Showing posts with label Gusty WInds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gusty WInds. Show all posts

Friday, September 25, 2026

Parawing Session - 9/25/2026

Afternoon session had a nice high tide again - waves every now and then, but

the wind was all over the place.

When I first went out, I had the BRM S3 5.3 because the wind was light.  By the end of the day, the 4.2 I had brought out was starting to get overpowered.


I bolted on the Cabrinha Prestige 905/Union 160

And the honest truth is I didn't feel the back foot pressure in my knee like I normally do with the AFS foils.  Yet another amazing trait from this foil!


The next three pictures are when I had the BRM S3 5.3 up


A few retracted PW rides in there


I think the waves were smaller than yesterday (thus the slower top speed) - and having to contend with a too big parawing for the conditions


Wide range between the background wind and the gusts


This was the ride with the BRM S3 4.2 up


I had a little trouble dousing the PW - the wind was taking the PW as I was bringing it down.


The downs in this chart are mostly botched redeployments (wind shadows, poorly wadded up PW, too much wind)


I think I could have used the 3.4 easily today - 

PF:11/W:3/PW:119/FD:65/S:25