September is a much windier month historically, and it started well today. The forecast showed wind overnight and well through the morning. So I headed to the Launch Pad at 10am to catch a session before our 2pm departure.
It was showing 17-20 knots and I was excited to have just my second shortboard session of the year so far? I took out the beloved Fanatic Skate 108 and my nice 5.6 Idol sail. I was in my 3/2 wetsuit even though the air was 22 and the water was still warm at 20c.
I decided to launch from the dock rather than walking out to the point. As expected I slogged upwind but expected to catch a gust and get out to the windier part of the Bay. I did get one short run but eventually headed back to the dock. 17 knots was good but wasn’t quite enough for windsurfing.
| Just a bit shy of shortboard wind… |
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| Still nice and warm @ 20c |
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| Windy all over the bay |
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| Into a windier month than August! |
The 5m Duotone Slick was easy to top up to 7psi and the Fanatic Sky 125 was ready from yesterday’s session. I put my helmet on, got going easily and worked my way upwind. I got all the way out to the swells past Wedge Island and had some sweet downwind rides. I tried one jump and landed that. My first attempts at heelside foiling tacks ended in spills as did my foiling 360 attemp. My foiling toeside tacks were much better.
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| GPS trail of my windsurfing to start… mostly slow/blue Then the foiling… mostly red/fast  |
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| Playing on the wingfoil on the waves past Wedge island The jibe and wipeout from the video below are at the bottom left |
Eventually I could tell I was getting tired and punch drunk from so many spills. I am off to the Gorge next week so my next sessions in Canada will be at least 10 days from now.
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