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Aire Waves
Leeds Canoe Club Blog. We paddle... lots!
Airewaves used to be Leeds Canoe Club's magazine letting people know what the club was upto. Its quite hard work pulling together a publication letting people know what the club is doing and publishing dates in advance is always hard as things tend to change. Step forth the blog.. Push button publishing for the masses. So here is the idea a few people in the club take it in turns to write up trips and talk about things in the club.
Thursday, June 02, 2005Spring Bank Holiday - Surf
Sunday was a much better day than Saturday. The wind was gone and the sun was shining. Dave and Steve went off to check out what he surf was like... they never came back. A few hours later they were on the waves and so was everyone else. The surf wasn't huge but was good.
I spent most of the day out surfing. There is something very relaxing about surfing. If you can get out behind the waves then you can spend your time waiting for the next big wave. On a slow day it could be 20 minutes to catch a good wave but its nice just bobbing around on swell, having a chat our just quietly resting on the back deck of the boat. Then when the surf comes, turn into shore and paddle like mad to get the speed to catch the wave. I caught some really great waves as well as managing to pull off a few wave wheels,but the best bit was catching one wave and then craving right along the green face as it was sarting to break! Excellent.
The wait was worth it.
At lunch time I went back to get something to drink. Quite a crowd had built on the beach. As I got back in I found Simon emptying his boat again and then going back out. Gill had had a chat with him and it seemed to make the difference as he was on the surf for ages and even managed to roll back upright at one point. This was met with a massive cheer from the crowd of paddlers sat on the beach sunbathing. Jeanie had been having a good morning and had managed to roll 3 times! Excellent, a good white water roll in the making I'm sure.
The ide was turning and I decided I would go out for a last blast. The waves had got bigger but they were alot messier than earlier. When I managed to get out and have a look where I was I saw that I had drifted down the bay alot and was on my own. I tried surfing back in but the tide was starting to get the better of me and was starting to take me back out to sea. Eventually I got back to sure to find most people had gone back to the campsite.
Armed with some beef burgers, buns and a few cans of beer I joined the others sitting in the evening sun having a BBQ. Forgetting to reapply my sun cream I managed to get a bit burnt, but not nearly as bad as some other people over the weekend.
Monday the surf was completely flat so we took a leisurely drive home to leeds.
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