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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1260 on: November 28, 2014, 10:22:36 AM »
Ha! Maybe SB. I don't know if I could stand missing out on doing the race on standup. That is the most epic experience I've ever had!

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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1261 on: November 28, 2014, 11:10:01 AM »
I hadn't heard about that either.  Sounds terrifying, the snap of the leash, the wait... all of it reminds us that we skate on thin ice.  I imagine the pull on the leash of an OC is more than our SUPs.

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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1262 on: November 28, 2014, 11:27:11 AM »
South shore was really good today, I've only seen it better a few times. 

Slightly offshore direction - just enough to be a challenge to get in quick to Sarento's from the boardwalk.  It was bending in later, so it would have been ideal for a longer run.  Very steady and strong wind.  I've been practicing sharp angles these past few days and it paid off today. 

I fell 6 times Tuesday running sharp angles in lighter conditions.  When it's lighter, I try to make it as hard as possible to get ready for days like today.  Remounting is the most important skill in ski's.  It's very tricky when the wind is cranking. 

They lost a guy in South Africa during a race last weekend.  Cause of death wasn't known yet, but the ski forum has been talking a lot about safety.     


That was an awesome field of whitewater you approached at around .57.  Was that the shoals that kick up steep sections on bigger days?    That area is the best I've ever experienced... short but sweet.

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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1263 on: November 28, 2014, 07:40:38 PM »
I plan on doing some Maui to Molokai races this year, I'll train up for it. But I'll have an escort boat. It doesn't matter to me who the promoter is, I figure the only person responsible for my life is me.
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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1264 on: November 28, 2014, 08:09:45 PM »
If you can group up for the escort boat, and you have a good captain, it's fine to have several paddlers covered by one boat. I does make you feel better when you're 8 miles off of Maui and you still have 19 miles to go. 8)

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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1265 on: November 28, 2014, 08:23:36 PM »
I hadn't heard about that either.  Sounds terrifying, the snap of the leash, the wait... all of it reminds us that we skate on thin ice.  I imagine the pull on the leash of an OC is more than our SUPs.

Remember that day I almost lost my wallet after I hulied my oc1 on the south side? I could not believe how hard the boat was pulling against the leash. And that day was relatively light, especially compared to the conditions we had today. It would be very easy to lose a canoe, your board or a ski on a big day.

Out  in the channels, you are pretty much facing a death sentence if you lose your gear. The guy that lost his boat in the race was lucky beyond imagination that a boat randomly found him. What are the chances of that? It's totally unreal!

Doing a channel crossing, it's good to know there is an escort boat, even if it isn't always right next to you. Someone is keeping an eye on you out there. It improves the odds if things go wrong. When you look around in the middle of the Pailolo of the Kaiwe, there is nothing but water. You have to have a boat for M2O but you don't for M2M. I wouldn't do a crossing without one.

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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1266 on: November 28, 2014, 08:29:46 PM »
Yeah, you could do a group and stick together, but in my experience once the race starts your "friends" can forget about the whole group thing....

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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1267 on: November 28, 2014, 08:43:14 PM »
So much bitterness.


Like we don't know who is going to leave all their 'friends' behind this year, eh Mr. Southbay?

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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1268 on: November 28, 2014, 08:47:40 PM »
haha!  seriously I needed to get my ass kicked on that one!

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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1269 on: November 28, 2014, 09:16:35 PM »
It will be fine to have other people share the escort boat, but I'm paying for it. And I'm giving the captain a big tip--half before and half at the end. It WILL remain close to me.

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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1270 on: November 28, 2014, 09:28:56 PM »

But seems that your experience has been that in a DW the 10 outshines the Sport. Is that a fair statement? 


Yes, that's how it was for me.  The 10 would hold it's line on a glide better than the sport.  The sport I had was the old, old version.  It had a very wide bucket.  My 10 fits much better.  The fit may be part of the reason it surfed better.   

The sport and the 8 are fast boats too, with their own advantages over the 10.  The main one being the ability to paddle it with a better stroke. 

I've been dusted by 8's and sports.  I won't paddle other boats because I might want to buy one.

Enjoy those boats.  You are fortunate to have 4.  I wish I had an outrigger and an 8.     


       
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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1271 on: November 29, 2014, 12:38:21 AM »


Does anyone know who provided this system or the technology used?

I have my opinions about the tracking used at M2O and last years lack of tracking and near death of a paddler at M2M.  Here are the links to the organizers of both.  I'd contact them for the real story.  M2M is going to do something different this year after last years debacle.

jkfoti@gmail.com

mph@mauipaddlinghui.org

Thanks LPB. I appreciate this and we'll be in contact. We have a race debriefing meeting next week so this is one of the things on the agenda. In this day and age it should be possible to have good waterproof tracking devices for these type of events in addition to all the normal and usual safety measures taken by competitors and organisers.
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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1272 on: November 29, 2014, 06:54:00 PM »

LPB, I think when it is all said and done I will sell the Sport as I find my center in the 10. I really love the way the 10 fits as well. Love the more snug feel of the bucket. But, for the time being, I need the stability of the Sport. And the 8 has become my wife's boat. She would have no part of me selling it. Using it in the DW last week was very reassuring. I want to DW in the 10 now but need to be patient.

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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1273 on: November 30, 2014, 04:20:49 AM »
That sounds like a great plan Eric, very cool that your wife gets out on the water in a ski.  Those 8's are super fun.  Keep doing your Oscar drills and your new 10 will be a piece of cake in any conditions.  That's a stable boat.  It's as stable as the old sport.

The old 10, 12 and 14 are only suitable for people with many years in the bucket that paddle all the time.  Probably 90% of all ski paddlers are in a boat that's too advanced for their skills - and I'm one of them. 

I'd go faster in your new 10.  But l like my old 10 with the raised seat.  I don't care about overall speed anymore.  My racing days are over.  I just like surfing around on the knife edge.  It's so thrilling.  Those new Epic shorts are great too.  I wear a pair under some surf shorts and the bucket is slipperier than oil on ice.  I fall all the time in lighter conditions when I push the angles.  On big days like today I don't fall, because I know where my limits are.  Drill your weaknesses and it pays on big days. 

Only 3 things to remember when downwinding.  Relax and keep the boat going downhill, and let the boat run.  That's what the elites here do and they motor.

Here's the video from today.  I took a relatively inside line for today's conditions.  I usually go further out, but wanted to start with Kathy.  She made a big jump forward in her speed yesterday.  She has only been in ski for a year and is getting ready to zoom past me.  She can already dust me in lighter conditions and is honking in the big stuff too.  She set a good foundation and is starting to cut loose and charge some bigger swells.  With her confidence building, the sky's the limit. 

Yesterday she almost got me at the end.  I was ready for her today and had to show her I was still boss in big wind.  But it won't last.  My days are numbered.  I knew it the first day she paddled a ski.  Great balance and posture from day one.  She has more talent in her little finger than I have in my whole body.  It took me 5 times the seat time to get where she is now.

http://youtu.be/ZFWCoqRTuUY

 

   
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Re: The smokin spring and summer Maliko report
« Reply #1274 on: November 30, 2014, 09:16:51 AM »
Nice LPB.  Did you happen across that shoal line off the cove park area?  I hit it dead on and my board went the fastest it has ever gone, fin humming, the works.  Easy to traverse on as well since the slope had no moguls on it.  Trough had stretched out to an enormous length, I'd guess about 10-15 yds. like a putting green. 

Really enjoyed seeing the angle you had on some of those.

 


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