Archive for January, 2009
Winter Sailing
Posted by
Russ 23 Jan, 2009
The windsurfing in Maui this month has been pretty insane. Last week there were 20-30 foot waves and strong Kona Winds, (backwards to Maui’s normal tack) and today I got to sail 20 foot waves going the regular direction. I had a solid day hooking up huge arcing turns on the face of these monster waves. It was a day that you really had to be on your game. One screwup, and you were in for a very long swim. It was very difficult to even get out through the waves, because they were coming in so close together. Once you did get out, it was a good idea to exit out of the wave early enough, in order to stay on the outside. I sailed early because I had to work in the afternoon. I can’t think of a better way to start your day, 20 feet and down the line.
The forecast is for another big swell on Saturday and lots of wind. I can’t wait to get some more good action.
Another Baja shot for your viewing pleasure. Credit goes to SoloSports Adventure Holidays.
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Happy Hollidays!!!
Posted by
Russ 6 Jan, 2009
The windsurfing has been good for the holidays. Christmas day was quite fun with good wind and waves. I sailed at Upper Kanaha with full power on a 4.2m sail. Big windswell was breaking across the outer reef providing opportunities for massive jumps. It had to be one of the best jumping days of the year with 6-9+ foot pitching ramps to be had all over the place. It was great day throwing down huge loops and just having a good time with a bunch of my windsurfing friends.
Other than that, I have had a couple good wave sailing days. I scored two rain soaked and very cold (for Maui standards) wave days up the coast near Ho’okipa. These were actually some of the most fun days, because they were completely uncrowded and the waves were big. You just had to wear a shorty wetsuit and shield your face from the pelting rain. One of the days was just a friend and me in head to logo high waves for three hours. The other was an equally uncrowded day, with just three of us out there trading waves.
Here are a couple more Baja pics from my September trip. Credit goes to SoloSports Adventure Holidays.
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