Maui Surf Report
come sailing with me!
That's what it looks like when watching this little video that I slapped together. Warning: the sound is everything in it. Make sure you are in an environment that allows you to hear (for example,… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
sunday beautiful sunday
Guess who's in my pic of the day… Levi tweaking an aerial (and landing it). Here's the rest of the photos in chronological order. This is from early morning at Kanaha: wind facilitated downwind… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
pic of the day!
Well, I'm not really sure what criteria Francky follows to select his picture of the day, but I'm sure happy to announce that yesterday's one is moi! I believe we all sail a little harder when… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Epic (part one)
These are the photos of Tuesday March 2nd. Thanks to Alex Buiton (good luck with the recovery of that broken foot) for taking them. The reason this one is the first one is not because it's the best,… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
close to epic (part two)
Well, the day after (Tuesday) the wind was a little lighter and the swell turned more north, so guess how was it?… Before we get to that, here are the GoPro photos of Monday, starting from a nice… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
close to epic (part one)
A little less wind and a little more north in the swell and Monday would have been totally epic (for my preferences). But sure enough it was a hell lot of fun. This is Nick Warmuth in my favorite… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
more on the Tsunami (or lack of thereof)
Alex sent these great photos (you may want to click on them to see better) that I'm happy to publish and comment. Let's start with this one. It's kite beach on what we can call the exhale of the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Big waves + tsunami warning
Here's some photos from Friday February 26th. The waves up the coast were big and mean. Nonetheless, a few sailors were out. This is Russ who, together with Art, tried to make it out for something… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
the death of my favorite board
If you really want to get into the drama of this post, you should first read the story of the best surfboard on the planet. ————————————————————- Wednesday… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
awesome outer reef SUP sesh
After that magic session on Monday, Tuesday an extra large NW swell made the north shore a big close out and fired up the outer reefs. Bart and I paddled to one of them and scored some beautiful,… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Yet another absolutely gorgeous day in Maui.
Thanks to the amazing HD GoPro camera, here you get a little of the magic surf session I had in the morning up the coast. Check the sky. In 2 and a half hours, I rode many beautiful walls of water… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
A bit al dente…
That's how Swedish sailor Ola Helenius defined the conditions at Hookipa yesterday. He also added that he received a nice treat by that set… I bet! Even Robby got mashed (thanks Douglas). What… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
tons of links
Right after I posted that last post yesterday morning, Maui offered me an awesome day, like if she wanted to show me that she still loves me… I started off with a surf session. Five of us, all… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Morocco and Cabo Verde
Maui just had a little spell of (relatively speaking) shitty onshore conditions (AKA 'high work advisory') and, even though if you knew where to go you could always squeeze a surf or windsurf… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
a couple of Mimosa's
Considering that my time is not infinite, would you rather have less photos with caption or more photos without caption? This post is an example of the latter. I do feel like writing a bit of… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
you should have seen my bum when I was 18!
Elena Pompei is beautiful and self-confident enough not to mind me taking photos of her. The fact that she designs and sells the bikini she wears probably helps… "I used to model" she said. "You… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Nico and Jason: magic out of nothing
That's what those two guys (whose last names are Drasimino and Diffin) were able to pull out yesterday. Check this shot of Jason. Unfortunately, I don't know how to tell Blogger to open the photos… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
one more way to hurt your foot while wavesailing
Hookipa looked like a typical spring day yesterday. For once, a day (actually two, since today should be similar) of break from the big waves, before yet another extra large swell will hit. It… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
The ridiculousness of religions
Religion – for some mysterious reasons – is a very sensitive subject. Actually it's quite understandable that you would feel a little awkward if someone tells you that what you believe is… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
together for… september! + friends + contests
Recently I saw a photo of two young lovers sweetly looking at each other with the caption "together forever". Being allergic to the word forever, here's my version with the model of the month… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
back in the water
Well, surfing sucked (still relatively speaking), but light wind wave sailing at Kanaha was quite a lot of fun. It's really great to see Matt Pritchard back in the water after that gnarly accident… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
it's all relative
Considering the incredible winter we're having, Saturday afternoon's conditions at Hookipa were considered below average… Not enough to stop Matt Meola and his buddies from ripping the hell out of… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Pascal loves Lanes
Post update. Looks like Francky loaded more photos of that day here. And the last photo of the gallery c'est moi. Thanks Francky! In the meantime today two things happened. Well, plenty more, but… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
An intense day of surfing
Once again in this UNBELIEVABLE winter, Sunday the waves in Maui were as good as they get. I checked Hookipa early morning and the spectacle was unreal. Way too many surfers for my ability though…. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Kauli gets wacked
Blog reader Rille sent the link to this video in which Kauli gets wacked by a big wave, destroys his gear and gets rescued by the lifeguards at Hookipa last Thursday. I hope this will contribute to… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
An intense day of wavesailing
After that teaser light wind day on Saturday reported in the last post, the wind in Maui has been extremely light again till yesterday (Wednesday) when it blew strong sideon in the late afternoon…. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
15 feet, 18 seconds from NW and still going up
Saturday January 16 saw excellent conditions for a super light wind slog and surf session at Hookipa. I caught a couple of really clean waves and then took a few pics. Kauli is an amazing sailor…. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
are the trades back?
