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The Foil Zone => Wingsurfing, Windfoiling, Wingfoiling, Wing SUP => Topic started by: PonoBill on December 17, 2022, 04:53:53 PM
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There's been fuck all for wind for the last few days. Lots of surf, but no wind. Today I went to the westside to see if I still suck at SUP foiling. Yep. Still suck. I haven't done it for about 8 months and apparently, that's enough to hit the reset button. I can get up, I can turn (slowly), I can pump like a one-legged chicken, and that's about it.
Fortunately, the wind returns tomorrow--with a vengeance. Unfortunately, it's the wrong direction, locally called a Kona wind. Fortunately, I've been looking forward to trying the Southside in a Kona wind. We'll see, I might not be able to scratch my way off the beach. But at least I won't be sending postcards from Tahiti.
But look at the second forecast for 11AM on the 19th. Some idiot must have been praying for wind.
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That's a healthy looking wind map. S-turns and the whole upper westside are fun in Kona wind. You probably know that though. Sendit
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Unfortunately, Kona winds often mean storms. This one is a little nuts:
https://youtu.be/5ri0N0FoPDs
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That looks warm and pleasant compared to December in NH where we have been wing foiling with below-freezing wind chills.
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That looks warm and pleasant compared to December in NH where we have been wing foiling with below-freezing wind chills.
I might be weird, but I'm not crazy.