Lotsa places, that's where.
After a big ol' turkey dinner at gramma's house, I dropped by my buddy Zach's place, where I ran into my buddy Brent, who surfs, kayaks, and is learning to windsurf... anyhoo, we were kicking around some ideas for what to do with our Friday off of work, and we decided we were going to go explore the Wekiva River.
We put in right below Wekiva Springs, and paddled until about a quarter mile past the intersection of the Rock Springs Run. Not a very physically invigorating paddle, but it was definitely a cool way to check out the river. No, I didn't see any gators. What I did find out is that the fin I was using didn't like running into logs very much (then again, it never has) - I need to find (or make) a fin that's better suited for shallow river exploration. I'm thinking something long and shallow, like a keel... anybody have any ideas, or seen anything?
Me, turning around to face the camera...
Andrew, a JAG from Destin, FL, enjoying his first time on a SUP ....
Brent, paddling around....
Then, two days later, we scored some wind and waves out at Cocoa Beach in front of the Banana River resort. Lacking a big, wave-y shortboard, I opted to start out with my Kona 11'5 - but once the wind really picked up, I rustled up a smaller shortboard, which proved to be *very* fun. Unfortunately, not long after this little frontside hit, the wind crapped out, and that was it for shortboarding for the day.
I have to say, that was a FUN day... jeepers. I wish everyday was like that.
2 comments:
Josh,
Man, that brought back memories. I used to tube Rock Springs when I was younger. That was a lot of fun. I also canoed down the Wekiva.
I'll bet an SUP board gives a great view of the critters underneath. Those spring-fed rivers are just teeming with beasties.
-Ian
www.hudsonwindsurfer.blogspot.com
The original Mistral Superlight had a spring mounted swing up fin that would have worked very well
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