Aia ma Waikato, New Zealand, ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi lima hema kupaianaha loa o ka honua. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Raglan he ʻano mechanical maoli, a hāʻawi i nā ʻāpana he nui no ka hapa nui o ka heʻenalu a me nā kaʻa puhi wāwae. ʻO nā mea maikaʻi ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka kūlike maikaʻi, ka wahi no ka lehulehu pupule, a me ka hoe lōʻihi e pale ai i kekahi poʻe. Hiki ke kaumaha nā nalu ma ʻaneʻi, akā inā nui wale. I ka lā maikaʻi hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui i nā ʻāpana he nui a loaʻa i nā kaʻa a hiki i 600 mika ma luna o ka lalo pōhaku. Ma muli o ka ʻāpana hiki ke rippable, barreling, a cruisy paha. E ʻike i kā mākou ʻaoʻao ma kēlā me kēia ʻāpana no ka wehewehe hohonu ʻana o kēlā me kēia.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Raglan?
Loaʻa maikaʻi ma waena o ka pūhaka kiʻekiʻe a me ke poʻo pālua. Manaʻo mākou e holo i ka papa lōʻihi, ka papa pōkole, a i ʻole ka piʻi ʻana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui. Maikaʻi kēia hoʻomaha no ka poʻe heʻenalu pae waena a kiʻekiʻe. Kūlike ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi (7/10) a nui loa ka lehulehu (9/10). No ka Hikina mai ka makani maikai. ʻO nā ʻōhū maikaʻi loa mai ke Komohana Hema. Hana ʻia ma nā kai a pau, a i ʻole kekahi o nā ʻāpana e hana ana i nā kai a pau.
Paipai mākou e hoʻohana i kahi 3/2 i ke kauwela ke piʻi ka mahana o ka wai i 16 degere. I ka hoʻoilo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka 4/3 ke hāʻule ka mahana o ka wai i 12 degere. E ʻike i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.