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[YukonCornelius]

I'm headed to Senegal next week to surf

stoked not just for the epic surf forecasted, but also never been to that part of the world

now that is a proper adventure, have an incredible time!

[eleveneightnate]

I'm headed to Senegal next week to surf

stoked not just for the epic surf forecasted, but also never been to that part of the world

That's sick, just looked up some of the spots and I had no idea they got waves like that there. Hopefully they're nice and empty for you!

[eleveneightnate]

i grew up surfing in NJ and my skill has fallen off of a cliff since leaving the coast unfortunately. was in biarritz a few years ago surfing for a few days and mistimed snaps and basic turns and got chucked off my board so many times. timing seems to have gone away along with general water fitness as expected. thankfully, reading the ocean and getting to the right spot didn't disappear.

on that note, going to a consistent point for a few weeks would be unbelievable for skill improvement, and i can only imagine spending a few sessions in a wave pool would advance skill level dramatically. you could get more waves over the course of 10 hours in a wave pool that most people get in a year

Same dude! It's real hard keeping surf fitness and skills up on vacation. We close on the house 12/19, so hopefully some good NC winter swell shows up and I can get back into it!

[kimchi]

i grew up surfing in NJ and my skill has fallen off of a cliff since leaving the coast unfortunately. was in biarritz a few years ago surfing for a few days and mistimed snaps and basic turns and got chucked off my board so many times. timing seems to have gone away along with general water fitness as expected. thankfully, reading the ocean and getting to the right spot didn't disappear.

on that note, going to a consistent point for a few weeks would be unbelievable for skill improvement, and i can only imagine spending a few sessions in a wave pool would advance skill level dramatically. you could get more waves over the course of 10 hours in a wave pool that most people get in a year

Yea this is the biggest drawback to surfing for me. If I'm not in the water, my paddle conditioning is garbage, and I'm not out often enough for it to get better. And on the wave pool bit, even when I was in the water every other day, I might catch best case scenario 6-8 waves in an hour.

This is one of the reasons I've really come to love skating in the past year or so. Consequences are higher, but progression is so much easier because I get so many reps when I drop into a bowl. Can't speak to surfing, but I can tell my snowboarding will be much stronger this season because I have just overall better awareness on transition and what my body's doing because my margin of error is smaller.

[YukonCornelius]

i grew up surfing in NJ and my skill has fallen off of a cliff since leaving the coast unfortunately. was in biarritz a few years ago surfing for a few days and mistimed snaps and basic turns and got chucked off my board so many times. timing seems to have gone away along with general water fitness as expected. thankfully, reading the ocean and getting to the right spot didn't disappear.

on that note, going to a consistent point for a few weeks would be unbelievable for skill improvement, and i can only imagine spending a few sessions in a wave pool would advance skill level dramatically. you could get more waves over the course of 10 hours in a wave pool that most people get in a year

Same dude! It's real hard keeping surf fitness and skills up on vacation. We close on the house 12/19, so hopefully some good NC winter swell shows up and I can get back into it!

congrats dude that is awesome!

Kimchi i hear all that, progressing in surfing is very hard. it's akin to golf for me, takes a lot of time to break through plateaus

[Blessed420]

Day 28

[Spenser]

When it turns on, it turns on. Finally, things are moving. Yesterday was fun stuff, but today was rad. Ghost town pow day. A few screenshots from upcoming opening week edit.

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[coleslawed]

love to see it

[Spenser]

Things got a little dicey & we even had to close for almost a week due to snow loss, but got about 12" up high in the last few days, and are back. Yesterday was really fun out the side gates, but really thick & low vis. Fortunately when it got cold last night, it dried out. Today was fucking awesome. Going to head out a little further to try to get a few more clips tomorrow, and then I can finally finish this edit.

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[Vanni]

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That's a proper duck stance!

How does he like the Kazu in powder?

I had a powder day on mine, yesterday, waist/hips deep pow.
I remember someone here that said that the Kazu was basically like a full camber board in the pow.
And yes, I agree with this. It reminds me my old full camber Rome Agent. You need to have lot of speed and a steep line to stay afloat.
And a good pow riding technique, of course; the one I don't have anymore, because I faced powder seldomly, in the last years.

90% Wizard, 10% wand

At the end of the powder day I was getting better, but I'm still not what I was few years ago. I need more pow day to be 100% back!
(the next time I think I'll bring the Super 8, which is a surprisingly good powder board)