NW Clean Up...

Well, we had 2 great sessions at my "Local Break". On Tuesday, the strong Easterlies generated a decent sized swell. Surfed solo from 3pm until dark, on the East side of the Gazebo. The current was so strong, that it was best to start off on the left of the small pier further east and surf until you ended up at the headland, then walk back to the pier. Better than fighting the current. Some pretty good lefts to be had. Also tried the lefts on the west side of the headland until it got too dark to see.
Dawn Patrol on Wednesday with Kristoffer was pretty good. It was still dark at 6:45am when we got into the water. Overnight the wind had switched to SW and the waves were smaller, but it was fun. Surfed until 8:30am.
Dropped Lynn at work, checked out A-Bay and the Lighthouse, but by that time everything had been blown out by 35 knot NW gales. Looks like we will get some more surf on Friday and Saturday. Now that would be nice...

Gale Warning in effect...

Looks like this will be an interesting couple of days.
Gale warning in effect.
Today Tonight and Wednesday
Winds
Wind light increasing to east 15 knots near noon and to 25 this afternoon. Wind veering to south 20 overnight then to southwest 20 Wednesday morning. Wind increasing to west 35 near noon Wednesday then diminishing to 25 Wednesday evening.
Today Tonight and Wednesday
Waves
Waves less than 1 metre building to 1 this morning and to 2 early this evening. Waves building to 3 near noon Wednesday.

It's Alive...

The revised Site is now "LIVE" as you can probably tell. Also, the Web Cam windows have been enlarged to 640 x 480 pixels. Please email me or leave a comment on this page if you spot anything wrong...

Site Upgrades...

I am busy working behind the scenes on an "Updated" version of the WebSite. It uses an modern theme called Flexture, made by NimbleHost. This theme has tons of options and better navigation. Once I figure out how to tweak some of the settings, I will go "Live", probably some time next week. For a Sneak Peek, click on the image, and please let me know what you think by leaving a comment...

Board Design...

I came across this the other day and figured I should share it.
"BoardCAD is a free, open source CAD-program for surfboards. With the release of version 1.0, modelling has become even easier than before. The new user interface lets the shaper design rocker, outline, and thickness of the board using 2D curves, while still having the possibility to directly edit the generated 3D surfaces. The result is a user-friendly system without any limitations on the design. BoardCAD can read files from aps3000, shape3D, surfcad and akushaper. It exports to STEP, DXF, and STL. Since BoardCAD is written in Java it works on any platform like Windows, Linux, and Mac OS."
I have played around with the program and love it, so what are you waiting for? Download it and design your very own board...