Huge day in Hawaii with Kai Lenny pumping his way past Jeffrey Spencer to take the win in another record time 2hrs 29minutes. Having done 2 M2O's the head wind into the last couple of km's is hell on a raceboard let alone trying to pump into it...
SupTomo had a shark encounter mid way into the race with the shark attacking his foil :(
Huge Congratulations to James Casey with an emotional win just beating Boothy & another amazing win for Terene taking out her 3rd M2O & in record time...
Huge day on Maui with the national Slalom windsurfing titles but the highlight of the day was the first ever Wind Wing Foil event & watching legends of the sport Robbie Naish & Alex Aguera battling it out around the course...
The full results (but with a missing 3rd!! Maybe Kody Kerbox which I can't find anywhere else?) of the M2O race are here.
This instead is the start of the first foil wing race ever! They did three of them and in the last leg of the second, it was such a classic battle from the past: Robby Naish, Alex Aguera and Alan Cadiz head to head just like... 30 years ago! Sky Solbach won the combined results of the three races.
Jimmie Hepp posted the usual big gallery of the windsurfing races, but he didn't take many photos of the foilers. Fortunately Chris Pagdilao did, here's a start from the jet ski.
And this is the youngest of the competitors (I counted 13 of them) Bobo Gallagher doing a strapless air.
4am significant buoy readings
South shore
Barbers
1.1ft @ 15s from 200° (SSW)
1.1ft @ 12s from 198° (SSW)
0.9ft @ 11s from 191° (SSW)
Lanai
1.2ft @ 15s from 205° (SSW)
1.2ft @ 12s from 199° (SSW)
0.8ft @ 11s from 191° (SSW)
Love the consistency of the readings at the local buoys. The most significant energy is of course the 15s one, which will probably be very inconsistent, but provide some sets once in a while in between long flat speels. Check the webcam!
North shore
Mokapu
3.5ft @ 8s from 85° (E)
Hilo
3.9ft @ 8s from 96° (E)
Small and easterly windswell, Hookipa will be flat to tiny, little bigger on the easterly exposures.
North Pacific only has the windswell fetch.
Pretty good Tasman Sea fetch. We should see Cloudbreak shots in a few days.
Morning sky.
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