Scott Looks Mahvelous, and a Meschutt Fashion Review

Five of us sat in Scott’s pickup, eyeing the conditions from the Meschutt parking lot.   Every time there was a lull Scott whined that it was dead.  Every time there was a gust Jon Ford said it looked like 4.2.   The Wolf noted how grumpy Scott was, I made dumb jokes, and Peconic Jeff took it all in.

After about five minutes of this I noticed Scott’s hair.   It was looking quite good.  He appeared positively coiffed, and I was moved to comment.

“Scott, your hair is looking exceptionally good today.”

“What?” Scott replied.

“Your hair IS looking good,” Jon agreed.

“I got a haircut,” the Wolf interjected.   The Wolf did indeed look clean cut and keen, but there was no doubting that on this particular morning, Scott was taking the spotlight as a very handsome man.  Even Jeff agreed.  I began taking photos of Scott.

“What’s wrong with you people?” Scott demanded.   Then Frank pulled into the parking lot, a big gust shook the pickup, and the Scott Admiration Society disbanded to rig.

I went with a 4.5 and the 77 liter FreeWave, and was first on the water, pleasantly lit.  The freshly shorn Wolf followed soon after on a 4.2, which was the sail call for everyone else save mighty Jon on his 4.7. 

Someone noted that in this wind range Scott, Jon and the Wolf were all on blue Maui Sails (what my wife would call a “blue story”) which seemed nice except that yellow Jeff and the red contingent of myself and Frank were left out in the cold.  Speaking of which, both Scott and I were sporting some new heavy winter booties (warm, comfy, and lending a pleasing line to the drysuit legs) whilst Jeff sailed with new gloves and a personalized twist to his facemask.   The air was 34 degrees (water temp 41, for a “hundred rule” total of 75…pretty frickin cold) so our winter wear needed to be both fashionable AND functional.   When snow started to blow I donned sunglasses (Scott grabbed construction goggles) but these both fogged pretty quickly, so off they came.

The tide was near high, but before high tide the ramps were quite jumpable, and some faux backside waveriding was to be had.   During our frequent breaks to warm hands we’d huddle around Scott’s propane heater and wave our mitts in front of it, making sure to remove them before steam started to rise or plastic melt.  Jon sat in front of the thing at one point and began to lean back before Scott and I shouted, preventing a three inch hole from being burnt in.   Finding a tailor who could have mended that attractively would have been a bitch.

(Photos from top: Scott and Frank tear it up and mix colors, Scott is mystified by the crowd of admirers, Jeff sports new gloves, nose protection, and the cutest black bow atop his helmet, the editor warms his hands whilst Scott rigs.  All photos by Jeff except for the Jeff shot, by the editor.)

Comments

[Bunty]

Hope you and all your surfing community had a superb Christmas and wish you all the very best for a 2011 packed with great conditions for windsurfing and SUP'ing.

[scott k.]

as secretary and director (c.d. being the often missing chimp in action pres.) of the EASTERN LONG ISLAND WIND CHIMP ASSOCIATION i must say......we are all nuts!!

[Alexey]

I've done 44+46 = 90 and thought it was darn cold... You're putting everyone to shame.

Have you thought of warming your hands in the warm water kettle you could put on the propane heater?

[John Hulse]

I hope Scott is not trying to replace me as " grumpy boy". Hope you all are having fun. No propane heat needed here. 82 , 8ft and 20 knots today. I'll try to send some pics next week.Enjoy the snow. JH Grumpy

[bill barber]

fellows i love the stoke but kielt is right u r all nuts actually today was 10-15 ft faces 15-25 mph and few takers

[Bunty]

Bloody crazy if you ask me!!! We think twice about going down when the air temp goes as low as 13 Centigrade (which is not very often thank God!). Since you all wear dry suits how about strapping a hot water bottle around your bellies or your backs - only an extra kilo of weight!

[cd]

What the...I must say you all need to get your heads examined, Mike you run one nutty blog(Hulse you will always be the king of GRUMP,Kielt is running a close second lately but his hair looks quite natty)Keep the chuckles coming in 2011! CD

[Michael]

Nutty? What can I say, Lord Chimpleton...I'd rather examine my downhaul than my head. Or the waves, if you can just teach me how to find the channel. Happy New Year sir!

[cd]

Mike,
Same to you , health and happiness, and many waves and windy days for you and all fellow wave riders all over this great planet!
CD

[scott k.]

me grumpy?! all i need is a job & some wind!%$#&%!