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MAUI, Hookipa 26.09.2010

2010-10-06T21:34:00.011-10:00

Hookipa 26.09.2010 from Happysurfer on Vimeo.

Ok, here we go again with some text. I don’t know how many blog readers I have left now, but about writing, when I was back home in Norway, there was no time for writing...I was writing on an subject book on my work witch had a deadline, and for me the creativity must be focused one place at a time. And the windsurf back home in Norway was for me not so mush to write about or for readers to read about but there was many super nice days with all the good friends on the water back home. So then linked her, one of the reasons for not blogging at Maui so far. I have bought me a Canon 7D witch is not only nice to take pictures with it is also nice to shoot video with. I am so so happy with the camera. I have then made a movie from Hookipa on the big day 26 Sep 1010. The quality of the material ended up so good that I decided to offer some work in editing a good windsurf video in the way I want to see a windsurf video. I my opinion we also need all the videos with quick shifts and hard music with spectacularly moves, but I felt there was not so many videos out there showing the pure nature and communication between the windsurfer and the wave. To be honest my biggest inspiration to my amateur windsurf movie is the pro film thewindsurfingmovie I, I have not seen thewindsurfingmovie II yet. One of the scenes I have to see again and again is for sure the opening scene with the back loop and push loop..filmed from helicopter, and from an super smuth and shifting angel, and so suitable music. The other favorite scene in windsurfing movie I is from Morocco...the sand the wave and again the choice of music. So then with that influence I made a video edited it with quite many 50 fps filmed slow motion clips, made it as a sort of presentation on different sailors and a presentation of hookipa on a big day. I also offered a lot of work to find the right music to the film, and have got many good feedbacks on the choices. For me the music has so much to say in a windsurf movie like this. I think electronica like trentemoller have the right 3 dimensional contents that fits the 3 dimensional wave, with depths’ and mystic :) anyway enough of how I was thinking when made the movie the true artists in the movie are the windsurfers. The cool thing is that the video ended up sort of like a hit, now seen by ...wait let me check 9994..soon 10000, and that is in 4,5 days...so I must have done something right...the cool part is also that some forums are discussing the movie :) I have sort of lost control over the movie…it is linked on so many sites. The bad part about this nice movie , how will it be possible to make a good movie next time…ok advice to my selves, just relax and have fun with it . I am not afraid of saying that I am good in things, and I know I am good in editing if I have the right material, and I think the film ended up hopefully with some art involved in it. Butt ho be honest I wish I was as good wave rider as I am to edit. Anyway there are still some cool projects to come, I can’t right now say what it is. The filming have given me much practise I now can use, but I didn't know it chould end like a hit, so it is impotant to forget that part and next time try to make it in the way you want it to be. The paradoxical is that I am maybe one ofe the last to embed the movie to this site,my ovn blog :)

To day super nice windsurf at uppers with my 4,7 and 81 L board. Keep up following, next post more Maui and windsurf.

Super nice Hookipa 26.09.2010

2010-09-27T09:38:00.005-10:00

Some pictures from Hookipa 26.09.2010

Francisco Porcella, about Jaws 25.11.09

2009-11-27T07:15:00.012-10:00

I invited Francisco Porcella, on the picture below, to write some few words as a guest writer about his Jaws experience 25.11.09. Here it is under the picture:
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Francisco Porcella:
Stocked you sticked around for the windsurf session ;) we towed all day till that rain picked up and the wind started blowing around 4:30 We had the lucture of having Josh Stone's boat righ on the channel with food water and space to stack out windsurf gear, nice to be there with all the boys like Kai Katchdorian, Keith Teboul, Josh Stone, Polakaw, Robby Naish ( witch left before the wind) Rudy Castorina and most of all Francisco Goya witch was his first time windsurfing Jaws.. so pretty special day for all of us! We had some great waves tow-in and they say I had the best wipe out of all times.. skipping down the face of the wave on my back looking at the barrel about to go over me, and then i get barreled over the falls and get worked like a rag doll.. so after that I definitely learned my lesson, and need to get a Jaws board couse my Sprecks board is not gonna work here.. anyway got some more waves after that and actually got more confidence on how much of a pounding I can handle (I can go bigger). Then the wind came and we had a great time catching some nice ones at the end of the day ;) stocked on yesterday and today is an other day.. so keep on shooting Tormod ;) Aloha and Mahalo
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Nyra Alonso took some cool pixtures of the day. She catched a photo of the "skipping down the face of the wave on my back" Porcella is writing about. Look at Alonso's blog, even with a video from the day.

About wipe out, I got a picture of one surfer in front of the white water..the picture speak for it selves...I dont know who the surfer is.

