Weekend Report

Yet another beautiful day of wave sailing at Kanaha yesterday. Winds were pretty light 5.0 to 5.8 depending on when you were out, but the waves were very clean, very smooth at Uppers. Lowers looked good too, but I opted for the fewer crowds at Uppers. Really nice head- to logo-high, perfect size in my opinion. Weather was sunny, no squalls to mess things up.

The forecasters were calling for an increase in wind today. You know what that means. That's right, it's got to get lighter. Sure enough, winds today hovered in the mid-teens and upper teens throughout the day. I stopped by Kanaha briefly, but it just didn't look like I could even make my 5.8 work.

The extended forecast for this week calls for trade winds to be replaced by west winds. Not sure how accurate that's gonna be. I've seen west winds on Maui once before. Not sure where the best place to sail will be. Kihei will be dead-onshore and sloppy conditions and I think the north shore may be too wind-shadowed. Some of the super secret spots on the west side will probably be the place to be.

Got a bunch of windsurfing videos from Steve R. today from the recent Aloha Classic. I'll be posting some of these over the next few days here and at MauiWindsurfing.net. Here's an appetizer, charging down the line on a smooth Hookipa wave, with a beautifully graceful dismount at the end of the line.