Still windy this week on Maui. As I mentioned in the last report, there is literally no swell or wave action on the north shore, so it's just free-ride and bump-n-jump windsurfing. I sailed 4.5 on Tuesday briefly, befor the wind really cranked in and then subsequently drastically dropped. Also sailed today mid-day, nice mellow 5.0 - good for freestyle practice and freeriding. Yesterday was similar, maybe a little lighter from what I hear.

In other news, this week we finally saw regular gas exceed the $3/gallon mark on Maui. Most gas stations in Kahului are at $3.01/ gallon now. Factor that in as you reserve your Al West windsurfing van for your vacation. Filling up my van now costs about $100. Ouch.

Not much else happening in the windsurfing world here right now. No waves, so there's not much excitement. Some of the pros are out testing and tweaking their sponsors 2007 gear. Yes, they're actually designing and testing stuff for the 2007 lines right now. Mistral shaper Mark Nelson was working with Nick Baker today on some 2007 Mistral protoypes at Kanaha. Phil McGain is out testing his Maui Sails, along with Kevin Pritchard.

Winds might get a bit flukey the next couple of days. We've got the remnants of former hurricane Fernanda passing south of us which may bring in a bit of rain and instability.