Jaws Windsurfing and Towin 25 Nov 09

2009-11-26T01:08:00.007-10:00

It have been a long day. I have only time for some few words, but the pictures in the albums speak for themselves. To stand there at the cliff and look at the tow-in and the windsurfers is one of my biggest day in my life regarding a happening like a concert, an art exhibition, a Ibsen or Shakespeare play in the theater and so on. This surf and windsurfing at Jaws is some kind of art in my opinion. In its purity in communication with mother earth trough the big waves. It was so cool to see the tow-in surfers dynamic well synchronistic behavior. Ok enough of big words. About the pictures. It was a cind of difficult day with pictures. The day started with sun, but later it came a lot of rain and I had to put my camera away. And with the rein the wind arrived, so I don’t managed to take so many pictures of the windsurfers. The riders in the windsurf album of the name I know is Levi Siver, Francisco Porcella, Jason Polakow ..and some more I don’t remember the name on. Please mail me if I should add some names! The day started with a big expectation, we could almost feel the ground shake by the big waves hitting the reefs, there was jetskies in the water an a lot of helicopters buzzing around all over. Everybody had been taking about this day, And we had inside info from several pro windsurfers about when they was going to sail there. The peak of the swell was expected to be 20.00 o’clock so they tuned in to the session in the afternoon.

A talked to Francisco Porcella the day before, and he was hoping for some pictures at Jaws, after the big arial pictures and photo video montage some weeks ago. :-) As I understood FP has done tow-in at Jaws before, but this was his first time on windsurfing board. I can not promise anything but maybe maybe I manage to have him as a guest writer on this blog about his experience of windsurfing jaws. I feel a bit stupid when writing this..a bit like a sports reporter…ref “what did you feel when you crossed the finish line as nr 1? Anyway I give it a try!

“Edit ”: I am now happy to announce that we will get some cool words from Porcella about this day..keep up follow the blog..I will post his words probable tomorrow.

Find the right fin (s) to your board and save money Part 1

2009-11-21T20:09:00.011-10:00

Have you purchased a lot of fins during your windsurf career you haven't found useful?

Have you got some bad advices from some windsurfing shops that will be off with some fins?

That has happened to me. I understood early that the fin you have under your board is important. I tested out several fins and used a lot of money, and I ended up with a bunch fins I was not satisfied with.

What should you do?

The Answer is simple, you do nothing, only send an email to some pro and they take the decision for you. I did that some years ago to MFC, I told them which board I had, what sail I use and what kind of windsurfer I am. Windsurfing in onshore or sideshore conditions and so on. So before I got quad fins and had a single fin board and I ended up with two fins one for strong wind and one for lighter wind. Ok, then I was finally home in the choice of fins and I could concentrate on windsurfing as best as possible, with fins in total balance with my board, sails and my style, and no longer uncontrolled spinouts. The fin under the board was then not anymore the limitation for radical moves or nice rides, the limitations was only me.

When you get advice from pro and if they are good they are sort of able to read between the lines in what you write or say, and really give you the best advice for a good choice of fins. There are probably a lot of fin companies who do that, but my choice is Maui fin company. At their web site you will find a contact tab on the right site of the page. My advice is simply test it out and send them an email. I am not in anyway sponsored or so by MFC. I have just had the Idea of this article for long time because it gave such big advantage to myself, and hopefully it can be a big help to other windsurfers and finally find the right fin and save money.

I am also happy to announce that I have invited, the President of Maui Fin Company, Pio Marasco to write some thoughts about the philosophy behind the fins. Keep following the blog and look for the part 2 of this article with the first guest writer on my blog by Pio.

Tow in and padle surf at Honolua bay 12 Nov 09

2009-11-17T22:50:00.022-10:00

Ok..here we go. I have promised some pictures I took at honolua bay some days ago. I had plan with some sequences but I rather put out some of the highlights. First of all from a definitive non Honolua bay skilled surfer perspective that I am, I think the conditions that day was not epic at all. I have seen the waves there much much more cleaner and mush more in system. It had probable something to do with the direction of the swell? But the waves who was there was in what I could judge wery fast, and there was a loot of current in the water. And about epicness there was really some clean clean glassy waves there, as you can see from some of the pix it looks like the rider probable could check his hair style before the ride was over :-) There was only few paddle surfers in the water. If that was because of the messy waves or because of the current I don’t know. We sow a surfer paddling out at the point outside the last parking spot, and when he was in the water I think he mowed about 0,5 meter/min in paddling. When he finally got a ride, as he afterword called a shitty wave, I think he got a long one completely past the cave, and was driven back again by a car..and was going out again.. And about the tow in at Honolua bay this day, I think the few paddle surfers out there gave the opportunity to do some rides with the tow in. And again I don’t know why they did the tow in there, maybe because of a nice day to practice tow in and really tune in the communication between the surfer and the jetski driver, and then be prepared for bigger waves later. And I must admit I was impressed about their timing and communication for safe rides. About Jetski, I don’t know if I like them around. For me as a now in the start of being a real surfer I really have started to like the purity of it. For sure the trip here to Maui for me is mainly windsurf, but I most admit that after a surf session and when you have had a couple of nice rides, in small waves for me, you are in a state of mind with balance and calmness after a kind of clean communication with mother earth and the nature. But anyway, I must admit, if someone asked med, would you like to do some tow in? I will probable had said yes. But such an offer would have been unthinkable anyway, so I'm spared the dilemma, and I can keep myself on my 9" Kazuma performance board in small gentle waves and be a happy surfer in that way :-)
I know about the potential surfer windsurfer, and the windsurfer kite surfer conflict, but I don’t know about there is a potential conflict between tow in and paddle in surfers. But as you can see from pictures below I don’t think there was any grounds for conflict there. Everybody help out each other in the strong current.
So for me it was super cool to be there, watch the waves, watch the paddle surfers and be impressed of the timing and the speed in the tow in surf, and in my own opinion take some cool pictures, and as I could see the tow in surfers has so fun, clearly smiling form ear to ear…truly some happy surfers!

