Saturday May 20, Pontiac begins the Season

Great day to start 2011 MTB season. 78 degrees sunny and dry. 10.6 miles in a slow 1:24 with a stop to tighten the forks (newly serviced but they forgot top crown). 563 ft decent and 561 up. More of this to come.

Thursday April 28, Metro Swell Day!

Cloudy overcast and 4.5 to 3.7 winds make for a solid and tiring day! Pretty steady WSW 25-35 all afternoon with a great tall breaking swell - ramps galore for Metro. Millard and I had the place to ourselves and I got some good POV for the archives. Fun and exhausting - need more of these days for getting in mid season shape.

Sat. April 23rd Metro Worth the Wait

Looked light 15+ SW when I rigged the 6.9 Xspresh and the 107 FSW and went out.... But once out on the outer blue highway it quickly in 5.5 and I was way overpowered. Great time to choose the 5.7 and the 85 ProEd for a 2 hour sesh prior to the dinner hour. Nice late afternoon session - we'll take it at this point. Millard and Jeff there to enjoy and partake.

Day 2 Metro Goes Frigid Nuclear

Wow Day 2 of the 2011 sailing season and we're greeted with Sunday morning gales and temperatures in the 40° range. It was a good day overall, but the 4.5 Search was wrong initial call as I was getting blown off the water. Next, I quickly rigged down to the 3.7 Jet and had a great time when the sun would peek out. Although was still very cold waves and winds were constant and for the most part it was an excellent day to try out some heavy wind survival sailing. I was only one out until noon when Jeff arrived and I had another person to watch get worked in the nuclear gusts. I could have easily used a 3.2m after about 2pm as it was solid 30-40+ West with the entire beach area being blown into the air. Ramps galore and some nice swell to ride in but the ProEd FSW might just be too big and too light for a day like this. Maybe a weight jacket would work... Today the wind won - I hope to get in better shape for warmer temps. Nice chart on LSCM4 eh?

2011 Blue Lagoon Beginnings

Mark your calendars that Friday, April 15, was the first day of the 2011 sailing season. We had a good crew out of the Blue Lagoon for afternoon with winds 15 to 25 east to northeast (worked well almost onshore). I sailed powered on the 5.7 Expression and my 85 FSW ProEd. John, Millard, Craig, Jeff and the rest of the crew were all out in good preseason form. Temps not bad 50's for most parts but mittens worked well for me. Gales coming on Sunday so hoping that the rest of the weekend kicks like today. Also got to try out the new Drift 170HD camera on a few runs: check out the test video link below. Potential is great for some POV waves and jumps once we get some conditions firing. Good startup sesh.

New POV from yesterday's sun and fun...

12" of new cork. Bluebird @ Holly. Best. Day. Ever.

Trenches were definitely applied.

Metro East Cold and we'll take it.

Rare east metro day. 6.9 Xpresh and 107 FSW worked well enough for an hour and a half and a 'hot' freestyle sesh. Sun tried to break out and you could see the swell potential but the dense cold air never licked like Friday. 49 degrees still made it another true fall sailing day. Taking whatever we can get at this point.

Sun. Nov. 14, Solid Metro Dense Winds

Looked like 10-15 SW on the water but it sailed like 5M 15-25. So happy I rigged and got into the chilly LSC waters. Good enough for a nice 3+ hours on the 43 degree wind/water session. Sailed 5.7 Xspresh overpowered on the ProEd and loved it. Some nice 2-3' waves to ride and carve upon the outside and loads on carving 360's on the inside. Very happy ending if this is the last sesh of the 2010 season. An ugly day that was actually really pretty good. Oh it was cold out there too!

Sat. Oct. 30 St. Clair Shoal HalloWind

Ok day, overpowered on the 6.2 Alpha but blazing speed out to the Shoal to rip some small but long curling glassy waves. Got to run the 5m and the ProEd for about an hour too before it lightened up. Good mild day that saw 15-25++ SSW and temps hitting the 60's. Not bad for a Saturday that started with little potential. Everyone was happy until the MSU came on.