Yes, but on the light side. In the meantime, yesterday we enjoyed a fun-nish session with the north wind. Don't be deceived by what you see, because these guys make it look 100 times better than… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
that epic kona day
Alex sent me the pics of the epic kona day we had on the 5th. Thanks a lot! Andres started out with a big bang. Hot Sails Maui team rider Alex Sansouci on a logo higher. Junko hits a lip… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
epic Kona Kanaha (or Kanaha Kona if you like…)
I've sailed the Kona at Kanaha about… twenty times maybe and yesterday was for sure the best so far. Reasons: 1) the wind wasn't crazy offshore as usual. It actually got more and more side off as… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
how to be happy without a 94 million dollars boat
Quite a few nice shots in this post… Let's start with this. You don't see often a yacht like that sailing off the north shore of Maui. You actually don't see any boat at all usually, since the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Happy, conscious, ecological 2010, folks!
Well, if you started it off by firing some stupid, dangerous, unnecessary, expensive and polluting fireworks, that was not a good start! Here's a nice sketch by my new friend Simona. She has three… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
dec 29 sesh
Well, Hookipa was beautiful but 100,000 people out. Kanaha was small. This place was empty, but many closeouts. I had fun and took some pics from the front of the 8.6. Hey, my thumb is in the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Honolua bay + more SUP shots
Ladies and gentlemen, Maui's most beautiful wave. Plenty drop-ins as usual. Glenn. Someone's legs. Don't look like Glenn's. This guy did the monster drop of the day. Catching a bomb… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
what a lineup!
Till yesterday afternoon I had a terrible problem: I had too many good photos to post and didn't know from which ones to start. But then I swung by Hookipa and ran into this kind of… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
gorgeous day
This is Hookipa this morning. Middles. The point. Nick Warmuth drops in at Lanes… …and looks from some shade from the sun. He's gonna love these shots. Brah, you have to thank your… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
All I want is a BIG swell for Christmas!
And looks like I'm gonna get it… Title, graph and the following forecast are from surfline.com Progressively larger NW groundswells will charge Hawaii over the week, climaxing with a big swell… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
don't be deceived…
…thanks to Alex's photographic skill, his great camera and the great light that the offshore wind and sunny sky provided, the conditions look great but they were really not at all. Alex did send… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
cement in my shoulders
What a stretch of phenomenal surfing we just had. Here's a short list of comments I got from Hookipa surfers about the conditions on Wednesday: – best day ever – as good as it gets – I got a barrel… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
7 days a week (Maui style)
Here's a video that celebrates the recent epic week of surfing we just had. More great surfing yesterday, today, tomorrow… my windsurfing calluses are falling off, but my surfing rashes are… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
windless paradise
Said by a windsurfer, it might seem weird to someone, but I absolutely love Maui without wind. Here's a few random photos taken yesterday at Hookipa. Today it was absolute calm till 10.30. As… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
day 7 of a series of big NW swells: another Jaws video
Lil post update. Ops, sorry for having posted the wrong video, it should be ok now. I'm also adding the link to some oxbow riders videos in which you can admire: – Kai Lenni riding Jaws for the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
day 6 of a series of big NW swells: outer reef SUP surfing
First, I'd like to spend a few words on the webcast of the Eddie Aikau that went on yesterday. Despite the fact that they were not as well organized as when the event is setup by the ASP, thanks to… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
day 5 of a series of big NW swells: Jaws
The Eddie is on! Today's photos and video. Come back tomorrow for the caption. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
day 4 of a series of big NW swells
Sunday saw the swell go down quite a bit. That meant that the lefts at lowers were rideable, but also that a lot of surfers were out. The rights were still better though, specially those ones that… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
day 3 of a series of big NW swells
Saturday report: the waves were big and a little all over the place with those three different periods overlapping. The lefts at Kanaha were mean and unridable, but I had some fun on the inside of… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
day 2 of a series of big NW swells
Man, I caught some of my best waves ever. Dawn patrol offered glassy, sunny conditions. Still plenty overhead up the coast. Here's a couple of snapshots. And here's an unedited clip of a… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
First day of a series of big NW swells… so much fun!
After surfboard and windsurf boards, those gopro cameras are the most fun toy ever invented… so much fun from giampaolo cammarota on Vimeo. The afternoon saw some light Kona winds and Pascal put… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
North Shore Poised for Epic Transformation: big, bigger and bigger.
