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Davinci came out with “snake” plastic wires in their new EN-C. It keeps the wing shape and has a fast recovery. This is a big deal if it works; a semi-rigid PG.

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Mussel Rock 1hr. Visiting my daughter in SF, so I brought my wing. It was a post frontal sort of, I could see rain wash, or maybe that’s high tide water.

I started alone, then stoked to see Jesse fly overhead.

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For Oahu, WindAlert has local stations at Kahana and Makapu’u. It’s a free “pro” trial for 7 days. The Blend model forecast worked well. I like this view because it gives both real time wind, trend and forecast.

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I’ve used the Advance Lightbag on several trips. It’s an ultralight backpack.

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Makapu’u day 4. Launched Crazies, hugged the right to get established.

Great conditions. Only a 16m wing was up with me.

The other pilot landed near the upper parking lot.

It was a good week in Oahu. The flying community here is very friendly; there are some very good pilots. The day we flew Kahana (SE flow) there was a state record flight.

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Kahana is so pretty. There is a new cafe near Crouching Lion trail that is an awesome place to wait for good conditions.

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Kahana launch

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Kahana 1hr. Wind was a bit strong when we arrived so practiced high wind kiting.

We hiked up; Dana and Elle joined

Beautiful day with Ziv and Arnel ... so fun to fly with friends.

We took eFoil lessons in the morning. I may try kite foiling next year.

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I found my first launch off Makapu’u … I think 30 years ago.

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We started with kiting today … epic park

Another unorganized launch for me (wind was crossing some), this time from Juice.

My friend Arnel did great.

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Makapu’u,. I flew with Olivier. Landed when a rain cell, with a rainbow underneath, started threatening. When landing we could feel the rotor from Rabbit Island.

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Makapu’u … This launch is called “Crazies” for a reason

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2hrs Sand City - flew the 5 miles to Marina and back. I top landed a dune in the middle.

Played a while at Sand City. The Flow Mullet (a para kite) looks fun, a large range of speed.

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30min Sand City. Went at 5pm, wind was 45 degrees cross but me and another pilot on a Peak4 managed to stay up. One weird thing was he didn’t follow ridge rules but let the slow upwind leg take the ridge. I adapted; I’m glad he was a good pilot because I could read him.

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Lake Court 3hrs. Flying with Ziv, we stayed under the fog which wasn’t difficult in smooth light wind.

In stronger wind I’ll launch with my glider in a rosette with sand holding down the trailing edge.

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1.5hr Marina. Flew local, having fun with my wing. The fog came in, it remained visible but I could see water drops coming from my lines. I landed and carefully put my glider down on ice plant to minimize sand. Another pilot showed up just as I finished (she was really good!)

Tip - the wind can be different at Marina vs Sand City.

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Stopped at Goat Rock, Bill and Paul were there. We had short flights, air was crap punching through a thermal block.

Bill keeps a kite in his truck. Good idea, we used it to test the air.