My other boat got here....
Yesterday we hiked into a pretty cool set of waterfalls. The guide who went with us thought we would be able to run some of them in a kayak that he brought, but it wasn´t the right water level so we didn´t. They brought a little whitewater boat, and people started doing some flatwater tricks in it in the pool at the base of the last waterfall. I didn´t really want to, but everyone asked me to get in and give it a go, so I did and I got a standing ovation. The Costa Rican guys were yelling Pura Vida, which is the local greeting here in Costa.
After the waterfall we went back tot he contest site to surf a session. It was way crowded, and I HATE paddling with that many other surf kayakers at once. Its dangerous because people get agressive and greedy, and its hard to keep from getting hit, let alone find a wave to surf. So I paddled further down the beach where it wasn´t as crowded. The surf was the largest I´ve seen it yet here, and I seemed to be all thumbs, wiping out all over the place. I had some epic crashes off the lip, the worst being when I accidently did a full loop and the wave ripped my helmet off.....I kept falling and falling down the wave.
The boat I have been paddling is my High Performance boat, which is fairly short and has fins. I will probably be surfing this in the ¨open¨ category. The other category is the International category, and it involves the much longer boats, which do not have fins. It´s probably a bit confusing to a non surf kayaker. I am surfing in both categories during the individual event, and I am surfing for the team in the international category during the team event.
One of our Junior paddlers, Zack Miller, brought my International boat, the Cyclone, with him, as he will be using it some during the event. They just arrived yesterday, so this morning was my first chance to surf my Cyclone. At the last World´s I did best in the international class, but I had to use someone else´s boat. So this time around its great to have my old faithful Orange, beat up, broke and fixed, Cyclone.
We got up at 6:30 this morning (which I was none too happy about) and headed to the break. The waves were pretty large and mushy, breaking on the outside. I had some good rides in the Cyclone, though the waves were really slow and didn´t really have well defined lips. It was good to get some long boat practice before the event. We surfed until around 10 when the waves were too choppy, and headed out to get breakfast.
Now I´m off to another World´s committee meeting!
More later
jHo
After the waterfall we went back tot he contest site to surf a session. It was way crowded, and I HATE paddling with that many other surf kayakers at once. Its dangerous because people get agressive and greedy, and its hard to keep from getting hit, let alone find a wave to surf. So I paddled further down the beach where it wasn´t as crowded. The surf was the largest I´ve seen it yet here, and I seemed to be all thumbs, wiping out all over the place. I had some epic crashes off the lip, the worst being when I accidently did a full loop and the wave ripped my helmet off.....I kept falling and falling down the wave.
The boat I have been paddling is my High Performance boat, which is fairly short and has fins. I will probably be surfing this in the ¨open¨ category. The other category is the International category, and it involves the much longer boats, which do not have fins. It´s probably a bit confusing to a non surf kayaker. I am surfing in both categories during the individual event, and I am surfing for the team in the international category during the team event.
One of our Junior paddlers, Zack Miller, brought my International boat, the Cyclone, with him, as he will be using it some during the event. They just arrived yesterday, so this morning was my first chance to surf my Cyclone. At the last World´s I did best in the international class, but I had to use someone else´s boat. So this time around its great to have my old faithful Orange, beat up, broke and fixed, Cyclone.
We got up at 6:30 this morning (which I was none too happy about) and headed to the break. The waves were pretty large and mushy, breaking on the outside. I had some good rides in the Cyclone, though the waves were really slow and didn´t really have well defined lips. It was good to get some long boat practice before the event. We surfed until around 10 when the waves were too choppy, and headed out to get breakfast.
Now I´m off to another World´s committee meeting!
More later
jHo
posted by jHo at 1:28 PM
2 Comments:
What is this?!?!? "WAY back in the late 1990s". You mean like 6-7 years ago. I am glad that was brought to my attention. I can't remember that far back in time.
Now does it sound like Jigga is depressed?! The man is doing what he loves in a beautiful place! I would rather check out Costa Rica and give you a ninja chop than look at a site about depression.
Dudes, I don't know what sonnym is talking about, but in my book, coolhunting is still cool.
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