{"id":24818,"date":"2017-07-23T17:50:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T16:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=24818"},"modified":"2017-07-23T17:53:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T16:53:27","slug":"adventures-north-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/07\/adventures-north-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in North Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surf Skiing in Conwy<\/h2>\n

I arranged to meet some fellow surf-skiers in Conwy on Saturday. I thought I could make a weekend of it. Surf Ski somewhere a little different for a change, do some mountain biking and then sleepover in the camper and continue my Coast Path run project<\/a> on the Sunday. The Facebook post from\u00a0Martin had said:<\/p>\n

Myself and Rik are out for a play on the Conwy estuary on Saturday at 10am, perfect opportunity to surf some boat wakes, any takers?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u00a0couldn’t resist it so decided to tag along, making sure first that they\u00a0wouldn’t mind a relative beginner\u00a0in their midst. They were very welcoming so I drove up on Saturday morning with my mountain bike on the back of the camper and my surf ski on the roof.<\/p>\n

\"Ready<\/a>

Ready for Adventure<\/p><\/div>\n

I soon met up with everyone on the beach and we headed off into the calm waters of the Conwy estuary. I warned them that I might end up practising my remounts rather than actually paddling. Everyone was very encouraging though as we headed off.<\/p>\n

\"Conwy<\/a>

Conwy Estuary<\/p><\/div>\n

The idea was to catch the wake of boats leaving the marina and see how long you could surf it for.<\/p>\n

\"Marina\"<\/a>

Marina<\/p><\/div>\n

Before long everyone else was off surfing the wake of a boat and following it for miles out into the bay. I missed the wake so paddled around on my own for a while then headed off into the bay a little myself. Here I met Helen coming back in from an exciting ride behind a boat. I paddled back upstream with her chatting about surf skiing, and Sport and Exercise Science. She is a lab technician the same as me in a University Sport & Exercise Science Department as well. At least chatting got me feeling a little more relaxed and even capable of looking around whilst paddling – something I failed to do in the Mawddach Marathon<\/a> last weekend.<\/p>\n

\"Chatting\"<\/a>

Chatting<\/p><\/div>\n

Eventually we met up with the others, Martin, Rik, Clark and Kevin and tried again to catch some wakes. Eventually I worked out what I was doing wrong. I was trying to catch the bow wave and ride that whereas they were catching the waves at the stern of the boats. The bow waves were short lived and tended to push me away from the boats, the stern waves however were better and kept you on track right behind the boat that created it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t