Don’t worry, this post has nothing to do with planes. It’s about an incident that occurred during my last session on Maui, and about the most beautiful sunrise on the island of Maui (it’s what they say). One day before the end of the Maui portion, we were pleasantly surprised with some very nice wind [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Last minute airborne panic and Haleakala sunrise
Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Surf in Honolua bay, freestyle in Kihei and wave sailing in Kanaha
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Before I begin, I want to apologize to anyone who is reading my blog for the long wait since the last post. At least, this one is going to be a big one. First of all, I discovered, last week, one of the most amazing waves on the island of Maui, Honolua bay. It’s a [...]
Kona wind is better than no wind
Posted in Uncategorized on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today was quite a special day : the first planning day since probably more than a month! Wind did return to Maui’s north shore, but it was no ordinary trade wind, it was a Kona wind. The usual trade winds blow from the north-east, creating what windsurfers call starboard tack sailing conditions, meaning that the [...]
The new stick
Posted in Uncategorized on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Due to the complete absence of wind here on Maui for the last month, I’ve been spending most of my time surfing, and I’ve come to realize that the board I bought when I first got here, a Hawai’i 6’8” squash tail, was not really the kind of board I should be using. The board [...]
