The foil honeymoon continues ... just can't get enough. After maybe 8-10 hours water time this weekend, my 51 year old body needs a couple days off. A pretty epic weekend.
Longest SUP foil ride yet: my GPS app won't measure distance, but I plotted it on-screen at 680m. Was so far that I decided to walk back...probably a mistake, got pounded in the big shore break, later discovered a half inch rock embedded in my rail, just glad I didn't break the foil.
Connected wave: my local spot has 3 distinct peaks, on a big day sup day I have connected 2 of them and made it to the edge of the section before the 3rd one. I have been dreaming of making that wave for 20 years. Now, with Maliko200, I finally did it. On only a chest high wave too, which meant it was only knee high through the final section, so I bogged down in seaweed and fell off. On the next wave in the set I connected the rest of the ride ... which would be over 1km ride in total, pretty much the longest potential wave around here I reckon. I can hardly wait for a head high day. Place only breaks a few times a year, so it's a take the day off work event when it happens.
Surf foil: have been putting in a lot of time, finally feeling it come together, sometimes getting that dialed-in loose flow-y feeling, making some turns, focusing on a little more top to bottom and a little less swoopy in turns. My favorite is the kai wing, but that needs some juice beyond the take-off. Lately the iwa with kai stab has been providing some magic. Anyways, yesterday was utter crap that I would never paddle out in normally, but once again, the foil makes sweet lemonade from the lemons. Had 2 hours of fun trading waves with another foil buddy at the same progression level. Big smiles, lotsa stoke.
Next goals: experiment with foot hooks on sup foil. Work on pumping, yet to see anyone locally make a 2 for 1, the race is on!
