The Bowl Serves It Up

 

While Graham Ezzy was tearing it up at Demo (read about it in the Yahoo Long Island Windsurfing Group)  everybody who could manage it further east was tearing it up at The Bowl.

The sail range was 4.7 to 5.2, with head-high waves (bigger further out by the buoy) rolling up big and clean in the morning.  Me (the wave newbie) managed my best bottom turns/cutbacks ever on one wave…which was good because I didn’t do very well on most of the others (though one did very well with me...“paid your dues” said Scott.)   Sail a little torn, and me spitting sand, but I’d take a session like this any day.

It got messy after a few hours as the tide changed, and the crowd packed up to move to South Jamesport.  I was getting laughed at on my 5.0 (‘cause it was much windier) but that’s what I rigged…should have gone with something smaller.

My arms are burnt  to a crisp.   In the joyous crowd today:  Frank, Radek, Jan, Bruce, Scott, the Wolf, Jeff, Fisherman, Bill, John H, George Pav, Joe, and about four more guys I don't know (yet).

(photos by Jeff:  Top: We play.   Middle:  All I see is white.   Bottom:  The Wolf likes his waves clean.  For more photos from this session, check out Jeff's Flickr page.)

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Comments

[Andy]

Sick! Looks like the whole East Coast is getting it good!!

[Bunty]

I'm jealous - no other comment to make!