Foil Drive Session - 9/9/2026

I finally got a session in - Hurricane Lowell closed the beaches (I really didn't want to go out in that anyways), and I did need some rest days.  But today was a lot cleaner than the past several days.

There was even a pretty high tide -

The Silk 850/Usurf 135 bolted on again.

I did ground the foil (only slightly) on the way out from the beach.  It is already filled and sanded as I write this.

On the outside, the waves were a little on the soft side.

Duke was out on his SUP foil.  Roland and Ben were out on Foil Drives.

I would catch swell on the outside and ride it to just before it was standup tall and set up for a closeout.  This is the sharp/abrupt ends to the lines.

19 rides in an hour and a quarter - not too shabby.

The trades are supposed to slow return - that's good as I just ordered a BRM L1 6.5m parawing.... should fill the low end of my quiver!!!

PF:11/W:3/PW:106/FD:63/S:25

Evening Foil Drive Session - 8/20/2026

It was small yesterday afternoon - which made the session an exercise in efficient foiling.

Kalani was already out when I got to the parking lot.

Same setup as the recent runs -

The battery on my watch was running low (as my charging cable has not been cooperative) and I think this set of weird data was from the low battery.

Ignoring those straight lines, the session was more like this -

I would probably not even paddled out if I didn't have the foil drive.

But with it, the session was salvaged and I got several really fun waves - with banked turns and rebounds.

Roland and Prayot came out, Scott was out with another prone foiler, and Ben was setting up when I was leaving.

16 rides in an hour!

PF:11/W:3/PW:93/FD:60/S:25

Evening Session - 8/17/2026

The winds are not too steady - although there are periods where it would tempt you out to parawing, I felt it was a trap.

I figured it would a good day to test out these new canards - the FM canards from True Ames.

They are half the size of the standard canards - so they should produce a looser feeling over the standards.  But there's only one way to find out.

I caught five waves in the hour I was out.

As you would expect, the bottom turns feel like they have a bit more grip - but the over rotated top turn felt further away.  I think I like this board more as a straight twin. 

I think I want to try this with the Hi Pro Twins next.

Which should be fine as the wind isn't supposed to be up for a while.

PF:11/W:3/PW:93/FD:58/S:25

Evening Session - 8/13/2026

Marlon and I hit WPB this evening.  We both were optimistic with the surf and brought twin finned boards.

He was debating between the Dominator Pro and the Seaside - I was contemplating the Album Twinzer, the Revo Max, or the Hammah Fish

You can see our final choices.

The waves were at least head high where we were at (pretty much Fenceline).

Roland and Alfred were another 50' outside - the waves there were well overhead (Alfred was catching).

I saw Marlon takeoff on a few good ones.  He said they were pretty bumpy.

I had five waves - that were really fun drops on takeoff.  A couple of them had some length to them.  This board is so much fun to surf!

This guy is molting -

Good session despite the wind and chop (yes it was strong enough to have parawinged - probably with the BRM S3 4.2 - but sometimes it is good to simplify).

Tropical Storm (Hurricane) Lala is headed our way - tomorrow into Saturday morning may be the last of the clean-ish conditions before the storm passes through.  I need to work on No.44 anyways -

PF:11/W:3/PW:92/FD:58/S:24

Evening Session - 8/12/2026

The wind was up earlier - but I opted to hang out at da casa and spend time with La.  With the northerly component and the bigger swell - it didn't seem favorable for parawinging without induced drama.

I did surf -

With the bigger waves, picking out waves that wouldn't closeout and didn't already have a couple of surfers on it became the task.  And it didn't help that I went out late (which I thought would have cleared out the crowd - but it was the opposite - super crowded).

I used the Big Fish with the Rasta Vector Reverse 3/2, but took out the canards.

I wasn't able to pick off any waves yielding long rides - but the four waves I did get on I could feel how much looser the back end felt (but it wasn't slipping out on the bottom turns).

And on one wave I could sense the release I was looking for (to over-rotate the top turn) - this is promising!!!

Quick session but very insightful!

