Sunday, April 24, 2022

Dawn Patrol - 4/23/2022

Marlon and I dawn patrolled yesterday morning.  Waves were bigger - chest to head high on the sets.  Definitely one of the first south swells of the year!  

Tide was really low... but I went ahead and prone foiled (4'8", 75cm PC mast, Kujira 1210 front foil).  With the size of the swell, I was able to stay in deeper water to catch and ride the waves.

You can see which board Marlon chose - and he had his new hatchet fin.  I saw him catch several waves.


I caught a few good rides, but spent most of the morning eating it on steep/pitchy takeoffs.  In fact, Marlon commented when we were back at the house how he and his crew were watching me takeoff, but I didn't make it and the board/foil took off for low earth orbit then come back with a big splashdown.  Sometimes you win, sometimes you don't win (I probably should have rigged the 4'6" with the 980).

W:30/F:41/S:12

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