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. Lots of fun in some unusual conditions (yes, sideon is unusual for Maui...).

Today, instead, it went back to a regular easterly trade direction (after something like a month and a half).
The waves were big and gnarly at Hookipa (I heard of Kauli destroying his sail and been rescued by the lifeguards) and most pros were down at Kanaha.
I got lucky and sailed for a couple of hours with manageable 4.7 wind, before it went up again around 5 and made the whole quality of the sailing way worse (overpowered and overchopped).
Not an epic day, but a hell lot of fun for most sailors (me included) after such a long wavesailing abstinence.

Other than a possible Kona day on Saturday though, the next windy day might be in exactly one week, next Thursday when another very temporary high pressure cell will build just north of the islands. One week wind forecasts... I honestly don't trust them. In the meantime though, no shortage of waves and that's what counts in my world.

I took out my new HD GoPro camera and shot some video clips. In the meantime that I slap them together, please enjoy these photos.

I like the colors in this one.


Andres backloops downwind of me.


It looks like I'm in the right spot at the right time, right?


Two seconds later...


I had the camera on the shots every two seconds. Unfortunately, it didn't shoot when Omri was at the apex of his jump, otherwise you guys could admire how freaking high he went, before wisely ditching everything.


Wow, I'm exhausted (thank god for the Superfreaks, otherwise I'd be even more tired!). My legs are sore for all that bouncing on the chop. Time to go to bed. Also because tomorrow might offer good surfing conditions.

What a life.

PS. The Volcom Pipeline Pro starts tomorrow (wave permitting).