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Title: May 1st a few mellow waves
Post by: FRP on May 03, 2019, 07:12:03 PM: Cox Bay, Tofino beautiful spring morning. A few small pealing waves. The board is a 8’7” Sunova Creek, 115 litres. The music is by Grayson Gilmour our nephew from New Zealand who recently became a proud father shortly after moving into their new home in Wellington. Good to be out there! It was crowded at a good take off point so I went down a bit and caught a bunch of waves then almost everyone followed me. I swung back to the good takeoff and voila......the last wave was unoccupied and my best wave of the day.

Cheers

Bob

https://vimeo.com/333891361
Title: Re: May 1st a few mellow waves
Post by: Luc Benac on May 03, 2019, 07:19:09 PM: Beautiful day Bob.
I have always wondered in Long Beach would be a good spot to really paddle away from the parking lots and get some privacy :-)
Title: Re: May 1st a few mellow waves
Post by: supthecreek on May 03, 2019, 07:22:51 PM: Nice video Bob, such a beautiful area and easy long rides!
The Creek looks good against that backdrop :)
Title: Re: May 1st a few mellow waves
Post by: Night Wing on May 03, 2019, 09:06:23 PM: I'm in total agreement. Very nice video. Beautiful place to sup surf. Enjoyed the background music also from your nephew.

Thanks for sharing the video.
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Post by: TallDude on May 03, 2019, 10:07:22 PM: Nice waves and nice music Bob 8)
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Post by: PonoBill on May 04, 2019, 12:14:07 AM: OK Bob, you've convinced me. Road trip with Fritz to Tofino. Looks like good foiling.
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Post by: LBsup on May 04, 2019, 02:52:51 AM: Nice. That’s a bonus with sup easy to paddle away from the crowd.
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Post by: supnsurf on May 04, 2019, 06:36:04 AM: love it Bob !
Title: Re: May 1st a few mellow waves
Post by: FRP on May 04, 2019, 05:52:11 PM: Thanks everyone for the positive feedback.

Luc you are correct that at long beach you can surf alone if you are willing to paddle down the beach a bit.

Creek what can I say......your namesake board is so much fun to surf. Your advice when I order it to go a bit bigger was good. I would have really struggled if I sized down.

Pono yes! A road trip. I have never witnessed someone flying a foil here. There are definately foilable waves and at Cox when it is big the waves will break more than a kilometre out. I know this from experience after a long swim in when my leash broke. Keep in touch. If you need a place to park Fritz you got it.

Cheers

Bob
Title: Re: May 1st a few mellow waves
Post by: Badger on May 06, 2019, 05:22:55 AM: I just noticed, you and LBsup have the same off center stance and identical surfing style. 8)
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Post by: NorthJerzSurfer on May 25, 2019, 12:05:31 PM: Wow what a stunning place to surf!
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Post by: red_tx on May 28, 2019, 07:18:11 AM: minute 2 to 2:07 is classic. dude even takes an imaginary pic of his wave you are riding. :)
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Post by: surfercook on June 02, 2019, 09:08:51 PM: That sure was purdee, Purdy! Looks like ur SS has "To the left" syndrome. Mine did that a few times also!