12/21 Wing Board 6.0m2 - Strong wind and reality ―

Today was a rare day in winter.
The temperaturerises to nearly 20℃,
south wind onshore,strong wind forecast of 7〜8m/s.
It is a perfect condition for the first time in a long time.

Actually, I had planned to go on a trip with my wife, but the
teacher asked me to say 'Sunday, it looks pretty good', and I
headed to the sea after getting lost.
To be honest, under this condition--

There was such expectation that there would be one chance of 'first planing (foiling) with Wing-foil'
.

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When you get to the sea, the wind is certainly strong.
But at the same time, the waves are also quite large.
This is a condition that I don't see easily.
If it is SUP surfing, it seems to be quite fun.

The teacher's judgment was clear.
'The wind is unstable today and the waves are big.
Wing-foil is dangerous, so a wing board or SUP surf is good.」

Honestly, I was disappointed.
I wanted to go with Wing-foil today.
'Shouldn't we go with Foil?'I thought for a moment

, but it is only a risk to disagree with the judgment of a former top professional teacher.
I decided to follow him obediently
and left the boat on the Wing board.

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When going out to sea, the wind is 4〜7m/s in Gusty.
And above all, the waves are big.
The larger one islikely to be over 3m.
Even if I jump, I usually wear waves.

In this certainly,
it is hard to go offshore beyond this wave with a Foil board
, and the risk of injury and tool damage with a sharp Foil blade is also high.
The teacher's judgment was correct.

I managed to cross the waves and go offshore.
If you think about it,
e-foil followed, followed by a Christmas party.
It was the first time in 1 and a half months that I went out to sea on a Wing board.

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The swell is terrible off the coast.
However, as long as there is wind,
this degree of swell can be controlled with the wing operation that I have mastered--
I have such confidence in the accumulation so far.

But
somehow, only today, I can't run upwind at all.

The wind is.
I can run without sinking.
However, when I try to take an angle toward the windward,
I have only the feeling of slowly going down.

The Wing is a jive that turns windward, not a beginner's tack.
Each time, it is surely swept downwind.
If I noticed it was 3 round trips,it was flowing more than 100m.

Fortunately, today is Side shore.
The last thing I was
waiting for was
a hell of a 3〜4m break.

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From there, it is hard to cross the waves,
so I hold the board and go back to the starting point.
More than 100m in distance.
Time, about 20 minutes.

There is no power left.
You should try again to practice.
However, he weighed physical strength and risk
and decided that it was impossible in this condition.

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There is a big wave.
Switch feelings,to SUP surf.

The waves are big and
quite severe when wound.
But
once you get on it,
it's much longer and more exciting than usual.

However the problem then.
Once back on the beach
, it is really hard to go out to the sea again.
If it is a short board, you can dive with a dolphin
, but it does not go so with a buoyant SUP.

It
took about 10 minutes to finally get off the coast.
Ride the waves to the beach in a moment.
When I repeated it 3-4 times, I was
completely exhausted.
Today's activities have ended.

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SUP surfing itself was fun.

But正直to be
honest, it was quite a shock to not be able to climb upwind with the Wing.

In the coming winter,
the probability of offshore will be higher.
In this
, I wonder if I can really do it.

With such anxiety,
I left the sea with a slightly heavy feeling
.

However,
if you look back later on, this 'day that did

not go well' will surely be an important turning point--
I feel like that somewhere.

Next,
it is how to capture.

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