On this blog you'll find a daily analysis of the forecast of the surf, windsurf, kitesurf and foiling conditions in Maui.
Sunday, December 18, 2005
these waves look even bigger because the only sail up is the little one of Kai Lenny... well, they look just as big as they must have looked to him. How old is he? 13?!?! I barely knew how to ride a bycicle when I was 13...
Today I met Kai and he told me that he had a 2.2, but the wind was just too strong. He said it was 50 knots. Well, on the hill it felt for sure more than 40, but not 50. But in the water it could have been stronger. I saw a guy losing his board in an off the lip and the board flew at least 50-60 yards away (not too fun to swim in that corrent). So, I believe it. Anyway 40, 50 knots who cares. It was blowing like crazy. PS. In case you didn't notice, I'm one of those windsurfers who claims to be able to detect the wind speed just by feel... just like any other windsurfer. The difference is that I really can! :-)
Born and raised in Italy, I became an engineer and worked 11 years in the IT industry. Sick of that, in 2001 I wanted to take a year off and spend it in Maui, the best windsurfing spot in the world. Not only I'm still here (in Maui), but I also got into surfing. And the stoke is flying high. Life is too short to work 8 hours a day...
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Today I met Kai and he told me that he had a 2.2, but the wind was just too strong. He said it was 50 knots. Well, on the hill it felt for sure more than 40, but not 50. But in the water it could have been stronger. I saw a guy losing his board in an off the lip and the board flew at least 50-60 yards away (not too fun to swim in that corrent). So, I believe it. Anyway 40, 50 knots who cares. It was blowing like crazy.
PS. In case you didn't notice, I'm one of those windsurfers who claims to be able to detect the wind speed just by feel... just like any other windsurfer. The difference is that I really can!
:-)
picture saved on my desktop. Thank you Cammar!
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