tuen slower than the nemi. It was just slow to initiate the turn, once you got it turning it turned wuickly. The Nemi was more powerful than the waroo in the same size kite (9m). But the Nemi seemed to be not stay where you thought the kite was. I constantly had to look at the kite to make sure it was were i thought it was. I dropped the Waroo and seemed to relaunch just fine. I forgot to drop the nemi however. for my first ride on both of these kites i would choose the Waroo over the Nemi.
Well it was still big out there, infact it was getting larger. The swell was hitting the beach pretty dead on which made it imperative to pick your wave carfully. And it only got larger as the day went on. There were a bunch of guys out. Dave Lewis, Tommie, GS and I went out. I took a couple shots ebfore paddling out. John was also there waiting for the wind and taking some pics. he grabbed a couple of me eating it bad that he will be sending.
Hatteras is firing. I turned out of my street and ran into GS who was heading out to the Hotels. He said that it was going off. So i got really excited, and he wasnt lying. The waves are shoulder to head +. The Hotels were a bit more packed than usual with there being no school, but still managed to snatch a couple good waves before heading into work. Tommie, Dave and GS rounded out the crew.
Dave Lewis, Tommie, Zack, GS and I went to the Hotels to surf. It was a very fun session with plenty of long lefts comming in. It was about waist to chest high and I rode the 7′ Destroyer which seemed to be a great shape for those waves.
The sessions have been starting to become scarce as the weather start to get colder. It makes it tough to get in the water for small surf when its so cold. But having it been a while it didn’t matter and it was time for a session no matter what. Ryan and I headed out to the Lighthouse for our split yesterday. I rode the 11’ Standup and ryan was on the 8’ Destroyer. I had a blast on the SUP in the thigh to occasional waist sets.
Zack, Dave, Tommie and Myself headed out to the lighthouse again for morning surf. I got to ride Zack’s 9’9 and had a great time. That board can catch any wave.
PS. I met the Co-Founder of Slingshot today.
Ryan and I took a Split and headed to the lighthouse again for round two. I took some shots and ryan surfed. It was a lot of fun but the wave dropped in size by about half from this morning.
Here are a couple shots from Lane duPont of Sunday and one of Saturday’s session:
Friday I headed up the Virginia Beach with nick and dave for a very interesting night. We made it home Saturday in time to ride. The swell was supposed to hit Saturday but when I went to look at it there was nothing, it was maybe ankle high. So I went to KP and rode there juiced on a 7m fuel and a wakeboard. Sunday I woke up early and headed to the hotels for some side off head high wave action. Tommie and I kited there for a good 3 hours until we couldn’t make a bottom turn with out falling. Zack came out to take a couple shots but we were riding at a bad time and all the shots were blown out. Lane was also there shooting so hopefully he will send over some shots later. After that I took a break and headed to the lighthouse to take some shot. Ryan, Eric, Tommie and I headed out Monday morning to the lighthouse to find our selves in a pack of nearly 40 surfers out for the holiday. There were some crazy tube rides going on, it was quite a site to see.
I had 3 more pictures printed in The Kiteboarder Magazine in the December 2007 Issue. They are on pages, 36 & 66. Plus there is a nice write up/interview with Brandon Schied.
