Session 55 - April 6 - Hook

Sunday April 6, 5:30-8, 6'8 Taylor

Just good enough...about sums up this session. Surf was just good enough to get me out there for an evening glass off session, just good enough to keep me out there until after dark waiting through the 20 minute lulls between sets, just good enough to catch a couple decent rides that made the session all worthwhile. I could've done without the long, cold wait after the sun went down for that very last set...seriously, they say you should never paddle in, always surf in, but this was pushing it...I got a little dribbler and took it in after my patience was exhausted.

Was pretty windy and I was feeling pretty lazy so opted to stick close to home, rode my bike over to the hook.

Pros for riding a bike to the break: fast, easy, looks cool.

Cons: bike locks. After about 3 hours in frigid water, hands and fingers become pretty much useless inoperable little appendages hanging limply at your side. It is dang near impossible to get those frozen blocks to operate and unlock a tiny little bike lock key -- no joke -- I struggled with that stupid thing for a good 5 minutes trying to get my fingers and my wrist to twist to the point I could get the lock open...try it sometime (or just take my word for it) it really is amazing how useless your fingers and hands and even wrist are after a long cold surf session. Finally I managed to get it unlocked, leveraging both hands and a little bit of pain, and got to ride home.

In conclusion, while even though yeah I probably could've walked home and back in less time than it took me to open the stupid bike lock, I'm going to keep on biking. It's just far too satisfying gliding right past those miserable, shivering, walking surfers on the way home. I can feel the jealousy in their gaze...sucks to be you! I'm about to take a warm shower! Ha!