The forecast was really divergent today - iwindsurf was calling for light winds (below 15mph) and surfline was calling for wingable winds.
I figured the wind was going to get light so I asked Noe to charge my Foil Drive battery.
When I got home I got everything setup and headed to the beach.
The tide was really high - I didn't have much of a paddle before I could flip the board and motor out.
There were waves breaking where we pick them up winging - the sketch wind zone in front of the cabins.
But the wind also picked up (surfline is really good at forecasting the thermals). It was actually wingable - but it was also up and down - so I think I made the right call to use the Foil Drive.
Koa was out on his SUP Foil. Roland and Duke were out prone foiling.
And I totally love using the 85cm mast - I think it is a performance upgrade to the Aluminum 80 cm mast. And it also sets up the ride to be just like winging - so more than ever, my description of Foil Driving being like winging without the wing is more true than ever.
I ended up riding 17 waves in 75 minutes - that's pretty much a wave every 5 minutes. And some of them were decent sized.
It actually felt really good riding the Spitfire 960 after having winged the Spitfire 840 (yesterday) - no adjustment period (like I would normally have going back and forth between F One and Axis).
The wind is forecasted to drop for the next week. And at some point there is a swell that is supposed to hit. Most years there is a swell on Mother's Day... now I just need to figure out how to go on Mother's Day (without getting in trouble).
W:58/FD:30/F:4/S:9
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