Garage Works - 8/9/2025

These projects were completed yesterday.

This first one is Prayot's PPC M1 wing repair.  The strut bladder gave way.  These higher pressure, exotic material wings need to have thicker bladders - any high stitch or small piece of debris can be a seed for a bladder blow out.

I patch three spots and also armored them with extra layers of Tear Aid.

This is Marlon's Dominator Pro all patched up.  He took it out to Hau Bush this morning and got some good rides.

And this is Mark's wing board now converted to support Foil Drive.  I put windows on the top deck -

And the bottom deck.

And fixed a few dings that looked like they were water infiltration points.

All done!

Next up are Duke's paddle and Marlon's prone foil board.

Not Garage - Garage Works - 5/24/2024

I fixed the ever so small cut on the North Mode Pro 5.5

Sail tape on both sides.

Can't even tell!

Wing Foiling Session - 8/15/2023

Yesterday evening session after work - was nice and relaxing.

Wind was side off shore and decently strong.  The waves were small, but that kept a lot of surfers on the beach (and I could ride through where I would normally turn out to avoid the surfers).  The tide was nice and full - so takeoff and landing were easy.

Same lighter wind gear -

This is the first time I had the wing out since Brenda fixed it.

Fantastic front foil!!!

That's some good mileage - thermals really delivered!

I wanted to do some upwind training for the upcoming race - I got level with Hau Bush and the wind started faltering - so I turned back down and got a short downwind run.

Perfect conditions for the gear I brought.

This was a solo session - Eli was leaving when I drove up (and he did not go in).

Awesome session!!!

W:78/F:76/S:31

Evening Session - 10/18/2021

After my nap and time spent at the grinding bench, I put together the 4'8" and headed to the beach.  I opted for the GL180 and the newly completed "Crepe Spatula" 15" rear stabilizer.

The swell was waist high, the tide was probably 1.5' and the wind was on the light side.  Roland was just coming in from a winging session - he said proning was a better call.

I caught four good ones.  After the first one I moved the mast forward to get a bit more lift.  The waves behind that first were really fun - long, lots of carves and got to pump back out.

When I got back in, Roland showed me what his rear stabilizer did to his 4.5m2 wing.  I asked La if she would fix it - she said yes.  Stay tuned to see that!