I liked the title of one of those excellent surf contest update emails from Jodi Wilmott and I borrowed it, adding how the surf is today and how it is going to be: big, bigger, and bigger. The 5… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
birds and waves
Let's get rid of the birds first. Not exactly the same bikini top that Stephanie Gilmore wore when she won the contest at Sunset the other day (and together with that her third consecutive world… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
thanksgiving bliss + Jaws pics
Just updated this post with a few PS's at the bottom. ——————————————————————————– Yesterday was Thanksgiving and I gave plenty thanks… to… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
first HD gopro clip + upcoming Jaws
This is the first clip I shot with the new HD GoPro. first gopro HD clip from giampaolo cammarota on Vimeo. The action is not that exciting and there's a couple of drops on the lens, but I just… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
water shots!
Boy, was Hookipa crowded today or what? I chose to sail there only because there were two friends in the water that would have taken photos of me. Very hard to catch the good waves when the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
mid wipeout nap
Found this photos on FB: Russian sailor Seva taking Super Freak "comfort" to a whole new level! zzzz. Just a few words on the forecast that looks awesome. From the NOAA site: Outlook through… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Philippe + bunch of links
New NNW swell and very hard conditions yesterday at Hookipa with the wind that got shut down multiple times by the squalls. I managed to take a decent shot of Philippe. And now it's time to publish… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
various level of epicness
Just updated this post again with Pat Caldwell's contribution at the very bottom. Thanks a lot! ———————————————————————– Just did a meteo appendix to… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Kazuma standup test + forecast
A few days ago I committed with the owner of the shop I work for to test his new Kazuma SUP board, since he wanted to order a few for the shop and wanted to know my opinion. Finally I managed to go… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
wednesday 11 4
This day I only sat a few minutes trying to shoot from a different angle. I don't have a favorite shot, so here they are in chronological order. Nico at the bottom. Nico at the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
awesome monday (and tuesday)
I'm running out of titles here… You guys lucky. It's wednesday morning and once again I'm beat up from too much awesome sailing yesterday and I don't feel like going surfing. And even though I got… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Awesome sunday
What a couple of gorgeous days we had here in Maui: big waves, wind and sun! Sunday Hookipa was a great show with sets over mast high, very difficult conditions with a strong current that created… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
no yelling, but still great
I'm talking about Saturday, but it's actually my fault. I knew the first sets of the new swell would have shown up at sunset and I should have chosen a different spot more down the coast. Instead,… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
bloody awesome. beautiful. you got to be kidding me. yaaaaaaaa.
You know those waves that when you kick out of them you just have to yell something out of your lungs? Specially when you're completely alone and you're not conditioned by the presence of others?… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
a little bit of more environment catastrophe and a little bit of boom height talk
More bad news for ocean lovers (and not). I saw this on Jeff's blog. And this is the video that Windwiner linked in the comments: Boom height. Remember that sequence of me doing a couple of… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
a message in the waves that we keep ignoring + new rockstar contest sponsor + couple of videos
A few years ago I saw the wonderful movie "Hawaii – Message in the waves". That film changed my life. Since then, the amount of plastic bottles I personally introduced in the environment has been… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
What a fantastic Sunday! (part 2)
Did I say I'll post part 2 the day after I posted part 1?!? Shoots, I must have been busy! Anyway, as usual, I got so much stuff to post about and little time. So for now all you get is a slide show… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
what a fantastic Sunday! (part 1)
This island is magic. I've lived here for almost 8 years now and I'm still impressed (almost shocked, actually) by its beauty and by the all it has to offer to the ocean lovers (and not). As I… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
week recap + Hookipa Rockstar Contest sponsor updates
Been busy… doing what? Here you have it. Thursday 15: absolutely epic, glassy waves most of the day. Unfortunately I had already committed to helping a carpenter that I hired for a small… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
lots of surfing these days in Maui
I actually managed to squeeze in a sweet light wind wave sailing sesh on Saturday. No regular water start (only the light wind technique) and a couple of uphauls… that's how light it was. But… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
and that's another lovely fetch we got there, lads!
This time it's in the south Pacific… That'll send a big south swell around Oct 17th. These "out of season" south swells go relatively uncrowded because there's waves on the north shore. So if it… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
that's a lovely fetch we got there, lads!
A bit narrow, but still lovely. That's gonna send us some pretty big waves Sunday and Monday (as predicted on this blog 10 days in advance). The NOAA says that it will be double overhead, but still… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
the Alex files (3)
No wind and small (but on the rise) waves here in Maui. Let's grab something from the Alex files… This is an Israeli guy. I can't remember his name, but even if I did I would probably misspell it…. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Shitty or challenging?
Stimulated by the comments of the previous post and by the fact that the video of the double elimination is finally available online (two days delay… almost real time!), I feel like saying… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Manta rays at Hookipa + Sylt
IMO, Nico has the best backloop of all the Hookipa sailor. And considering the amount of talent in the water, that's something. The only other backloops that would compare are the ones of the good… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
the Alex files (2) + carpal tunnel syndrome + Sylt +links
Here's another sequence from the Alex files. If one would do a survey asking all the Hookipa sailors who they think is the guy ripping the hardest (I may well do that soon), I believe that the large… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
the Alex files (1) + the new (unreal) HD GoPro
Yesterday Alex brought me a memory stick with a bunch of photos he took at Hookipa lately. They are great and I will use them to fill the posting gaps when I don't have photos of my own to post…. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Windswell session!
