It's taken a couple of days to recover from the 'Rest moves West' competition. Originally meant to be held at Rest Bay in Porthcawl, 'Rest is Best' got postponed twice due to no swell. This time it was moved to Freshwater West in Pembroke, for the best chance of contestable waves. It was a good call and after a gruelling 6 hour drive, I arrived on the Friday evening to find swell, albeit a bit lumpy! I decided to get in for the last hour of light to get a feel of the wave and my boat, something I always try to do but this time it was a bad decision...I ended up having a close encounter with a rock and putting hole in my boat, not a good start to the weekend but at least I knew where not to take waves! 

The next morning was an early start ready for another 2 day event made into 1 because of dying swell. Instead of knock out heats it was decided we would all surf best of 3, to allow chance to surf in the conditions throughout the day. My first heat wasnt until late morning so I had time to prepare, eat breakfast and dry my wetsuit in the sun! I struggle to eat much on the day of the competition due to nerves so a bit of toast  for brekky and a banana just before the heat then things like flap jack and jelly babies keep me going and give me bursts of energy when I need it! 

Clean, small waves were there for most of the day, although there were times when I struggled to find a decent wave in the heat at all. It was a full on day with 6 heats in total, constantly keeping an eye on which heat was in the water and when you were in and also what colour bib you needed. We didn't find out the final result until prize giving although I knew I hadn't done enough in the HP to get a 1st so was already a bit disappointed!