Nashua

7/13/2021 - C-Hole and Nashua River was running at about 2350 and it was worth the hour ride from Boston. Myself, Jay Michaud and Katelyn Ming ran this section and played around in the many eddies and on the very dynamic surf hole/wave. We put-in on the opposite side of the road/bridge from the parking lot, and took-out on river left after C-Hole.

Thoughts: The Woo Woo waves above the hole were good, but maybe just not enough water to make them worth the re-hike. Especially considering that the hole/wave itself was firing. The feature involved a number of different eddy attains to reach at this level, but it was consistently worth it. However, it took about 30 minutes of practice to really successfully start surfing with control on the feature (very dynamic).

In getting on the wave/hole, this was at first a struggle... we tried side-surfing a very shallow and steep hole with a surfer's left angle on the surfer's right side of the feature, but kept getting flushed off before we could correct our surfing angle to a front surf. What Jay Michaud found out was that you could really quite easily float on the boil on surfer's right behind the feature, and you would kind of fall forward off the boil and into a front surf on the feature. Once you manage that a few times, it became easier and easier and you could start working on your moves.

At 2350, things were quite shallow on surfer's right as mentioned above; close to the more meaty/hole-y side of the feature. The river was not shallow in the middle, or on surfer's left, and Jay Michaud put down a loop without hitting the bottom.

Great spot, and would return for more fun at this level.