[CKF Info] At One With The Sea

Mon Jun 30 09:11:10 PDT 2008

Steve,

I passed from envy to admiration and back as I was reading your posting.
Congratulations. Wish you could post some pictures.

Wish I could be closer to rocks and sea to practice more often and attempt
what you guys are doing. 

Keep on, keep writing and make a song.

Best Regards,

Rafael.

De: info-bounces at list.ckf.org [mailto:info-bounces at list.ckf.org] En nombre
de Steve Wilson
Enviado el: lunes, 30 de junio de 2008 10:11
Para: ckf at paddlewise.net
Asunto: [CKF Info] At One With The Sea

Conditions could not have been better for playing in the rocks Sunday.
Everyone was on their game. Mark nailed his first rock garden combat roll.
Congratulations Mark! 
George was recovering from being under the weather. You would not have known
that from the way he handled his boat.
Lee was right in there from the start, dancing his boat around the tight
spots right behind Jack. Lee did the first two combat rolls of the day,
looking like a cool headed pro up close and personal with the rocks.
Billy was all over the place with his camera from land and sea. It was like
having the National Geographic along with that big impressive camera.
At the north end of the big pool we played and played up against a tight
wall and corner. The fishermen and tide poolers stopped to watch us. We all
had big grins on our faces as we circled taking our turn inside.

Listening to Jack?s words of wisdom I didn?t go anywhere he didn?t recommend
no matter how tempting. Today I learned to relax in close, to feel the ocean
and let the flow of the sea do the work. Over rocks, over falls, and up on
the rocks waiting for the sea to return and release. Learning to put my nose
in close to a big rock as the swell rises up and over the top you go without
effort. Zen Master Jack made us all feel comfortable and safe. Even though
we were in close quarters with each other with rocks on three sides we were
paddling safely. I love my Coaster more all the time. If felt like an
extension of my body today. I have never had better boat control.

I landed first back at the launch site. I stepped out into there to four
feet of water, hung on to my boat during the surges and carefully stepped up
through the slippery sometimes moving boulder field. It was a little hard to
find my land legs about then. I carried my boat up out of the boulder field
without dropping it. George landed right after me. George and I helped land
and carry Marks boat to safety. Soon Billy came in. Mark, Billy, and I
fought to get his pontooned boat up on and out of the boulder field. I was
wore out by then and there was still that hill (cliff) to climb. Soon Jack
and Lee appeared and landed without any problem.

Thanks Jack, Lee, George, Mark, and Billy that was a day I won?t forget. We
will soon announce the next Rock Garden Party. We plan to work around the
rocks in the Laguna Beach area. Come on out if you can. It is fun just to
watch or you can engage at your own level of confidence without endangering
yourself.

Steve (no hulls cracked) Wilson  

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