Bearly planing session?

Monday afternoon after work. Windy predicted 8 knots. And my newly located wind meter was reading 8 knots current and average, max gust 11 knots.

So I headed out on the Stingray 140 with the NP V6 6.5 and 76 cm slingshot foil.

I barely planed. I did pump up onto the foil for one brief moment, but couldn't keep it going. Need to work on my pumping skills and overall fitness if I'm going out in 8-11 knot winds.

Later I saw bears and got a photo of one. Does that mean I bearly planed? I'm guessing I will still count this as a session when I look back to tally up my year totals.

Nice bear on the way home

Exploring the islands - very high water

One very short session on the foil during 50 minutes on the water