Winter seems to have finally relaxed its grip, and I managed to get out for a little spring surfing yesterday.    The water is still quite cold (36F / 2C) and despite a sunny, 55F / 13C day,  a steady 20kn onshore wind made temps feel downright frigid.

My buddy Nick and I met up at Edgewater Beach where nice, easy,  3-5 foot spilling waves made for some fun surfing.    Nothing heart pounding, but in near-freezing water, I wasn’t exactly looking to get trashed in the surf.

The early season foray did give me a chance to test my NRS Mambas (pogies).  They worked great…my hands felt like they were sitting in little saunas.   I did notice I tend to hold my paddle more stiffly with the pogies on…I usually open my fingers more and use a looser grip (especially with the off water hand), and actually started cramping up a bit.

All in all a good day on the water, and we pretty much had the beach to ourselves…just a couple of die-hard board surfers.    One of surfers bobbing around turned out to be an old high school friend I hadn’t seen since 1991.    Of all the places to bump into each other, we figured this was one of the most unlikely! 

Posted by Mark Pecot

This entry was posted on Friday, March 30th, 2007 at 3:21 am and is filed under Blogroll, Surf.