Ribbit, ribbit

That's the sound a toad makes. After three weekends of Bird Island sailing in a row my desire for waves got the better of me. I couldn't face another session at Bird so a wild goose chase ensued looking for wind waves and no weeds! Alas it was not meant to be. We finally ended up at xmas bay and it was awesome. Ultra flat water, shallow but not too shallow and nice steady wind. Freestyle heaven!

I tried a bunch of toads and my wonderful wife took video. Here are some of the attempts:

This is how you are supposed to do it:

They...ahem...cough...do look a little different! It is however really helpful to compare them. My key take away is that I need to pop after initiating the sail rotation, not before. I'm sure there are lot's of other things I could work on (speed, power, age) but let's try that and see how it goes. Tips and comments welcome!

4.0 was too big!

It was super duper windy today at the Levee. Like, proper windy. So my vision of busting planing Toads didn't quite work out - I was barely able to gybe. The weekend was good. Seems like a long time since we had two days in a row. My foot was bothering me so didn't do too well but Brian was goin awwwffff!! Check him out:

Booty II

I should listen to my own booty tips. I couldn't stop sailing yesterday at Quintana on 5.6, Goya 84 and waist high waves. It was super fun and I would love to have some footage but forgot to charge the camcorder. This was the price I paid, looks I will have to dig out the booties again:

It stings! Ewww, I have hairs on my toes.

It was good to see Clarence out in the waves and there was a really good crowd hanging on the beach, Julie and the kids had fun too.

I also sailed the Levee last Sunday on 6.0. No evidence of the recent oil spill which is good. I once sailed there after a benzene leak and came out in a full body rash. Sometimes after sailing there my hair is super silky like I've been using hair conditioner. Weird huh?