Leighton Beach, WA

8-16 knots. The smaller wing gets foiling surprisingly well in the lighter winds - the board is so much more fun to ride than a regular length board.

Slingshot Wizard 105  Time Code 68    Blacktip 5m

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Leighton Beach, WA, AU

A very light session with Boz and Johnson. Wrung every ounce of power out of my 7.0 Race and got a 29.25 top max... I was pushing so hard to get a 30.. but alas it was not to be.

Did a few runs on the 64 then changed to the 57 which felt ok with the 7.0 sail .

Windtech 57 , Ka Race 7.0 , 28 cm fin

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Safety Bay, WA, AU

Launched from Carlisle St today. Nice hour session, but pretty underdone by the end of it as the wind faded. First 20 mins was ok. I was struggling to get going out of the gybes on the outside as time got on though, made pumping mandatory. Good to have a beer and a yarn with Lunny and Terri afterwards.

XFire98, KAR 7.1, Tribal WS 31

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Carlisle St, Safety Bay, WA, AU

A bit undercooked for my fat guts.

Spent a while thinking i should have gone foiling but glad Jake and Terry made it fun trying to get the most out of the average breeze.

Sure is a nice change in the ocean.

Topped off nicely with a coldie, Thanks Terry.

It turned out to be a nice arvo.

M137, Reflex 8 7.0, Tribal ws 35

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Pelican Point, WA, AU

Patrik F2 + Slingshot Hoverglide + 7.4 Koyote

Well I found the lower range of the Foil + 7.4 combo today, it's around 13-14K.  When it dropped to 10-13K I was slogging.

Still it was a nice change not to be completely out of control  which I pretty much was my first two foil sessions in 15-18K.  Today I had some long controlled flights, I even managed to get both feet in the straps a couple of times, which felt unreal.  Some more consistent wind would've been nice, but at least I managed a session without any crashes