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An endless battle
All the while, between the winch shoots we kept our eyes
focused on the forecasts, trying to score sessions where the
wind perhaps funnelled between the two mountains, or some
pressure on the lake that was a bit higher up, or maybe
waves wrapping around the corner to meet wind dropping
down the mountain. It was an endless battle of extreme
localised weather versus my experience. I’d say it was about
50/50, but again if a spot wasn’t working, then nearby or
even at the same spot we could get the winch out.
As the days passed we found that the surrounding areas of
Reine and Flakstad were really the most impressive places.
There were plenty of different angels between the mountains
and we managed to mix up a couple of windsurf and kite
sessions with quite a few winch sessions.
A swell came in and we scored the locally famed spot of
Unstad for surfing. Unfortunately to get wind with the waves
is almost unheard of there, so despite having such awesome
waves, it was out of the question for a session with the
windsurf/kite gear. This was a futile hunt that had
us consumed day in day out, just one
session with wind and waves, we
wanted to jump, to ride.
With no luck and time
running out, there was
one option, we
took the
winch
uk
WIND
SURFING