The Anointment of the Sunday on a Monday

The kids got home soon after I did and they both decided to come to WPB with me to anoint the Firewire Sunday.  The waves were forecasted to be 2-3', with a low high tide (at 0.9').  Light winds (but it was an onshore flow).

Originally I had the K2 keels on, but ultimately I decided on using the EN fins for this first run.  Uuuuhhhhhh - the ENs were perfect!!! 

The first few rides were short - I was trying to figure out where the sweet spot was so the takeoffs were slightly late.  Once I figured out to come back so my chin was in line with the top deck logo, I was able to takeoff really early and get some really long rides.  The juicy waves were far and few between - but on those rides I could tell this is going to be an incredibly fun board!!!

This fin setup is really good.  It'll make it hard to switch out to other setups - but I'll force myself to do so.

Marlon also brought the Seaside out - but he needed just a little more energy.

I'm glad I got this board!  It'll be a fun addition to the current lineup!  Now that it has been properly anointed, it's time to slap on some stickers!

W:6/F:13/S:8

Evening Session - 7/19/2020

Marlon, Noe and I headed over to PTs yesterday evening to catch some waves.  The wind was up, but it had a little more North to it so the trees were able to block some of it.  There was still some texture, but it wasn't blown out.  The swell had a little size to it - chest to shoulder on some of them, with the background mostly in the waist high range.  The tide was way up - +2.3' and it was over topping the sand berm.  Noe came to take pictures - when Marlon and I weren't moving, she likes to take pictures of the ghost crabs, waves, sailboats, planes and birds that pass by.

I brought out the same setup as Saturday - wide 4'10" and the Armstrong CF1600/Uni tail.  Marlon brought his longboard and was catching everything.

After a session, I got my footing back on this setup and catching waves was more automatic than Saturday.  I got some long ones, but there were more fishermen out (as there normally are on weekends), and they were kinda in the surf break (I'm not complaining for me - there were tons of kids out and they were in the zone more than I was).  Well - on one run I had to do the limbo to avoid getting caught up in a line.  Actually I think the fisherman was using a grappling rig because the line didn't give while I was riding through it.

Other than that, I had a bunch of fun rides and great takeoffs.

Another great day at PTs!