Stand Up Fun !

i was a little depressed with the fact that the wind would mellow down. had a lot of good sailing lately. however today i got the brilliant idea to rent a SUP board. took it to lowers. there were some nice waves. went out around 1 oclock and it was a little bit windy for a beginner. a little chop makes balancing so more difficult. went out again later in afternoon in just beautiful conditions ! sun,almost no wind and glassy waves. had the reef down from lower all to myself ! even managed to catch a couple of bigger waves ! well,at least bigger than tiny.. fell of the board about a thousand times and probably swalloved a pint of saltwater ! definetily gonna do more SUP before i leave ! it looks like there will be a little wind the next week as well. picture is from Maui southshore

Resting today..

We had some really offshore,kind off strong wind at Hookipa and Kuau today. lowers had no wind. waves around head high. i like to think i normally would have sailed Kuau (looked reasonably stable) but i was just really tired today. i have probably done 2-3 weeks straight. my back tries to tell me that i should have used 1 cm more downhaul in the stormy winds weve had as well.. dont feel too good about not sailing today. the wind forecast is kind of slack for the next week. im predicting maybe one lightwind day on the northshore,and maybe a Kihei day.
The waves are going to get HUGE the next week! i heard something about the potential for these swells to wrap around the island and create waves at Lahaina and Thousands peaks. will check that out. i managed to drag my tired body up to Hookipa and i took some photos. Kai Lenny ended up on the rocks. i was about to put down my camera and go and help him,when i realised he was getting himself sorted and casually waterstarting out from the rocks..

Side Offshore

theres been 4 days in a row now with side off wind. a few of these days the wind have been a little out of control.. the advantages with side off is that i get a lot of speed on the smaller waves at lowers. since its offshore it doesnt create to much chop either and its easy to speed down to hit the next section. i have sailed lowers at the right tide (low) as well. supergood spot to train riding ! scored a fun late afternoon session there today as well. the wind died from gusting 40 to 30 knots around 4 oclock. drove up to Hookipa today and took some photos. Uncle Robbie was the stand out sailor !
the wind is going to die soon and well have back to back monster swells.. well lots of ordinary surfing to be had before i go home i guess !

Crazy winds !

been a few days since the last post. business as usual here with surf and windsurf. we had about three days in a row without wind,but we sailed yeasterday and today. at 9 oclock this morning we had to shut the entrance door to the hostel. stuff attached to the wall was starting to blow down.. sailed Hookipa early owerpowered on my 4.5. there were some waves but the sail started to act like an elephant on steroids (something like that) when i tried to do turns. gave up and drove down to Lowers. superwindy there as well. it was almost impossible for my 90 kgs to hold down a 4.5 ! im guessing the wind was well in exess of 30 knts. sometimes the wind mellows down late afternoon and there were some waves on the reef so i decided to wait it out. fell asleep on the beach for a while. went out again at about 4. still crazy winds,but after half an hour it mellowed a little and turned really side off ! went and checked out the reef and it was superfun ! i was alone there to begin with (most people had given up) and after a while about 5 sailors joined me. sailed sideoff DTL until dark ! Pictures are from Hookipa a few days ago.

Lower Kanaha 19.11.08

we have been sailing the last two days,but its been kind of crap. side on and gusty. didnt have high expectations today, but it turned out to be a fun day windsurfing ! started with a 5.3 and smallish waves. the wind increased to 4.7 and turned side off in the afternoon. got heaps of waves and even tried a couple of backloops. theres more wind and swell coming as well. even the guy who does the forecast for http://www.omaui.com/ is being optimistic ! didnt take any photos today, but im posting a few from Oahu.

Maui sunset Kihei

Came over from Oahu today. was planning on staying a couple more days and check out Kailua/Diamond head, but after staying 4 nights in a Hostel that stinked (literally !) i decided to come over to Maui again. i wouldnt recomend the Backpackers/Plantation village to anyone but the most hardened travelling surfbums.. had to get up superearly today and when i arriwed in Maui i drove up to Hookipa and fell asleep on the beach. when i came to myself i noticed a slight breeze from NE. decided to go over and check out Kihei. it was windy there and i had a nice session on my 5.3. the waves on the Northshore looked really clean today and tommorrow there will be 5.3-4.7 wind..)

Oahu tubes

The swell is still pumping here on Oahus Northshore.surfed a spot i think is called Freddys ? just past Sunset Colony. waves was very mellow compared with the rest of the Northshore ! it has been a little overcast today as well,but the sun has been out occasionally. during a period with nice light i went up to Pipeline beach. walked about 200 yards along the beach south of Pipe and saw some TOTALLY insane surfing. the stuff that goes on here is on another level. some of the peaks are more like (double overhead) shorebreak. they just rise up,create tubes and slam down hard.. one of the photos shows a surfer getting air. i thought he was just kicking out so i didnt hold down the shutterbutton. turns out he did some sort of 360 rotation and landed on the face going down the line..