Stronger winds today -
Same gear as yesterday
I could have been on a 3.6 -
Such great surfing equipment!!!
I got in a bunch of tacks onto oncoming waves. And on one jibe, a hammerhead was cruising close to the surface - by the time I saw it, there was no way for me not to hit it. It freaked out and I went down - and I told myself to just get back up on the board and sail away - there was plenty of wind and if I remained calm, we both can call it an accident and just go our separate ways. On the beach, Roland said he saw a shark also in the outside part of the breaks. Probably the same hammerhead.
And I forgot to mention this yesterday - the monk seal that has been hanging out on the beach ended up swimming away whie I was on an inbound run. I started talking loudly to it and it was listening. Pretty cool wildlife interactions these past couple of days.
A little more north in the wind today and the windline was a little further off shore. Roland and I were out prepping for the downwind race tomorrow.
It gets hard to go fast when there is a bunch of chop and turbulence in the water. I thought I was going faster than this (everything is relative - or maybe my GPS is slow)
Wanna take a guess at what time I hit the shark?
This was a really fun session!!!
W:58/F:57/S:28
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