winddoctor
Log Started:
Sunday August 22, 2004
Total Records: 1320
This Year: 82
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Friday November 25, 2005
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Cook Street, Windsurfing
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Friday November 25, 2005
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Conditions
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TOW
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Toys Used:
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Cook Street, Windsurfing
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W 25 - 32
Great ramps, then messy
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3.50 hours
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Wind Obsession Fish 92 L 7'8"
Starboard Evo 74 7'6"
Ezzy Wave SE 5.0
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Killer session! (due in part to the OR drysuit!)
Marathon Dave was 1st out. I rigged a 5.0 on the big board and was immediately super powered up. The swell was getting steeper and bigger every reach and the wind was quickly building, so I went in and grabbed the Evo. Massive ramps on the outside had me higher on a backloop than I've ever been at KooK St. I should have been on a 4.2 but the Ezzy 5.0 was just doable. Tried lots of forwards and endos and over-rotated a number of them. Getting better at sheeting back out to control over rotation. Kus and Mark showed up soon after I got on the water and were ripping it up. The kiters were getting STOOPID :twisted: HIGH jumps with hangtime long enough to take a quick nap. Asscrack hucked one of the biggest kite jumps I've seen live right in front of me!
The OR Drysuit worked super well. I stayed unbelievably warm and comfy even without a toque. I would have been frozen with zero energy left about an hour and a half earlier in my wetty. Takes some getting used to having the lower half of the suit shrink wrap your groin and legs when waterstarting, but it's not really a problem. Swimming feels a little draggy (as you'd expect), but when you get up and out of the water, the suit "disappears" due to the easy range of motion. I'm stoked so far! I've never been so warm and comfy sailing in the winter before. Me likey. I will be doing a more indepth review of the suit very soon for River-rippers.net. Thanks for the demo of the suit, Richard! Anyone else thinking of buying a drysuit should demo the OR.
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