Trades Continue Blowing

6 days in a row of solid trade winds in February. Gotta love that. Combine it with a decent little swell and you get a lot of fun and a lot of windsurfers complaining about aches and pains all over their body from sailing.

The rundown: yesterday - 4.5, not quite as powered as Wednesday, some shoulder to head high waves at Lowers. Today, it looked a little lighter. Went out on 5.0 very flattened out. Pretty juiced up in the gusts, might have been 4.5, but I was glad I had the 5.0. Some squalls in the late afternoon notched the wind up a bit. By then my arms were toast anyway though. Smaller waves today. Swell is on the decline.

Matt Pritchard wave clinic at Kanaha tomorrow in conjunction with Hawaiian Sailboarding Techniques. I've heard from a reliable source that they've got enough people signed up that Matt has enlisted his brother Kevin to help out. Unfortunately I have work to do in the morning so I can't make it, but I may try to get down there later and get some pics of it.

Lots of tourists arriving over the last few days. The airport is a crowded zoo and lots of tourist-mobiles pulling up at Kanaha loaded with the latest gear.