Tiger Shark

Top notch session at South Packery. I did a really nice whippy forward and got applause from the beach! Yay! Afterwards one of the guys from this pic stopped by.

Fisherman "How much does one of those cost?"
I never know what to say to that one. If I tell the whole truth they might rob me? Plus I don't want to put them off the sport.
Me "Oh, about 1000 bucks if you buy used" (white lies are OK right?)
Fisherman "That would be perfect for shark baiting. It's a bit rough today, I couldn't get out on my kayak but you were getting out no problem"
So now I'm thinking. Is he really asking me to take shark bait out to where I would be gybing? To attract 11ft Tiger Sharks like the one above?!
Me "Yeah, but you would need to practice for a while before you could do it in conditions like this"
Clearly not taking his bait, he wandered off.

Apparently they tagged and released

Wrapped up and headed to Bird for another super fun session, where I could fall in without having a mini shark panic attack.

Home Time

It was supposed to be light today. Full power 4.0 is light? What a fun 3 days but I am worn out. It was great to catch up with The Millers and Bill. One more self indulgent clip of a back loop attempt from yesterday, you might need to squint to see it:

 

Mark - it's a Severne Blade. Felt nice.

Almost time to get on the Red Eye flight. Tomorrow is going to be tough.

THE GORGE!!

In case you were wondering where I was...

 

More of that 3.3 action at the Hatchery. 3.3!! Can you believe that! Brian took some video with his smartiepantsphone and he got me looping on video. Yay! Shame it's kind of lame, but it's tough to do them on command in 30+ winds, on the inside, with no ramps, between 10am and lunch. OK enough of the excuses.

 

Did you see the guy launching on the right? Funny.

Headed East to the Wall after that. The swell and ramps were awesome but the wind was a bit light for my 3.7. This place is nice.