{"id":2271,"date":"2012-09-17T07:19:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T14:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2012-09-21T16:08:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T23:08:15","slug":"one-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.traceythompson.com\/surfing\/2012\/09\/one-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"One Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Surf: 3ft @ 8s from NW 311\u00c2\u00b0 with a little bit of south in there maybe? Incoming tide. Calm winds.<\/p>\n

I’ve spent the last few months swooshing little waves on my longboard. It’s been fun. I like riding a board I know and there’s plenty to learn on my log. <\/p>\n

With fall coming, I figured I’d take a break from my old standby and get a workout in taking my 7’4 out. I figured it would be rough. I haven’t taken that board out in a while. Sure enough, I struggled trying to get into waves. I blew a few takeoffs. Timing off, positioning off, paddle strength off. Uff. <\/p>\n

Around the time when I was accepting that I was going to get skunked, I finally got a wave. It was a smooth, peaky, shoulder high wave. I got two cruisey turns before casually kicking out at the end. That one wave made the whole session for me. I didn’t get a single wave after, but I still left stoked. That’s the largest wave I’ve gotten on that board so far and one where I felt pretty comfortable. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Surf: 3ft @ 8s from NW 311\u00c2\u00b0 with a little bit of south in there maybe? Incoming tide. Calm winds. I’ve spent the last few months swooshing little waves on my longboard. It’s been fun. I like riding a board I know and there’s plenty to learn on my log. With fall coming, I figured … <\/p>\n

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