Saturday Morning Surf Report

We're starting the weekend off with virtually calm conditions everywhere across Maui this morning. They say that hope springs eternal. With that in mind, I think there is some small hope for sailable wind today, but I think tomorrow is the day we'll likely see our trade wind return.

So, what's a Maui windsurfer to do on a Saturday morning when there's no wind? Surf the web for windsurfing-related stuff of course. Couple of items of interest this morning for my "surf report." According to Glenn James, Maui's unofficial weatherman, we're starting to see an El Nino pattern set up in the Pacific. What this means for Hawaii is "less than the normal amount of autumn and winter into spring rainfall amounts; lighter than normal winds; more than the normal amount of high surf events; and the possibility of late season tropical storm activity this autumn."

The other item of interest related to Maui windsurfing that I came across is, The Windsurfing Movie. If you haven't hear of this, John Decesare and Jace Panebianco are in the process of making a full-length windsurfing motion picture - for release in movie theaters next spring. Check out their website, - they've got a trailer for the movie, which, if you can get past the first minute or two of credits and setting shots, has some killer action shots of sailing on Maui, mostly Hookipa. The film looks like it will tell the stories of four windsurfers, Robby Naish, Kai Lenny, Jason Polakow and Levi Siver. Definitely some big names and big talent. Looking forward to seeing that on the big screen here on Maui. So, if it doesn't look like you're going to get on the water and sail today, check out the trailer and get stoked for the next time you can get out.