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About Crystal Oak

I know that you won't be able to see all of this picture at once.  I decided to keep a narrow slice of one photo that I took to show you what it's like to try & surf here.  There are canoes coming & going.  There are so many wanna-be surfers that it's almost impossible to get on or off a wave without running over someone -- or becoming someone else's roadkill.  The kite surfers hang in the waves just outside of everyone else.  A few years ago I'd see windsurfers, but now they seem to be mostly gone.

I did rent a board and try surfing myself.  I got up a few times, and I loved being in the water.  Still, I'm beginning to suspect that my time for new sports has come and gone.  I'm better of sticking with the ones I know.  But kite surfing does look awfully interesting ...

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