February Winds Keep Rockin'

Wooo Hooo! Another great afternoon of sailing here in paradise. Winds were supposed to slack off a bit, but as usual, the Maui winds have a mind of their own. When I headed out at 1:30, it looked like 5.0 would be perfect. It was for a few reaches but then the wind kicked in a bit more. Sailed really wound up on the 5.0 up at Uppers - shoulder to head-high mostly, but some fairly big mast-high sets started rolling in while I was playing around up there. Whew! Mast-high and maxed-out 5.0 - lots of adrenalin goin' with that combo. Later in the late afternoon the wind seemed to crank up even more. Went out again around 4:30 and could only manage about 20 minutes with the increased puffiness and increased fatigue.

In celebrity sitings news today, a real shocker. I had seen a couple of guys blasting around on big race gear at Uppers while I was up there. Not too uncommon. You see Jaques of Jaques restaurant in Paia up there quite a bit blasting around on his little flat spoon board. But shortly after I came in one of the guys came in with the big Naish race sail and Naish Hybrid board. None other than big-wave slayer Laird Hamilton. I'd heard rumors that he was getting back into windsurfing. This confirms it. Yes you heard it here first folks. Maui Windblog scoops Windsurfing Magazine, WindSport and all the others.

ps Thanks for all the cool comments folks. Good to see that people are following this little blog.