Hey, I've been to that lake (that is, the one mentioned in the comment superior to this one). Long before I could stand up on a surfboad. My mom was born in Ironwood, Michigan. Verrry cold there.
I feel that surfing is restorative, while climbing is a bit more aggressive, relative to ones skill level and concentration within each. I often notice that they both go well hand in hand. My climbing enhances my surfing, while my surfing benefits my climbing. As my surfing has evolved, my climbing has co-evolved. As Charles earlier said, its time allocations can be difficult to accommodate. I spend so much time doing one or the other that they infringe on eachother. Its difficult to fully pursue both simultaneously.
"This is Michi Schwiger finally making it back to the beach at Kuau without his board or paddle after getting hit by a monster close-out set at Mama's, then getting washed way outside the reef and having to bodysurf back through another monster set at Sunrise (which tossed him over the falls like an Austrian rag doll), and after an hour swim being greeted by the Maui Fire Department and a lot of tourist fans on the rocks. This guy is my hero." Andy Church
This is the s..t legends are made of!
Now THAT was a helluva swell!
We surfed glassy double overhead waves right in my back yard for days and days then when it got real big I went to Kanaha which had a bit of island blocking so it was still manageable but it too had some double over head sets rolling through although most of the really good ones were in the overhead to head and a half. The right handers were holding up through three sections and that's over a 1/4 mile (and that aint no bull).
After one of those big rights the paddle back to the peak took forever. Later in the day I started only surfing lefts. They were just as much fun and the paddle back was way easier in that the left side of the peak at Kanaha has a natural channel.
I paddled/drifted the 1/4 mile back in after a solid four hours and I was completely exhausted.
It was still getting bigger the next day and the wind started picking up but not enough to wave sail yet.That day the entire north shore was closed out and the only waves that were working were Jaws and some obscure peaks way out on the outer reefs jet ski or boat access only. I took that day off and helped a friend work on his property.
The next day the trade winds were back full on and the swell had dropped some but we were still getting 18'-20' faces in select sets. Every thing was set up for classic wave sailing 16-18 knot side on wind and the sets were spaced far enough apart to allow access with out much penalty getting out. There were plenty of waves to ride so I was very selective and I made a point to avoid those larger set waves although I did ride one seriously big one that was the best single wave of the season so far.
After that session every one hung out at the beach till way after dark the cold beer seemed to appear out of no where and didn't run out for quite some time.
What fun!
Yesterday the waves were still around but the wind had picked up a solid notch and although I got some great wave rides it really wasn't as much fun.
Scuttlebutt has it that we have another swell on it's way maybe starting today. GAME ON!!!!
So I surfed quite a bit when I was a younger but moved on to other things. The father in law calls yesterday and says he taking all of us to Nicaragua for 10 days in December at a place called Rancho Santana. I google it and BOOM. He has rented a Villa On the beach overlooking 3 of the best breaks in the country!!! I guess I gotta back into surf shape. I married into a nice family no?
pyro - "surfing pipeline with a costco 99dollars soft top."
now that looked fun. i need a left total knee replacement (tkr) that workers comp is gonna spring for, but i have been putting off. and it is really sketchy going from prone to standing. and have shifted to long boards (ten-o donald takayama) so maybe it's time to buy me a stand-up. that is the first vid that has gotten my interest meter registering. thnx for posting.
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