Marlon and I were on the dawn patrol again this morning. The surf was bigger - chest high+ on the sets. There was no wind to speak of and the tide was rising to a high of 1.6'. Marlon brought out his longboard again - I changed things up again. I brought the 4'6" and started out with the CF1200 on the 72cm mast and chopped 300 rear stabilizer. I cannot say how good the combo is - on good waves, this thing absolutely rips!!! I caught a bunch and then headed in to switch this setup out.
There is a lot of hype out on the High Aspect foils so I decided to break out the HA925. I rigged it the way the guys on the internet said to - 85cm mast, small drag free rear stabilizer. That said - they also said this foil does not like turbulent water (and it doesn't), and that it has a high stall speed (and it does). It is going to get some getting used to to find the cadence and feel for this foil. I did catch several on it - it is really fast. It is also really unstable. Next go I'll use the 72cm mast and the 232 rear stabilizer.
When I got home, I discovered that the HA925 was stuck on the fuselage. I spent the next few hours getting both this foil and the GoFoil GL210 unstuck from their respective masts. It felt good to get the 210 unstuck - now I can use the NL160 and PNL185 on that mast to experiment with those foils on the wing.
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