Saturday, May 17, 2025

Evening Foil Drive Session -5/17/2025

I tried to go Foil Drive at Hickam this morning, but my remote wasn't connecting.  I ended up talking with the crew over there, but I texted Jeff to get another remote.

Bill also gave me another board to fix.

After a full day of running errands with Noe and working on the board repairs, I went ahead and headed to WPB to test the new remote.

When the sets came through, the waves were pretty fun.  The tide was high at 1.4' - but it was the onshore wind that made the conditions marginal.


Between this setup and the Silk 850, Foil Drive-ing will never be the same - SO GOOD!!!


When I pulled up, Derek was finishing a wing session - he said the wind was up and down.  With the prospects of clean conditions, I went ahead and launched.  So did Derek - he did a quick swap to his foil assist (Manta). 


Got in an hour - could have stayed out longer, but I wanted to get back to the house to finish the board repairs.


The breaks that we wing on were working with the new swell.  Challenging rides with the chop - but good practice for hooked turns on the peaks and troughs.


15 rides - and one was a double dip.  Not bad for the first FD session in a bit.


Good session!!!


W:41FD:68/PW:4/S:4

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