Summertime

It's summer time in Maui and that usually means no waves. But we occasionally get some small stuff at Uppers, good for backside riding and aerials. Here's some footage of local sailor Jazz Glickenhaus shredding Uppers. (QuickTime, 6.0 MB) Sorry about the quality, it was pretty far away.

Winds really cranked in yesterday afternoon. By noon, lots of people were already getting blown off of the water, visitors rushing back to the shops to get smaller gear. By the time I arrived around 3:00pm it was raging. I grabbed the 3.7 that my wife had been on and headed out. Woa! Way powered. I dare say I was even maxed out on that.

We were supposed to get more of the same today, but so far winds are only blowing about 20. Maybe the racers will get lucky and not have to sail their 5.0s in 30mph winds.