Wow, I didn’t expect the session today - certainly not that it would be this awesome! The wind was predicted to be NW until noon, so I headed out and put on my 2nd warmest wetsuit, the 5/4 with thin booties and thick gloves.
The temperature was a lot colder, but there were sunny breaks. Once I was out past the windline I had two wobbly runs. I had to fall in twice till I got over the fear of falling in - and then suddenly my foiling improved. So much so that I then wingfoiled for over 35 minutes without touching down!
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| GPS trail in the NW wind - with the odd NNW gust! |
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35 minutes without touching down!
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I headed upwind and had some great rides in the remaining rollers from yesterday’s SW wind. I wound up falling in the messy waves out in the opening to Georgian Bay and sent a SPOT message. I figured getting used to riding and falling and getting going in swells will be good practice for being in the big waves down in Collingwood later in the month? There was one long lull and I thought things were over. But it picked up again and I played around near the Launch Pad point.
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| Downwind 360s |
I tried a DOWNwind 360 for the first time and almost made it. My second try was surprising, I stayed on the foil all the way around. It was only later that I realized it was different from my session where I linked 5 UPwind 360s. So it is a completely new trick for me. Sadly I couldn’t see the 360 on the Launch Pad cam - but got two other videos.
Long video with two jibes
Short video of me pumping back in on my last run
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| Wind was good for most of the 90 minutes! |
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| Warm inside after my session |
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| Tempest weather stats |
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| 12c water is still double digits! |
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| Walking back from the point |
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| Beautiful day! |
Overall 23.7 km in 90 minutes. A nice warm shower in the Launch Pad and then off for more shed building. Didn’t even bug me that the wind turned W and jumped to 25 knots as a thermal kicked in for an hour later in the afternoon!
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