Parawing Session - 9/27/2026

Double session at Hickam today - winds were a notch below smoke on the water

The surf was pretty unruly outside - which is why I went to Hickam.

I set up the AFS Ultra 750 again - I wanted to get the mast position dialed in.  I ended up moving it a hair more forward and was happy with how it took off.

I was sitting on the board with the BRM S3 3.4m closed up when those 45mph gusts blasted through.  Otherwise the 3.4 handled the wind well

I tried to get a couple of tacks in since this foil has a lot of glide - but the wind was a little much and at the outer run points it was more survival jibing.

Those blue lines were where I hunkered down during the blasting gusts

Probably the strongest winds I've been out on parawing...

Prayot was sitting on his board when I did this flyby.

Interesting to see how the parawing was releasing/holding wind

I went in and swapped out foils to the Cabrinha Whippit 850/Tweaker 390/160

I did stop once to get the mast moved forward.  The setting was ok - I think it still needs to go forward a notch.

Not anything surprising - this foil rolls really well.  Cabrinha's current answer to the AFS Silk.

I tried to stay up closer to the taxiway - the water surface was more settled there.

That 23.9mph run was at the end of the session - I headed on a reach instead of pinching and the foil just went.

Hurricane Nolo is passing to the south of the western Hawaiian Islands now - the winds are forecasted to flow in from the south for the next several days.  I could use the break to rest up.

PF:11/W:3/PW:122/FD:65/S:25

Parawing Session - 9/26/2026

Dawn patrol at Kailua to get into some Hurricane Nolo driven winds

It was nuking!!!!

I watched the conditions for a while before deciding on using the AFS Ultra HA 750/UGlide 141 Rear Stabilizer mounted onto No.44 via the UHM 80cm mast.

I put up the Flysurfer POW 2.5, the BRM Maliko 2.9 and the BRM S3 3.4m parawings

Even though the wind was super strong, I opted to go with the BRM S3 3.4 as it was the most stable when the gusts would come ripping through.  It also depowered enough that I could handle the gusts since I had the small foil bolted on.

There was a lot of chop on the surface - and that made it hard to get situated initially.  But I got through the acclimation quickly and into doing laps

At the top of the course, retracting the PW was pretty easy.  And the DW ride on the swell was phenomenal!!!

I was 50-50 on the redeploys.

The BRM S3 3.4 was the right call.

The wind started to swirl so I figured I should call it before I got hurt.

Super fun session!!!

PF:11/W:3/PW:120/FD:65/S:25

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