Hi Richard, I've been out in waves maybe a couple of dozen times. Waves up to waist hight it's great. I can pick them up before they even look like waves haha. Stuff bigger than that, well, I took rather a beating, so sore and bruised for days LOL. I went out the other day in a very big swell, just in the swells only, to get my sea legs in the big stuff and it took a bit of getting used to. The swells were bounching off the shore, off cliffs and reefs so there were waves coming from all directions and the board does a bit of pushing and pulling as a wave goes past so it was a bit odd with them coming from all directions. But I will carry on and get some big waves picks. I'd like to get into some big mushy waves, whereas by the time waves get to be big around here they tend to be pretty heavy going.
The bird cage thing is the dogs sleeping crate. He decided he wanted to sleep in the tent instead
