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December 01, 2003
6 foot tow in training session
Met up with Rob, who I met through Garrett. He was cool enough to take me and Brian on some tow in and training runs today.
Country was 4-6 and looking super glassy, I was checking one of my spots, saw Rob and he invited me. Went out to a outside wave near my house, there were some 6 foot sets, only the sets breaking really. Only towed into a few then did practice runs:
First did man in the water extractions onto the sled without a board, then with a board. We took turns doing this on each side. We practiced the wrist grab extraction, going faster and faster each time. We practiced doing fast pick-ups with the rope, rider getting up on the board.
It was trippy when the other two guys would go for a wave and you would just be sitting out there alone floating in the middle of the ocean. The water was brown from river runoff, it torrentially rained the night before.
Our Tow boards, mine is the Blue:
Defintely some great practice on all the manuvers surrounding the tow ins.
After that I actually had energy and surfed no-wind dead glass lefts about head high near Rob's hous, Cristain, Cordio and me.
Today my legs are sore though from the towing. More swell is on the way looking at maps, stoked!
Posted by hawaiisurf at December 1, 2003 11:26 PM