Funky Winds

Wind has been kinda funky this week, at least in my opinion. Kinda gusty and offshore. Didn't sail yesterday, but took the afternoon off today. 5.0 and 4.5 were the sails of choice. First session was way easterly, really wind-shadowed inside. The break was a raving lunatic of psycho-chop for the most part. Washing-maching waves. They pop up out of nowhere, and last about 5 seconds then self-destruct. Great for jumping if you're in the right place at the right time, but pretty much unrideable. There were a few nice head-high wind swells that would come in occasionally though, making for some fun.

Got a fresh batch of videos from our two Maui Windsurfing video correspondents. Steve R. sends in this video reminding us of what's lurking below the surface while we're sailing and shredding. Steve writes:
"This appears to be a 7-8 foot specimen, but I didn't stick around long enough to make sure. Note the horizontal banding on the dorsal fin. That information might be useful some day."

Norm R. just sent in this video of he and his son sailing Hookipa. Norm writes:
"School is back in session now but that doesn't mean the funs over! Here are some of Bernd's after school activities. So far I am giving him a passing grade but I am biased."

Got a video request comment awhile back, requesting a 2 minute pan of Hookipa. I mentioned this to Norm at the beach the other day. He mentioned he might have something to fit the bill. Steve and Norm, if you guys have anything like that, send it my way and I'll post it.

BTW, Steve mentioned to me today that he just got a new helmet-cam! Cool! Looking forward to getting some on-the-water action footage from Steve.

A big Mahalo to Norm and Steve for supplying 99% of the video footage for this blog and the Maui Windsurfing website. One of these days I may go out and get my own video cam, but until then I rely on these guys.