Evening Session - 10/19/2023

The forecasts were calling for today to be the biggest of this late season south swell run.  There was some size - but again Tuesday seemed to be the best of the recent run.

The winds were pretty calm today - nice glassy conditions.

Marlon opted to take pictures in the surf today.

Thinking the waves would be bigger, I brought the Cymatic.  Every now and then, there was a good sized set rolling through - but there were relatively long lulls between.

I caught some fun ones - but if I knew it was going to be the way it was, I would have kept the Pigfish rotation going.

Now that I've been shortboarding for a while, I am starting to miss winging....

W:103/F:95/S:50

Evening Session - 10/7/2023

After running a bunch of errands (after the dawn patrol), I grabbed Marlon and we got in a session during the peak of the current swell.

The size was up from this morning, but the direction was such that a bunch of the waves were closing out.

Marlon brought his longboard and he was able to thread the needle to score a bunch of good rides.

I brought the Cymatic with the Glenn Pang thrusters.  When I was able to nab a wave with good form and size, this board and fin combo really showed its potential.  I caught a handful of those and called it a day.

Fun session (and I got lucky to double dip today)

W:102/F:93/S:40

Evening Session - 9/6/2023

I was tired when I got home today so I took a short nap.  I woke up at 4:30 and asked Marlon if he wanted to go (he said yes).

The swell was still pushing through!!!

I had debated which board to take - the Hypto Krypto with the Grennan fins, or the Cymatic with the Glenn Pang fins.

I opted for the Cymatic - and I was not disappointed!!!

I caught several waves and each was fun for different reasons - but it was my last wave where I got to carve full top to bottom turns on a slightly overhead wave and stayed with the pocket for a really long ride!!!  Plenty of projection and drive from this combo!

I decided to end the session on the great wave!  This board and fin set are perfect!!!

W:90/F:84/S:35

Kinda Dawn Patrol - 4/15/2023

I had to take Noe to Punahou this morning so she could take the ACT test.  After, I figured I'd get a quick session in.  I was hopeful that the waves would be chect high - but they were closer to waist.

Not the best conditions for this board.

I did manage to get a handful of waves, but this board was built to be used on waves with lots more energy.  Hard to call this one an anointment (same thing happened to the Hypto Krypto), so I write this one up as a test.

I can tell this is going to be a great board - it'll just need some size.

W:34/F:21/S:25

Garage Works - 4/8/2023 Part 2

I also spent some time outfitting the Cymatic and maintaining No.21

Base coat and deck pad are on.  The leading edge of this deck pad is lined up with the leading edge of the front fins.

I stripped all the wax off of No.21

These pictures are not great, but what I'm trying to shop is after heavy usage over the past two years, there are very few pressure issues on the deck.  The construction technique I use is holding up great!

I'd say there is a ton of life left in this board.

All dressed back up with a new coat of wax!