Wife and son have gone to Germany and I'm off to Ireland so it's been a bit hectic getting everyone organised!
I'm flying off to Ireland shortly so will hopefully score some good surf and bring back a fresh batch of pics to share with you.
Here's a quick video from Tuesday when we had nice 3-4ft, clean waves @ Rest Bay. I got in around 6.15am and for once Ratter was early! ;) We had 2 hours in and it just kept getting better as the tide pushed in.
Rest Bay from wounded gull on Vimeo.
I surfed like a bit of a spanner but I have 7 days of solid surfing to find my form again now.
Sadly I cracked the glass in my beloved bonzer so she'll not be coming with me to the Emerald Isle. I was really looking forward to seeing how she handled things too. Oh well - "another time, another place, player"!
Surf photographer to the stars, Claire Beach snapped this one of me doing a half decent cutty:
Cheers Claire!
It's almost a repeat performance of my last trip there - dusting off the old single fin, not having ridden it for about 5 months and paddling out into 8ft+ waves hoping I can still remember how to ride it, and not slide out on my first bottom turn!
I managed it okay last time though, on no sleep and 7 hrs driving but I think that was down to the adrenalin rush at seeing decent waves!
I guess it's like riding a bike but you do get used to the hold and drive achieved from a bonzer 5 fin.
Just packed it into a board bag and everything seems fine. I've dropped my 10" fin in there just in case it does go large. There's a 976 low lurking out there....
Plenty of north forecast in the wind so might be trying some new spots this trip.
Take it easy
Gull
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