Sunset Sailboards San Francisco

Wow, it's not been a normal winter over here in Northern California.  What started out as severe winter with record December rain and snowfall, turned into an almost completely dry January.  The lack of storm sailing and the end of summer thermals meant that I hadn't windsurfed since Thanksgiving, so yesterday's unexpected wind was a real treat for all those who were lucky enough to catch it.

A few of us ended up going to Haskins, one of our favorite freestyle spots.  I was a little apprehensive about rigging my brand new Maui Sails Loco 5.2 on black pavement for the first time.  The parking lot there is new, and the asphalt still rubs off on all your gear and probably not the greatest rigging surface for a sail with white trim, but I felt I needed to make haste or risk "missing it", so parking lot rigging it was.

We ended getting about two hours of nice 5.0/5.2 weather.  It was a little up and down, and we all ended up OP'd at the end, but everybody was just grateful for the chance to windsurf again.  It had been way too long.