Wing Foiling Session - 12/11/2022

 The forecast for Sunday had the wind stronger after lunch.  I wanted to help La get the Christmas lights up so I went with the forecast.  Marlon surfed in the morning and said it was decent.  He saw Kalani waiting for the wind to come up.  And he also got some good drone footage of the regulars at WPB.

By the time I got to Hickam, the wind had been in a pretty long lull (about an hour according to Ken and Jim). 

Unfortunately, I only brought the smaller wings because I listened to the forecast.  I had the same setup as Saturday morning (Reedin Flight Attendant on No.25) and pumped up the Reedin SW2 4.7

I stalled a few minutes, but noticed texture on the water.  I booked it to the launch and made a beeline straight out to Firsts (where the wind looked considerably stronger).

The waves were fantastic!!!  Super fun head high waves and the wind was always up - in fact the 4.7 was the perfect sized wing for the wind.

I could have used the 4.2, but the extra half meter surface area was good insurance.  There was another errant data point from the Garmin watch.  Scanning across, it looks like I got the foil to almost 19mph.

I also can't seem to stop saying - "this was an awesome session!!!"

W:124/F:96/S:40

Wing Foiling Session - 12/10/2022 (First Run)

 Incredible session!!!  Super strong and steady winds (ENE so nearly side shore), and a ground swell!!!  Some of the waves were head high - SO GOOD!!!

I bolted on the Reedin Flight Attendant 1280 to give it a shake down in the waves.

Pretty far forward in the tracks - but largely due to the wing position relative to the mast (short distance between the front of the mast and the back of the front foil).

Got in 20 miles in under a couple of hours.

The Reedin SWX 4.2 was perfect for the wind and waves - powered just right throughout the entire session.

I'm not sure where the big spike came from (probably a wipe out).  But throughout the session, it looks like I got a wave that took me to just under 20mph - the Flight Attendant doesn't try and be a record breaker - but for surfing this is a really good choice for maneuvering.  Feels like you are on a Bozo ball.

What a great WPB session!!!

W:122/F:96/S:40

Dawn Patrol - 11/27/2022

Dawn patrolled this morning.  No wind so the waves were pretty smooth.  The tide was really high at +2.5', but some waves were making it through.

I have Jeff's demo Reedin 1280 on the 85cm mast (so I needed the super high tide to avoid touching bottom).

This foil is pretty loose.  It turns really well and feels like surfing on a shortboard.  But as expected of a lower aspect ratio foil, it did not pump back out as easily as some other late model foils.  I imagine the new Axis Advanced Fuselages will give the ART a similar "looser" feeling.

I needed to mount the mast full forward to get the center of lift and center of gravity lined up.

I actually stayed out for 2.5 hours (I thought I was out less than that).  I bet this setup will be fun on the wing...

W:117/F:95/S:39