Evening Session - 9/11/2020

Marlon and I had a very special guest join us on our evening session - Noe!!!  Though she really didn't come to be with us (she had two friends meet her there).  She decided to use the Mach 7-7. 

I had the skinny 4'10" with the GL140 (switched back), and Marlon brought his longboard.  The swell was a righteous shoulder high with plus sizes every now and then.  There was some wind - and I especially noticed it going right, but it was not bad at all.

Marlon was having a ball.

Noe told me after the session she caught one where there was no white water and it was smooth and glassy from the drop through to the end of the ride.  I had some long ones, but I think I could have gotten much longer rides if I left the GL180 on.  I ate it on a bunch of takeoffs so it didn't seem like I was taking advantage of the GL140 anyways.  I'm not complaining - the GL140 is a super fun wing - just over analyzing.

Mother Day Evening Session - 5/10/2020

La and her sister wanted to go to the beach this afternoon - who am I to say no to that Mother's Day request.  The wind and tide were pretty much carbon copies from yesterday - but the swell came down a lot, waist high on the sets.

I did some foil tweaks this morning to prepare.  I sanded the pedestal mount so that it would fit better (it does),  I added a washer under the rear screw on the pedestal to mount the P18W tail wing - I did this to see if I could get the foil to ride more level instead of the "nose slightly down" attitude that it has been, and lastly I swapped out the GL180 for the GL140 thinking the waves were going to be the same height as the past few days.  Like I wrote above - the wave height had come down.  The GL180 would have been a better choice to maintain glide, but surprisingly the GL140 worked fine in these smaller waves.  I had a couple of waves where I was dialed in from the start and had sick glide from start to finish on small, unbreaking bump.  On several other waves, I took it in pretty far just because the wall kept drawing me in.  And on one I pumped halfway back out.  Yeah the GL180 would have been better today, but the GL140 did quite well.

Marlon was again catching everything on his longboard.  But he did switch out with Noe - here they are on the same wave.

Another really fun day!!!  Thanks to La for taking pictures and choosing the beach this afternoon!

La's Birthday Request

I couldn't believe what I was hearing.  La wanted to go to the beach for her birthday.  Not hiking, not to an arboretum, not to fabric shops (although most of those things are currently closed) - she wanted to go swimming at the beach.  In that regard, this was more like my birthday present...

She and Noe used the boogie boards and they were having a blast!  I was even able to give Noe a High 5 one on wave!

I had the TJ Everyday out and Marlon was on his longboard.

I hope she gets into this mode more often - we had a wonderful time!  Happy Birthday La!