New surfboard christened today

Posted on September 3, 2007
Filed Under - leisure |

I took my new board out today, even though the surf is rubbish. I thought I might as well get it wet and paddle around a bit. I did try paddling into a few waves but I still suck at this. The conditions were not ideal but I just wasn’t getting enough speed. Practise, practise! I went to Whipsiderry beach, which is the next one up from Porth beach. Whipsy is a cool beach for kids as it has lots of caves and rockpools. It is generally much quieter than Porth because of the steep steps you take to get to it, but the surf is better. At high water there is no beach, but at low water I believe you can walk all the way up to Watergate Bay on the sand.

Whipsiderry beach

Talk about bad timing, I buy my new surfboard at the start of a two-week flat spell! I will be praying to the god of swell and doing my wave dance. My neighbour has got himself a paddleboard, so he’s the only one having any fun right now. Paddleboards hark back to the ancient way of surfing, when surfers stood on a very long board and used a paddle to catch waves. The flat waters of Porth at high tide are a perfect practice arena for him. He reckons that Thursday and Friday have potential for surfing. Having just checked the forecast on Magic Seaweed, I see that although the waves remain small, the swell will be coming straight on to the beach while the wind is offshore(ish), so it looks promising!

Stumble it!

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