Kids Who Rip
Maui's own Bernd Roediger is a featured ripper on the Kids Who Rip website. Pretty cool to see a kid that we see at the beach every day featured. Kids like Kai Lenny, featured in the latest Windsurfing Magazine and Conner Baxter have gotten a lot of press lately, but for my money, kids like Bernd and Kalani Hunt are the fun ones to watch. Also watch out for Dave Ezzy's daughter. She can't be older than 6 or 7 but she rips. All these rippers will no doubt bring a bit more attention to windsurfing over the next several years. Anyway, congratulations Bernd!
Yesterday's wind on the north shore never really got going. I hear Kanaha slalom racer Captain Greg was the only one really planing - on his 10.5 sail and formul board. Kihea was windier again due to the northerly component in the wind. Waves were miniscule everywhere, even at Hookipa where they were reportedly about knee high. Might get a north swell in the next day or two from an area of low pressure to our north, but it may coincide with a few days of light wind early in the week.
There was a great turn out last night at Kanaha park for a memorial to our departed friend Bob Peck. Seventy or more people gathered on the beach to remember Bob. A friend of Bob's brought his bagpipes and played a mournful eulogy, bringing tears from the clouds blowing on shore. If you come to Kanaha in the future and see sailors patting a post by the bench at the launch at Uppers before they head out, and wonder what's up with that, this is our way of remembering Bob as we head out to sail.
It's Sunday morning here on Maui and we've got some rain showers along the north shore, making for a soggy morning, but also giving all the mothers out there some nice rainbows for a Mother's Day present. Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there.
Yesterday's wind on the north shore never really got going. I hear Kanaha slalom racer Captain Greg was the only one really planing - on his 10.5 sail and formul board. Kihea was windier again due to the northerly component in the wind. Waves were miniscule everywhere, even at Hookipa where they were reportedly about knee high. Might get a north swell in the next day or two from an area of low pressure to our north, but it may coincide with a few days of light wind early in the week.
There was a great turn out last night at Kanaha park for a memorial to our departed friend Bob Peck. Seventy or more people gathered on the beach to remember Bob. A friend of Bob's brought his bagpipes and played a mournful eulogy, bringing tears from the clouds blowing on shore. If you come to Kanaha in the future and see sailors patting a post by the bench at the launch at Uppers before they head out, and wonder what's up with that, this is our way of remembering Bob as we head out to sail.
It's Sunday morning here on Maui and we've got some rain showers along the north shore, making for a soggy morning, but also giving all the mothers out there some nice rainbows for a Mother's Day present. Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there.
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