Parawing/Prone Session - 3/3/2026

Today was forecasted to have good wind - and it really was the only day this week that there would be sufficient wind.

When I got to the beach, there were whitecaps 

Big stuff day - except for the parawing... with the whitecaps I figured I'd be better off with the BRM Maliko 5.1

I was good for the first 15 minutes - then the wind pretty much died.

I was too stubborn to paddle in and swap out the Maliko 5.1 for the Flysurfer POW 5.0 - 

After I accepted that the wind was not likely to come back, I tried prone foiling.

I ended up riding a few waves.  I missed many more waves than I caught, but just being able to ride the big stuff prone foiling felt like an accomplishment.

From the wind chart, it looks like I need 17 mph to takeoff, and 15 to stay up and riding.

I really don't know why I'm too lazy to pack a second parawing.

Fun double duty session!

PF:3/W:2/PW:19/FD:20/S:9

Garage Works - 3/2/2026

This evening I sanded the excess glue off the inserts.  I also sanded more around the edges to make sure the epoxy would have a good mechanical grip.

The gorilla glue did a great job filling the gaps around the insert blocks.

And I cut out the carbon patches and taped up the insert holes.

I used patches to focus the layers in the areas under Roland's heels.  And patches work just fine since a majority of the carbon will be under deck pad (so you won't see it).

I used 7 ounces of resin - but probably an ounce and a half was on the roller.

Tomorrow I'll sand all the laps flush then add a tinted layer of epoxy to get everything smooth and level.

With that add, this will likely be done Wednesday evening.

Foil Drive Dawn Patrol - 3/1/2026

Pretty close to yesterday conditions wise.

I bolted on my AFS Enduro 900/HA38 (the one I have been using this weekend is Prayot's).

Also my watch was dead so no data for today.

If the swell was just 1' bigger, this would have been a fantastic session.  But it was another day of short rides - focusing on the peaking sections.

It was actually crowded today - lots of FDers and eFoilers....

If the swell were 1' bigger I would have also gone to PVs instead.

Wind is forecasted to start coming back....

PF:2/W:2/PW:18/FD:20/S:9

Garage Works - 2/28/2026

And after running errands and grabbing lunch with La, I headed into the garage to try and get Roland's board modification closer to the finish line.

First off - I sanded the delamination repair areas and the rest of the top deck where strengthening patches are going to be placed.

Here's all the work completed.

Then I prepped the inserts and the slots

All glued in.

Tomorrow I'll shave off the excess glue, cutout the patches, and laminate.

I'm probably a few days away from being finished.

I've been conversing with Charlie over on Maui - he's been looking for a board to learn to Foil Drive prone with... and to wing with... he may be interested in No.34

Which means I'll have to build a replacement...

Foil Drive Dawn Patrol - 2/28/2026

Small waves this morning...

And a low tide.

Even Foil Drive-ing was a bit difficult (to get longer rides).

Same gear as yesterday (in fact I didn't even dismantle the setup from yesterday).

The usual suspects were around - and Mark the lifeguard was there!!!  Long time no see that guy.

Pretty distinct takeoff spot.

Rides were generally shorter than normal - but carving top to bottom was the focal point - and doing that in the small, compact waves were challenging but fun.

31 rides over the session.

"Almost" looks like a winging session!

PF:2/W:2/PW:18/FD:19/S:9

Evening Foil Drive Session - 2/27/2026

Parking for electrified foils only!!!

Enduro 900/HA40 for the smaller waves, all bolted on to No.43 via the 77.5cm Evolution Cedrus Surf mast with Zip Pod - 

I got out late so I was using the throttle liberally.

It was a pretty low tide, so there was lots of paddling out and back in, but that also gave the waves a little more incentive to stand up taller (than they would during a higher tide).

Lots of opportunity to get some hard carving in -

Kalani, Ben, Roland and Derek were all out.  Derek promptly took video

Lots of curves in the tracks - the Enduro 900 is magic!

17 rides in 52 minutes - that's good math!

After retrograding, there was a long discussion on parawing theory.  Nice way to end the work week!

PF:2/W:2/PW:18/FD:18/S:9

Parawing Session - 2/26/2026

The trades are backing off for about a week.  Stu got off work early today and asked if there was any place to wing.  I looked at the forecasts and the reports and said Kailua was going to be the only place to get any wind.

