Hit Kailua again this morning - the south shore is still pumping and without stable, non-swirly wind, it is worth the drive over.
Wind was lighter than yesterday - for a bit, until a squall blew through (and dumped a lot of rain).
I headed out as the squall was settling -
BRM S3 4.2 - nicely powered! Cabrinha Prestige 905/Union 160 rear stabilizer on the Apex mast all bolted on to No.34
I actually did two sessions -
First was riding the squall's tail end
Short but really nice session -
You can see the wind coming in from the NE
The 4.2 turns so nicely - and I rode it out until the end of the squall -
I drifted in and was going to pack up and head out - but I ended up talking to a bunch of people and the wind built back up.
I took the 5.3 out and was again nicely powered.
I have been trying to develop a more standardized method of retracting and packing the big parawing. I did get better redeployments.
The waves weren't so energetic that I was able to ride long distances without the parawing. Was good practice for drifting the S3.
Did botch a redeploy and had to wait a bit to takeoff again.
It has been nice riding more stable (magnitude and direction) wind for a change.
We will see what Fausto brings over the next few days -
PF:9/W:3/PW:86/FD:55/S:20
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