20th Anniversary Skimboarding Season: Session #03

I can’t believe it’s been a full month in between sessions. I know for sure my last attempt was thwarted by a huge downpour that started while I was enroute on the train. And today I only went at the very last second as it has been raining for like 10 days in a row pretty much and totally was darkly overcast, but as it was a national holiday today, “Ocean Day,” I thought I should go to Chigasaki no matter what. So I did.

A typhoon passed by the Kanto region yesterday, so I shouldn’t have been so surprised to see a lingering storm surge at the beach. There was much less sand than usual and the tide was quite high, though true high tide was still an hour or two away. Good-sized swells were rolling in to make the surfers happy, a steady stream of 5-footers.

Skimming conditions were hardcore. I had only one good to pretty good ride, and then a couple of other decent rides. Very hard to get out to the waves before they broke, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. Indeed I was quite bold all day often coming eye level to a wave breaking right in front of me followed by me being violently up-ended and tossed, which when I was ready for it was kind of fun.

A slight rain fell for awhile, but nothing major. I expect my next session to be in 12 days.

before 5pm all surfers have to stay on a certain side of the jetties

two spongers who somewhat got in my way sometimes

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