Not Engine 41, Truck 41 and certainly not Medic 41; Felipe and I selected the Duo Discus "Mike-Golf" for riding big mountain wave. We towed to East Park Resevoir and climbed high in what was likely secondary or tertiary wave off the Mendos.
I pushed towards the Mendos but never caught the primary wave, only an awesome view of sun beaming upon the mountains.
A cold front was advancing and at 16,500' MSL; wind WSW at 50+ KTS, air temp 14 F. Snow showers moved in, obscured our view and with vents open the cockpit became a giant snow globe. Time to race South away from the front.
We ran in and out of wave all the way down to Lake Berryessa where we turned the Towers.
Over the ridge to The Cache Creek Casino and Golf Course.
Back North surfing good wave off Capay Valley's Western ridge until we hit the Rumsey Gap.
North over the foothills to the 20 Gap and a fast final glide to Williams. A three hour flight is condensed into a one minute video of 41 A-shift surfing the Northern California sky.
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