Halloween on Cape Cod

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[jingebritsen]

Monster Hole is very easy to see when going over the inlet bridge. It's the sand bar area just south of the mouth. In the ocean. Not the kiddy pond.

[ron.c]

My costume to the Kalmus Beach Halloween Party.

All treats with one trick - Speedy was a no show - What the heck, I'll give it a solid A anyway.

RC

[outcast]

Well, we managed to pull of a killer ocean sesh. It was the most work of the season, but also total fun

JE threw a spectacular ORPL

[scooper]

I'm afraid to ask what a ORPL is.

Thanks for the text message today Jerry. I ended up borrowing a smaller kite and then it was getting too late to make it to the outer Cape. It sounds like you guys hit it good.

[WaterKook]

Scooper,
Some times you eat the bar and sometimes the bar eats you.
It is always a crap shoot. let's face it. Was looking for you to show. Lot's of work. was on a 4.7m but 50% of the time could have been on a 4.2m and 50% of the time could have been on a 5.2m. Guess 4.7m was the call?
ORPL= Over rotated push loop.
Started a second rotation before I landed.
Scary but fun in a sick Halloween way!!!!
WARM!!!!!!! DAM!!!
Side off conditions with shoulder high and some head high sets?
True down the line with Outcast and PK slashing the $@#% ot of lots of faces.
Outcast is on a twin wave now and carving deep!
May have been my best side-off session in 09?
But the year is not over yet.
Abide.
And happy Halloween!!!

[scooper]

Damn it sounds good! Probably a lot of work but offshore/waves usually are. Not sure I want to see OR loops, too scary!

[sailingjoe]

Funny, but I have never seen so many windsurfers on WB as I did yesterday. The first lot was flooded, but allowed for 4 windsurfing vehicles. Others were launching elsewhere. A rather attractive British Blond gal was there along with a number of others, both Euro and local. After she put her cloths back on, she told me that she had come for a lesson in kiting, but the winds were too radical. It seems that they weren't as predicted with the strongest being before 1. Around 2 my meter was showing steady 20 m.p.h., regular gusts to 24 with one to 28. I had some good blasting with my Sumo and '03 6.5 Gun Rapter but the trend was down. These Euro's are great sailors and were good company. Once again a fella was there with out-dated equipment and in awe that I was shredding it up with such a large sail. Why go into a long spiel about the increased range of new sails? Let's forget about an upgrade in boards. I'm thinking that the Gun is getting old. You can loosen a current sail's leach up much more. In fact at the end of the day, the winds died down (although as the sun set they increased) and I would have done better with my '06 8.0. There were just too many holes. The European guy stayed out until sunset and couldn't get enough after rigging up a sail size. They seem to keep current with their equipment and you know they're in better shape than us. Whatever, I saw this continental land, and then I made it back home in time to light the Pumpkin, pass out some treats and down the left-over chocolates. I really wonder how long this warm weather will last but it's been great. Included is a photo of the guy with the old sail executing a gybe. Notice how his sail is not twisting off in the head. For what it matters, he missed the completion.

[ron.c]

My sailing costume yesterday - dinosaur jockey!

I wish I was smarter and less lazy so that I could fix the date on my camera. The picture above was right after yesterday's session. I would also be able to go toe to toe on the mental jousting that takes place here and elsewhere in life.

I wish I could afford a new Mark Nelson custom. A new board that sails a 6-5-4 range with ease. Kinda like what I've got now.

I wish I wouldn't be afraid that if I was able to do a total gear make over that my satisfaction level would not be drastically higher.

I wish I played varsity - anything!

I wish I paid attention in school, maybe I'd be getting more pay today. Maybe if I got more pay, I wouldn't sailing and surfing as much???

I wish that 30 years of lifting weights would have added 5 pounds of mass to my scrawny sub 135# frame.

I wish I had the balls to ride with Jerry's kids on the big stuff down in Chatham. Maybe my wish list of bullet proof equipment would increase my confidence.

I wish I had Bill's Carrera SC4. He upgraded to 4WD after backing the 2WD model into the woods at 120+ ( He says a puddle made him do it)

I wish I had a chance with the prom queen. Maybe if I did, I wouldn't be sailing or surfing as much??

I wish I got a better night sleep, too much muscle soreness. At Kalmus, there were no gusts, just a steady build-up as the day went on.

I wish that the old man (maybe not that much old than me) didn't pass me on a effing kite. I was blasting a along and started to feel some spray. Son-of-a-b, he overtook me. On the leg back, I think I repaid the favor but needed to do it on a more down wind direction.

I wish I didn't get in trouble for falling asleep when I was supposed to be handing out the candy last night. I'm sad to think how many rugrats went to bed hungry last night from not eating my candy.

I wish I could have stayed a little longer yesterday.

RC -

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