The forecast was calling this the last of the trade winds for 7 to 10 days - so the regulars hit WPB to get the last bit of wind-driven stoke.
But the wind looked really North and lighter than yesterday.
Stu got back from a Mainland trip and he brought back an Enduro 1100 for Norm - and Norm bolted it on his new board to wing it. Stu used the Pure HA 1100
And I used the same gear, but switched out the parawing to the Flysurfer POW 5.0
This actually was a great session! I botched my first jibe (PW wouldn't turn over to the new direction) - but I got darn near all the rest of them. I think I was better than 70% today (this being an issue only with the Flysurfer POW).
I also got a few goofy starts. And I think one or two were front foot first. I'm trying to get multiple of these starts in during each session to make this easier.
You can see tons of north in the track. And this felt more like a wing session - partially because I was tailing Norm while he was winging. He looked really smooth and perfectly powered on the Enduro 1100. Stu had a hard time today, but made it all the way to the PV landing spot.
And Marvin was back from travel - he used the Foil Drive to make the run.
Yup - lots of north in the winds.
And it feels absolutely awesome that the Flysurfer POW 5.0 can get me up on foil in winds this light, and keep me moving nicely once up on foil. I definitely am getting the feel down for jibing this parawing - but it still throws curve balls.
That's what makes this so fun!
I really dig the floaty feel I get from the PW and a bigger foil - I have always wanted to kite foil - but I never got into it (primarily because of the space required to launch the kite and the huge issue if the wind drops and I have to paddle back in), but I imagine this is similar to how kite foiling would feel.
Super fun session - and a great run of parawinging these past several days!
W:56/FD:115/PW:43/S:8
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