Moody Monday (relief!)

The waves and the weather seemed to be constantly changing tonight

Aaron on a clean grey wall

Grinning his way through another section

The Awog and Almighty Bic really did seem as one today

It wasn't all black and white

Explosions in the sky...

Light through the dark on Binevenagh

Kinda symbolic of todays moment of insecurity/fear/clarity.

Happy Easter and enjoy catching some waves with one less in the lineup. I gotta go a studying some more...

Beauty and the Bland..

The light through the thorns...

Taken during a much needed break from the dissertation this evening. Few things clear the head better than a walk by the beach and a good ol' ice cream!

Small waves. Strong offshores.

Small windy peeler

Isolation

Missed the end of the comp at Ballyhiernan but had to head on round the coast for a view more observations. Windy, small and not getting where I wanted were the results.

Observations for a Dissertation...

Beach state observation site #6 (small but would've been fun on the singlefin)

West of Site #3 (Strong onshores but still worth a go)

Access problems

Left the parents round 6 to catch low tide and make some beach state field observations for my dissertation. 250 miles of driving, 8 sites observed and 100 odd photos. Resisted the temptation to bring a couple of boards despite last weeks anti-climax (Only got out one day after an anticipated and hyped "week of surf") and ended up doing some mind surfing instead. Remember the North West Surf Clubs Spring Classic this weekend in Ballyhiernan. Looks like a bit of a wild forecast but I'm always told they're great events!

Back to Basics

Cheating 5 whitewater style many moons ago...

Today was the first time in the water in nearly two weeks. Crap waves, flu and catching up on dissertation were largely to blame. Had a presentation to give on my dissertation this afternoon which definitely could've went better so I decided to get back to basics and head to the local beachie. Furthered the analogy by ditching the paddle out after a few waves and with dark quickly approaching, opted to enjoy life riding the white water reform on the inside. Very kookish I know but after a stressful afternoon, I needed waves a plenty.