Evening Session - 12/7/2023

Small wave evening session.  I'm just happy that there are still ridable waves on the south shore (surfline was calling this 20 kJ).

It was super low tide - so I opted to surf.  And for the given conditions, I brought out the Firewire Sweet Potato (in Volcanic - because it already had the Wayne Rich Nightmare Twins on board).  

I got out late because I took a short nap at home after I got home from work.  The crowd was not too bad (still lots of Wavestorm Gerry Lopez foamies in the water),  The waves were waist to belly high on the sets.

I caught maybe 7 good waves - where I could throw the board around and got some distance from the ride.

Roland and Prayot were on foils.  I didn't want to go there (0.1 low tide....).

Fun day!!!

W:117/F:105/S:57

Evening Session - 11/1/2023

I got in a late afternoon session today.  I thought the waves would still have a little size from earlier this week - but the waves were belly or less.  There was very little wind so it was nice and glassy.  And the waves did standup a little bit better since it was low tide.

I brought the Firewire Sweet Potato in Volcanic, and I put in the True Ames Wayne Rich Nightmare keels.

I caught a bunch of gut-less waves, but did get a handful of really fun waves where multiple hard turns and gouges were had.

Roland was out in his longer board - he was more patient and waited for the bomber to roll through (relative size wise).

Such a good combo!

If I go tomorrow, I might have to break out the Viking...

W:104/F:99/S:54

Looks Looky....

While out and about, we stopped in to one of the surfshops and low and behold, they had one of these hiding in the racks....

This thing looked SO GOOD!!!!

Evening Session - 7/13/2023

Sometimes you have to mix things up to appreciate what you do.  I haven't surfed surfboards for quite some time - lots of prone foiling, Foil Drive foiling and wing foiling.  I can't get enough of the G's that I can pull getting into a hard turn - but catching waves on a surfboard is still fun (and at some breaks, it is safer than foiling).

There was still some swell coming in from the Tasman Sea storm cycle.  There was wind that was chopping up the surface a bit - but the wind wasn't so strong that I wished I was winging - just enough to remind one that you were surfing at White Plains Beach.

I brought the Volcanic Sweet Potato out for its inaugural run.

Just like the standard version, the Sweet Potato shape is perfect for shitty waves.  I personally think this board makes you a better surfer because you have to read the waves better to weave a good line.  This version does seem just a tad bit stiffer than the H2 version (the Volcanic cloth has similar properties to carbon fiber - just not as stiff).

The deck pad is in the perfect spot.  I don't think I'll set this board up as a thruster - it just works better as a 2 +1.  I do think I'll mix in some more keel like twins to see what different fins will do (and that is the benefit of having two of the same board)

I had fun weaving good rides out of waves that otherwise would have been overlooked (and were a little too choppy for foiling).

Fun session mixing it up and a great first outing for the Firewire Volcanic Sweet Potato!

W:66/F:63/S:30