Friday again surfed by without me in the ocean. When the latest front moved through, it brought stormy weather with it. The waves looked rough on g-townsurf.com and, to be quite honest, I don't enjoy surfing in stormy weather. Although I was all set to ride a good, long 60-mile ride today, the weather was still rather messy this morning. So, I went to spin class at L.A. Fitness. The 9:15 a.m. class was led by Crystal who took us through racing and climbing routines. I prefer riding outside, but will settle for spinning if that's not possible. The class was good and definitely got my heart-rate up, which sure beats not doing anything. I'm hoping for some waves tomorrow, since I plan to head down in the morning. I'm not sure if I will ride before surfing or after. I might also skip cycling and wait for a short ride during my lunch hour sometime during this upcoming short work week. Again, I guess that depends on the weather.
While playing around on my Twitter account, I noticed that I was now being followed by someone named YellowCapMike. I'm not sure if I quite understand Twitter, but I've had a Twitter account longer than I've had a Facebook account. I'm still very curious about it. Well, since many of the "people" following me actually seem to be trying to sell something, I decided to go to YellowCapMike's tweetpage to find out what he might be selling. Instead I found surfing info. His tweets actually seemed informative and I found no sales pitch. His bio states he is a surf instructor. One of this most recent tweets took me to his blog, which linked to a very informative explanation of waves. On my own, I've noticed that the waves during my most recent surfing excursions have been different from the waves this summer. For instance, last Sunday the pop-up had to happen quick because if it didn't, it would close out and cause a wipe out. That's what happened to me. I took too long popping up a couple of times and, before you knew it, I was under the water with a board on top of me. Aargh! YellowCapMike's blog story link didn't address that particular seasonal issue, but it did explain the five different types of waves as well as the parts of a wave. (http://yellowcapmike.wordpress.com) My surf life is dependent on waves, so I'll definitely keep studying them.
