Interesting session today - white caps outside when I drove up, but the wind did have more north in it. I used the same setup as the previous session - 5.2 wing, NL160 foil, No.9 stabilizer on the 32.5" mast. Perfect setup!
Interesting Point 1. Turtles and Sharks Don't Care About You. Turtles were randomly popping up everywhere - I spend more time looking for turtles to avoid than I do looking at the waves. Sharks swim wherever they want to - even in front of you while on foil. The middle blue "track" at the bottom of the following picture was where a 10' hammerhead swam right in front of me. We collided, I fell off the board and I'm guessing we both got scared. Kept calm, climbed on the board and took off again. Harris said he saw a huge explosion in the water behind me just as I fell off the board.
Interesting Point 2. The Inside can be really fast. I hit 20.6 mph making speed runs on the inside - with the flat water, it makes going fast easier.
I could have used the 4.5 today - but boy was I glad I had the 5.2 when I was trying to get back out of the water after tagging the shark.
I love this setup!!!
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