PF:11/W:3/PW:92/FD:58/S:23

Evening Session - 8/11/2026

The wind was a little up and down this afternoon - at least that is my excuse for going surfing!

The surf was pretty good!

Nice high tide.  And some wind - actually enough to parawing with a 5.0+

This is the real reason I wanted to go surfing - getting to know this board more.

I switched out the twin fins to the Futures Rasta Vector 3/2 - and they worked really well!

I still couldn't replicate the over-rotated top turn that I can do on the Boogie Fish with the Futures K2 keels, but these felt much nicer turning

I caught multiple waves (an easy thing to do on this board), and three of them were long rides with several great turns.

I think the prudent thing to do is use this board with the Rasta fins but no canards - that way I can tell what the canards are doing.

The wind is supposed to be a notch stronger tomorrow...

PF:11/W:3/PW:92/FD:58/S:22

Prone Session 2 with the Cabrinha Prestige 905/160

I took the same setup from yesterday for another prone session.

Similar conditions to yesterday - but slightly bigger waves on the sets.

And the swell direction shifted and on the bigger waves the lineup would kinda close out.

I caught seven waves today.

One was a steeper drop.  Got in a bottom turn on that one, rode further along and hit a white water section (and down I went).

On one longer ride, after carving around and back and forth, I shot out the back, pumped out towards the outside and got to turn back on the next wave - Double Dipping!!!!

The other rides were longer with lots of turns.

On the earlier waves, I think I could feel some flex in the mast when cranking the turns.

I like this foil a lot.  I ordered the Cab adapter from Foil Cedrus - if the foil performs just as well using the Evolution Cedrus Surf mast, I'll be selling some stuff to fund purchasing this (foil and stab, not the mast).

Or I can keep saving and get a Hydrocraft Systems Helix....

Anyways - tomorrow I'm gonna try the Prestige on Foil Drive.

PF:8/W:2/PW:37/FD:34/S:15

Prone Foiling the Cabrinha Prestige 905

No wind today.  In fact with the thick cloud cover, it was really glassy.

Nice high tide and the swell was belly high on the sets.

Marlon was at the beach taking pictures.

Eli was out with his tow boogie.  Robby had come in from FD, and Roland was still out buzzing around.

Prayot had texted and said he wouldn't have the time to test drive the Cabrinha Prestige 905/160 set until this Sunday.  So I should pick it up and put it through the ringer.

At first pass, his notes on it were it felt solid all around - the mast didn't flex like the F4 mast.

The Union connection looked to be really streamlined.

And the foils looked really efficient.

All the YouTube videos showed this to be a very maneuverable foil that had plenty of lift for its size.

I figured I start at the hardest point to test drive the foil - prone.

I caught two waves to start, but botched those getting my feet to remember how to prone foil.

But I caught three waves after that and they were absolutely perfect -

This foil turns like the Enduro 900, has the lift of the Enduro 1100, and is super forgiving.

For a small bit of time - it made me "want" to prone foil.

And I've never prone foiled a set smaller than the Silk 1050 - at 905, the Prestige was insanely good!

This immediately made the Unifoil Progression 170, the F One Momentum 800, the F One Eagle 690 all hanging in my garage subject to a liquidation sale to fund a Prestige...

PF:7/W:2/PW:37/FD:34/S:15

Parawing Session - 5/1/2026

Looks like two female monk seals pupped at WPB.

Giving them space is key.

Decent wind - more easterly and less gusty (when I went out)

High tide and fun sized swell.

Same stuff as yesterday.

Stu was already out when I parked.  Roland was setting up.  And Norm launched pretty late.

I had some epic rides!

Marlon was flying the drone - I hope he got the ride where I doused and got to ride a good sized wave carving up and down for quite some distance.

Marlon was really out to film Roland (and Stu).

I got in a bunch more tacks today - pretty much flowing with the incoming waves (SO MUCH FUN).

The BRM Maliko 5.1 felt really good today - less rough than yesterday (I'm not sure why - but glad for it).

This peak speed came from the wave ride (so awesome)!

