More from the day on my Flickr
Conditions: 3-4 ft. + – waist to shoulder high and fair-good conditions. Clean, peaky lines with workable shoulders and fair-good shape.
Gear: 9 ft foam board
AWESOMEÂ day.
I got together a group of friends who were looking to learn and headed to the beach for another Adventure Out class. My friends all got the basic class while I talked to one of the instructors about where I wanted to improve. Basically I wanted to work on my timing, on reading a wave, and generally working on my confidence.
I spent the day working with Melissa on catching waves, trying to learn when IÂ should paddle slow (if it’s a steep wave)Â and when I should paddle faster to catch the wave. Mike helped me learn to balance my upper body and to use my front shoulder to steer. I learned to set up top turns and how to start to think about bottom turns. IÂ didn’t get a whole lot of turning in, but I got up lots of times and had a blast.
Everyone else was getting the hang of things pretty quickly too, hopefully I’ll have a few more friends in the water!