Nice swell hitting town this morning! Surfline was showing 600 kJ in the swell -
I took Stu on to Hickam and Prayot also came out with his SUP.
Same lower as the past couple of days - just swapped boards to No.40 (wanting speed to pick up the larger waves)
So after today's session, I can say the battery wasn't the difference (I used both and had similar results). The wing screws did have a contributing factor - having used those first, then switching to the nuts only on the battery swap.
The swap back to the blue shim was probably the larger factor in regaining pitch stability and takeoff ease. And the swap over to the Tweaker rear stabilizer was what gave me the grip in the turns (which is still weird to me).
Anyways -
You had to wait for the swell, but when it came around... Freight Train!!!!!
The east bowl was firing at Seconds today!!!!
These were taken by Peter the lifeguard - but I caught some bigger ones when he wasn't taking pictures
First run was with the regular Max battery and the wing screws (just in case I needed to adjust - which I did once - the original marks seemed to work just fine).
Drops, carves and pit sitting!!!
11 rides (including the ones pictured) on this first battery
I didn't count this as two separate sessions - since they are pretty close together in time and I really didn't change equipment.
Second battery was the High Output
Even more carves!!!!
10 rides this session - and I caught probably one of the best bowling waves I've ever had at Seconds - double overhead and I stalled to stay just in front of the gaping maw - EPIC!!!!
The Whippit was confidence inspiring - except when I was driving through whitewater - little flutters, but not surprising (which is where the Silk dominates)
I'm going to let this session sink in a bit (and shift over to shorter sessions surfing).
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