OK, i think i might have found the spot - if i can cross here we might be nearly there...
Hello everyone, what a beautiful day to be In the Outside. Finally the wind is back. Yes!
It's windy!
Was it too good to be true? It started well,
sustained 25 knots after what seemed like weeks of low wind, or winds at times that i couldn't wing.
Now finally the wind was back.
So i packed my kit and set out for a play.
But that beautiful wind was cross shore. Too cross shore really,
meaning I had to walk up wind to find a suitable location with firm enough sand...
and when i got there the sand bar was too narrow to be able to ride effectively across the wind,
with unrideable mud on one side and unridable sand on the other.
The summer sun had dried the sand and blown it into soft wheel eating drifts.
So more walking to find some rideable sand at the top of the beach
and just keep things simple with a bit of a down winder.
This is fast...
This sand's well dodgy.
Here's the thing using nature to get your kicks means that nature always has the final say,
and today the sand was, well, all wrong.
Wind speed, wind direction and the firmness of the sand will all
have a bearing on any adventure with a wing and mountain board.
Well it was still a lot of fun, and there will be better conditions again.
That's the way with nature. It does its thing - you've just got to ride with it.