Well, the waves may not be epic, but they're still a hell lot of fun! Yesterday Tuesday fortunately the lifeguards didn't close the parks (at least they didn't close Hookipa) and, despite the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Indonesia + Tsunami warning
12.40 update. So a tsunami did hit Samoa. Here's the sad >news. At the same time the warning for Hawaii has been cancelled. But I heard that the lifeguards will close all the beach parks from 1 to… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Big Hookipa
Second and last post update: at the end of the post I added a short clip of Robby's first wave and the links to a couple of other videos on the net…. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Trestles (day 3)
Third and last Trestles report. Let's start with a sequence of CJ Hobgood. Again, this is a mushy wave. Look how much speed (spray) he was able to generate on it. I think surfing is the sport in… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Trestles (day 2)
Welcome to Trestles: very civilized sign. For sure better than the bumper sticker "Welcome to Hawaii. Now go home". BTW, why is Middles not in the middle of Uppers and Lowers?? The waves at… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Trestles (day 1)
I'm back in Maui and that feels really, really good. As you will see from this post (and the following ones), California is not a bad place for surfing. But even if the water temperature was, for a… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
going to Trestles
I'm in LA packing up for a two nights camp at Trestle to surf and watch the contest. I'll have the privilege to have the company of Gianfranco, the most analytical surfer on Earth. And philosopher… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
my best day of the year
At a conference about sexual habits a speaker gets on the podium and shows the results of his studies about how often men have sex nowadays. Then he addresses the audience: "Well, let's see if we… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
act of love
Look what Francky was able to organize for Baptiste. More photos in this facebook album. PS. I just received an email from a close friend in Tahiti saying that there's no recent news. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Oregon session
Glenn sent me the link to this video documenting a session in Oregon. Got to love those GoPro cameras… The Windsurfer – Oregon Session from Glenn Haslbeck on Vimeo. Right now Maui is blessed… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
good luck Baptiste!
This is the kind of posts I hate doing. French windsurfer/surfer Baptiste Gossein has suffered a serious accident while surfing Teahupoo in Tahiti where he recently moved. Here's a short article… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Bruno's video
It's time for this video that I've been wanting to embed for a while. Oahu French sailor Bruno Sillac shot and edited this video while recovering from an ankle injury. It's mostly filmed at Da Spot… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
back to my old local spot
After 8 years, I went back and sailed my old local windsurfing spot of Scauri. Not exactly Hookipa Beach Park. Not exactly 4.7 side off and logo high. But, a bunch of old friends! Notice the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
the first official Hookipa Rockstar Contest rankings and sponsor!
There we go: I just started it and I already have a sponsor for the Hookipa Rockstar Contest: >Hot Sails Maui will donate one of their soon to be announced titanium mast extensions to the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
There we go, the Hookipa show is on again! Part 4 + The Hookipa Rockstar Contest
What a day! To summarize today's conditions I could just report Josh Stone's comment while exiting the water with his proverbially beautiful smile. "Man, that was some fun windsurfing!"… he was… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
There we go, the Hookipa show is on again! Part 3
Another grand day at Hookipa. Let's start with Robby, 'cause Robby is always Robby. The waves were a bit smaller, the crowd was overwhelming (almost 40 sailors in the water from 2 to 3pm), the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
There we go, the Hookipa show is on again! Part 2
This post has 25 photos and 2 videos. It's a new record, I think… The swell built in size compared to Friday and yesterday Hookipa was solid head to logo high with some mast high sets. Only… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
There we go, the Hookipa show is on again!
As forecasted on this website a week ago (I love when I see a swell before reading about it on some other websites) the first swell of the season out of the north pacific hit Hawaii. It's… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
two loves
I have two loves: surfing and windsurfing. I just keep getting perpetually stoked on both, depending on the conditions. These days it's windy and there's a consistent windswell: 6 feet, 8 seconds… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Francky, the windsurfing viagra.
Sailing at Hookipa is even more fun these days. My buddy Francky has got into water photography and he's in the water every day. He's got a website where he publishes his best shots of the day…. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
more hurricane surf photos
Done with that Wednesday August 12 and the waves that Felicia sent, let's have a look at these other photos that Alex sent (thanks again!). Tuesday August 18th, same east facing beach, this swell… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Epic, short and very rare: the final sequence
Back to Nick Warmuth on that Wednesday august 12. I really love the background in these photos (click on at least one to appreciate it). And I must not be the only one, since Windsurfing magazine is… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
the best august I can remember (surfwise on the north shore)
So, after an incredible June-July combo filled with back to back episodes of south swells that I thoroughly (if I got the spelling right, it's pure luck) enjoyed in Oahu, now that I'm back in Maui we… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Epic, short and very rare: another sequence
Second sequence of the Nick Warmuth show at Waiehu. It's almost sure by now that Guillermo will NOT create the same conditions, since its remnants will pass too far north and will be too weak to… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Epic, short and very rare: an aerial sequence.
