Surf Class on March 4

using the sand as a "wave".....pretty cool for a visual - I thought 

On da water...basics of proper paddling skillzzz 101....
 


NOTE the "Hobie" guys looking a little bit "confused"

...as we were making our way out the jaws (for the surf class)...we saw a sail boat "mother ship" with two kayaks being towed 

Before any of us began the "surf landing" there were two instructors wading by the surf - they were there to signal us when to come in and when to paddle in or when to wait and then to commit and then when to brace the wave. The other instructors were hanging out in the safe Zone with the rest of the students - briefing us while we waited for our turn to surf land...

2nd pic....our very own Frank Fishing

random pics.....

more random pics...

more...

my personal favorite pics of the entire day....

pic 1: Beauty and Beast....
pic 2 : Joel and Leslie "Prom Picture" 

Joel, thanks a bunch for the super photos. I was pleased that you posted a pic of me upright! I noticed that my thigh muscles are sore so I'm sure thigh braces (the ones I left in the car  ) would give that added support and control when bracing and side-surfing in to shore.

And, yeah, I, too, thought the onshore demos in the sand were very helpful. Cynthia, Carl, Brian, and Mike were some of the other instructors who really had good on-the-water technique advice.

Let's do it again!

Janice aka "Big J"

What to do on such a beautiful day?

Here's Marmite's answer---Bask

Group having lunch and getting better acquainted

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Beach lecture with sand demo and toy kayaker that looked a bit like Mooch
Doing what we came for
Controllers in the surf
Kayakers in the surf

Fun stuff and well worth the time,money and effort to get acclimated to the surf.
Will do again.

Need a little help! How do I get the pictures out of the thumbnail mode?

let me see if it works for me?....just some overview shots of the area.
Frank,I wish i could help ya' out......but i can't.

MOOCH!!....do you remember on our paddle back,I asked you what was the name of Alan T. boat and you said,"i don''t know if he has one"? he does...the "GRADY WHITE" was the last boat to pass us at the end of our paddle to shore.

Adam - "Grady White" is the name of the boat manufacturer. Alan's boat is a Grady White but is actually named "Eddies Brother" ....I think.

Frank, Bill will fix the pics as soon as he can.

Adam - "Grady White" is the name of the boat manufacturer. Alan's boat is a Grady White but is actually named "Eddies Brother" ....I think.

Doh!!! and Duh!!!  thats why i paddle