...and don't forget the swap meet!
I turned 39 on Saturday (for the umpteenth time) and was richly rewarded. AM was the swap meet at Hampton Watersports. Do I love swap meets. All that gear makes me think of all the sessions each board and sail has seen, and the people who come are the best! I ran into Nancy, whom I last saw in 1993 when, from the original Puffin House on the Little Peconic, some of us would sail across the bay to New Suffolk, and meet windsurfers over there. Nancy is still sailing and she needed a new board (and found one!)
After the swap the winds came up from the east, and it was time to sail Ponquogue. I hadn't sailed Ponquogue since my birthday three years ago and ocean sessions are so rare that I was super excited. T'was me, Bruce, Frank, George Pav, Jimmy Sobeck, John Natalie. Scott, the Wolf, and Filipp from Baltimore (we met at the swap.) The water was a choppy mess, but still there were ramps and the occasional rideable swell (Frank was seen getting some rides of decent length.) For myself every time I jumped I felt OLD. "I'm not sure my ass is up to this" was the thought every time I landed a modest jump. I finally got some half decent air and landed it without pain, just as the wind came up. That was my cue to go home for a birthday dinner with wife Sally.
A very nice day. Must do this every birthday!
Happy birthday Michael!
Posted by: Brian S | May 15, 2017 at 03:50 PM