Interesting session yesterday -
Strong wind (but it had holes and would also swirl around).
Huge waves - double overhead and pitching on the sets
Norm and I launched at 4. By 4:30 I had lost the North Mode Pro 4.8 to the waves and had a long paddle back in.
This was a good wing.
The shifty wind knocked me off foil on my way to picking up a wave.
It left me in the outer impact zone and timing had it that a big set was rolling through.
The first wave was a double overhead, lip pitching barrel...
I wasn't able to throw the wing high enough to avoid being caught and dragged by the wave. Underwater going through the rinse cycle, I felt the wing leash pressurize, then a 'pop' as the harness hook broke.
The wing washed inside to where the white water eased, but the wind was starting to get a hold of it. I tried to paddle out to where the wind would blow it, but it was getting cleared of water and starting to move. Norm saw what was going on and tried to intercept it, but when he got off foil near it, the wind picked it up and that was that.
Shit happens - and honestly this was one of the scenarios that has gone through my head where the parawing would be way more advantageous.
When you play this game, you are bound to lose every now and then.
Aloha North Mode Pro 4.8 (and this incident actually finalized the decision to purge the Mode Pros - I'm done wing racing anyways, and use the funds to get a BRM Ka'a 3.6 PW!!!)
W:53/FD:97/PW:18/S:4
