Yesterday the forecasts were calling for a spike of wind (in the wingable range) - so I passed on the dawn patrol (plus it was Christmas and I wanted to spend it with the family in the morning).
When I got to the beach, it was blowing - but onshore (so the whitecaps were a little deceiving).
I setup the North Nova Pro 5.0 (which seemed like it would be a little too much wing - but it was actually perfect), No.34 with the F One Eagle 890/DW190 on the Evolution Cedrus Wind Mast.
I had to paddle way out to get to water deep enough to flip the board over. And even then I found myself in some shallow spots (and the Eagle touched down a few times - ugh).
The wind on the outside was strong - fueled by the heated land. And it bent more eastward than SE.
The swell was small but it did offer push on the foil. The whole session actually felt like a continuous downwinder.
I totally got the thermal at it's peak.
I was up on foil for a majority of the session - except for the gap towards the end. You can see the drop in the wind towards the end of my session up above. The earlier drops were me tripping on the foil while trying harder turns.
I only did a couple of tacks - with the wind direction I thought they would have been slower to execute (and would have me in the water more).
Eddy came along after I was in. I told him it was dropping and might not be worth it since this was a thermal event.
Nice to get in a wing session when the forecast has us in a light wind period.
W:153/PW:2/FD:99/F:5/S:29
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