Portrush Surf Trip

On Thursday myself and Vix decided to head up and do a bit of surfing. I was very excited as I haven't had a decent session in months! When we arrived we found the surf was about 3-5ft and pretty dumpy which suited me fine. I decided to concentrate on freestyle moves rather than just surfing normally. I was trying to get clean blunts sorted (which still isn't consistent but getting there), also I started working on airscrews. I am getting there but need much more air! I was getting the full rotation but I am not getting high enough out of the water and am completing the move with my head and shoulders in the water which obviously dosent count! Any advice is appreciated.
I also spent quite a while messing in the mush as I found it was great for trying out hole moves. I managed to get Phonics monkeys sorted which was great, actually surprisingly easy in a C1. Maybe I should have started trying them a long time ago, however I have no idea how I am going to manage right handed ones yet but will get around to it at some stage.

Typically for Whiterocks we got some abuse off the local surfers. At one stage I had one to tell me to move off the beach as I was "out of control" and a danger to myself and others apparently. Yes I agree that I can't carve properly in a playboat seeing as it can't grip the wave properly but out of control? I had just had one of the best runs of the day having managed backblunt into clean blunt followed by a mcnasty in the mush after the wave broke! This narrow minded attitude annoys me, there is plenty of beach at whiterocks and more than enough room for everyone and certainly no need to be acting like that.

Having had a bit of fun in my C1 I decided to give K1 a go for a laugh. Vix had her Bigdog Kaos down with her so I jumped in that for a surf. It had been 18months-2 years since I last paddled a K1 playboat so it was a very interesting experience. Once I finally stopped tripping over the extra blade and got used to the lack of leverage I actually had quite a bit of fun. The boat is actually really nice to paddle. Very easy to get release off of and very slippery on the wave. My only complaint is it is much harder to carve than my current boat. Though this may be just that I am not used to paddling with so little leverage. I need to get a go in this boat outfitted as C1 ASAP, though the chances of finding one are pretty slim and people are unlikely to let me rip all their nice outfitting out.

Having went off for dinner we came back to the beach as Colin had come up for a surf so I got a few more hours of surf in. This was great as after having had a break I was able to retry all the moves I had been messing about with earlier on in the day.
Now to dry everything out for our freestyle road trip at the weekend!

(Photos thanks to Vix)