For the last few weeks we have seen some tremendous rain storms up at the lodge, and consequently the planting is thriving and the rivers are up.

If the rivers are up then Geng Sam Chan play wave is going off! So its time to put the play boats in the truck and start attempting those front loop / face plant combinations.

 

This was exactly the intention last Saturday when Matt and I got on the water.

The pile was looking good on the main hole and the run off from the storms in the park was feeding the wave without any assistance from the dam above.

but In the end it was a 50/50 day……….

………50% good as Matt nailed his first 4 repetitive ends of a front cartwheel.

……….50% bad as it was at the cost of the first equipment breakage of the season when he surfaced from a roll minus the left hand blade on his borrowed paddle !

the wave is now in and will be with us for the foreseeable future, in the monsoon season it will be fed via run off and once the rains have finished the irrigation releases from Klong Ta Dan Dam will keep the hole going.

 

Next week sees Matt and Shandy bringing a class of GCSE kayaking students up to the wave for the culmination of their two year kayaking elective and the video taping of skills for the examiners in the UK.

Forecast looks to have high water so playboating will definitely be on the agenda.