There was a lighter wind this afternoon when I got to the beach. Norm was out on a bigger wing and Roland was launching with his 4.0
The waves were not too big - so the conditions were good for parawinging.
I wanted to try the Dragonfly and see what a difference positive volume makes. Also kept with the training wheels (AFS Enduro 1300/HA43 on a shorter mast).
Each time I go out now, I feel like things are getting a little easier. This is totally an effort to develop muscle memory and understand how the parawings power up.
To me at this point, these feel a lot closer to kitesurfing than it does winging.
I made some good runs on regular stance and even made almost all my jibes. But I did have a hard time keeping the parawing filled and pressurized going toeside. And hard as I tried, I could not get up on foil on my goofy stance
On my last run, the wind came up to the point where the Ka'a 4.8 was getting overpowered. It would have been ok if I could turn downwind and bleed off the pressure - but I did not have a ride over at PV. I went ahead and packed away the PW and paddled in (yes - from way outside). At least through this whole learning curve I am staying in surfing shape.
Looks like I was up on foil 8 times during this session
Same count using the distance metric.
It really is invigorating to go through a difficult learning curve again!
W:41/FD:71/PW:5/S:4
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