Parawing Session - 7/8/2026

I got to the beach later than normal - next post is why.

The wind line was a lot further out than normal - but it looked strong.

The surf was down from yesterday, but there was still energy moving around.

Same gear as yesterday - but I went ahead and replaced the North adjustable head screws with normal countersunk bolts.

Same parawing as yesterday as well.

I actually forgot all of my stash bags - so I didn't have a harness.  I figured it would be a good opportunity to test my parawing handling skills - knowing when to bleed power and edging harder to deal with the stronger blows.

I also told myself I'll just do a shorter session today - so I don't put myself into a position where I get hurt because I'm tired.

Well - the waves were breaking much bigger on the outside - and I picked up four big ones (and botched one where the parawing field stripped me).

Two of these waves were much bigger and I was able to ride them for way longer than normal.  I took the second big one all the way back inside.

So without a harness/stash bag, there were a few stints that I would have appreciated a hook in - but otherwise it wasn't much of an issue.

What was worse was redeploying the parawing.  I really got two redeploys in - and got field stripped the rest of the time.  I'm sure it is the packing job - I'm going to have to figure this out.

So from that feedback and the wind chart, the BRM S3 4.2 is great in 17 to 25 mph winds.

Ridiculous fun today!!!

Norm did a WP-PV parawing run - used his Ozone Pocket Rocket 5.0 V1

Zach was out earlier on his windsurfer

And Roland was launching as I was headed back to the beach.

Tomorrow should see similar conditions to today.  I'll try not for forget my stash bag.

PF:8/W:3/PW:72/FD:53/S:20