Day 31 - .5 x 6 = 3 (Lake Michigan math)

After surfing long enough, it is inevitable that the topic of the quality of waves and the possibility of surfing in the great lakes region will have presented itself in some form or another. I have read a few articles and even seen some video. Now, it goes without being said that if given an opportunity, I certainly would jump at the chance to get a fresh water session in, if nothing but for the novelty of it. You see novelty sessions are right up there with near death experiences when it comes to attention grabbers (nobody wants to hear about how perfect you scored Macaroni's, unless they have been already or are going soon). I have gotten a lot of mileage out of the only other fresh water session that I have had, which was by all standards a novelty session. I have a video of Tom that I'll have to post as soon as I get home. That was in Orlando at the wave tank at Disney World. We even paid $100 for lessons and I can't remember how many waves, which were on foam boards and straights, but it is safe to say that the wave count was in the single digits. Well, that's what it felt like today, right on the precipice of the unsurfable. However, there was no novelty today. I don't know why I care, but I find myself wanting to go around and explain to everyone on the beach that I have a streak going. It is a little embarrassing trying to catch quasi-surfable waves. I caught 6 to be sure that the streak did not end. I figured 6 half waves equals 3 real waves. I mean I stood up on all of them. I went a direction and I even had a mini floater. But, each ended in grabbing my board and running it out in shallow water much like you would do after hitting a pebble on a skateboard. The weather was downright hot and the water had warmed up a few degrees in the the last 24 hours as the warm sunny windless stagnation seems to be heating the ocean surface. It is time to hoick a beer out of the cooler and sit back and enjoy the campfire. What an amazing day...