Winged Hickam today as I wanted to get No.39 dialed in.
The wind was pretty wild - nuking gusts, followed by lulls, and direction shifts - super challenging and fun!
I used the North Mode Pro 5.5 for the entire session. Since the wind was all over the place, I figured I'd split the difference between the nuking gusts and the lightly blowing lulls. This wing handled it all.
First up for testing was Marvin's AFS Silk 850 with my HA40 rear stabilizer. I had to move the footstraps back from this position.
Starting, this board likes the weight a little more centered.
I got this setup to 20.7mph. The Silk 850 is just so nice to foil - smooth, nice lift, and turns like an F22.
I came back in and swapped out the front foil with Prayot's AFS Enduro 900 (standard fuselage and HA40 rear stabilizer).
I got this setup to 21.63mph
I still felt I never got to a happy place with this foil (because it feels like it is going lift more than it is).
Even easier to run and the glide is just ridiculous -
So much so that I got in a Goofy jibe on this foil.
And last for today was the F One Eagle 890. I've got hours of time on this foil and it was a good benchmark for the two others (which I've foil a few times each - but not have had a chance to do a back-to-back comparison).
This foil never feels like it has too much lift - and from the GPS, it also was the fastest today - 22.9mph
I think I could have put up the North Mode Pro 4.8 with the wind the way it was.
The wind is forecasted to drop below wingable levels until the weekend. Time to Foil Drive!!!
W:152/PW:2/FD:98/F:5/S:29
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