I recently sold the Flysurfer POW 4.0

The POW was really good at "drifting" - following along depowered while riding a wave into the wind.  The Maliko fights me if I douse after transitioning onto the wave.  I'll have to jump back to the 777 Hybrid to see what that does again.

Lighter, but still doable winds over the weekend.

PF:6/W:2/PW:36/FD:33/S:14

Parawing Session - 4/30/2026

Good conditions today!  Whitecaps were scattered across the field when I pulled up (but classic WP - as soon as I got in the water, the wind lulled), and decent sized waves.

Nice high tide again as well.

Big stuff again - but notched down the parawing to the BRM Maliko 5.1

Once I picked up a gust and got up on foil, I was able to stay up (unless during a jibe I got a bridle line tangled up in the Dakine harness hook).

I got in multiple tacks with the Maliko - felt really good!

Roland and Kalani both launched at WP.  I could see another wing down at PVs - that was Norm.

The Maliko was perfectly powered except when riding a wave - there was a lot of north in the wind and it made it hard to depower the parawing.

This run of wind and surf should last for several more days!!!

PF:6/W:2/PW:35/FD:33/S:14

Evening Foil Drive Session - 4/22/2026

Light winds, rising tide (but low at the start), and just enough energy to make the swell fun.

I mixed it up today - No.43 (a lot shorter than No.39) and back to the AFS Enduro 900/Make Carve 130

Norm was at the parking lot when I got there - he was getting ready to try out the new higher torque Foil Drive propellor blades.

He said he could tell the difference - but it also seemed to pull more battery consumption.

Lots of carving today - and they all converged at a bowl in front of the longboard pack.

14 solid rides!  The double ups got the best of me today - I could have had 5 more rides, but I got left behind.

Fun day!

PF:6/W:2/PW:31/FD:31/S:14

Evening Prone Foil Session - 4/20/2026

Got in a late prone foiling session.

There were breaking waves even with the higher tide.

These two were chillaxing

Progression 170 with a Vic rear stabilizer.  Project Cedrus Classic mast bolted on to trusty ole No.24

I successfully rode 5 waves!  This is definitely a perishable skill - glad to mix this in with the recent surfing sessions to get cross training in!

I think I am going to make a slightly longer, slightly narrower version of this board...

PF:6/W:2/PW:31/FD:30/S:14

Evening Session - 4/18/2026

I had wanted to go parawinging this morning over at Kailua... but the wind did not get to doable levels.  Skunked.

I came back and La and I went and checked out some places we had talked about going to (Kawamoto Orchid Farm, food places in Waialae, eyeglass place).

And when I got back, the wind seemed to be blowing - seemed.

The thought crossed my mind that I had all the parawing stuff still packed in the truck - but I knew better.

And that last thought was backed up by Roland sending an in person report - head high waves, nice and clean conditions.

I grabbed the Machadocado with the NVS Wolverine fins -

I caught six waves in an hour - and three of them were really good.

Late takeoff, dropping into the slot and ripping some really good turns along the length of the wave.

This board can handle!!!

PF:5/W:2/PW:31/FD:30/S:13

Evening Foil Drive Session - 4/17/2026

Charged up a battery and got in an afternoon session.  Waves were "slightly" bigger than yesterday, but less frequent.

Tide was nice and high at 2.0'+

Focusing on No.39 and getting the foils dialed in (preparing for the potential El Nino swells) - I bolted on the Enduro 900 with the Mako Carve 130

And considering I took a nice nap when I got home, this was destined to be a shorter session.

There were some really nice sets - but the waves were on the slope-y side - glad I set up the Enduro 900

I made one mast adjustment (back) and this is where the bolts ended up for the balance point.

Roland and Norm were out went I got to the beach.  Prayot had been out on SUP foil, but swapped for a longboard.  Duke came out later and Ben rounded out the foil crew.

You had to be patient, but when the waves came, they were super fun.  Hard carves off the top and deep digging bottom turns - 

14 solid rides, with a few missed waves.

Totally worth getting up from the nap!

PF:5/W:2/PW:31/FD:30/S:12