May 30, 2022 - Jeness Beach, Rye Beach, NH

Two days surfing in May already!  It was a hot Memorial Day and Mel wanted to go to the beach all week because she missed out last weekend.  Will also came, so it was a full car.  We had to go to Jeness because the tide was too high at the Wall.  The great thing about Jeness is that you can get free parking along the road.  You may have to walk a half mile if you get there at prime time, but I think its worth the 20-25 dollar savings.  We did the drop-off and pickup, which works great and keeps everyone happy.  The waves were so clean and beautiful with an off-shore wind, but on the smaller side.  They were perfect size for Mel, but very hard to get into.  You really had to paddle like hell and rip some muscles in the process.  I'm sore as I write this.  Water was still frigid, so I used my booties.  I caught a few rides, but nothing spectacular.  Mel almost got up, but she gave it her best shot.  It's nice to have someone to surf with.  The waves flattened out at high tide. We went to the Beach Plum afterwards for their giant small ice creams. 

May 22, 2022 - The Wall, Hampton, NH

 Ever since the PR trip, I was itching to go surfing.  Finally got an opportunity to go on this Sunday morning.  We combined a grad party in Groveland with this.  Laura and Evan dropped me off at the Wall (8th Street) and they went to the skate park.  It was 95 deg in Westford, but 65 deg at the coast.  Water was about 53 deg, so I wore booties and the one glove I could find, and used my 8.5 RC.  The water wasn't terribly cold with air being nice.  Tides were also perfect since I got out at low and surfed the incoming tide.  Waves were fairly sizable and I don't know what swell was producing, but I felt like we were pretty far out to catch these.  It was semi-choppy, semi clean but the waves were pretty challenging to get into.  I have a good run in the middle of my session when several nice ones came in and caught some nice long rides.  There was one rogue wave in the middle that was just big!  Can't believe I forgot to take a photo.