Austin Kalama was on a strapped prone board. Notice how he prefers to have his back foot on the front of the strap when pumping back out. For the same reason I made a custom long back strap for downwinders. Well, with 22 fairly unsuccessful attempts on my shoulders, I'm not exactly an authority in that field...
This is a video with 8 minutes of foiling. Not expecting a lot of views for it, I put a captivating thumbnail. It's in the video, I promise! If you're one of the few that watches these videos, you might notice how much faster I'm going with the Gofoil GL120 compared to the past. Foils are funny from this point of view. When we all started almost three years ago, the first and only foil available was the Kai, and it was too small for most to learn. Then the original Maliko came along and made life a lot easier for everyone. Then the Iwa and Maliko 200 made it even easier. As we progressed, the need for lift at slow speed lifted (sorry, couldn't resist that) and we all started searching for more speed. Gofoil came up with the faster/thinner GL line together with a bunch of other brands' high aspect ratio wings. Much more to come (specialized foils for winging, downwinderes, etc) and exciting times ahead.
SORRY THE VIDEO DOESN'T SHOW AND I CAN'T FIX IT FROM THE ROAD. TOMORROW.
Back on the north shore I took this pretty cool picture of a winger at Hookipa.
The WSL announced massive changes for the upcoming season (if it happens).
2am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
Lanai
2.1ft @ 13s from 190° (S)
1.1ft @ 18s from 190° (S)
Lovely readings also today at the buoys. 2ft 13s would be enough to have fun, but 1ft 18s on top of it is the icing on the cake. Let's see how Pat Caldwell described the source of that.
A short-lived, compact, severe-gale aimed highest seas to near 25 feet at the Americas south of 55S to the S to SE of New Zealand 7/10-11. The energy rolled under the PacIOOS/CDIP American Samoa buoy 7/14-15, though at low levels. However, the WW3 output for Tahiti 7/15 shows deep water swell of 8 feet at 16 seconds from this source. This indicates how the event is aimed more at the Americas, making for larger error bars on the Hawaii surf estimate.
Below is the collage of the maps of July 9 through 13 that will help follow.
Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.
North shore
Pauwela
4.2ft @ 9s from 65° (ENE)
Small waves at Hookipa, bigger on eastern exposures.
Wind map at noon (the other ones can be found at link n.-2 of GP's meteo websites list in the right column).
Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked, yellow: apparent direct aim, but out of the great circle ray map, so not 100% sure).
North Pacific (about 4 days travel time from the NW corner of the North Pacific):
South Pacific (about 7 days travel time from east/west of New Zealand):
Morning sky.
Back on the north shore I took this pretty cool picture of a winger at Hookipa.
The WSL announced massive changes for the upcoming season (if it happens).
2am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
Lanai
2.1ft @ 13s from 190° (S)
1.1ft @ 18s from 190° (S)
Lovely readings also today at the buoys. 2ft 13s would be enough to have fun, but 1ft 18s on top of it is the icing on the cake. Let's see how Pat Caldwell described the source of that.
A short-lived, compact, severe-gale aimed highest seas to near 25 feet at the Americas south of 55S to the S to SE of New Zealand 7/10-11. The energy rolled under the PacIOOS/CDIP American Samoa buoy 7/14-15, though at low levels. However, the WW3 output for Tahiti 7/15 shows deep water swell of 8 feet at 16 seconds from this source. This indicates how the event is aimed more at the Americas, making for larger error bars on the Hawaii surf estimate.
Below is the collage of the maps of July 9 through 13 that will help follow.
Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.
North shore
Pauwela
4.2ft @ 9s from 65° (ENE)
Small waves at Hookipa, bigger on eastern exposures.
Wind map at noon (the other ones can be found at link n.-2 of GP's meteo websites list in the right column).
Fetches map (circles legend: red: direct aim, blue: angular spreading, black: blocked, yellow: apparent direct aim, but out of the great circle ray map, so not 100% sure).
North Pacific (about 4 days travel time from the NW corner of the North Pacific):
South Pacific (about 7 days travel time from east/west of New Zealand):
Morning sky.
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