As a nice little parting session, Scarborough delivered one more days stoke before leaving, bigger and better than all those before..
Now i can't tell you too much about it as it will hopefully be appearing in a Windsurfing publication in your area before too long, but, let's just say that when it's peaking at mast and a half, the water's practically empty and there's only 4 of us out sailing, including the World Champion and two of his his team mates, it's pretty good!! worth a read when it gets printed that's for sure..
The waves were so clean it was incredible, not a ripple in sight.
More than a few hairy sections and lips to take on out there.
The occasional set were lining up wide and you had to really go for it to make the sections, get it right and the aerials were punching, thrusting smacks sending you airborne whether you wanted to or not?
And just when you think things are going really well and you're fully dialled in, they invariably go wrong! This wipe out had some pretty expensive consequences! it wouldn't be the same, sailing scarborough without having some sort of epic tale to tell, a few years ago on a particularly big and windy day it all went a bit wrong and i lost a board!!
A friend of mine spotted this in Amsterdam airport whilst waiting for a plane.
(nice one Jacko!)
Unfortunately the credit card people have caught up with me, the funds have run out and it's time to head back to reality, Cape Town has had an epic season and i'm sure the boys still there will be looking forward to many more weeks sailing, i'll be reminded as i make my winter video over the next few weeks! Sad as it is to leave all that ripping behind i'm glad to be heading home again to hit the UK beaches when the wind switches on and score some more epic sessions like these above whenever possible.
Well, i'd love to stay and chat but i'm afraid it's time to get back down the coal mine and start earning some money before the next trip! well, at least that's what it looks like i've been doing!!
Pix: Nic Bothma, Guava Jelly, The coal man's missus...
ciao..
