January Doldrums Continue

Winds are still pretty light and mostly SE here on Maui. Some light NE winds did kick in on the north shore on Wednesday. So light I didn't even realize it until looking at the iWindsurf graphs the next day. Mid- to upper-teens.

Thursday saw some squally, gusty winds. The iWindsurf graph looks like an EKG readout.

All this lack of winds has most Maui windsurfers going nuts. Everyone's itching for some good strong tradewinds.

Another aspect of living on Maui is hearing all the rumors about changes in sponsorships. From what I've heard and read, Josh Stone is leaving JP and Neil Pryde to work with his bud Fransisco Goya on his new board line. Former Neil Pryde sail designer and guiter wizard Nils Rosenblad of the Voodoo Suns (www.voodoosuns.com) has taken over as Naish's new sail designer. All kinds of rumors are flying around about big changes at Gaastra. Could be that The Team and Gaastra are parting. They're being pretty tight-lipped about it. We'll have to see what shakes out of that one. Anders Bringdall is also getting into the board business. We've seen several of his slalom boards at Kanaha and he may be developing a freeride board in concert with local shop Hi-Tech. World champion Matt Pritchard will be putting on a wave sailing clinic with Alan Cadiz's Hawaiian Sailboarding Techniques (HST) on February 19. For more info on that check out http://www.hstwindsurfing.com/MPclinicFeb05.htm