First Windsurfing of 2011….. Scary?

April 4, 2011

We went windsurfing for the first time this year. The water wasn’t that cold so we didn’t have to wear a wet suit. We got everything out and ready and started going.

The wind was blowing a different direction than what I was used to, but I ended up going pretty fast out to the other side of the lake. It’s when I turned around it got… a little freaky. I wanted to go back to get some water so I tried to go to the shore. The wind was going a different way than what I wanted it to and it was really hard. I had to zig zag back a few times and I was really tired.

When I finally did get back one of the guys that was there said, “Come on, the wind is great!”, so I ended up going out again, which was my first mistake. My second mistake was that I should have gone with a smaller sail. Caleb down-sized when he came in so I could have used his, which is smaller. The wind had picked up and I started sailing. It was great going out, but I had the same problem coming back in. Except this time I was REALLY tired. I wasn’t even half way back when I dropped the sail and had to sit down on the board to rest. I did that a few more times and had to swim the rest of the way back to the shore, where I carried the sail and board back to the shacks to put them away. Here are some pic…

Oh BTW… It was 36C.

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2 responses to First Windsurfing of 2011….. Scary?

  1. ken harapnuik April 5, 2011 at 1:16 pm

    sometimes a whole lotta work like hanggling… spend a whole weekend trying for a small reward… a long trip to salt lake city and a weeks stay for 6hours in the air sometimes more somtimes less… OH! but the exeriance is worth it!!!

  2. Karen Harapniuk April 12, 2011 at 7:21 am

    Shows you have determination.