The thermals kicked in yesterday afternoon (when the forecast called for nothing). Despite my arms screaming at me for a solid rest, I was compelled to head out. Roland and Brian were already out - Roland on his 4.0 Score and Brian out on his 5.2 Score. The wind didn't look that strong - so I pumped up my RS 6.1 and bolted on the Kujira 1440. I didn't want to jump or get frustrated trying to get up on the board - so I used the wide wing foiling board - perfect call on everything!!!
There were waves coming in every 15 minutes or so. This day something else clicked - I was able to luff the RS wing without any issue. Whenever I had tried to do that before, the wing would start to push down in an ugly way. Maybe it was the wind direction - maybe it was the wing material breaking in - whatever it was this wing is now one of the top 3 I've ever used!
Marlon was flying the drone for a bit, but he had to leave - at which time I proceeded to catch a monster wave on the outside. I luffed the wing and rode it going right all the way to the inside of where the surfers were lined up past Fenceline. I was up high on the foil and the wave was still a few feet overhead. I only saw three of these sized waves come through - and I got the biggest one. Luffing was key to being able to ride that wave so long - everything came together for this one (the wave pictured below was not the monster I'm describing - it's just one of the pictures Marlon was able to take while he was there).
The wind direct was good for WPB winging - runs were straight in and straight back out with the more easterly pattern.
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