"Anybody there?"

And for me. Super nice windsurf together with a windsurfing friend Florian at Upper Kanaha 2 days ago. I think it was my best up there, with the conditions, waves here, there and everywhere. Finally after so many sessions up there I now understand how it can be there on windswell days like this. I heard that Sprcks was filled up with a lot of pro windsurfers that day..take a look at pix on: Mauiwatershoot

Yester day super nice surf session at the southshore together with windsurf and surf friend Andrea and more, now in waves with a bit more power. Some nose dives when the waves was steap in the take off, but we got many nice rides.
And to day I tested out upper again with Petsch and Andrea. It was for me definitely no good day up there, and after brake I ended up at lower K together with Florian and Jim and for me I had ia super nice session there, super fun in small waves but some to turns on even up to 3 small bottom turns, even when the wind sometimes was quite gusty. Tomorrow hopefully there will be more swell coming.

Thunderstorm at Maui in the dark

2009-11-13T00:45:00.009-10:00

I manage to take some quite cool pictures of the sea at Maui during the thunderstorm this evening. The plan was to try to take a picture of a flash of lightening with a long exposure time on my camera. But I ended up with these pix ..maybe hard to understand but it is totally dark in the sea, and the light is from a flashes in the thunderstorm, and it gives the strange light. The pictures is not edited except the lightest one where I had to turn down the light in the pix. The lightening made it like sunlight in a short second and the thunder was so extreme that the ground was shaking.

I am totally stoked about this nature experience

Prefect Lower Kanaha day after day!

2009-11-11T22:03:00.013-10:00

Finaly time for some new post. I have not had time to post for a while, so much to do: “Sleep, eat, drive to Kanaha, rig up the gear in time before 11, windsurf , brake with food and water, windsurf, break with food and water, even more windsurf sessions, talk to all the nice people at Kanaha about the perfect ride you had on a shoulder on a wave, about a wave you missed because somebody dropped in on, about a kite who was weary close, about a nice kiter who helped you in to the shore, talk about windsurfing gear, and talk about how nice these days have been, then rig down the gear drive home make some food with lots of proteins, go to sleep dream about windsurf, and the same all over again next day”
So as you understand we have had so so nice conditions now, even one day with mast high sets, but I think we in average have had around head high to logo about every day. Some few times we also have had some big sets coming even more than logo high. But sometimes, and particularly in the start of the wind period we had was it sometimes quite crowded. The picture above a windsurfing friend, Petsch and his girlfriend Yvonne took of me point that. The title of the pix is “you are never alone at lower kanaha” And below 2 pictures of an another windsurfing friend Andrea with the blue NP zone sail. As you can understand you have to be observant with all the people around you, and you have to be extra concentrated to follow the roles in the waves.

But the bad part is that not everybody follow the roles in the waves at kanaha so you can be quite stressed. But if you are clever you can find time on the day when it is not so crowded.. and that is during the morning and afternoon session. The windsurfing friend Petsch have now started to look at the clock if I arrive a bit late before 11 o’clock and then he say with an Swiss accent “you are late” with an slightly gruffness in the voice. But I have had my payback days when I have had my gear almost tuned up when he arrive and been able to say “you are late”

About my new Quarto quad boards, I am so in love with them, they work absolutely perfect for me. Some days I have used my 95 liter some days my 80 liter. I hope I soon have time to write some more about them at my quad board article series.

So now rest day yesterday and surf at the south shore today, and probably surf tomorrow. It was in fact now wery wery good for the body, arms and mind to have some rest. It looks like we probable will get huge swell and wind on Friday. The forecast the following days also predict much wind. As I also have heard is that there is some lowpressure/highpressure disturbance south of Maui the mess up the normal wind. So my conclusion for that and that the forecast have changed a lot form hour to hour we can not be to secure that we will get wind as we hope for. But anyway when the wind suppose to arrive I think we can score with some windsurf if we really follow the conditions and goes on the water when the wind probable arrive, even if it’s only for some hours.

