Higher tide, bigger waves, and slightly better wind (compared to yesterday).
All the same gear - just changed out the rear stabilizer from the 180 to the 160.
When the wind was present, it was nice and strong. But it would lull out and with the BRM S3 4.2, I'd have to take a break and wait for the gusts to push through.
But retracting the parawing to ride a wave... epic today! The waves were standing up much taller than yesterday. Hooking turns and aligning to sections that had push - so much fun!!!
I even got in a couple of Prayot's "stash before jibing onto a wave" jibes - and that move actually works.
Based on this wind chart and comparing it with the speed graph, I'm gonna say at my weight the range of this parawing is 17 to 28 mph.
Almost 50-50 today.
If I had the 5.3m out, I think I would have been up on foil for over 80%. Kalani had his 5.7 Hybrid up and he was on foil for the majority of the session.
I'm going to pair the Prestige 905 with the 160 rear stabilizer, and the Whippit 850 with the 180 rear stabilizer. I just felt more nimble on the 905/160 today - being able to retract and ride bigger faced waves prone for super long distances - no debating that performance aspect!
PF:8/W:3/PW:63/FD:52/S:20
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