Saturday, December 6, 2025

Foil Drive Dawn Patrol - 12/6/2025

Cleaner (but still a bit choppy) conditions this morning compared to yesterday evening.

Nice super high tide to make launch and recovery pretty easy.

There was some swell pushing in - but this is likely the wind swell from the SE.


Same gear as yesterday - wanting to continue developing a feel for the small rear stabilizer.


The system seemed less pitchy (but it was probably just as pitchy and I was getting used to it).  It felt like I could turn harder (smaller stabilizer has less drag and resistance to directional changes - when the waves have sufficient energy, I should try to use it in the forward mounting position).


Full house today - Dennis, Roland, Stu and another guy using Armstrong foils were out on FD; Noel and Andrew were on SUP foil; and I saw Ben out on prone (and maybe Scott).

With the high tide, I launched and landed close in.  The tide was focusing the takeoff spot (shallower pinnacle).

The wave size did come down from yesterday, but periodically good sets rolled through.


I did get a few double dips - 22 rides in total.



Fun session!!!

W:58/FD:139/PW:70/S:18/PF:3

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