Enjoy the summer

Well now that our surfing season is over it is time to post other items. This past weekend my daughter took first place in her horse show. A proud moment for all. Here she is showing off her ribbon with her horse 'Gem'.

Ryley and Gem

The theme for this summer is 'Green'. Here is a shot of fern from my backyard. The greens and the leaves have such character.

Backyard Fern

Here is a shot from a trip I took to Grand Marais in the spring looking for surf.

Thursday Evening

Colin

Winston

Surf was up Thursday evening. probably the largest day we have had in months. It started out pretty good. Sets were coming in chest high. As the evening progressed the waves started to set up more consistently. There was the odd set coming in that was head high. The winds started to die off and the waves started to glass over just as night was starting to fall. The last few waves were clean and smooth. Not much left in the arms after the session. Left the break stoked and well satisfied. Above are a few shots from that night.





some video will be posted later.

better late than never

Sunday was promising with a boatload of wind but not too much was happening with the cold water and warm air. Waves were had and so was the battle paddling up wind. anyway waves are good regardless, here is a little clip from that day.

Last week

Here is a sequence of shots looped to animate. Opps, animated .gif's don't work here so here is a sequence shot. Add some age and voila, Ian and his head dip ride. Not much forecasted for the next few days.

Good thing the new SBC Surf is here!

Road Trip

Conditions were right for the road trip first thing Saturday morning. Since I was going to bring Aidan for some surf I waited until early morning. By the time we arrived the waves were still a little large for him so I jumped in a caught a few. After a few waves I came back to shore to help Aidan get ready for his waves. The first time in the waves and current were still a little bit too much. So I headed out and caught a few more waves. We then ventured back to the first stop where things were a little bit more sheltered and the waves not quite as big. We surfed for about an hour and a half and Aidan had a great time.

Heading in after his session.

Aidan Ridin one out.

Photos from the morning sesh.

One more lake surfer

Today had a great forecast for surf in Terrace, unfortunately I am not up to the drive with work. So as I was working at Barepoint the waves were calling to me. When I arrived home Aidan was ready to go. So we drove to the beach and suited up. We headed out and started to make our way out through the waves. The waves were not huge but perfectly sized for Aidan. The video is footage of Aidan's first waves.

Pondering the waves.

The last of the ice.

Small but fun

After a couple of trips being skunked yesterday was a welcomed treat. Not holding up to what was predicted, a couple of hours of waist high waves were fun and needed. A little video of some of the waves that were caught that day.

Here is a shot of Winston riding one of the last waves of the day.