by BOX » Mon Jul 22, 2019 5:14 pm
Got out to the usual break on Sunday late morning around low tide. Bit of wind but otherwise a sunny and a pleasant day to be out. Waves were kind of small and gutless with not much to catch, though, IMO. Seemed I was doing a lot more bobbing and paddling around than surfing. After a long lull, a bigger set would come in with 10 people all jumping on the peak at once. If I blew it or got muscled out, well… here’s 20 more minutes of hip stretching. I did end up catching a few rides, and had a good time out overall, but honestly I didn't think I was getting much done out there. Thought it might have just been me, but based on what I saw and the comments I heard, it appeared I wasn’t the only one wishing for a little bit more action.
After I had been out for several hours trying to make fetch happen, a gal in the lineup yelled over to me “Hey, I saw you catch a good ride!” I looked around me but didn’t see anyone else there. “Who, me?” I asked incredulously. “Yes, you! I saw you get a good long ride! Good job!” I thanked her but expressed my doubtfulness as I did not recall any rides that could have been anywhere close to “good” or “long” that day. She said it had to have been me because I was the only one out there in the lineup wearing a hood. I looked around and, well, at least at that given moment no one else was wearing a hood. She said she knew it was me that she saw. Although I’m still nearly positive that it was a case of mistaken identity, I genuinely thanked her for the compliment and for sharing the stoke. Made my session, even if it was misplaced.
I'm thinking maybe it’s just a matter of perspective. Of course, there’s no bad days on the water, but perhaps from an outside view they’re a little better than we may think. Hope you all are catching some good long ones, too.