torsdag 18 mars 2010

7 points scored on Tuesday

Kuau delivered some big waves. The smallest sets were mast high!
We had 7 swimmers due to broken gear and light winds!

Some pics: Maui surf report from Hookipa and the pros.

Johan getting big waves in Kuau: Gisela pics.

I went out and caught a couple of big ones. I do have respect for the amount of water in the wave, so I sailed quite safe.

After the grand day we sat on the log with some beer and admired the sunset and the sets rolling in..



Everybody happy in Kuau...

Wednesday we had a SUP and surfsession at Kanaha. No wind and glassy waves.


Kuau mart chicken bento in Kanaha with a begging dog...


Johan is enjoying the food:-)

Only two days left in paradise...
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tisdag 16 mars 2010

A big swell

After a short run in the morning from Paia to Kuau to looka at the swell I decided that Kuau would be a good spot for the day.
As I came back Russ was on his way out and the wind was quite light.
The waves were mast and a half. It was big. The wave was closing out and the wave was not really ridable.

Russ on his way out. Took a couple of tries before he got out, and he wasn't powered up either.


Oh yes. He caught a wave in the end! A nice and big one:-)

More pics

Most of the sailors in Maui went to Kanaha. Solid mast high sets. It was really crowded with between 5-10 people on each wave, mixed kiters and windsurfers.
After 16.00 there were a snaller crowd and the waves got a lot cleaner. An epic day in Kanaha:-)

I had a issue with a kiter, though. I got a masthigh wave, and being the most upwind, I started to ride it. In the end of the wave it started to break in a topturn and I was on top off the lip looking down were there is a kite below and scary lines. In a fraction of a second I started to scream to the kiter as I just went for the jump down. He just got the time to move the kite. And he cheered at me.
I really don't mind the people on the kites. It's the lines that I fear. Picture being washed in a masthigh wave with all theese lines being tumbled all around you. What a horrid thought!


Johan with 4 kites...


Ola getting off the wave with one hand.

Good day with nice and glassy waves in Kanaha. The wind was a bit on and off though. In the start of the day I did quite a lot of swimming, as did Ola I heard:-)

Just another day in Paradise...

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lördag 13 mars 2010

Downwind dash

The wind was superstrong and the swell was relativly small. We were on our way to Kuau-Mart for some lunch when we met Tracy who suggested we do a downwind dash.

This is our path from Kuau to Kanaha:

We ate our lunch at Hookipa, and took some pictures. The guys were rigging 4.2.

The famous rocks...


Topturn


Backloop.

More pics

At 1pm we left for Kuau. I rigged my new 3.5 Superfreak and tryed it out. I felt a bit underpowered so I went in and rigged 4.0. As everybody went out the wind started. All eight of us were overpowered all the way to Kanaha:-)
It was a nice ride. And now I have sailed in Sprecks and Camp one:-)

fredag 12 mars 2010

Crappy weather and loads of wind....

11 days of windsurfing without stop....20 days of windsurfing in total...
North shore has had some rainy days and the wind has been on for 24h which is unusual for Maui this time of year.


Ola one hand topturn.


Art in a bottomturn.


Debbie Brown aerial. She rocks, by the way.
A video from 1986


Ola: water and aerial.

I have bought a new 3.5 Superfreak. I haven't used it yet, though.
I tried a new Starboard custom around 50l with tree fins. I decided not to buy it...

Lesson of the day:
The oldest lava flow exposed on the east Maui volcano is about 1.1 million years old. Scientist believe that East Maui volcano (Haleakala) probably began it's growth about 2 million years ago.
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måndag 8 mars 2010

Aerials

I had the best day of windsurfing ever yesterday. I had a total of 5h divided in two sessions.
The biggest waves were mast high. The wind was on and off so a lot off struggeling...
I was on 55l board and 4.0 sail.
Today I felt I got the thing with smacking the lip on big waves. I even tried some aerials on the biggies. Some good, most heavy duty washingmashine:-)

Theese guys know their aerials:

Pascal...


Tracy...


Dale...


Dean catching a nice wave with gorgeous background.

More pics:
http://picasaweb.google.se/surfkate/WindsurfingAndTracyOnFire?authkey=Gv1sRgCO3XndL-q9aQsQE#

I have had 7 days windsurfing in a row, so today I had a day off. The swedes were out and the wind was onshore and the waves were dumping all at once.

Lesson of the day:
Maui is the second largest Hawaiian island.
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torsdag 4 mars 2010

Very windy session at Kanaha

A very windy day again. As we went to Hookipa the swell had good size. A guy with superfreak went in and as we studied him we realized that the waves were closing up all at once. Meaning not ridable waves. This has been the problem the last days. But we have had some good size wave though...
Hookipa.

We decided to go to Kanaha again....
There were still som nice sets so we rigged the smallest sail we had and went out.

Perfect timing taking the for the jump. The break is so far out that it makes it difficult to see. I was just taking a random picture when I took the pic. Notice the spray after the jump. It is extremely windy...

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Nice wave. A guy with broken rig...


What to do when your mate breaks the mast. Cool solution:-)


Surfkate in a bottomturn way too late...

More pics from the day:
http://picasaweb.google.com/surfkate/VeryWindySessionAtKanaha#

In the morning I had a chiropractor treatment. I have been in pain in the lower back since last session and this time I think he got to the source of my aching pain. I feel much better. I still have to take it easy while windsurfing and surfing. He told me to stop running as it a lot of strain to the back. So no more running for a while:-(
While windsurfing I don't really feel pain. Just don't feel as strong as usual. You use the core a lot while windsurfing...

Lesson of the day:
Population of America: 309,162,581 individuals.
1/3 are obese (BMI>30)
2/3 are overweight (BMI>25)

måndag 1 mars 2010

One ocean one love!

NE winds (onshore) and swell from north made Kanaha the only sailable spot today. The swell was big:-)
I got 2 nice hours on the water. The canal closed up at the big sets, so there was a bit of struggle to get out. I got about 10 goods waves and loads of swimming:-)


A canadian sailor in a bottomturn....


He quikly realizes that there is no way he'll make it. There is a lot of water pooring down.


Ola topturn..

More pics from today:
http://picasaweb.google.se/surfkate/Kanaha#
I saw at least 3 people in the water who dropped the rig and swam back in their board. The lifeguard had a busy day.
Johan broke his universal and lost his board in a big set. He hung on to his rig and a kiter had informed the lifeguards who came and picked him up after quite a swim.
We took the car down to kitebeach to look for the board. A supernice kiter had brought it in having one foot in the footstraps of each board. We gawe him a sixpack beer. He told us to inform the windsurfing community that they come in peace. One ocean one love:-)

Johan happy to find his board.

Gisela and yours truly did a interval run this morning.
I feel good and today I am worth the beer in my hand:-)

Lesson of the day:
More than 3,500 humpback whales come to Hawaii each winter to mate and give birth, making Hawaii USA's primary mating and calving ground for these endangered animals. Maui is where most of these whales are found. They are attracted to the shallow seas off Maui's south and western shores, the relative lack of predators and the warm water temperature.
Best period of whale watching is 15dec-15april.
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