This sequence shows how fun the conditions were on that Wednesday morning and how good of a sailor Nick Warmuth is. There's another sequence of photos in which Nick is more upwind on a bigger wave… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Epic, short and very rare: the preface.
Something very special happened on the morning of yesterday, Wednesday August 12th on the island of Maui. The ex hurricane Felicia had been downgraded to tropical depression, but it still had the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Felicia hits Maui hard
Check the damage! Allright, I'm kidding. The video is from Taiwan, where the typhoon Morakot is doing some serious damage. Felicia, instead, hasn't done any damage at all (yet). It sent some… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
blog author caught in a cutback! + Nico's video part 2
Ray is a great photographer. Why? Because he makes me look good. In the email he sent me with these photos he said: "I seem to remember some guy talking about how windsurfers couldn't do cutbacks…. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
windkookin 2009 (part 1)
Just received this video from Nico. The first part features some crazy Kona footage, the central part some of his Argentinian buddies (you don't want to lend your gear to Juanma!) and at the end… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Little Beach + links
Little Beach never disappoints. The guy is a 'traveling yoga teacher' and the (gorgeous) girl is one of his students from Switzerland. He's now teaching at Nadia's studio in Kuau if you want to… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
should have hired Bush…
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Oahu wrap up
I'm back in Maui and this is the last post about the Oahu trip. As you guys know already, it has been an awesome trip. I was incredibly lucky and scored great conditions pretty much every day. I… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 46 – Thousand!
I sure would have liked wave number 1000 to be a good one, but unfortunately it wasn't. Wave 999, instead, was not a bad one so that's what you get. This quick post is to celebrate the achievement… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 45 – two waves shy of…
A bit of surfing and a bit of sailing made for a total of 21 waves today. That brings the total to 998. Links and news. – Brett Simpson won $100,000 (one hundred thousand dollars!!!) at the Us Open… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu days 43 and 44
THANK YOU HARRY for sending these amazing photos. The US Open of surfing is taking place in Huntington Beach and the waves are just massive over there. I watched live on the webcast Kelly Slater… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu da 42
What an awesome day of surfing! Morning session at Publics. Inconsistent, but glassy, big and not crowded. I really like this place because it offers big steep drops that mellow out immediately… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu days 40-41 – how to break a mast
First, let me quickly mention that day 40 that was below average, both for surfing and windsurfing, because the old swell was on the way down. Day 41, instead, could have potentially been one of the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 39
It's official: I'm in love with Da Spot. What another awesome session yesterday! Sorry Pascal if this is going to hurt you more, but I took a break between my two sessions and had time to take some… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 38
Another superfun day at Da Spot. I timed it right and got in the water around 11 on a rising tide and a rising swell. Two of us for most of the times. Beautiful belly to head high clean waves. I… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 37
No action shots today, so you have to live with this one, which, I believe, will make someone happy… Those three 81s are mine, Clay's and Hans'. When Pascal sold me that board he said:"it's going… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 36
Yet another fun day at Da Spot. Not quite as fun as yesterday because… the wind was stronger! The stronger I got it so far: fully powered on the outside with a 4.7. Good, you would think. Bad, I… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 35 – it's an all about me post
Peculiar: the worst surf session and the best sailing session in the same day! Let's get rid of the first. I went to Suicides again and the conditions were pretty similar to the day before. So, what… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Oahu days 33-34
The waves are back and I'm back in the water. On day 33 I only sailed in the afternoon at Da Spot and it was great fun. Waist to shoulder high, as light/offshore/gusty as you can imagine. As clean… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Oahu days 31-32
As anticipated, I took a couple of days off the waves. Actually not exactly, since Sunday my Oahu friends took me to Makapuu, a lovely east facing beach were the shore break is perfect for body… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu days 29-30
Got a bit behind with the posts, so here's two days in one. Friday (day 29) I surfed Concessions and sailed Da Spot again. Both sessions quite fun, despite the small size of the waves and the long… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 28
Yesterday I surfed a break called Concessions and I had a lot of fun. My first time there wasn't as good, since the waves were bigger and kinda closing out. But yesterday, if you had the patience to… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 27
Not the best day, but still better than working… I sailed Da Spot in the morning. It was good for 20 minutes, then it got so light that it became a bit frustrating to see perfect clean waves go by… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
jeffrey's bay
Can't be bothered with the Oahu post tonight. Maybe tomorrow. The ASP contest at Jeffrey's Bay is about to start and I looked on youtube for some clips just to get into the webcast mood. Here's a… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 26 – diamond head
Nah, me and Diamond Head don't get along… Sure, it was slightly bigger than yesterday at Da Spot (before the high tide killed everything). But size is not everything (I bet you heard that one… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 25 – back to work!
