Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Triple Beam Balance Lab Worsheet

Septemberfest!

Saturday, 25/09/2010. I admit that the title is misleading: it will not speak of the very valuable review of Marina di Carrara, where the beer flows freely and whole batteries stinchi di porco sono li pronte ad essere fagocitate! La festa settembrina a cui mi riferisco sono le condizioni meteomarine toscane, ancora una volta al top... e per di piú nel weekend!
Si parte con una bella giornatina di sole a Donoratico, onda formata e maestrale promettente. Come per magia tutto il gruppo di kiter si presenta allo Shangri che ormai é a nostra completa disposizione: si gonfia addirittura nel parcheggio...
Il vento peró stenta un pó a mantenere le promesse, cosí escono nell'ordine Marco, io, Dario a testare le condizioni ma inevitabilmente si finisce tutti spiaggiati al Tombolo. Quando ormai le speranze sembrano perdute, si vede Marco superare agevolmente le barre e prendere il largo... giusto il tempo di alzare 4 and get the kite in the waves, as usual, from the shore looked much more comfortable ...
The wind is increasing more and more I find myself gradually pulling the depower, jump higher and higher and some even dare surfatina frontside ... at the end after almost two hours off without touching the ground (not to be stuffed in their time ashore) are exhausted but satisfied!
Then, the icing on the cake, the appetite is appeased the festival of the fungus: the stocks of mushrooms of cork oaks are put to the test!

Sunday, 26/09/2010. As per the scheme tested, we change spot in the hope of a session of surfing noteworthy. Unfortunately now when I wake up to James Lillatro has already surfed three hours and is coming home ... between one thing and another introduced me to the joy that is past noon!
There, unlike Rosignano, has not yet entered the south-west, but the line-up is now almost deserted by the waves a bit untidy and especially chiusoni a couple of meters kindly invite you to not miss the duck dive. .. essentially to go out hard (practically swimming in dragging the table) and surf with other regulars 2-3. They take a few waves, often ending in a grand slam on the dry, but at least it is an excellent training for the trip to Bali around the corner ...

not feel too happy to calasole a session, after all afternoon has swept through the south-west Sea: still active, slightly lowered but still looking ignorant. At the second wave come and centrifuged lose a lens ... in practice seems to be blind, with the sun going down, and they are also alone make, so I leave sad sad ...

Tuesday 28/09/2010. Already I have to train for Bali, I take one last hour of light before sunset, and what remains of the big storm ... The wave is about five feet but with a very short period, the spot always Gioia (now they are fond of) and this time there is a bell'affollamento the line-up.
Back to the fish but I regret it very nearly since the wave is not big but very steep and often Tubantia ... More than anything, be a long race is like winning the lottery, the only thing that really deserves is now out in a dark suit walk on the street lamps lit!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Citalopram And Zopiclone Overdose

Change of Season! Kite

Saturday, 18/09/2010. Happy to continue this September with a variety of disturbances in passing that, with perfect timing, just going to fall over the weekend. Today it is a gift now in autumn version: few tourists, the last day of paid parking in the square at the Shangri-la and above all a nice south wind!
temperature still summer (the sun) and hot water, so that Fabrizio would go out in shorts ... Peró at 2 pm the winds get up the sand, a sign that we are already above 20 knots, and clouds on the horizon does not bode well ... I am a little hesitant about mounting the kite in these conditions, with the added difficulty that the group of kiters latita today: in the end I opt for a return to windsurfing with 5.3 and FSW, the wind is gusty but rather comes out a nice session freestyle!
ends, as expected, with wind and rain falling, but overall it was a nice giornatina ...

Sunday, 19/09/2010. Change of commercials, sports and general conditions: sunny beach of Lido di Camaiore, quiet morning and no wind, a nice sleep deprived so I look in the webcam out of bed rather than get up and do those 50 yards to the terrace of the Mirage. So I am justly punished, not noticing the fine ripples until noon from there to go home, have your Super Fish and reappear on the peak of Joy poor spend ten minutes!

The waves are great fun, almost all meters on the left shoulder and steep flights A little bit dull ... there is also enough people (by the standards of Joy): there are more than 10 surfers in the water!
Gradually, the projections that gave rolling Libeccio storm in the afternoon and ... the swell increases, but worsens the quality of pace, the slight breeze from the SE is transformed into an annoying and return to the SW line-up becomes a better grind ... so I decide to exit, right poco prima che entri vento forte, e giá che sono le 3 non resta che rimettersi in forma con una bella piadina farcita con le peggio schifezze!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

How To Make A Good Dustpan?

dog ...

Sabato 11/09/2010 . Giornata con raffiche da terra che fanno sperare nella rotazione a maestrale. Me la prendo comoda la mattina, faccio anche un lauto pranzo a casa e mi presento alla spiaggia dei cani verso le 4.30 del pomeriggio. Il gruppo di scalmanati ha giá montato e qualcuno é pure in acqua a lottare con le raffiche on/off da NE...
All'improvviso l'incoscienza: si sparge la voce che alla Torraccia girano con la 9 e in un baleno i kite spariscono ripiegati nelle sacche e si decide di spostarci in massa, "tanto qui non entra piú". Mi rifaccio the piece of beach to walk to the polling station when a gust uncombed me: I turn and I see flags mistral!
Then you just have to rebuild the walk (thank goodness I had eaten!), Fit in quickly and enjoy the beautiful northwest breeze, which, as a rule, when it comes late is getting stronger ...

The session goes on literally until sunset, pretty tough. There's also a bit of Undine in the bank that allows me to practice in the riding tack to the right ... are still clumsy but gradually learn!

Sunday, 12/09/2010. Replica of the previous day: the same mare, Mistral wind even the same but that comes at 12 and reveals rather limp ... So after some radical maneuvers planatina but zero (for lack of wind, hey, God forbid!) Of the dogs on the beach turns into a kind of kite school with as many as 4-5 unauthorized beginners shooting wings on the few swimmers and unfortunately abundant holly deposited by the recent storm. We miss the little that they do not also try Topinz!
Fortunately, the school ended without incident (at least my Waroo seems survived) and in the late afternoon we are ready to start intelligent than 7.30 that allows you to get to Lucca in just 2 hours ... and thank goodness it is September!