Hit Hickam after work - this was the first day of strong trades making their return. I setup the Reedin SWX 4.2, the F One Eagle 1090 and the wide wing foil board. The wind was really strong - not quite smoke on the water strong - but definitely enough to blow me around like a rag doll at times.
This being the first in strong winds in quite some time, I stayed on the inside for a bit to warm up on my turns. The ridiculous glide this front foil gives made short work of my worst turn - the toe-side tack. I'm going to keep drilling down on this turn during this wind event - hopefully I'll have developed the muscle memory by the end of the strong winds.
Kalani tried tuning the rear stabilizer while we were setting up. It didn't help - this setup was singing in three pitches when I was blasting.
After warming up, I headed out to Firsts with Harris. The waves were really fun - just needed either a tad bit more energy or a slightly lower tide then it would have been perfect.
The wind was really good - hardly any holes. In fact, some of the gusts were so strong - they just knocked me off the board.
I got to 22.8 mph this session. So much fun to get back to powered conditions after the pretty long spell of no wind!
W:119/F:96/S:40
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