Earlier today I was heading downwind when the wind dropped off. There was still a fair swell so I started pedalling to try to get on to waves and surf for a while. Great fun. Basically when I caught one I suddenly go from 4 knots to 7/8 knots. You can tell you've got it when, having pedalled hard, suddenly there's no pressure on the pedals. Then sit back before pedalling hard for the next one. A great way to pass the time on a down wind run except for a little quad burn towards the end. Luckily the wind picked up.

That is some Great fun.. Also being around when BIG container ships go by and surf the wakes they leave.

for me the BIG container ships are a couple of K north - the wash from the larger power boats that don't bother slowing down much is however excellent fun

I was trying to get some video of surfing in a reasonable swell this morning - submarine AI at times. If its any good I'll try and post it