3rd session on the new Fanatic 125l Sky foil board with 2000square/cm front foil and the 5.0 Slick wing. It was another gusty N/E wind. So I swam / slogged out from the dock to the pier. It took quite a while but I pumped like crazy and caught two gusts - both times when I was goofy which isn’t my normal stance. Strange?
I experimented with techniques to get the wingfoil board to go back upwind while slogging. It seems impossible to me right now - but worked a bit better with the wingtip actually in the water a bit. Something to explore. I did find that the Slick wing has one huge advantage over the Echo wing. Since the boom attaches to an inflatable strut, you can use that as a 3rd leg to stabilize yourself
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| Using the wing as a 3rd leg for balance. |
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| My spot accidentally sent the perfect message |
The wind had definitely let off and Jen came out to check on me. We tried towing me back upwind behind the 20hp aluminum boat which worked ok. But then I decided to give it another try and wound up catching a great gust and foiled into the harbour, did a sweet jibe and made it back upwind to the point a fair bit. It was an easy swim after that.
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| One nice long foil run and satisfying jibe! |
Then nice neighbour Diane came by and I got her the lesson we had discussed at the Saturday afternoon potluck. Read about that at: www.launchpadwindsurfacademy.ca/post/snowboarders-learn-windsurfing-well
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| My afternoon windsurf student |
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