Archive for September, 2009
A Few Water Shots
Here is a sequence of me that I came across on Francky’s website (http://www.mauiwatershoot.com/WELCOME.html). He captured my Pushloop while Cyrus rode the wave. I remember it was a good clean jump that I landed. Maui has a good forecast for this upcoming week, so check back for more.
It has now been 3 weeks since I injured my foot, but the healing process is going well. I was on crutches for 10 days, and have steadily improved since. I think I was lucky it wasn’t worse. I had no broke bones, and both my knee and ankle escaped without any pain. Moving forward, I think with some strategically placed tape, I will be on the water in just a few days.
Russ
Back to Maui!
I returned to Maui in August, and have been blessed with top notch conditions throughout the period. I have been sailing almost every day. There has been a steady supply of small windswell waves to play with, and more recently a large out of season North swell arrived. The North swell provided some really epic conditions with 4.2 winds and logo to mast high+ waves breaking across the reefs. It was nice to have good power in the sail giving opportunity for massive jumps and powerful waverides.
I was having a great time when I crashed on a pushloop. My foot got twisted and yanked out of the footstrap injuring some ligaments. Fortunately I do not have any broken bones and look to be back on the water soon. For now, it is a very sore foot and no sailing.
I did get a few nice pictures of sailing, prior to my foot injury on that day. The water shots were taken by Dave Baker. He can be found at http://hotsurfphotos.com/view_photog.php?photogid=3. The jump was provided by OES Australia Maui.
