4 Days To Go...... And My Quiver

The adrenalin is starting to pump, only 4 days until we leave, I still feel like I have loads of packing and organising to do. Over 5 weeks in a caravan with 2 kids a 6 months pregnant wife and all the clobber that we 'think' we need, does pose a few logistical issues! Although as long as I have my kids, wife, a credit card and a surfboard what more do I need?

I've just been organising my surf gear, I'm taking 4 boards this year plus a spongy popout and a couple of boogie boards for the kids, check my quiver..

    
Starting from the left, for my small wave and slop killer I have my lovely 5'10 Fluid Juice quad fish, I was under the delusion that I didn't like quads until Dan Magee lent me this board, it made me throw away all my preconceived ideas about quads, and fishes actually. This board flies like no other and I have a rule, if I can't catch waves on this board and have fun it really is too small to bother. I think this board was based on a Pavel design and after my first wave I new Dan was never getting it back!

Next I have a 6'2 Fluid juice quad, after the success of my 5'10 I wanted something similar which would handle steeper and bigger waves, this board has been good on the chunkier Cornish days when the waves are still quite slow but have a bit of size, It will be interesting to see how this goes in France.

Then we have my Bonzer 6'4, not exactly a discrete looking board which I have grown to love although I only ever tend to surf it in France, with the classic 5 fin set up and only being 18'5 wide this board needs a bit of power to really get it going, it loves super steep faces and hold in really well giving me a lot of confidence. When I take this board out it is usually one of those perfect days.

And finally my Surftech Wayne Lynch 6'6 pin tail thruster set up. This is simply my confidence board, if the waves are big (big for me is head to head and half) or super powerful and I want to get in that bit earlier, this is the board I go for. I had a few big sessions at K this winter and it felt amazing. I first fell in love with this board surfing 'Sports' in Capbreton on a chunky swell (the beach in front of the Sports rehab Centre).

Those are my boards, I think I better get back to organising some other stuff....

Looking ahead at the reports, things are looking huge for the first week. My trusty travel surf buddy Andy is arriving on Monday, looks like he may need a bit of shelter, All being well my first surf will be Thursday evening, The early Friday morning is shaping up just right, with a pushing mid tide VVF could well be cranking...... Wobillyhoobilly .... haha hehe.... deep breaths.... breathe...  ok calm must concentrate... need to drive family and caravan for 10 hours first....