There has been a surprising lack of wind the last few weeks. Often September has some epic SW winds. But I've been so busy with the Launch Pad construction that I wouldn't have had many sessions anyway.
Today was a nice warm day with not much on my schedule. I worked out, tidied up the Launch Pad a bit and had a good lunch. The wind started coming up slowly and was predicted to build till 6pm. At 5pm I pumped up the 7m Duotone Slick and headed out on Jen's 142 Fanatic Sky SUP board with the 2000cm foil underneath.
I did get going in both directions but it wasn't quite enough to jibe. So I went in and pumped up the 8m Duotone Ventis. What a difference 2 model years and 1 square metre make. The integrated boom on the Ventis is also a step up from the Slick's broomstick boom.
I was on the foil most of the time and worked my way upwind. No harness, just enjoying the 9-11 knots and the warm weather. Lots of jibes and a few toe to heelside tacks. I did over 10 km before the wind dropped and I couldn't get on foil again. I finally dipped into the water on my very last slog downwind to cool off - the 2 mil shorty was more than enough warmth for one of the last days of September!
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| Hard to see but I'm the blip wingfoiling in the circle... |
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| Avoided all the shoals |
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| Decent time on the foil, especially after pumping up the 8m |
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| Nice session |
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| Timed that right! |
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| Zoomed in from the webcam |
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| Not getting tired of those sunsets! (That hydro pole will be gone soon...) |
With all the moving of materials on the construction site the last few days and now this session, I'm already at 399 of my 150 intensity minutes for the week. My Garmin fitness age dropped to 55.5 recently!
Looking forward to more wind this weekend and having Katie, Richard and TWC friends up to foil together.
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