3 days later!

I knew it was gonna be a good (read: windy) day when I witnessed a runaway boat, slip from its mooring in English bay and drift in unmanned to head for the rocks below my apt on Beach ave. The coast guard came to the rescue just in time (Yay coast guard!) and towed it into False creek, 

they left it on the beach high and dry as the tide went out ...oops.

 Matt Williamson from Windsure and I hit it big on the last day of March with winds were gusting 35+.

I was fully lit on my 7m Slingshot Rev, and Matt was overpowered on his EH 9m kite and had to quit shortly after he started but we got in a few passes along the swell at the point by the pool together first.

At one point the swell went right past the point and you could ride it along from the upwind point to past the point at the pool. that was fun!. I was stoked riding next the seawall as the sheeple wander along all bundled up wondering what the hell these two crazies are doing on the water in this wind.

I had brought my camera so when Matt came in I had him take some shots as I downwinded further along the seawall in fierce winds and freezing conditions. I was numb but pretty exhilerated by the time I hit shore at English bay.


We retired in style for beers to the Sylvia hotel.  Later we noticed someone heading out on a red 12m Best kite right at Englsih bay ( was that you?)  but it had quieted down a lot and he struggled to get out with the onshore winds.

Lester T. came by after work for a last minute session before dark and I got some pretty artistic shots of him in the fading sunset.

All in all an awesome day on the water


good times! I love my life!

spring northwesterlies in the Bay

Brrrr the cold northwesterlies are hitting English bay...

That means frigid temps and cold gusty wind from the Alaska front northerwesterlies.

The second beach is kind of a crappy launch unless the tide is right and often not as windy as Jericho but the swell is pretty cool and sometimes even brings out a few surfers and its sure fun sailing right next to the seawall. I invited a couple photographer friends, Dale Rollings and Assad Masade down to the 2nd beach spot to shoot but the cold got the best of them before too long.
Heres a couple good shots though.
Thanx guys!