Tuesday 8 18 20 morning call

Fun morning on the south shore, I played with the gopro with different angles and disciplines. This is SUP surfing from the tail. On a SUP board the back foot needs to move from rail to rail in order to achieve tight turns. This is a bottom turn (with a view!): back foot on the inside rail and paddle on the inside of the turn.


Preparing for the top turn: the back foot now moves to the outside rail and the paddle extends in front for a possible active stroke in the lip to accelerate the turn.


Camera on the front. I've been using a front foot strap on a small SUP for about 10 years (back foot cannot be strapped in one spot, as you just saw above). This is a post from 2011 which shows action photos of the first strapped board I had (a 7.4 that later became my first foil board and that recently I just sold together with some foils). The board in yesterday's photos instead is a 6.5.


Here's a couple of shots from that post: it was winter and a decent size day at Kanaha. Bottom turn: leaning on the paddle helps pivoting the board up towards the lip.


Top turn: an active stroke in the top of the wave helps redirect the board back down.


Back to yesterday: foiling was next. My custom Kalama has a FCS fin mount in the front (to minimize the yaw, but I never use it), here's a little cuttie.


Interesting to watch the bubbles created by the paddle (and how close the foil is to the reef when paddling back out).


Not the most comfortable spot to check if the camera is filming.


This smile is authentic: my butt just slipped a bit and I almost hit the foil with my head... I'm laughing by myself.


Lastly, one for the ladies. Number of days spent in the gym in the last 19 years: none (with the exception of a week of stationary bike to rehab my freshly operated knee). No need if you get in the water every day (and eat healthy).


4am significant buoy readings and discussion.
South shore
Barbers
2.2ft @ 15s from 188° (S)

Lanai
2.3ft @ 14s from 180° (S)

Nice numbers at the buoys, but by now we know that this swell look bigger at the buoys than in the water. Check the Lahaina webcam if interested, for size, conditions and consistency.


North shore
Pauwela

2.4ft @ 8s from 92° (E)

1.9ft @ 5s from 60° (ENE)

Windswell went down dramatically (no fetches in the last couple of days), flat everywhere on the north shore today.

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.