Dawn Patrol - 11/20/2024

Dawn patrolled Hickam today with Bill.

I got there kinda late for a dawn patrol - but there was no one out (so it didn't matter).

I setup what has become my standard

Bill was on his Portal and his Code 980S

When I finished motoring out to the second channel marker, I checked my battery and it was at 83% - not typical.  I think not having used the battery for a couple of weeks discharged it a bit.

I went through my normal acclimating process again (not having Foil Drive-d in a while, and only winging with F One foils, I had to get used to the Spitfire again).  Maybe the first 20 minutes I catch a wave and had to fumble with my balance (no wing to lean on). 

But that corrected itself and then I got carve after carve after carve....

17 waves in under an hour - at least 6 super long rides!

There was actually enough wind to wing... but I didn't want to keep La waiting too long - I took the day off to hang with her!

W:145/PW:2/FD:81/F:5/S:20

Evening Session - 6/13/2024

I finally felt well enough to get back in the water.  The wind signs were not looking good, and after yesterday I figured I should just cut my losses and bring the Foil Drive.

Spitfire 900 - everything else is standard Foil Drive equipment.

Marvin came out also - JS Black Eagle and the Kujira 980

And the ever faithful Roland did put together his winging gear - Vyper 150

And his Ensis Top Spin 4.1

Roland made the right call - there was enough wind to wing.  And enough wind to put some good chop on the water.  It was actually really challenging to ride today.  Just goes to show you how much we all lean on the wings when we are out in these conditions.

When I did catch a wave and didn't eat shit, I was able to get some long rides.

I know I didn't ride this many... and I'm guessing at least half of these were wipes.  Still - pretty good stats!

And I almost brought out Bill's Portal board.... 

I'll probably give it a spin at lunch tomorrow.

W:68/FD:44/F:4/S:12