Wrightsville Beach, NC - Saturday, February 12th, 2011
Swell: knee to waist Wind: 20MPH offshore Air: 55 F Water: 46 F
Board: 11' Great Lakes SUP w/ rounded pintail and delaminating traction pads
Oceanic/Crystal Pier at the south end of the island (Wrightsville Beach is joined with the mainland by a causeway)
Not much competition this time of year - even on a beautiful Saturday
Here's a good shot of the traction pad peeling off the deck of the board - crappy rentals but cheap
The paddle was good though - full carbon fiber construction and the perfect length
A nice section - setting up for the floater on the inside
It's illegal to surf within 500' of this pier - I'm about 150' feet away here, but the popo never showed
My hands went numb in the first 10 minutes. I left my gloves back in CA
Last wave after 2 hours out there - exhausted
Where's the hut tub?
I was fighting the offshore winds here just to get back to the sand. That board was like a sail
Next time I'm wearing gloves
Emma didn't mind the cold and took a break from building sand castles to decorate me with sand
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