I got in to Corpus last week, finally got things pulled together so I decided to take the NSP 8'7" board out for a spin. I parked by the Public Parking lot / Sign 216 near the southern side of the Packery Channel. The beach isn't as pleasant as in Pensacola, but it is on a much smoother slope, that allowed for more lined up waves. Wind is a major factor of pushing waves up out here. I had a good number of rides, the water was in the low 50's but after getting warmed up in my wetsuit, I really didn't feel it. Hands and feet did get pretty cold at first though. I had a problem of catching non breaking swells. It'd look like it was gonna break, and then wouldn't. I was able to ride some of these waves for a little bit. The best ride of the day was when I caught a wave and rode it laterally, it started to die and I was able to pump my board and was able to catch the wave again when it broke on the shallower bottom closer to shore. Pumping did make a pretty good difference, but I need to clean and rewax my board, the wax is getting pretty worn out.
I got in to Corpus last week, finally got things pulled together so I decided to take the NSP 8'7" board out for a spin. I parked by the Public Parking lot / Sign 216 near the southern side of the Packery Channel. The beach isn't as pleasant as in Pensacola, but it is on a much smoother slope, that allowed for more lined up waves. Wind is a major factor of pushing waves up out here. I had a good number of rides, the water was in the low 50's but after getting warmed up in my wetsuit, I really didn't feel it. Hands and feet did get pretty cold at first though. I had a problem of catching non breaking swells. It'd look like it was gonna break, and then wouldn't. I was able to ride some of these waves for a little bit. The best ride of the day was when I caught a wave and rode it laterally, it started to die and I was able to pump my board and was able to catch the wave again when it broke on the shallower bottom closer to shore. Pumping did make a pretty good difference, but I need to clean and rewax my board, the wax is getting pretty worn out.
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