Started the day out on a trip to Wind and Wave surf shop. I had been in early this week and they were expecting an order of boards, hopefully some kane garden epoxies. The owner said he thought there was a 6'6" orca, turns out he had order a 7", which is exactly what I wanted. So, after shelling out some hard earned cash I was headed back home. Only problem was that I needed to wait 24 hours for the traction pad to finish adhering.
I threw my freshly repaired NSP 8'7" on the roof and headed to south Packery, didn't feel like dealing with a riptide or a longer drive. I got there just after 5pm, sunset was slated for 6:33pm. I squeezed into my surf booties, only to find a fellow surfer get his pickup stuck in the sand (gotta love all wheel drive on my Subaru!) He was close to the water, but had got in some soft sand and had begun digging himself in. Ten minutes of digging trenches got him out. It was a pretty good pre-surfing warmup, something that I don't do enough! After that I was out catching the choppy swell, ran anywhere from knee towards waist (mostly thigh high) surf.
I had a good number of rides, didn't go to far out along the jetty. It's getting alot easier for me to ride laterally on a wave, or just keep going if its mostly closed out. I did have a spell of not being able to catch any waves, I decided to experiment and slid further back on my board before 
trying to catch a wave. Boom! I'm hitting a good number of waves and had my nose up so it wouldn't pearl or dive. It started getting dark, but some high clouds came through and pretty much acted like mirrors with the setting sun, letting me surf for twenty minutes with it being as bright as daylight conditions.Waves should be getting bigger and cleaner all weekend, there is also supposed to be a surf competition going on this weekend up in Port Aransas, so I'm hoping to go up there and see some great surfing! Water in off Padre Island is up to 60* and should be rising, still glad I have the wetsuit and booties though!
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