Thanksgiving morning session. I brought the winging gear, but given the conditions, I should have brought the Viking.
Offshore wind made for pretty clean conditions - but this being winter, there wasn't much surf coming up from the south. There is a big swell coming down from the north - and I'm surprised there wasn't much wrapping around to WPB.
This guy had a KT Ginzu board.
Originally I pumped up the 6.1 - but the wind that was forecasted to be present early on did not show. I had to cook for Thanksgiving so I had limited time. I asked Marlon to go to the garage and bring the NLW 8.0.
This is the first time I had the 6.1 and the 8.0 together - here is the size difference.
Rounding out my equipment was the WWFB, Kujira 1440 on the 85cm Project Cedrus mast and one of the stabilizers I built last year.
Kalani, Tim and Roland were also set up.
Although not nuking like it was supposed to, I figured this session would be a good test of the lower limit of my equipment. I paddled out at Fenceline in really light offshore wind, and drifted over to Cabins. Eventually a gust came along - probably 10mph and was able to get up on foil. After a couple of runs, I was back in front of Fenceline. I made a few more runs, had gotten upwind of Fenceline - by this time I was short on time and headed in. I managed to pick up a wave and rode it like I ride the inside at Firsts (goofy foot, carving the face like windsurfing).
At least I got in a session. Roland didn't make it out, but Tim and Kalani were still there when the wind did hit and they said it was nuking - definitely echoed by the chart data.
W:116/F:94/S:38
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