Surfing Friday, cycling Saturday and surfing again on Sunday. It just doesn't get much better than that. The weather was absolutely beautiful; with temps in the mid to upper 60s and lots of sunshine. I had some decent waves on Friday and there were quite a few people out, including several short boarders. I try to just stay out of their way. Texas experienced some warm weather for the whole weekend, which made my sports even more pleasant. Don't misunderstand: I still needed my 5-4 wetsuit because the water is so darn chilly; but at least the air temps were in the 60s and low 70s, which made it a lot more pleasant to change out of the wetsuit while standing on the seawall.
Saturday proved to be fantastic on the bike. Many cyclists were out and, because the wind was out of the south, we were able to cycle our summer route to Wee Mart in Liverpool. It was a great ride! I rode with the 21 mph group and got a good workout.
Sunday brought me back to the beach and into what was left of the waves. They were fading fast, but Brian, Bryan and I were able to get some surfing in. I only had a couple of rides, but Brian said I was definitely becoming an intermediate surfer. Not sure if I believe that yet. I still have alot of work to do on catching waves. I seem to miss them. I notice other surfers do the same thing; just not as often. What happens is that I see the wave coming; get into position; start paddling; and then, just as I think the wave is going to catch me, I fizzle out. I'm not sure why. I don't think I'm paddling hard enough, which has now made me decide I need to add some more machine activities into my workouts at the gym. I need more lat strengthening (at least that's what I think the muscles are called behind my shoulder). And, more practice, practice, practice.
