Comments on: Winter wonderland http://www.driftsurfmagazine.co.uk/index.php/archives/2967 Perspectives in Surfing Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:34:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ben http://www.driftsurfmagazine.co.uk/index.php/archives/2967#comment-559 Ben Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:25:27 +0000 http://www.driftsurfing.eu/?p=2967#comment-559 I hear that. I just got out of the water, I was the only one in, It was waist-high and clean, with a slight cross-off wind. My local break is Bamburgh, and by this time of year, your lucky to find a decent window of swell+wind+daylight to warrant the dropping temp. I wore gloves for the first time in a year today. It was awful. I kept slipping off the rail. They felt awkward. I hate them. But they did facilitate the required dozen or so sliders that came my way. I know at least once this week I had thought about putting the wetsuit away for winter... getting the snowboard out, cleaning it and booking some flights to france... but i know it will stay out. I cant help it. Come January, we'll not remember what sunshine was, the warmth of it on your skin. Gloves and hoods will be the norm, and feel comfortable again.. And then it will all start again, cycling once more. hurrah. :D I hear that.

I just got out of the water, I was the only one in, It was waist-high and clean, with a slight cross-off wind.

My local break is Bamburgh, and by this time of year, your lucky to find a decent window of swell+wind+daylight to warrant the dropping temp.

I wore gloves for the first time in a year today. It was awful. I kept slipping off the rail. They felt awkward.
I hate them.

But they did facilitate the required dozen or so sliders that came my way.

I know at least once this week I had thought about putting the wetsuit away for winter… getting the snowboard out, cleaning it and booking some flights to france… but i know it will stay out. I cant help it.

Come January, we’ll not remember what sunshine was, the warmth of it on your skin. Gloves and hoods will be the norm, and feel comfortable again..
And then it will all start again, cycling once more.

hurrah. :D

]]> By: Ed http://www.driftsurfmagazine.co.uk/index.php/archives/2967#comment-555 Ed Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:19:28 +0000 http://www.driftsurfing.eu/?p=2967#comment-555 I hear you Mark, I do. I find myself questioning surfing more in winter too. Sitting on some South Coast spot, when it just isn´t quite right, its cold, there is no one around, my girl is mad as hell for me dodging DIY again and I always begin to question if it´s worth it. I can´t feel the key and I´m unsure whether my fingers or the lock will give first as I turn it, that sensation has lost its poetry for me somewhere back. But there´s always that evening when it´s a bit better and the face is clean enough and the clouds give way and the stars come out, I find that really life affirming, but you have to work for it don´t you!?!?! This year for the first winter in many years I find myself away from Penwith. I´m in Peru, with the whole reverse season thing and a pretty different set up all round. There are some amazing waves, great left hand points and warmer water, incredible quality in the waves. There are also maniac drivers, bent cops, no grass and not enough bushes to go behind. But a daffodile spelling a false hope of spring or that feeling I only get in the dead of winter, tired and cold after teaching all day and still duck dive that first one and look out from Sennen Cove at the end of England and the Atlantic taking over. There isn´t a sight like that here and I forgot that for just a second. Enjoy your winter, I´m looking forward to my next one. I hear you Mark, I do. I find myself questioning surfing more in winter too. Sitting on some South Coast spot, when it just isn´t quite right, its cold, there is no one around, my girl is mad as hell for me dodging DIY again and I always begin to question if it´s worth it. I can´t feel the key and I´m unsure whether my fingers or the lock will give first as I turn it, that sensation has lost its poetry for me somewhere back. But there´s always that evening when it´s a bit better and the face is clean enough and the clouds give way and the stars come out, I find that really life affirming, but you have to work for it don´t you!?!?!

This year for the first winter in many years I find myself away from Penwith. I´m in Peru, with the whole reverse season thing and a pretty different set up all round. There are some amazing waves, great left hand points and warmer water, incredible quality in the waves. There are also maniac drivers, bent cops, no grass and not enough bushes to go behind. But a daffodile spelling a false hope of spring or that feeling I only get in the dead of winter, tired and cold after teaching all day and still duck dive that first one and look out from Sennen Cove at the end of England and the Atlantic taking over. There isn´t a sight like that here and I forgot that for just a second. Enjoy your winter, I´m looking forward to my next one.

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