Monsoon: More Soon
Today's wind was gauged to be between 15 and 18 knots. Crazy gusts. Patchy and Shifty winds. It was a cause for celebration for the pros on shortboards. These suckers for high-octane adrenalin rushes breathe, feed and survive on winds like these. A purpose for living forged on the high speeds of monsoon wind.
This was just the beginning of the monsoon season. In days to come, the winds will be blowing consistently; much steadier and stronger while the pros' smiles and grins become brighter.
As for noobs like me, crashing and getting dumped off the board was a familiar routine. Stunts like catapults, spin-outs and wind-slams were easy tricks that i pull off for mass entertainment. While the anglers were pulling fishes out of the water, i provided visual relaxation for them. What other forms of entertainment can an arm-sore angler ask for when he can see a human catapult performing out at sea?
Uncle Jiapabosaibang must be thinking to himself, "Ah...Crazy people are everywhere; they even exist out at sea".
It was the first time i was using the 7.0m sail i bought from TC under such a condition. Riding on a shortboard with a wave sail can never be more exciting than that on a mistral sail. Firstly, the boom is much shorter and that means no water-dipping sails! The wave sail was yellow in colour and that means i could attract the attention of a beach-strolling babe easily without needing to perform any of my "special" stunts! Then there is this batman sticker that of course...does nothing.LOL, to be serious, the wind cleared easily and quickly from a wave sail compared to a mistral. And besides, the leech on a mistral one sail looks lame.
After a day's dosage of self-abuse, the crave for more excitement thickened. I cycled back home on the highest gear. If the ride to ECP was like a climb up Bukit Timah, the journey back was like a vertical marathon up Mt Everest.
This was just the beginning of the monsoon season. In days to come, the winds will be blowing consistently; much steadier and stronger while the pros' smiles and grins become brighter.
As for noobs like me, crashing and getting dumped off the board was a familiar routine. Stunts like catapults, spin-outs and wind-slams were easy tricks that i pull off for mass entertainment. While the anglers were pulling fishes out of the water, i provided visual relaxation for them. What other forms of entertainment can an arm-sore angler ask for when he can see a human catapult performing out at sea?
Uncle Jiapabosaibang must be thinking to himself, "Ah...Crazy people are everywhere; they even exist out at sea".
It was the first time i was using the 7.0m sail i bought from TC under such a condition. Riding on a shortboard with a wave sail can never be more exciting than that on a mistral sail. Firstly, the boom is much shorter and that means no water-dipping sails! The wave sail was yellow in colour and that means i could attract the attention of a beach-strolling babe easily without needing to perform any of my "special" stunts! Then there is this batman sticker that of course...does nothing.LOL, to be serious, the wind cleared easily and quickly from a wave sail compared to a mistral. And besides, the leech on a mistral one sail looks lame.
After a day's dosage of self-abuse, the crave for more excitement thickened. I cycled back home on the highest gear. If the ride to ECP was like a climb up Bukit Timah, the journey back was like a vertical marathon up Mt Everest.
your dosage was administered by \m/ Adrian \m/ at 10:04 AM
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