Spain in 3 weeks ...

For the surf situation on the Basque coast, check out:

http://www.telefonica.net/web2/maesl/camara05.htm

Three weeks from now, I'll be in San Sebastian for the summer with my wife & kids. We will be a block from Playa Gros. What to do a log? For great looking boards from that part of the world, take a look at http://magic-quiver.blogspot.com/. Rui, who runs it, is a great guy. He's been helping me find a high quality log for use while I'm there.

In addition, I'm taking a 6' x 24" x 3" mini-Simmons with me. I'm glassing it now. It will have Probox fins & Probox-Larry is making me a set of Simmons keels to go with. The airline we're using, British Airways, will take boards under 6'3" for free. I'm going to find out if one can really grovel summer waves on a Simmons.

Me

Astronaut Surf Dance

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Mid-simmons at 8'10" ...

Not yet polished, but, I had to try it out last week. Glass on Hobie keels. Despite being 8'10", it paddles like a much longer boards. I had no trouble outpaddling the 9'4" popout/import crowd. It seems fast and it can be noseride. More as things evolve ...