Just looking at these two boys makes me relax!

Renewed my membership with the West Coast Surf Club today. €25p.a. Handy number that gets you ISA membership at the same time as providing third party insurance for when you take someone out, if thats your thing. WCSC, along with plenty of others, helping to keep surfer’s interests at the forefront over the Doolin Pier development proposal. A new proposal is currently open for submissions by the way…

Two bobsleds ready for gliding. Friends Simon in blue and Keith in… you don’t want to see the deck.

When confronted with 6-10ft waves under those infamous cliffs, I tend to reach for a trusty 7’8 pin. I love the confidence of a big meaty board, but tend to outrun the pocket of the wave. I shaped this board, 6’9 x 18 5/8 x 3″, as an attempt to retain paddle power and gain the freedom of a shorter board and maybe even get to take off inside the boil for once… It has heaps of deck roll leading into the fine rails that I’d have on a 6’5 mini-gun.

Fin quantity / position / type was a gamble as well. I’ve been using the FCS TowAB fins (which look like they could be used for surgery…) with large leading double foil and small trailing single foil. Surfed it on christmas day at Aileen’s and again just before new year’s eve in good 8ft waves. Felt really positive dropping in and not wildly loose off the bottom – but I think the fins need changing to have bigger trailers – or be slightly nearer the tail. At six foot crab on new year’s day it felt a bit sluggish so it definitely needs real power and or speed.

Recent small day fun on a Bobsled (5’10 x 21 x 2 1/2)

just ironing out a few things and hopefully the dh site will be up and cooking soon. Tom