After a (great) week in Maui, I'm now back in Oahu. This guy made Diamond Head look good. Must be the board… I sailed Da Spot instead. It was a lot smaller (like waist to shoulder high), but… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Duck dives photo contest
Someone saw this photo linked on beachtelegraph.com and sent me an email entitled "Got you beat". I'm not sure… I took the challenge and retrieved my best duck dive shot from the archives. What do… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
what a season!
Without any doubt the best start of the summer season since 2001. Check Pat Caldwell's latest forecast (not that I didn't know that already, but it's comforting to read Uncle Pat's confirmation)…. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
La Perouse
Well, there's waves in Maui too. Actually, as I said already, when the buoys are at four feet or more, I think Maui is better than Oahu! This photos are from Sunday, when the buoys were already… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
a break from Oahu
Here's a list of things that happened yesterday (day 24): – most of Waikiki breaks were still closing out – the wind was too light at Da Spot (and the forecast calls for even lighter winds: no… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 23 – shiatsu + epic Ala Moana
After 22 days in a row of either surfing and/or windsurfing, I finally had a massage. I decided to give Shiatsu a try. Well, it was not even remotely as pleasant as a regular massage, but when I… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 22 – and now back to surfing time!
What another gorgeous day. Beautiful waves all day long in Waikiki. I surfed Publics in the morning with 5 other people (!). Then I went to check out Da Spot, but the wind wasn't there. They told… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 21 – secret spot
Scott took me to a secret spot. Amazing how in multi million inhabitants Honolulu you can still find a spot to surf completely alone. Very difficult to access, took us 30 minutes from the car to the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 20 – the start of a new long lasting south swell
South swell is back and the waves at Da Spot were in the head high range. I caught 33 of them in two sessions. In the break I let a sailor called Thomas try my 81l Quatro twinzer. Here's a couple of… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Oahu day 19 – more windsurfing
I just discovered another lovely characteristic of Da Spot: it's always better than what it looks like from the beach… 38 waves caught in a single session of two hours, once again most of the time… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 18 – it's all about sailing these days
The wind is blowing, the swell is down, the only option is windsurfing. Not that I'm complaining… it's so much fun over here! With a 9 feet windswell, I'm pretty sure that Hookipa had some waves… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 17 – fun windsurfing
The wind is blowing and waist to shoulder high waves at Da Spot offered fun wavesailing conditions. Provided that one can handle the extreme gusts and holes of the wind and the shallow reefy bottom,… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 16 – north shore
Together with a friend, we went to the north shore and "scored" Pipeline and Sunset breaking (actually even Waimea Bay had waves and three surfers catching them when we drove… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 15 – finally some fun wavesailing
This little video will tell more than my words. Not epic, but fun. Finally fun. The place can get better, I'm sure. But tomorrow there's a NW swell… It was the first day that I didn't surf in the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Oahu day 14 – a bit of frustration
Day started ok with a surf session at those breaks on the Kewalo other side of the Magic Island. Concessions, I think is the one I surfed. Nothing epic, a bit windy at times, a bit closing out at… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 13 – shoulda rested
Today I learned a very basic rule of surfing. You surf TOO MUCH the day before? You're gonna suck the day after. Yeah, yesterday I overdid it (12 days in a row of surfing didn't help either) and… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 12 – Rice Bowls… not!
Wow, it was big today! Probably the biggest since I'm here. 5 feet and 15 seconds at the west buoy, that's a lot for a south swell. I went to check a spot called Rice Bowls, allegedly a hollow and… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 11 – one wave at China Walls
11th day in a row of awesome surfing. More to come with a healthy mix of windsurfing action too in the second half of the week. And, after I checked the north pacific weather map, even an out of… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Oahu day 10 – Relentless energy from the South Pacific.
That was the title of an email from the Surfline forecaster to inform me that the day that I will finally give my abused body a rest is far to come. Bloddy hell, how was my timing in coming to… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 9 – Suicides + Sea Lion sailing
Yet another gorgeous day here in Honolulu. The consistency of the weather is incredible. It's always sunny, hot and dry. The reason, as one can easily guess, is the direction of the trade winds… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 8
I don't know how to start this post with… I'll randomly pick some radical tandem standup paddle surfing action. Enough of that, let's admire the beauty (and strength!) of the body of this… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
oahu day 7
Can't believe the first week went already. But I got seven more! 
