December and Christmas activities

The first few weeks of December continued with the run of dry and reasonably sunny weather for the time of year, allowing me to carry on deep water soloing at Berry Head despite the cooler water temperatures by then. I had some great sessions down there with the rock in perfect condition, and for some strange reason had the place all to myself too. 

The nicer weather also allowed a few more coasteering trips around the Berry Head area, and on one of those trips, with good friends Carl, Josh, Jack and Stef, we had a real up close encounter with a wild Dolphin which was pretty amazing! 

Then as we approached Christmas time the rains came again, allowing me to dig my Raptor out and score a series of solo Upper Dart runs in superb slab covered levels. Awesome! 
On one occasion I solo paddled my Riot Dominatrix playboat down the Upper Dart in a nice lapping over the slab level, before joining Elisabeth on the Loop for a fantastic playboating session of surfing, squirting, and spinning. Wicked fun!

Probably one of the most enjoyable things we did around this time on the higher level days (ie: 3rd arch levels) was when we took the boogie boards down the Loop - just for a laugh. Surfing the top and bottom waves on the boogie boards was so much fun, and a nice change from kayaking it all the time. Running the river on them was hilarious fun too - bashing through stoppers and bouncing down rapids - all super-close to the action. We were grinning from ear to ear! :)

With wet weather forecast for Christmas and into the new year, looks like we'll be hitting the river some more before the year is out. Excellent! :)