Oops, Getting Behind Again

Looks like I'm getting behind in my reports again. Tuesday was mostly a light day throughout the day - upper teens. I got a call from the beach late in the afternoon that it was a nice 4.7 day and the pager corraborated that. But on checking the airport sensor a little bit later it read lower so I opted to stay home and work. The wind did drop but it sounds like it would have been 5.0 to 5.8.

Yesterday I sailed 5.0 on my big board in the later afternoon. Pretty mellow conditions. Nothing epic. No waves. Just a good post-work day session.

I quit work at mid-day today to get head down since it was looking good. Rigged 5.0 and CultWave but then the wind dropped. Took out the big board instead, marginally powered most of the time. The wind kicked into to serious 4.5 conditions for about a half hour at the end of my session then started dropping in earnest.

Lots of activity among the pro windsurfers at Kanaha lately. Nick Baker has been there all week. Looks to be testing some North sails and/or Mistral boards. Team Gaastra has also been out in force with Phil McGain, Barry Spanier and Matt Pritchard. Matt is still rehabing his wrist injury but is hoping to be sailing again in a couple of weeks. Also seen, Nori Hubbs out sailing with her new husband, Collette Guadaningo teaching for Hawaiian Sailboarding Techniques and Jace Panebianco throwing himself and his gear around with some cool freestyle tricks.