Testing day at Hickam. I brought this stuff out to see where it lined up on No.36
Lots of folks out today - even Mark the lifeguard was at Hickam. He had a Neilpryde Fly 4.0 - I've never seen one of these up close.
Miles, Harris, Jim, Jesse, Arvin, Anson, Matt and Kalani were all out at one point
Up first for me was the Triton. I ended up adjusting this a few times before getting the foot pressure mostly balanced. If I were to use this more frequently, I would likely move the front footstraps back a couple of holes.
I couldn't pull a tack comfortably on this foil today - the wind was too up and down. I brought this out because I am interested in the Triton X-1 Pro that is supposed to be coming out.
The wind was up and down and fluctuated direction a lot. Made for really hard conditions.
Here's the track with the Triton.
Not bad for being on a wing a half meter too small for the predominant wind.
I went in a swapped out to the Axis ART Pro 1001 with the KD DW Race rear stabilizer. I did make some adjustments as I was getting a bucking takeoff sequence.
If I had a bigger wing I think I could have gotten better feedback with this foil.
You can see I got in a few heelside tacks on the outside.
I know I can go faster on this foil - goes to show you how weird the wind was today.
And last but not least, I switched out to the Cabrinha H800 with the KD 14" Marlin. At this point I also switched out the wing to the 5.5
I did make a few adjustments to get the foot pressure balanced. I did end up venting a couple of times - which means I was starting to push the foil - but it could also have been the fluky winds.
Again with better conditions I'm pretty sure I can push this foil much faster.
Tomorrow I'm going to just focus on wave riding.
W:65/FD:40/F:4/S:12
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