Evening Foil Drive Session - 9/11/2025

Today the trades started back up - but I had a full Foil Drive battery that I needed to discharge to storage levels so I left the parawinging gear at home.

And as luck would have it the wind stayed up at wingable levels to despite the forecasts.  Because of that the waves were a little textured.

Taking a que from the last session, I bolted on the Enduro 900/HA40 to be able to glide through flat spots and catch the faster waves that would otherwise not pick me up.

Roland was out also - and he was saying the same thing - "it's wingable", "I need to discharge this battery", "it's choppy"

I really love the Enduro 900 - this foil can do anything!!!

Lots of carves - mainly going right today

16 rides in under an hour

Roland went in earlier than I did.  He felt his prop out of whack again.  And it broke off just before he landed.

I think it is the efoiling around that tears up the hub/bolts.

Tomorrow will be parawinging -

W:56/FD:115/PW:31/S:8

Foil Drive Dawn Patrol - 9/7/2025

Foil Drive dawn patrol at PV.  The sets were gnarly!!!!

Conditions were SO GOOD!!!

Swapped out the Enduro 900 for the Silk 850 - fun overload!!!

I used two batteries - first up was the HO

I grounded the foil shortly after flipping the board over (#$@%&33!!!!!)

About 20 minutes in, a bomber set rolled through - ultra clean wrenching waves reeling left

I had some glorious rides!!!  I'm calling them head and half (while up on foil - so double overhead on a surfboard)

14 rides!!!

Swapped out when Stu was swapping batteries.

The swell was more consistent - the tide was dropping.

I predominantly went left (to avoid getting crushed going right).

10 rides on the second battery.  Incredible rides -

And to pay the taxes, I was riding to get in and I guess I didn't realize how much the tide dropped.  I grounded hard while riding and got thrown off the board.

Needless to say I did a bunch of sanding this afternoon.  Oddly enough these did not upset me as much as I think I normally would have been - these "scars" will be a great reminder of the incredible session!

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Foil Drive Dawn Patrol - 9/6/2025

Mixing things up a bit.  Went to Hickam to Foil Drive with Bill and Ryan.

Near calm conditions.  But the waves were on the smaller side.

No.41 with the AFS Enduro 900/HA40

First time using the FD Split Bolts.  Lowest drag solution for securing the unit and mast to the board.

Split time between Seconds (until it got crowded) and Firsts (kinda small).

16 rides (one triple!!! and multiple doubles)

Nice catching up with these guys!

W:56/FD:112/PW:31/S:7

Foil Drive Dawn Patrol - 9/1/2025

The swell still had some sets coming through, but definitely fading.

The tide was flooding and there was some slight texture on the water this morning (some light wind).  But nothing too bad - still nice conditions.

I changed things up a bit.  No.41 with the AFS Silk 850/HA40.

I set it up with similar spacing that is on No.40

I also tried out a low residue duct tape to hold the ABS sheeting in place to cover the trench.

Norm was the next to arrive.  Jill, Stu, Derek and eventually Marvin were out also.

This was the first time I've had the AFS Silk 850 rigged to No.41

This foil never ceases to amaze me!  Turns were super tight and you can bank (roll, yaw and pitch all at the same time) so nicely -

I took a wave really early inside to make sure the setting didn't have too much front foot pressure - I prefer a progressive liftoff so I can control what's going on when on a steeper wave.

There was one wave (at 33 minutes) - big set wave - I took off but going down the face I had too much speed and my feet were slightly off optimal position - so I bailed.  This is what I am referring to - but for all the other rides I had, which were around head high, this wasn't an issue.

Lots of curves in the GPS tracks - straight from the slashing capabilities of the Silk 850.

There was a hint of excess front foot pressure - but I think I want to swap out the HA40 rear stabilizer for the Silk 42.  I think this will solve the excess initial lift and also increase the already radical banking capability of the front foil.

15 rides today

Super fun session!

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Foil Drive Dawn Patrol - 8/31/2025

Some sets still coming through.  I got into several overhead waves (SO MUCH FUN!!!)

Wind was dead - sheet glass at times.  This is when the battery goes on forever...

I brought the Silk 850 - but in the end I just ran the Enduro 900

This was all from one HO battery!!!

The three peaks of PV -

Norm, Stu, Jen (I think that's her name - Paul Cooper's better half), one Lift eFoiler, and eventually Marvin were all out.

Hard to tell exactly how many rides I got.  I know I got left behind on a couple.  And I botched at least one takeoff.  I'm gonna call this count 20 rides.

The forecast for tomorrow is calling for similar conditions.

W:56/FD:110/PW:29/S:6

Foil Drive Dawn Patrol - 8/30/2025

Still a little lumpy - but the size jumped up.

Same gear as the previous days.

I met Brent this morning.  Unifoil P170 foiler (that is a fun foil).

Lots of long rides.  I had a few get away from me - the bigger swells travel faster.

And I wasn't prepared for the size on a couple of waves - got steep fast so I aborted.

I think I could have easily used the Silk 650 today (and I might tomorrow).

I count 11 rides in an hour and a half.

Fun session!

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Evening Foil Drive Session - 8/29/2025

Monk seal hanging out again.

Wind would gust into the rideable range - but the lulls were mostly what was present - TRAP!

The waves did get bigger than Thursday, but with the wind it had some chop on it.

Same as the previous day.

Honestly I think I could have winged - but I didn't want to have to deal with getting the wing through the surf zone.

I was able to get waves at Fenceline and over at the Cabins.  Roland came out 40 minutes into my regular Max battery duration.

18 rides

Super fun session!

W:56/FD:108/PW:29/S:6

Evening Foil Session - 8/28/2025

Large gathering of the WP crew today - Roland, Prayot, Duke, Gary, Norm, Koa, Stu and myself.

The wind forecast called for annoying level winds - but it was actually strong enough to parawing.

Gary had just bought the 5.5 m2 BRM Kanaha that was on FBM.  I gave him a basics lesson and suggested that he try and fly it on land a lot before going out on the water.  Ground handling is never a waste of time.  It felt similar to the Maliko 5.1 -

After yesterday I didn't want to risk getting stranded again, plus I wanted to get back out on the Enduro 900 - so Foil Drive-ing was the call.

It was choppy.  With the annoying level winds, that was to be expected.

I got a bunch of really fun rides.  It took a few waves to get accustomed to the Enduro 900 again, but once I did, the ripping began again!

I count 18 rides (with a couple of missed waves).

Awesome session!

W:56/FD:107/PW:29/S:6