Parawinging Session - 6/28/2026

Lazy Sunday - I didn't get out and about until later today, and water time wasn't until mid afternoon.

The reports showed Hickam to be the best bet.

I wanted to mix things up - No.42 with the AFS Enduro 1100/Mako Carve Pro on the short fuselage and 80cm UHM mast.

Power provided by the BRM S3 5.3m parawing.

The wind was a little up and down - but that was good practice for pumping up onto foil.  Which I had to move the mast up from where I had originally started (balance point).  I still think I can move the foil forward some more.... but it kinda is far up as it is.  No.42 is my version of a light wind board, but I felt like I needed more wind to get up.

With the high tide, I felt like playing around - made three trips out to Firsts to pick up a good wave and ride back in.

Holes....

Holes and the forced pit stops.

Nice low stress session! 

PF:8/W:3/PW:66/FD:52/S:20

Parawing Session - 6/5/2026

Did a downwind run from WP -

down to PVs

Norm and Stu used wings (Norm used a 4.0m - Stu on a 5.0)

I used No.34 with the AFS Enduro 1100/Mako Carve Pro

Power provided by the BRM S3 5.3

Initially I thought the 5.3 would be too much PW for the wind that was blowing through.  It actually was just a bit above perfect for most of the session.

And the surf hadn't quite settled as much as the forecast said it would - still some head high sets running through the course.

The wind angle was more into the wave trains - that makes retracting the parawing tough.  I mainly rode swell while drifting the parawing.

I wondered if the 4.2 would have worked in the wind present.  This graph is the wind over at Hickam - it would be 3 to 5 mph less over at WP.

Honestly I was still a little iffy from the Tuesday session out at PVs.  I stuck to simple jibes to make sure I didn't come off foil (not wanting to experience the current drag again).

Kalani also set out to do the DW run, but 1/3 the way down his rear lines pigtail connector broke.  He turned back and made it back to WP.

Norm had a hard time starting - but once he got up on foil he was able to stay up.

It was a good run, but I need to shake this ghost...

PF:8/W:3/PW:57/FD:41/S:18

Parawing Session - 2/26/2026

The trades are backing off for about a week.  Stu got off work early today and asked if there was any place to wing.  I looked at the forecasts and the reports and said Kailua was going to be the only place to get any wind.

La texted me and said she would be at her workplace for a bit - so I asked Stu if I could hitch a ride to Kailua.

I broke out the big stuff - 

And it was enough to get up - and I had to do that more than a few times (and I had to work for it).

Once I was up, the light wind was more than enough to get me where I wanted to go.

I'll be honest - there were a few setups where I thought I was going to either do the walk of shame, or I was going to have a long paddle back.

I managed to avoid either of those outcomes with the help of a lot of proper pumping and just enough of a gust to get up - and almost all of those get ups were close to shore headed back to the beach (followed by a quick tight jibe).

Somewhere in the track are a few tack attempts.  On one I got the board and the parawing around, but lost momentum to stay on foil.  I'm going to have to practice this much more at Hickam to get the muscle memory down.

And Stu was up and going with his new to him gear (AFS wing board and the PPC M1 6.0).  He even got a jibe to go all the way around.

Pretty light winds.  But it is good to work on light wind skills - lest we forget.

Fun session!  This was likely the last of the wind for multiple days.

PF:2/W:2/PW:18/FD:17/S:9