Ramp-alicious

A rare late season north swell brought some sweet jumping conditions to Kanaha today. Depending on the time of day, the wind was blowing somewhere between 4.5 and 5.5. I got on the water around 1:00 perfectly powered on my CultWave and 5.0 and sailed up to Uppers where the waist-high waves were jacking up into to nice, steep ramps. Had an absolute ball blasting around, power jibing, heading out at mach speed and hitting the ramps full speed and launching into orbit. Most people on the beach agreed that it was the best day of sailing in quite awhile. As the day progressed, the waves built a bit, but the wind got flukier. The swell is forecast to die down tonight so it’s doubtful there will be any waves tomorrow.

Yesterday was a Kihei day. Wind never made it above the mid-teens at Kanaha, but it picked up enough in Kihei for some marginal flat water cruising on my 5.0 and big board. Earlier this week, the wind has been pretty much just big sail and formula gear sailing. Kevin Pritchard and Phil McGain were out on Wednesday on their big 11 meter sails.

Looks like high pressure is re-establishing itself to the north, so we should see several more days of good wind.