Evening Session - 5/11/2021

Instead of wing foiling yesterday, I came home and picked up Marlon - he had just finished his last final exam for the semester (and technically speaking his last exam in high school) and I figured it would be a good way to celebrate.

I brought out the wide 4'10" with the HS1420CS/chopped 300 and Marlon brought his longboard.  The tide was high, the Mother's Day swell was still pushing some waves in and the wind was in the range of "too light for winging, but strong enough to make going right a little challenging".

I saw Marlon picking up a few shoulder high waves and riding them for some distance.  I got some good rides and the HS1420CS made the rides super fun - sticking to walls, cranking hard turns off white water sections, and stepping on the gas to cover distance.

Ended up talking foils with Eli and Gary afterwards - I love White Plains Beach!

Dawn Patrol - 5/9/2021

And knowing La wanted to sleep in late for Mother's Day - and that we always get blessed with a south swell on Mother's Day, Marlon and I did an early dawn patrol on this Mother's Day.  He brought his longboard and the GoPro - I brought the wide 4'10" with the HS1420CS/chopped 300 stab/A+ 60 cm fuselage.

The swell was up - the waves were definitely bigger than yesterday.  Marlon and I both paddled to the outside.  I saw him catch a few really good ones before I caught my first.

I got on some fantastic rides - super long, super fast with a few hard cranking 180 switchback turns thrown in.  Overhead on the takeoffs - head high walls all the way to the middle break.  I should have actually bolted on the CF1200 - it was that good.

I caught one over 700' and decided to get back in so we wouldn't be late (getting home before La woke up).  As we were leaving the crowd seemed to go into overdrive and the swell was backing down just a hair - the early bird gets the worm!!!

Garage Works - 5/1/2021

After we got back from winging/sailing, I did some work on some projects I had in the garage.  First - I did the fine sanding on the new 4'8" foilboard.  Got the top and bottom decks done.

After that I went ahead and sealed the top deck with epoxy and thiksil.

I didn't take a picture, but I did patch the Wide Wing Foil Board - there was a small crack in the glass on the nose.  I sanded it and filled it with epoxy.

Next, I took a batch of epoxy that I had separated from the 4.9 ounces I mixed for the seal coat and mixed milled fibers ad black pigment into it.  I used that to patch the pinholes in the HS1420CS (which will require another round of sanding) as well as filling Roland's fuselage.

Yes - the fuselage I just finished fixing - he cracked it along the same line.  I went ahead and opened it up again, cleaned it out, sanded the exterior and placed a bunch of the epoxy mix inside.  Tomorrow I'll sand off the excess, drill through the fuselage (using the hole nearest the front foil), open the top to accommodate a 1/4 20 locking nut, bolt it together and add another coat of epoxy to fill in the gaps and keep the nut/bolt protected from saltwater.

I'm always up for a challenge!!!

Evening Session - 4/30/2021

Hit WPB after work yesterday.  Used the HS1420CS with the chopped 300 rear stabilizer on the wide 4'10" - same setup as the day before.

No work up today - straight to ripping.  I had a bunch of really fun rides - gliding on the walls and cranking turns when I hit sections.  Longest wave was 574'.  Tide was really high so no worries about grounding.  However the crowd was bad - way too many newbies - had to weave between the BOBs.

Kalani was out on his new HS1550v2 - he said he hated it.  I told him to try it winging before he gets rid of it - we'll see what happens.

Evening Session - 4/29/2021

After I finished sanding the rear stabilizer and Marlon finished his homework/studies, we headed to the beach.  There is a swell hitting - so Marlon brought out his Submoon - and I brought the HS1420CS/chopped 300 on the Wide Prone Foil Board.

Marlon was on the outside and was busy catching bombs.  I started out at Fenceline because it didn't look crowded and there were breaking waves (on top of the really high tide of 2.2'+).  I caught a few, but the tail felt draggy (I did use acetone to remove the wax and checked for any issues).  I decided to move over to Two Cots.  I caught some of the bigger gems that came through tonight.  Riding the foil high and parking in the pocket.  By the time I got my footing back, I then banked hard off the closing sections - SO MUCH FUN!!!

This is the perfect setup for 90% of the surfing sessions (if it gets bigger, I'll step down to the CF1200).

Great way to end the day!

Dawn Patrol - 4/3/21

 Yesterday Prayot launched his boat for the dawn patrol.  Marlon and I along with Joe and Jack hitched a ride out to Seconds.  Bobo to Monk Seal was on dawn patrol also.

The longboard contingent hit Seconds, but just as I was headed out, Firsts showed a peak.  I got tempted and waited - I did catch one (super long ride - I love this break) but it slowed down considerably while seconds kept firing.  I broke out the GoPro mid-ride and got a few -

We got tired of waiting so Prayot and I paddled over to Seconds.  Marlon was eating that wave for breakfast.

I got a bunch of long rides here as well.  So many that I started to think, maybe I should ride them for so long and I won't have to paddle back out so far.  I had the HS1420CS bolted on - as awesome as that is for carving up waves, it doesn't go the distance when pumping - so paddle back out it is.

I loaned Prayot my 4'6" (it's his board I'm fixing) - I think I need to start using this board now.

After a couple of hours, Marlon and Jack were back on the boat.  Firsts started showing again - I caught a few more (the tide was low, so I had to check the depth pretty often).  This is Prayot and I on a wave (with Joe's head in the spray).

Three hour session - felt like a boat trip in Indo!!!

Firsts - such a fun foiling wave!

Evening Session - 3/29/2021

This afternoon's foiling session was a little bit different.  I hitched a ride on Prayot's boat out to Firsts (end of the HNL Reef Runway).  It looked like it was breaking head high on the sets, so I set up the HS1420CS/Chopped 300 on the Wide 4'10".

For the most part the wind was down.  There was still a little bit of a head wind going right, but it wasn't bad at all.  The swell was really fun - pick up a peak in the middle and ride the wall for a really long time.  I had three waves over 400' and I hit 20mph multiple times - probably on takeoffs.

I really like this break on the wing foil - but prone foiling is just way more maneuverable.

This really makes me want to buy a boat...