La texted me and said she would be at her workplace for a bit - so I asked Stu if I could hitch a ride to Kailua.

I broke out the big stuff - 

And it was enough to get up - and I had to do that more than a few times (and I had to work for it).

Once I was up, the light wind was more than enough to get me where I wanted to go.

I'll be honest - there were a few setups where I thought I was going to either do the walk of shame, or I was going to have a long paddle back.

I managed to avoid either of those outcomes with the help of a lot of proper pumping and just enough of a gust to get up - and almost all of those get ups were close to shore headed back to the beach (followed by a quick tight jibe).

Somewhere in the track are a few tack attempts.  On one I got the board and the parawing around, but lost momentum to stay on foil.  I'm going to have to practice this much more at Hickam to get the muscle memory down.

And Stu was up and going with his new to him gear (AFS wing board and the PPC M1 6.0).  He even got a jibe to go all the way around.

Pretty light winds.  But it is good to work on light wind skills - lest we forget.

Fun session!  This was likely the last of the wind for multiple days.

PF:2/W:2/PW:18/FD:17/S:9

Parawing Session - 2/25/2026

Wind was up today - but not terribly strong.

Just barely whitecapping.

Pretty low tide and minimal waves.

I had the higher wind setup - Enduro 1100/HA40 and No.40, all connected by the Evolution Cedrus Surf 77.5cm mast.  Powered by the Flysurfer POW 5.0 

Kalani was out on big stuffs also - including the Triple 7 PT Skin 7.3

More north in the wind than I was expecting.

The small waves closer in shore provided some fun rides.

Setting up for one wave, I got a solid tack right on to the wave - I'm going to have to practice this a whole lot more so I can pull this transition more often.  I tried a repeat, but the wind softened up a bit.

During the lull (when I couldn't get the board moving), I was able to get a video of Kalani putting it all together - he said this was his best day parawinging!

And neither of us had to paddle back in so it was a good day!

It was probably 5mph more than the graph, but the relative magnitude to adjacent readings was correct.

I'm not sure if this is related, but I did have the Enduro 1100 on instead of the Enduro 1300 - and I did not have the instance pop ups that the 1300 provides.  Could have also been the gusty wind.

Fun session!

PF:2/W:2/PW:17/FD:17/S:9

Evening Session - 2/24/2026

The forecast called for parawinging/winging conditions this afternoon - but the clouds said otherwise.

Sure there were gusts that would come through that would have gotten me up on foil.  But those clouds would come back and shut it all down.

I had originally brought the same gear from yesterday - but I went back home and switched out to the...

DMS Gherkin

First time I had this board out.  I had the quad set of the Futures Alpha Vector 3/2 fins on the board.

Dare I say this board has more groveling power than the Firewire Sweet Potato???

I did catch some waves that would have been challenging on the Sweet Potato.  And I had a few waves that I was able to maneuver to stay in the pocket.

But from this limited session, I'd say I can turn the Sweet Potato harder.  And the Gherkin can go down the line better (and also catches waves easier).

Definitely a fun board if you can get your hands on one! 

PF:2/W:2/PW:16/FD:17/S:9

Parawing Session - 2/23/2026

Wind sport level winds were forecasted to be blowing this afternoon.

There were white caps (sporadic) when I pulled into the parking lot.  But there were periods where lulls set in.

Pretty low tide again - just had to paddle out a little further to get to deep enough water to flip the board.  

Big stuff all around today

Did I mention the wind was side OFF shore???

Even though there were lulls, there was still enough wind blowing to stay up on foil.

I had some really long runs, and almost always enough wind to jibe.

On one inside jibe, I felt the parawing moving slowly - so I exaggerated the downloop turn and got it all the way around - and this was with the Flysurfer POW 5.0 

This was pretty close to what was blowing at the beach.  The Kalaeloa meter doesn't read correctly on easterly reaches - but it looks like north winds read correctly.

Any session mostly up on foil and not involving paddling back to the launch point from Capmpgrounds is a great session!

Winds are forecasted to be better over the next few days!

PF:2/W:2/PW:16/FD:17/S:8