No time for photos and stats tonight. The swell is up and I want to ride that China wall again tomorrow: got to go to… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Oahu day 6 – the coolest bench in the world
……………………….is it or what?! That's where I'm going sit to film China walls next time it goes off. All this hard work just for you guys. Well, I look all relaxed, but I wish I… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Oahu day 5 – China walls
Here's how the China walls chapter of "Surfer's guide to Hawaii" by Greg Amborse ends: "Smaller days will allow you to perfect your slashing techniques on lefts, but if you luck into one of those… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Oahu day 4 – a wave at Publics
Have you read yesterday's post? Well, I went back to Publics today. The one in the video is a wave of the first kind: "sluggish and somewhat slow"… Imagine how good it is when it's of the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Oahu day 3 – Publics
That's the name of the spot I surfed today. And that's a brilliant description of it taken from "A surfer guide to Hawaii" by Greg Ambrose. Click on the photos, it's readable. "Numerous… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Oahu day 2 – the real post
Here we go, a few pictures from Friday June 5th. The low tide exposes some reef and some human trash… plastic, of course. At Ala Moana Bowls the Hawaii State Surfing Championships was taking… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Oahu day 2 – lil DH video
Not a proper post, but I didn't want to leave you guys without your daily fix… Lots of stuff to post, but no time to do it since I'm heading here tonight… So, live with this shitty lil video for… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Oahu day 1
First day in Oahu and already double windsurfing/surfing session. That's because in the morning I was able to pick up my gear that arrived safe and sound at the harbor. BTW, the number of cubic feet… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
the wind is back + Oahu quiver + perfect timing
After more than a month, the trade winds are back in Maui. And there's waves too out of the NE! Both Saturday and Sunday were fun wave sailing days. Here's a few pics from Sunday at Hookipa (sorry,… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Bart made it!
I just want to congratulate with Bart with his great performance and make sure that you guys don't miss the post he made to announce the end of his tour of Maui on a standup board. PS. French Wind… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
SUP board for Oahu + Bart's adventure + new blog sponsor
Here's my latest take (off) on standup surfing. As I already stated, I prefer regular surfing (unless it's one to two feet, in which case, the SUP surfing is more fun). BUT, SUP surfing is a great… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
lil interview with Pascal
Pascal Bronniman (Quatro sales manager) sold me yet another board (the 81l twin fin is too good not to own one) and I asked him a few questions about the Oahu sailing conditions. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Intense vacation start forecast
The lack of wind is the talk of the island these days. I personally love it, as long as there's waves to ride. So unusual to see glassy waves in the morning that stay clean all day in Maui… Cookie… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
what did I do lately?
Well, I did a lot of this to select the SUP board to take with me to Oahu (results to be revealed in an upcoming post)… …very little of this (I actually did sail today — kind… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
SUP race + some good surfing + rooms for rent!
Been busy lately, time to catch up. Here's a few photos from the Olukai SUP race that was held on Sunday. It was supposed to be a downwinder, but it ended up being a nowinder. The usual Dave Kalama… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
lil environmental post
I received this presentation and I thought it's well done. Water Disaster Publish at Scribd or explore others: The reason I think it's well… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Fire test
Windnews, the italian windsurfing magazine I work for, published the test of the Hot Sails Maui Fire and Jeff asked me to translate it for him. That made me think that somewhere I had some nice… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
The Oahu movie, scene one, take one
First unedited (long) clip of The Oahu movie. Without expressing any commitment at all, would anyone care leaving a comment about the idea of making a movie out of the Oahu trip? [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
sunday at the beach
There we go: the north shore has gone flat and while there's 3 to 4 feet in Waikiki, there's 1 to 2 feet on Maui's south shore. But this time, I kicked back, relaxed, took photos and didn't care too… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
mast feet (or foots?) + that one turn
As everybody knows, the two main systems are: the euro-pin and the double clips. Most of the disconnected board cases that I am aware of, happened because the euro pin disconnected in the wipeout…. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
lil video + summer plan
Howzit everyone. This is a lil video that shows some pristine wave sailing conditions: light and offshore wind, glassy waves. When was this? April 23? Well, April wasn't that bad then… Actually,… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Freak Meet
This was a great event organized by Hot Sails Maui last Sunday. Light wind (good for longboard sailing) and sunny, lots of people showed up to show off their Superfreaks and socialize. I got too… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
short Kauli interview
Just received a FB message about the Freak Meet event that says: WE ARE STILL ON!!! Rain or shine, wind or no wind let's meet at Kanaha at 10 AM! Then it's all up to weather… but we will have fun… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
GoPro
A blog reader sent me the link to these two incredible GoPro Wide clips. The first one shows John John Florence getting a 5 seconds barrel at Backdoor Pipe. The second one shows Jamie Sterling going… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
awesome superlight wind session
Never planed once. Shoulder high waves. 4.7 Superfreak UL absolute perfection in light wind. Blog author never stuck so many aerials in one single session before. Blog author happy. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
blog author in Hana
Blog author shows that it's possible to bodyboard even with an amputated leg. He just got to figure out a better way of wearing the fin. Blog author knows how to look sexy. Blog author decides… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
A couple of memorable sessions
Here are some photos from Wednesday late afternoon session. Andres, when the wind was still cranking. Me and Kauli (it's a thrill just to write that…) Carbon copy of the previous turn. Way… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
non pro sailors post
Strong and gusty wind yesterday at Hookipa. This is the iWindsurf.com graph. Way too windy for me, I got in the water at 5.20 and sailed till 6.20. Clearly the last 20 minutes were my favorite…. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
The butterfly effect downwind
Here's a very appreciated contribution by Tim in the comments. Tatiana and Juliana's Butterfly Effects are non-profit events bringing together water-women, of all skills levels, for a fun… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
sunny side up
Looks like it's going to be rainy for a few days here in Maui, so it's time to finally publish this post that got delayed a couple of times, because I had too much stuff to… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
(@#$%ing) look where you going!
