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Harry Member Member#: 186 Location: Registered: 14-04-2003 Diary Entries: 418 |
1st April 2009 Windsurfing: Hookipa Wind Direction: ENE Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Sunshine and showers Max Speed: Distance Covered: After a week of sailing messy short period windswells at last a NW'ly groundswell has hit the north shore. So how was Ho'okipa looking today? Solid logo with frequent mast+ sets - yep, big. Add in yet again howling winds and the result was a manic day of full power windsurfing. I almost bottled it when we first arrived on the beach but somehow ignored my fears and in the end sailed for almost 3 hours. Would like to claim that I "ripped it up" but that would be lying...was sailing pretty tentatively most of the time in the mental conditions but still locked in to a fair few monster waves. There were many more memorable Maui moments today including: 1) Sharing the water with windsurfing legend Robby Naish on his home break. 2) Top turning on a solid overhead section to see world champ Kauli Seadi looking straight up at me as he was about to sail out over the same wave. 3) Tracking a swell line from out back in tandem with top UK sailor Robby Swift who then conceded the wave to me with a grin as it began to peak. 4) Overtaking the world's fastest windsurfer Antoine Albeau. (ok, he was slowing down to wait for a wave, but still...) Great day. :) |
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