Wicked Wind
No doubt about it. It was windier today than yesterday on the north shore. In thinking about how to describe today's wind, I can't help but compare it to some wicked, evil arch villain in some dark comic strip. You know, one of those absolutely wacked-out sadistic characters that just loves to torment the happy citizens of windsurfville.
Today, our arch nemesis laid low in the morning, making all the innocent Maui windsurfers in windsurfville think it would just be a mellow day in paradise and at that at most, we might get some light cruising winds in the sunshine. Alas, Dr. Evilwind had other plans. At 10:00am he sprung, with winds that were once a very light 4 mph to a sudden spike of gusts over 30. Not to be intimidated, our intrepid Maui windsurfers ventured out on the water on their small gear, 4.0s and 4.5s. "Waaaahhaaaa haaaaa," cackled Dr. Evilwind, and promptly shut down the wind a little before 1:00pm, forcing many a Maui windsurfer to have to swim their tiny gear in.
In a sure sign of his psychotic behavior Dr. EvilWind then proceeded to crank up the wind dial on his wind machine into the 30 gusting to 40 range with an extra evil twist to make it especially gusty and shifty and loosing his nefarious bloodthirsty hellhound mascot - Chop From Hell.
It says a lot about our citizens of windsurfville that despite Dr. Evilwind's best efforts, the windsurfers toughed it out and continued to sail. Some, including world champ Kevin Pritchard and fellow Maui Sails super sailor Phil McGain, along with a few Neil Pryde test guys, mocked the wind by blasting around a couple of slalom buoys on 6m+ race sails. I'm quite sure that this only enraged the evil wind doctor even more as he cranked up his wind dial even higher, into the perilous zone, ushering in average wind speeds around 35mph. But never fear citizens of windsurfville. We will overcome. We know that Dr. Evilwind is, pardon the pun, a blowhard. He won't last. He may have a few more tricks up his sleeve tomorrow, but rest assured, he will have blown his sorry self out within another day or so. And once again our pleasant, sunny, Maui windsurfing paradise will return.
Today, our arch nemesis laid low in the morning, making all the innocent Maui windsurfers in windsurfville think it would just be a mellow day in paradise and at that at most, we might get some light cruising winds in the sunshine. Alas, Dr. Evilwind had other plans. At 10:00am he sprung, with winds that were once a very light 4 mph to a sudden spike of gusts over 30. Not to be intimidated, our intrepid Maui windsurfers ventured out on the water on their small gear, 4.0s and 4.5s. "Waaaahhaaaa haaaaa," cackled Dr. Evilwind, and promptly shut down the wind a little before 1:00pm, forcing many a Maui windsurfer to have to swim their tiny gear in.
In a sure sign of his psychotic behavior Dr. EvilWind then proceeded to crank up the wind dial on his wind machine into the 30 gusting to 40 range with an extra evil twist to make it especially gusty and shifty and loosing his nefarious bloodthirsty hellhound mascot - Chop From Hell.
It says a lot about our citizens of windsurfville that despite Dr. Evilwind's best efforts, the windsurfers toughed it out and continued to sail. Some, including world champ Kevin Pritchard and fellow Maui Sails super sailor Phil McGain, along with a few Neil Pryde test guys, mocked the wind by blasting around a couple of slalom buoys on 6m+ race sails. I'm quite sure that this only enraged the evil wind doctor even more as he cranked up his wind dial even higher, into the perilous zone, ushering in average wind speeds around 35mph. But never fear citizens of windsurfville. We will overcome. We know that Dr. Evilwind is, pardon the pun, a blowhard. He won't last. He may have a few more tricks up his sleeve tomorrow, but rest assured, he will have blown his sorry self out within another day or so. And once again our pleasant, sunny, Maui windsurfing paradise will return.
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