Small wave Saturday - but it is the weekend so you have to go.
Tide was on the higher side. Not much if any wind. And microwaves. But on Foil Drive - you just start thinking "how small can I go?"
And to make it harder on myself, I brought out No.31
This series of boards I've been bringing out of long term storage never really got a fair shake. Shortly after I built them, I picked up the Foil Drive Assist Plus - and that changed everything for me. These boards went into hibernation and I went in a different direction with boards - these look almost nothing like No.40
And this one in particular had the tracks changed out early on - so I wanted to see if the signal connectivity would be an issue.
A common factor with all three of the shorties I've been rigging the past few days is they are super tail heavy now while paddling out.
As I look back at this board, these are refreshing numbers
And this board rides nice with the Foil Drive!
I just had some cutout issues when trying to pick up more speed after just standing up - its actually funny when that happens as I come to dead stop and "go over the handlebars". Testing these boards is actually better on smaller wave days as consequences from issues are not consequential.
And for a small, sub-5' board I quickly learned how to build speed running to intercept a rising wave (relative term today) and then banking to catch it. I also worked on the "pop tart" start.
Eddy and Dennis were out Foil Drive-ing also. It was almost comical trying to catch some of the bumps coming through.
I found this other set of data when going through my recent runs - progress shown in Distance. The wider peaks are definitely longer runs - i.e. rides.
And comparing it to the traditional data set I pulled - time - the rides stick out but in a different way.
Using "time" below, I would say I had 14 rides today.
Using "distance" above, I would say I had 12 rides.
I think when the waves return and I pick up waves from way outside, the distance view will be more telling.
I went out for a second session this afternoon to test No.31 with foam filled tracks (to negate the sudden signal loss).
W:11/FD:37/PW:1/S:3
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