I drove down Padre Island in an attempt to find Bob Hall Pier. After driving through a large puddle with my window open, I finally located Bob Hall Pier. Fog covered the water, I could barely see the pier past the building at its entrance. Waves were coming in, winds out of the SE. I surfed the north side of the pier, there was a good amount of drift, I was able to get out if I stayed close to the pier, but if I got pushed north, I had a hell of a time trying to get past the break. Waves were really breaking all over the place, for as far as I can tell, there beach is pretty evenly sloped, unlike in Pensacola, and to some extent in San Diego, which causes waves to break at different points due to the size of each wave. Pensacola's break could be so steep and intense, waves would break violently at that point. I didn't see any surfers when I first went out, but as I emerged through the fog near the middle of the pier, I found myself surrounded by a good number of fellow surfers. There was a good number of short boarders out as well. I miss my fish board, it would've been perfect for today. My NSP 8'7" is a good board on smaller waves, but when they get bigger, it makes things tough, the board really would start to roll lean and tried to turn too sharp. Also, I kept running into the problem of getting my feet out of position when I would stand up. This isn't a big deal on small waves, but the waves were big enough today end the ride pretty quickly.
I drove down Padre Island in an attempt to find Bob Hall Pier. After driving through a large puddle with my window open, I finally located Bob Hall Pier. Fog covered the water, I could barely see the pier past the building at its entrance. Waves were coming in, winds out of the SE. I surfed the north side of the pier, there was a good amount of drift, I was able to get out if I stayed close to the pier, but if I got pushed north, I had a hell of a time trying to get past the break. Waves were really breaking all over the place, for as far as I can tell, there beach is pretty evenly sloped, unlike in Pensacola, and to some extent in San Diego, which causes waves to break at different points due to the size of each wave. Pensacola's break could be so steep and intense, waves would break violently at that point. I didn't see any surfers when I first went out, but as I emerged through the fog near the middle of the pier, I found myself surrounded by a good number of fellow surfers. There was a good number of short boarders out as well. I miss my fish board, it would've been perfect for today. My NSP 8'7" is a good board on smaller waves, but when they get bigger, it makes things tough, the board really would start to roll lean and tried to turn too sharp. Also, I kept running into the problem of getting my feet out of position when I would stand up. This isn't a big deal on small waves, but the waves were big enough today end the ride pretty quickly.
No comments:
Post a Comment