Windsurfing Variety Pack

The windsurfing on Maui the last week or so has been mostly light wind with some nice waves. Yesterday, the Maui windsurfing gods blessed us with a little bit of variety to spice things up. Forecasters were predicting a bump up in wind strength and by god they actually got it right. Much of yesterday was light but by mid afternoon it was cranking. Not having sailed windy conditions in awhile, I made a mistake and rigged a 5.0. Wrong! Back to the beach for a 4.5. That was the call of the day on a 79L wave board. Nice waves at Uppers and very light crowds made for a fantastic fun afternoon session.

Today, we were back to the light winds. It barely looked sailable when I arrived mid-afternoon. I rigged 5.8/90L hoping it would be enough. Slogged out to the wind line and found that the 5.8 was just perfect. And, much to my pleasant surprise, there were still some really nice waves. The offshore light wind, really cleaned them up. Some occasionally logo-high sets rolled through to add excitement to the mostly-shoulder high stuff. Damn good fun.

On to today's video segment. Continuing with the theme from the last video post, in this video from Hookipa we see what happens when charging down the line windsurfer meets whitewater. Thanks to Steve R. for sending in the clip.