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-**David ​Jacobsen's COLD WATER SELF CHECK ** (references Bellingham, WA primarily - adjust for your locale)+**David ​Jacobson's COLD WATER SELF CHECK ** (references Bellingham, WA primarily - adjust for your locale)
  
 **1.** **Skills **- #1 no doubt, can not fake them, period. **1.** **Skills **- #1 no doubt, can not fake them, period.
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 The final sections of the Wednesday Night Race Course between the condos and the final turn has plenty of rebound when it's blowing 20 plus from the south - nice & sloppy. The final sections of the Wednesday Night Race Course between the condos and the final turn has plenty of rebound when it's blowing 20 plus from the south - nice & sloppy.
  
-Folks ready to step it up to our less forgiving play pen - Bham bay when it's cold & blowing - then come prove you're ready in the SLOP TEST - certify yourself. Do loops between the last turn marker and one of the buoys off the condos. If a person can paddle well, catch some of the angle rides, and feel balanced in the slop, then this might be a good indicator you're ready for the bay. Maybe if you can handle the slop test when it's blowing 30 from the south, take it down ten notches and maybe 20 is a good upper mark for the windy/cold bay? Thoughts??+Folks ready to step it up to our less forgiving play pen - Bham bay when it's cold & blowing - then come prove you're ready in the [[:​sloptest|SLOP TEST (Bellingham version)]] ​- certify yourself. Do loops between the last turn marker and one of the buoys off the condos. If a person can paddle well, catch some of the angle rides, and feel balanced in the slop, then this might be a good indicator you're ready for the bay. Maybe if you can handle the slop test when it's blowing 30 from the south, take it down ten notches and maybe 20 is a good upper mark for the windy/cold bay? Thoughts??
  
 2. **Judgment** - can't fake it - but luckily all of us can get better at it! 2. **Judgment** - can't fake it - but luckily all of us can get better at it!