The ride starts either by catching an unbroken wave on the reef (if not too big for your skills) or the white water of a broken one just inside. Then it continues like this.
And then it keeps going like this.
This one shows that if you want, you can keep going right all the way to the beach. That would be a very long paddle back though, so it's a good idea to cut back to the left, also because the cut backs are incredibly fun, as the foil accelerates in them.
This one shows the strap setup of my Kalama 5.8. This is one of Dave's own customs and the inserts were only for regular stance. No big deal, I added the stick on inserts after having checked in a strapless session where my feet needed to be. Details:
- the back strap is off center on the toe side, so that foot ends up right in the middle
- the front strap is a little wider than necessary to allow quick ejection (I like the back one tighter though)
- that extra insert in front of the back strap is for downwinders. When trying to take off on a slopy non breaking chop, my back foot needs to be more forward than the position in this photo, otherwise the weight would be too far back and I end up missing it. So I made a custom long strap that goes from the insert up front (the unused one in this photo) to the last hole in the back. In that way, I can push my foot against the front end of the strap, start pumping like a madman to make it foil and if and when it is up on the foil, slide it back where it needs to be for the flight.
Even though it's personal preference, I love using footstraps when SUP foiling (one of the two reasons why I prefer it greatly compared to prone foiling, the other one being the much greater wave count consequence of the much faster paddle back out) and their correct positioning is key. Unless you have a plate adapter foil (which position can be adjusted), sometimes you need to change their position if you change wing size. Ironically, I like to wave windfoil strapless.
The windsurfing at Hookipa looked pretty epic. Here's four shots by Jimmie Hepp from this gallery, starting with Maui's own Kai Lenny.
Here's a sequence of remarkable bottom turns starting from mad Frenchman Manu.
Here's a double.
Browsinho, what a sailor!
4am significant buoy readings
North shore (it's winter, let's talk north shore first).
NW101
5.7ft @ 11s from 358° (N)
Hanalei
5.1ft @ 9s from 5° (N)
3.5ft @ 13s from 335° (NNW)
Waimea
3.5ft @ 9s from 358° (N)
3.1ft @ 7s from 24° (NNE)
2.7ft @ 13s from 338° (NNW)
2.6ft @ 11s from 353° (N)
Pauwela
4ft @ 12s from 349° (NNW)
3.3ft @ 9s from 4° (N)
2.9ft @ 8s from 16° (NNE)
2.3ft @ 6s from 36° (NE)
Plenty energy in the water also today. Pauwela reached almost 6f 11s yesterday, so today might be a bit smaller than yesterday. But as you can see from the picture below (NW101 and Pauwela's graphs + Surfline forecast), the NW101 buoy is trending up again and we might see an increment also locally in the late afternoon. The real big day is tomorrow though, where Surfline has the new pulse peaking at 8.3f 12sw from 340 and the wind will be very good for surfing in the early morning anywhere on the north shore.
South shore
Barbers
1ft @ 18s from 205° (SSW)
This is the only southerly readings I found at all the buoys, but it's a good one. Sorry, not too focused on the south shore, check the Ala Moana cam to see what's going on over there.
Wind map at noon.
North Pacific has scattered fetches, no shortage of waves any time soon.
Nothing from the south.
Morning sky.
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