I was filming a client at Lowers and I cut this little 9 sec video to show how dangerous crowded waves can be. The guy was so focused on the sailors downwind of him that he didn't check the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Robby's jump video + yesterday's report
This post was going to be about yesterday's sesh at Hoo, but before I published it, Cookie posted a comment with a Vimeo link to a Keith Teboul cutback. Thanks Cookie, that's a perfect example of a… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Cutback or top turn?
Inspired by those comments in the last post, I wrote this reply that than I upgraded to the status of post. It was a comment, but I decided to make a post of it. Comments and posts. Two different… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
the lighter the wind the smaller the sail
Starboard photoshoot yesterday afternoon at Hookipa. Not quite sure it was worth to rent an helicopter for those "average" conditions, but what do I know… I got a few shots, but no time to sort… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Maui trash bin
Yet another fun 4.0 and windswell sesh today. The only photo I took was this one in Makawao. Been kinda windy and gusty lately… Not quite enough for a post, but here's a clip (thanks Rick) that… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Houston, we have a problem!
When I saw Robby Naish's first jump I thought:"I better zoom out next time". Two minutes later. Wild conditions today at Hookipa. The iWindsurf.com graph shows how from 3 to 4 the wind was 10mph… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Gertrude and Gennaro
Boy, am I having fun with this prolonged windswell or what? Hookipa is shoulder to head high every day (better on the rising tide), the wind is blowing strong and even if the spot is still… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
lost gear
Two boards were lost Thursday at Hookipa. If you found them down the coast, email me (address on the right) and I can get you in touch with the owners. Also, Juan found a boom at Kanaha a few weeks… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
top level show
As easily anticipated on the page, today the show at Hookipa was top level. The best sailors in the world going for the craziest stuff in mast high waves and strong wind. I got many good shots in… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
calling for a rest
That's what my body is doing. Another day of extraordinarily strong and gusty (=awful) wind here in Maui. I chose the right week to test sails of four different brands I have access to… clearly… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
strong and gusty (and awful)
Boy, what another day of gusty, strong, awful wind it was… This is the iWindsurf.com Hookipa graph. The only steady thing in it, is the oscillation between 15 and 30… I went out, didn't get any… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
winter is over
Well, the 'sunny side up' post gets post-poned again. I put it up this morning but I took a bunch of pics in the afternoon and here they are. I picked four shots for the main page and a clear… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
light wind Lanes
Well, I posted something else this morning, but then I took a bunch of pics this afternoon, so that original post is going to be… post-poned. Surfers in the water at Hookipa, for the second… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Kanaha with the Kona shots
Big thanks to Alex who sent me these photos. Here's the text of his email: Weather was not the best for shooting and the distance to the waves made it tough to get good shots (also without a… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
da harbor part 2
More photos from yesterday's action. Matt Kazuma Kinoshita. This is still that wedgy wave by the jetty. This is the left by the buoy instead. This wave is one of my favorite in Maui, but I… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
the harbor goes off
What a swell! I got so much stuff to post, it might take me a week! Tonight I'm so tired (I did some paddling…) that I will only post a few photos. Come back for more later. The Waimea buoy went… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Readers' contributions
First of all, a reader's email that contributed to inflate my already big ego: Hi GP, I love your website. It's far and away the most enjoyable presentation of windsurfing and surfing online and in… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
a magic session
No, unfortunately I wasn't talking about this one (thanks to blog reader Sam for sending it). Not even about this one. Or this one. I was just talking about a windsurfing session. Many are the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Maui's Ponta Preta.
Maui is an island. If the wind is side-on on the north shore, it's side off somewhere else… Levi. KP sequence. Nick Warmuth sequence. Swift sequence. Levi sequence. Last one… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
I need a day off and a massage!!!
I'm going to start this post by commenting about the unusual conditions we are having here in Maui. Here's the weather map of March 1st, but I could have chosen any day of the past week or any day… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
contributors' post
Not much to post about. Conditions suck and will keep sucking for a while. Big, messy and stormy surf, sideon wind, kind of cold. I have fun no matter what, but it's definitely not classic… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
sea lion back side action
No, this post is not about the sex habits of marine mammals. It's about the craziest looking board on the market: the AHD Sealion. Here's a little video I shot today (8-10 knots of wind). sea… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
Mark Angulo's Mutant
Last week I asked Mark Angulo a few questions: GP: "Mark, how many times have you tried your Mutant?" Mark: "Thousands…" GP: "How many times have you landed it?" Mark: "Five, two of which perfectly… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [Link]
