Melville Beach, WA, AU

15-18 knots 85L Sonic, 5.7 Firefly, 32cm Vector

The wind was light so I thought I should rig my biggest sail but I couldn't be bothered with the cams so I went for the 5.7. I thought I won't bother with speed today I'll just work on gybes.

First run was the worst ever. Everything felt awful. Coming back from the sandbar the fin started to vibrate and I thought I'd picked up some weed. Checked it upon returning to the beach only to find the fin cover was still on! The board went a lot better after removing the fin cover but I should have left it on because on my next run toward the beach the fin a rock and took a chunk out of the fin.

After that everything went well. It was one of those days where everything feels perfectly balanced and I was having a heap of fun but totally in control. Not bad speeds either. Didn't complete any gybes but improving I think. Maybe the fin works better with a chunk out of it?

3 PB's ,whoo hoo! and just short of my 2 sec PB also. Not bad for a freestyle sail on a light wind day.

4 categories

Short early session at Dutchies. Was determined to use the wave gear but it was flat and not as windy as I thought it was going to be.

Decided to test the low range of the 5.7 warp. Only 15-20

Pleased it went so well particularly peak speed. Continue to be surprised by the versatility of this board.

Warp 5.7, sonic 100, goldwing 32