Author: my surfing essentials

We spent a cold wet and windy weekend on Philip Island last week. It was great to get away from home for a few days and just relax ,and catch up with some close friends.

Had one little surf at Forest Caves, the first and only surf I have had on the Island (I’ve only made it there twice). Small swell with a strong offshore wind, not as cold as I might have anticipated. Very much winter on the Island though, apart from the lack of swell, 2 to 3 foot on the open beaches. I’ll be back there in Summer I think, have only ever seen the place cold, wet and grey!

I’ve had 4 surfs on my new 5′ 10″ twin fin hydrofoil from tomosurfboards.com and I’m already pretty happy and can’t wait to get out on it again. I must admit the first surf I had on it left me scratching my head, thinking what have I got myself into! A little converse with Tomo via email and I had an adjusted approach to the board, which made a huge difference.

Tail pad hacking to fit the square peg in the round hole.

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Yep, it’s here, STOKED! Looks so nice, and challengingly different, I can feel a learning curve coming on…

5’10 x 18 3/4″ x 2 1/4″ V1 afterburner (channel bottom). Custom shaped by Daniel Thomson in Lennox Head NSW. http://www.tomosurfboards.com/

Tomo was a pleasure to deal with, and produces a quality, innovative product, there’s no reason to buy a “pop-out” support the grass roots of surfing while it’s still with us!

I’ll be sure to review the board once I get a surf on it and look forward to seeing where it takes me and my surfing.

Got a little arvo glass yesterday, really nice little waves. Started at “the gap” and ended up paddling all the way down to guvo’s, surfed a few banks along the way and got a few little gems. The right at govo’s was working pretty well as the tide dropped, a little shifty but that could be attributed to the lump in the swell. A nice little glass off session, with a little bit of fitness coming back and ending with the numb fingers that tell you it’s time to get out of the water – mid winter.

Serious talent, questions the modern surfboard design completely, or maybe Tyler would rip just as hard on a coffee table?

My new board is complete, should be on it’s way this week; should have it next week. I’m like a kid on Christmas eve!

The wave I would have been better off surfing today, than the one I actually did…