Hit Hickam again after work today. The wind had lightened up a bit by the time I got there (4pm) so I pumped up the 6.0 - the board and foil were the same as the previous days. You can see in the picture the wind was fairly light on the inside - but if you squint, you can see Harris riding on the outside and he is lit on his 4.4. I got lit too once I made it out there -
Even though it looked light, I was able to milk enough juice to get up on foil quickly. I was pulling upwind easily so I decided to fall off a bunch to get to the channel and I rode out to the end of the runway where Harris was. I was able to get lined up, and got on a couple, but it wasn't like prone foiling. I also couldn't flag the wing (never had to before) and that made me outrun the waves. The wind started to get light so I started back. Then it pretty much died for about 20 minutes. In these lulls I practiced pumping the wing and the foil to get up sooner than just waiting for the wind to blow harder. I also got more practice on the tacks and even got a couple of jibes in (because I had to way out there).
I took this picture just because - need some gas?
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