The tide was a dropping high - at 1.8' (dropping from 2.0'). The wind was blowing trades - with enough north in it to not chop the surface up too much. And the good news was the swell had some size - belly high for the most part.
With the higher tide I decided to bring out the Armstrong. Same setup as the last time I brought this foil out - wide 4'10", HS1850, Uni Tail. I caught multiple waves and got to pump back out a few times. The wind did slow me down when I went right. There were more people in the line up and lots of fishing lines in the inner line up - so I had to keep my eyes open for booby traps. Despite the obstacles, I had some really fun, long rides.
I noticed I needed to get my back foot butted up to the kick on the tail pad in order to ride on automatic. If I had my back foot further forward, balancing was more dynamic. This is the opposite of what I'm doing on the Go Foils - I'm going to have to figure this out.
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