Clear blue sky, strong winds and Dubside during Stocken Symposium - Orust - Sweden |
Written by Tom Steenbergen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
maandag, 24 september 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
A strong wind on saturday (10 - 14 m/s, 5 -6 Bft) and sunday (14 - 22 m/s, 6 - 7 Bft) characterised the 2007 Stocken Symposium and all under a clear blue sky. A guarantee for large waves and a heavy sunburn. On the friday the wind was stil moderate (3-4 Bft) and so we paddled around Vallero and Torno. "Outside" we notice the long catch here on a westerly wind as there is already a considerable swell. Back on the campsite we see that there is hardly any space left, almost all participants have arrived. At the end of the afternoon Freya does another rolling demo, assisted by Dubside. On saturday there is the Greenland Style Rolling competition again, behind the campsite's new swimming docks. After two hours of waiting and cramps in my upper legs, it is finallt my turn and even though I forget two rolls I improve myself to "44" points. Dubside also competes and shows us all how it is done. Good demo !!
On the friday the wind was stil moderate (3-4 Bft) and so we paddled around Vallero and Torno. "Outside" we notice the long catch here on a westerly wind as there is already a considerable swell. Back on the campsite we see that there is hardly any space left, almost all participants have arrived. At the end of the afternoon Freya does another rolling demo, assisted by Dubside. On saturday there is the Greenland Style Rolling competition again, behind the campsite's new swimming docks. After two hours of waiting and cramps in my upper legs, it is finallt my turn and even though I forget two rolls I improve myself to "44" points. Dubside also competes and shows us all how it is done. Good demo !! On the sunday we paddle to the south of Harmano to see waves rolling into all those rocks and small islands. After an hour and half of hard paddling and leaning into force 6 wind we can see the surf rolling in. From a distance we can see the doffernce in height between the rolling surf and the sheltered waters behind the rocks. After taking a closer at the edge of the surf we take the sheltered route to the south beach of Harmano. A place that is usually a very popular lunch spot, but today on 7 people have made the effort to paddle here into the wind. Friday
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Last Updated ( maandag, 24 september 2007 ) |