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Looked like a lake today!  Perfect conditions for swimming.  I just snapped these two pictures and left the beach.  My spring vacation is officially over.

Another day of small waves. Even smaller than last Friday.  It was a warm day – spring has finally sprung!  The waves were so small that even catching one was difficult.  I decided to do lots of paddling practice and I paddled the width of the beach.  My arms were tired after that!

Today was the last Friday of my spring vacation.  I was looking forward to a good day of surfing…

Not very promising.  So we decided to check out some other breaks…

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No joking – today was a pretty good day…

The waves were smaller than yesterday’s but what would happen with the changing tide?

A shortboarder waiting for a suitable wave…

Showing how to ride the little waves!

Another beautiful sunrise…

The waves were noticeably better than yesterday too…

Had a great session – broke out the old K-Board and gave it a go.  It was amazing how different the ride is!

Pretty quiet day at Yoshida – the wind was a bit brisk.  I met a longboarder who usually surfs here on the weekends and Monday mornings.  BTW, I also wore my 3 mm for the first time this year.  It was cold but certainly easier to paddle!

I was debating about starting to wear my spring suit today.  After all, last year I didn’t even have this suit and was able to survive.  As you can see, I decided to wear the 6mm Ripcurl.

The waves were much smaller than yesterday but they were also a LOT better.

These were taken around 7 am but the waves kept on getting better – honestly!  It was a great session – probably the best one of 2009.  One of the surfers brought a video camera and set it up on the beach.  Can’t wait to see the footage.  Maybe I will even post some of the action on here.

It rained the night before, so everyone was expecting some waves this morning – not so exciting is it?  Several surfers pulled up to the beach, watched these waves for a minutes and drove off.  If they had been a bit more patient, here’s what they would have seen…

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Another peaceful morning at Yoshida.  These pictures were taken around 7 am – as the tide came up, some decent waves came.  Not a great session – but not a bad one either.

I forgot to put a memory card in the digital camera.  Here’s a grainy picture taken with my cellphone.

Doesn’t look great but it was a fun session.