Well all signs for the weekend were that after a week of getting teased for wind, things would finally come together. As my buddies and I began to assess the wind meters we began to get prematurely concerned that we might get skunked again. First we watched the meters, then we chased the wind to an area known as the Brickyard in San Rafael. Nothin' doing, the winds were too light there though they had once looked promising. Crissy Field was slow in building and all fogged in. After a little patience, we suddenly saw the move in our pagers indicate that the wind had kicked up to 17 kts at Crissy...time to bust a move.

Crissy was still fogged in when we got there, but by the time we were rigged and ready to go at 2:30pm, it was like the gods smiled upon us and parted the fog to let the sun shine through. Precious. Perfect winds, sun and a nice swell under the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, not much more we could have asked for. The crew was out "en masse" and a good time was had by all. After 1.5 hours of riding, then packing up our stuff, the fog suddenly returned and closed the playground just as quickly as it had opened things up. Nice.

Sunday I made the move to Sherman Island in the Delta where I managed to get in three sessions, and though I'm really out of shape as the season gets started here and only managed an hour ride each time out, it was as perfect of a 70+ degree day as we could have hoped for this early in the season. The wind was steady and all I can say is that I'm still buzzing (and aching ;) from the smoothness of the conditions on this second day of the weekend. All in all, a great start to what we hope will be an awesome season.