A Nahant Thursday

It was too hard not to go to Nahant today. The forecast looked great, small bumps, no wind, with temps were super warm for fall.

Icing on the cake was that I got to spend another day with somebody very special to me

I first tried a few small broken white wash waves close to the beach. It worked, it was OK. Then I tried to get out a little further, and quickly realized that it's actually easier to catch waves out there, where everybody else is sitting.

Once you're on, you're on and have enough speed for a pretty nice ride back to the beach.

Getting out there was still challenging at times. But with failures you learn: wait for the lull in-between sets, and then paddle as fast as you can out, avoiding breaking waves on top of you, and spilling you back in. It's all an experience.