Parawing-Prone Foiling Session - 8/7/2026

This was yesterday's session -

There were some whitecaps on the outside - which usually means an easterly flow.

Tide was decently high.

Norm was there and had his parawings - so we decided to do a downwind run.

I had the AFS Enduro 1300/HA43 and the BRM S3 5.3

It was another "evaporate as you go" day - with the wind disappearing.

I did get up on foil twice - early in the session so this counts on the parawing ticker.  But while jibing, there wasn't enough wind to make it through the turns.

I went down after the Cabins and stayed down.

Here's the wind from Hickam - we had it worse out West.

I figured I'd cut my losses and paddle in at Campgrounds.

I did catch a series of waves prone foiling so that's a notable.

And to add to this, I hit Kailua this morning thinking the wind would fill in there first.  I totally got skunked...

0 for 2 - unsettled atmosphere days....

PF:11/W:3/PW:91/FD:58/S:20

Prone Foiling Session - 7/30/2026

This was the beach when I first arrived - whitecaps everywhere!!!

I thought I had made a mistake by bringing the AFS Enduro 1100/HA40.

But I had this sneaking suspicion that something would change...

Side note - I ordered this version of a retractable leash.  Going to have to attach this in different places to find something that feels like I'm not wearing a leash.

So this was the biggest bait and switch I've seen in quite some time.

As I paddled out I could see the wind evaporating.

There was a breeze still blowing on the water to make things worse.

I bobbed around for an hour hoping the wind would pick back up.  It never did - the picture below is trying to show just how little wind there was.

And there is the inflection point where the wind died off to below BRN S3 5.3 levels.

What a difference 30 minutes can make....

I had thought if I could just catch one wave and ride it up on foil, then I would be avoiding the skunk session.

After a few attempts - I did catch one, popped up on foil and did ride it most of the way in.

I'll take the win with the prone foiling ride on the big gear!

PF:10/W:3/PW:86/FD:57/S:20

Prone Foiling Session - 7/16/2026

Wind was forecasted for this afternoon - and when I got to the beach, it looked like it was doable.  But this was onshore.

And I broke my cardinal rule - I changed more than one parameter.

I got the Silk 152 rear stabilizer in the mail today - so I paired that with the Silk 1050.  And I don't recall using this foil on No.34

Then I also got in the Flysurfer POW V2 4.0

So I changed up three things -

The POW V2 flies so nicely - I just didn't have enough wind to get up on foil.

I floated around for quite a bit of time.

At least I didn't drift so far downwind to make this a miserable paddle back.

In fact - just so I wouldn't get skunked, I tried catching waves and riding prone.

I don't know why I have a harder time catching waves when paddling this board in...

But I finally caught one and rode it in.

Hopefully the wind comes back tomorrow...

PF:9/W:3/PW:77/FD:53/S:20