We purposely slept in today, and had a fabulous brunch at the Waffle House. Then we went across the street to the Piggly Wiggly to buy an ice chest and stock up on water, sports drinks, and snacks. Finally we got to the field where the Long Distance guys were competing. Ace and I met some guys we hadn’t seen since the 2003 Nationals in Houston and just hung out for a while, watching the LD guys across the field.
As soon as we started practicing, we noticed that the wind might be a problem. Sometimes in the Dallas area, I have to wait out several days in a row of howling winds before getting what I consider proper boomerang conditions. I always talk about the wind being my enemy. Now we’re worried that there might not be enough wind. The windicators would often hang limp, and also totally change direction when there was a noticeable wind. These conditions wreaked havoc with the LD guys. Lots of throws were coming up short on the returns. I couldn’t believe how many non-scoring throws I saw on the scoresheet.
Before leaving DFW, Ace and I had settled on a couple of boomerangs (30 and 40 meter range) to use for Aussie Round that we were having really good results with. Today during practice, we could rarely get them to return all the way. Tomorrow’s wind forecast seems similar, so we’re really concerned about that first day of the actual tournament. It turns out too much wind is actually better than none. I never want to see “Winds Light and Variable” during a boomerang tournament again.
When we got back to the hotel, we hit the pool for a while before finally cleaning up and going out to dinner. About a dozen of us went out to a small Italian joint fairly close to the hotel to carb up for the next day.
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