well it's that time of year again, with the Whit Bank Holiday coming up it's goodbye Lanzarote and hello Newquay for a few months. Looking forward to seeing what the summer serves up for us all this year !
I'll be back in the Vision, or Bilbo as we now are (I think!) for the duration and hear that the place has had a bit of a face lift, there's even talk of a coffee shop....... which for those of you who know Rich and Andy will give you a pretty good idea of where to find them at any given moment.
Rich was also telling me that we're going to have a couple of new brands and some interesting boards so I'm excited about checking it all out and getting some kit out there into the water. Might even have a little trundle myself !
The late season here was a bit of a wash out, loads of north winds and ropey surf conditions. It'd got so crappy that I'd actually packed away all my lovely quiver of new Bilbos (most of them not ridden due to lack of surf) and concentrated on trying to get the final paperwork for the house done..... Spanish paperwork is one of the most trying things on the planet, I'm amazed that the county actually functions at all because it's a full time job just to post a letter.....
Just as things were getting too much I got a call from Joff Owen (proud new PWC owner) that there was a late season swell. Sure enough there was a summery 4-6ft swell and light winds... out there ! We hookrd up with Swiss - Geman tow team Sven and Mario and shot out to check out a mysto outer reef. With only a smallish swell on the main breaks we still had triple overhead peaks out at this super deep water wave. After a couple of false starts I managed to flick joff into a few beauties and we had a fun afternoon riding great waves in an isolated spot away from the Sunday crowds. And just think..... overheadish in La Santa... triple overhead out there..... watch out next winter !
That's all for now, off to try and get some pieces of paper signed !
See you all next week in the shop !
Smally.
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