Mid-day session today. I dropped Marlon off so he could go sailing with some friends - then I went to Hickam to get some winging in. The wind seemed to be on the lighter side - so I set up the HS1850/chopped 300, and the Ensis 6.0.
For the most part, this setup was perfect. There were a few heavier gusts, but I just umbrella'd the wing and kept on going. Bryan was there also - he had his Duotone Echo 6.0 and his HS1850 setup also.
You can see the wind was lighter - but this was a lull. There were times the whitecaps were steady.
I made a run straight to the outside and spent over an hour riding the just under breaking height waves. I really concentrated on jibing on the inside by the second red marker, and tacking on the outside by the end of the runway. I was pulling off most of my jibes - I'd switch my feet before going into the turn and with the big wing, I had enough power coming out of the jibe to keep going. I headed in and ended up making a bunch of runs to practice the same turns just without the wave influences. So I can now tack outbound and jibe both ways. I did try inbound tacks, but with the success I found in switching my feet, I just kept focus on the inbound jibes today.
On my way out, I just jibed and rode toe-side, the jibed again to get out - you can see that in the first run - no black so no down time.
You know it was a good day when your muscles are screaming "we surrender!!!"
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