Tuesday 24 May 2011

All good things come to an end.

 Our trip has been great and we wish it could have lasted longer but all good things must come to an end.  Although the wind wasn't the best it didn't take away from how much fun we had on our vacation. The great thing about Hatteras is that there are a ton of other things to do. We did everything from windsurfing, skim boarding, and surfing to fishing and hiking. Here are a few quick peaks into how our trip looked like. Now we're back in Canada and already we were blessed with some wind. We were greeted with a nice 4.5/4.1 day at Keswick on Lake Simcoe yesterday. Good wind but a little too much chop for freestyle.
Adam coming in from a nice sunset session at the Canadian Hole.
Adam jumping off the huge sand dune just a few miles south of the Wright Brother Memorial.

Me and Adam catching the same wave.

Monster waves in the background, wish it was windy enough to go windsurfing that day.

Some real nice waves on a big swell day.

Skim boarding after surfing at the lighthouse.

Monday 9 May 2011

Some wind and waves!

Hatteras has been pretty great so far. We got here April 30th at around 8pm and managed to find our house in the dark. The wind was pretty good for a few days but for the past three it's been pretty much dead. This gave us time to try surfing for the first time. First time out we borrowed some boards from our friend Tom Soltysiak and realized how difficult, but very fun, surfing actually was. So the next day we went out to all the windsurf/surf shop we could find and found ourselves some pretty good beginner boards for only $80 (after taxes). So the past few days were spent learning to surf! (Picture on the  Top left: Me catching a fun wave!)
However, the forecast looks pretty nice for the rest of the week, lets just hope it stays that way. We're looking at some nice northern winds then a days break then some southern winds coming in strong. The trip is going great, can't wait to get back out onto the water!