Shades of Gray

It's like we're living in som weird alternate dimension here right now, like living in a world of old black and white movies and TV programs. No color. Just graytones. More clouds today, but at least there was little in the way of rain. Wacky 5.0 conditions - should have rigged bigger.

In windsurfing gossip, I'd heard rumors last week of sightings of Bjorn Dunkerbeck sailing the upper west side on a North sail. Bjorn has been a long-time Neil Pryde guy. I heard a confirming rumor today. Bjorn's now on North. That's two major Neil Pryde guys leaving this year so far, Bjorn and Josh Stone. Hmmm.

In other, gear news, if you're visiting Maui in the near future, head up to Haiku to the Quatro store. You can demo their boards for free, as of this writing anyway. I chatted with Lalo Goya a bit, brother of Fransisco and a helluva nice guy, who is manager at Quatro. They will also be carrying Fransisco's new line of sails and boards, aptly named, Goya.

And, if you're going to be in town the weekend of April 9, and want to take your jumping to new altitudes, sign up at HST for the Matt Pritchard Jump Clinic. He'll be teaching forward loops, back loops, table tops and much more apparently.

And, speaking of pro windsurfers, the PWA Hawaii Pro will probably wrap it up tomorrow. Josh Angulo is sitting in the lead. Semi-finals and finals should be held tomorrow.