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Member#: 359 Location: Leamington, Midlands Registered: 09-09-2003 Diary Entries: 4
Mood: Getting less surf than my avat
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28th February 2005
Windsurfing: New Plymouth - NZ Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: 15 - 25 knots Surf / Sea State: 1 metre swell out bck Air Temperature: 21C Sea Temperature: 19C Weather: Sunshine Max Speed: Distance Covered:
Again a very rocky place with black volcanic sand from nearby Mt. Taranaki.
It dominates the skyline round here and when you can see it, its an amazing
site. Its a spit image of Mt. Fuji in Japan. The coastline is a bit like
aberystwyth whereby the sands black/grey and its quite rocky so youve gotta
pick your lines right with getting out.
After a bit of a struggle getting out past the point to find some wind, it
was really gusty and wasnt that enjoyable. Some runs were a bit too
overpowered and the whole setup of my kit is not suited to this place at
all. The boards a slalom board ands its way too big for this place. My
sails more a slalom sail rather than a wave sail and I dont have a wave fin
so it was very uncomfortable spinning out after every little bit of chop
almost. Off to Carbon Art tomorrow thats located nearby to maybe get a
cheap wave board if ive got the money and definately a wave fin.
Also managed to tear the very bottom of my sail slightly so its been
temporarily gaffer taped up.
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