Saturday Downwinder CANCELLED

My knee is hurting so bad, I can barely walk this morning. Jacky has family in town, so she can't go either.

25-30 mph wind at my back tonight

I used Jacky's board. It's narrow, with a pointy tail. It didn't feel fast to me today. I think being more wobbly on the her board might actually hurt my planing. How can you plane consistently when you have moments of wild side to side wobble?

Anyone else think it might be better to go wider and more stable, so you plane more consistently?

It wasn't as good as other days I've run. I kept running into the wave in front of me and killing my plane. I just could not avoid the next wave. They were steep, so I couldn't climb it and I could not steer to the side tonight.

Here is the video. My knee is very sore tonight.

My speed average was 6 mph.

Weekend Downwinding Forecast

The downwinder is ON for Saturday.

Meet time is 12:30 at the gazebo.

A Bad-Ass Sub Vector

8'0 Custom

Wouldn't we all like to demo this baby!




Jacky's board was machine cut yesterday. It might get scrubbed today.

Cabrinha Joins the Bandwagon

Message to Kitesurfers: Stopping fighting it, come to the dark side.

Cabrinha has! hehe

SUP Cup Video

The video finally surfaces!



The race start....

Fin Analysis

It's time to take a closer look into why the Controller Quads feel so different from the Vector II 450s.

There were some surprising hidden differences.


Vector II 450s with heavy cant and asymmetric fronts. Nothing hidden here.


The matching 375 rear fins that come with Vector II 450 sets. Heavy cant matching the fronts and symmetric foils. Nothing unusaul here.



Controller Quad Fronts. Asymmetric foils, but reduced cant


Controller rears. NO cant AND Asymmetric foils

198 Racers in the Maui Downwinder Sunday

Downwinding is getting HUGE.

Photos here.
http://tracydudley.com/Surf/Maliko_Race/index.html

Results here.
http://www.pacificsportevents.com/Races/Nash%20Maui%20Paddleboard/2009/Overall_09.htm

Sub Vector Fins

Yesterday I swapped Sub Vectors with CB1 while surfing the inlet. CB1 had these Vector IIs installed. My Sub Vector had the Controllers installed.

I caught a juicy chest high wave on CB1s board. I laid hard into the bottom turn and Vector IIs twitched several times. It reminded me of the feel when a windsurf fin twitches as it wants to spin out, but doesn't quite fully let go.

Hands down, the Controllers blow away the Vector IIs. I have no idea why they don't cut it on our SUPs, but they work great on my Stretch 6'3". Maybe SUPs place way more load on the fins and we need the stiffer fiberglass construction. Maybe its the more aggressive tow-in foil the Controllers run at the rear that allow it to handle higher loads.

Controller Quads below

Sunday Downwinder

The wind was blowing 20 mph by 12:30 this afternoon, so we rushed to drop the truck and made a downwind run before any storms messed with the wind. We probably should have waited until 3 pm because it blew a lot harder later and no storms developed today.

We had fun, even if only blowing 20. Jacky was fast today. I could not catch her. The best I could do was just keeping up.

We swapped boards so I could test the speed difference. Jacky's board is fastest.

Inlet Session this Morning

Weekend Downwinding Forecast

Saturday looks bad. Sunday there is a slight chance. The forecast is not solid enough to say the downwinder is on for Sunday. I suggest anyone wanting to make a run Sunday, call me Sunday morning to discuss the prospects of making a run. I'll be reachable after our morning surf session. The cell number is shown in my profile.

Big Night

These are the small ones. I was too busy surfing when it was bigger.

All surfing in front of the house tonight. 3rd fun night this week!


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Where is she?

Thanks Curtis and Chris

Tonight I surfed my Sub Vector with Futures Controller Quads.

We had a chest high northeaster.

My board rocked!

Thanks for the tip Curtis (in Oahu). These fins are so expensive, I dragged my feet on the purchase when Chris (in Topsail) said they were good. But two people saying they were good, was enough to get me off the fence.

July 5th Downwinder

A fun downwinder with some new camera angles

4th of July Quiz

View from our house

4th of July Madness

What happened to our beach?

Daily access fees were raised to $20 and it's still madness out there.

Weekend Downwinding Forecast

The downwinder is canceled for this weekend. Saturday the wind will be light. Sunday's forecast looks possible, but NOAA is counting on some complicated things to happen for the wind to go strong SW. A low pressure to vanish and a warm front to pop up. Complicated weather events usually don't make for reliable wind predictions. Beach traffic will be a nightmare too.

Surf House - Update

A few teaser photos of the progress inside. The shop has made a lot of progress since these were taken. It won't be much longer.



The kitchen and cafe area under construction

SUP World Cup

http://www.supworldcup.de/

Dejavu for windsurfers.

Robbie worshiped.

Blowing up huge in Europe.

http://www.originalwindsurfer.com/site/main_1976.html