#82, OUT OF THE GATES AND RUNNING...TODAY WAS ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE!
LOCATION...............................BAMBOO'S
WAVES....................................................2-4
WATER..............COLD BUT ENJOYABLE
AIR...............................CLEAR AND BLUE
PADDLE TIME................................8:56am
CO-PILOT..........................MY GIRL LOLA
TODAYS INTEREST: THE WONDERFUL AND MARVELOUS EGG....
LATELY I HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF EGGY STYLE BOARDS IN THE LEUCADIA ROTATION, EVERYTHING FROM BONZERS TO 5'0" FLAT DISKS TO 7'10" QUAD SPEED FREAK EGGS...THIS HAS PEEKED MY INTEREST.
SO I DECIDED TO BORROW A FRIENDS 6'8" PURE FUN AND THREW A 9'0" TURBO FIN (THE ONE WITH THE TUNNEL RAM SYSTEM) IN IT. IT WAS INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST, BUT A BLAST AT THE SAME TIME! IT FELT LIKE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. I COULD SCREAM DOWN THE LINE HANGIN SPEED 5, OR I COULD PUMP LONG DRAWN OUT TURNS OR EVEN WITH THE RIGHT LINED UP SECTIONS, I WAS ABLE TO PUNT A COUPLE NICE FRONT-SIDE GRAB AIRS...IT WASNT MY SHORT BOARD, BUT I STILL LOVED IT!
IM NOT PARTICULAR TO ANY BRAND OR SHAPER, I LIKE TO RIDE WHAT APEALS TO MY EYES AND USUALLY I CAN IDENTIFY ITS CHARACTERISTICS BEFORE SURFING IT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I REALLY AM BECOMING FOND OF THE OUT OF THE BOX STYLE SHAPES.
SHAPES LIKE THE HYDRODYNAMICA, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A SHAPE THAT I SAW ABOUT 13-14 YEARS AGO SHAPED BY CHRIS NOONAN. ALSO THE COMPACT DISK SHORTIES...NOT SO MUCH THE WALDONS BUT JUST THAT STYLE. ALL OF THE RETRO QUADS ARE GREAT TOO! I TEND TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS THE FLAT WIDE DOUBLE ENDER STYLE , REAL SHORT AND FAT! THRUSTER, QUAD, TWINY OR SINGLE, IM STOKED TO TRY AS MANY AS I CAN!
GETTING BACK TO THE EGGS...WITH SO MANY STYLES AND FIN SET UPS AND OUTLINES AND THE HUGE RANGE OF VERSATILITY, YOU REALLY CANT GO WRONG! IT CAN GET BORING BUT IF REALLY GET LUCKY AND CONNECT WITH RIGHT BOARD ON THE RIGHT DAY, IT COULD PROVE TO BE A TRULY MAGICAL SESSION...
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND...I ALWAYS KEEP MY SHORTBOARD CLOSE BY!
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