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     guidedbyvoices Wednesday April 8, 2026
    Pacasmayo, Wingfoiling
    This Year: 48
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    Log Started:
    Monday August 5, 2024
    Total Records: 155
    This Year: 48
    Wednesday April 8, 2026 Pacasmayo, Wingfoiling
     Wednesday April 8, 2026 Conditions TOW Toys Used:
     Pacasmayo, Wingfoiling S 10 - 20
    2-3     		1.00 hours OMEN Emissary 66L
    Duotone unit 5
    Omen 900
    Took a cab out to Pacasmayo today with my Brazilian and South African friends I met down here. We’d been hearing about this place—more wind, more swell—but no real details. Just hearsay.
    There wasn’t much going on in Chicama, so we loaded up all the gear and made the call.
    About an hour and a half later—after getting lost a couple times—we finally made it to the lighthouse.
    And yeah… there was definitely more swell. The wave looked punchy. But the wind? Super light. Probably sub 12 knots, according to Jojo—the Brazilian. Guy’s insanely talented, does everything. He was even out there para-winging chicama in the gusty conditions I’ve ever seen… but he was cooked and decided to pass.
    But I didn’t come all that way with all my gear not to give it a go.
    Current looked a bit weird. Wind was barely there. But I paddled out anyway.
    Somehow… with the 5-meter wing and the 66 Emissary, I managed to get up. Took a lot of work, but I got one solid ride in… before ending up too far inside on the reef and having to do the long walk back.
    Then you know how it goes…
    You start second-guessing everything.
    Is the wind coming up?
    Was that a gust?
    Or nothing?
    I decided to head back out.
    And yeah—there was more wind.
    Right away I connected with a couple of really good sets.
    And then this local guy shows up—absolute legend. Jojo calls him Mr. Smooth.
    We ended up sharing a wave… just crisscrossing back and forth, carving, cutting back—completely in sync. Total flow.
    No one yelling. No drop-ins. No chaos.
    Honestly… surfers would be losing their minds out there.
    But this?
    This was something else.
    Almost felt like we were gonna high-five mid-wave.
    It was unreal.
    That’s why I love this sport… and the people in it.
    Didn’t want to keep my company waiting too long so I called the session and then when I came in about 10 more people showed up and it was totally banging. I think I’m gonna extend my trip because on the 14th the swell gets absolutely monstrous and I would probably slit my wrists I had to leave when it was that good!
    GPS Track: Pacasmayo2:14 PM to 3:06 PM
    Moving Time00:29:09
    Foiling Time 00:17:16
    Distance (km) 7.8
    Speed (Max/2s/100m knots)16.6 / 16.4 / 15.3
    Number of Foiling Turns 17 (85% of 20)
    MAX 2026: 21.7 kt, 445 turns, 99%, 84.0 kmTOTAL 2026: 1,202 km, 64.2 hours
    MAX: 21.7 kt, 445 turns, 100%, 84.0 kmTOTAL: 4,496 km, 236 hours
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