So here in the end of the post a couple of pictures I took with my zoom lens of upper Kanaha a day we had mast high conditions. (I go Lower Kanaha on days like this)

Perfect afternoon session at Lower K

2009-11-02T22:19:00.008-10:00

It was typical day you wait for wind. It was side onshore conditions and gusty light wind with sort of messy waves. I was on for a long time and I almost packed my gear to get for a surf somewhere instead. But I am so glad I didn’t ..in the end of the day the direction suddenly turned to slightly side off and some nice nice sets was coming in, even some few probable logo high sets. I am now a extreamely happy windsurfer, my self confidence out there have made a huge progress last days, and all my fear factor advisers in my head are now totally fired from the central brain, and I gos out in the middle of the break with no fear. Alex a good windsurfer at Kanaha is a witness to that when he was coming in on a maybe logo high…he was only waiting for me coming over it on my way out to do the ride on the wave,, and he sow me go vertical up the face and it break down right behind me. It was so cool the afternoon session, with a lot of good riders to be inspired of. For my selves I have had a huge progress in the wavriding past days.

But when staying at Maui for long time and with so mush windsurf, it can happened that you do mistakes, and for me it happened again this day, my second fault during my staying on Maui this time. I remember a story a windsurf friend told me from Australia that there was a windsurfer there they called “drop in king” for me I don’t want to be a drop in king, I want to be a gentleman in the waves, but today I did a mistake. I did not remember exactly the situating but I probable jibed on a wave wish the already was a windsurfer on, and started to ride it and forced for my right on the wave because I was up on the wave, and that was not gentle. I really try to do my best , but at kanaha there is sometimes crowded and people do a lot of horrible things, and you can get confused. Ok, anyway and again so sorry to the female super skilled windsurfer for my fault, I give you all my waves next time. Glad I was forgiven at the beach after the session. For the maybe non windsurfing readers..stealing a wave is a serious crime! If someone wonder about rooles in waves read this article on Bill's OBX Beach Life blog.

Ok so no pictures from today, but here a pix of Kieth at Ho’okipa yesterday. I really like the colors and the water drops in the picture. The Goya sail looks so so cool, and there are so many sailors on with them at ho’okipa.

Big Ho'okipa 1 Nov 09

2009-11-01T22:00:00.015-10:00

Josh Stone

Photo session at big ho'okipa today, before I went Lover K in descent maybe around logo sets, with my 80 liter quad board and 4,7m2 sail. Somone told me that some of the waves was mast high at lover Kanaha, but the waves I found was not that big (maybe they have a shorter mast than my 4 m mast) :-).
But first I filled up my memory card at Ho'okipa. I am glad I only have one memory card, if I had more, it would be to mush work to go trough all the photos. I will put more cool pictures on my blog later on, have not time…must sleep and rest for more wind and swell tomorrow. I suffer a bit of TMS (to mush surf)

This post was not in special meant as a teaser to keep readers follow my blog…it is just that I want to put some work in some albums with different riders. Maybe I post them in separate posts later on. I also took some pictures of some kiters at Ho’okipa. I don’t know how popular it is with them there, I thought lanes was more their spot, anyway they probable know what they are doing, and for me it was cool to take some photos of them.

I just love to be at Maui, “another day in paradise!!!!!”

Here some more few photoes from the day:

Camille Juban

Levi

Kiter

Surfer in front of waves at Lanes

Perfect Kanaha, Perfect quad 95 liter board.

2009-10-30T22:29:00.005-10:00

There is in fact no time to blogging now, so much to do, surf, windsurf and to Halloween party tomorrow. But I have to blog about this day. I try to do it short…need time to digest the impressions from the for me perfect day, and I need good sleep for preparation for more wind and swell tomorrow,

First of all sorry to al windsurfers that I don’t had time to anny photos today. I have got a lot of feedback on my photos, and all the pro windsurfers have starting to nag me..”heei Tormod take a picture of me,,,,see here I do a bacloop wit no hands…see here I do an new move..and so on” as you readers understand a joke about they asking me to take pictures, what’s in fact is true Is that I have got some good feedback from some pro windsurfers about the pictures, and I am so happy for that. I have also had nice discussion with the blogger and windsurfer Giampaulo, He have a cool discussion on his blog about the Boom height. Cool my pictures have been helpful. And thanks to Giampaulo for sharing a maybe secret surf spot and for the info about the importance of surfing, as a basic for windsurf in waves. I have the last days before the super windsurf today had a huuuuge step and progress in surf now with sooo many takeoffs and soo may rides. I am later going to write an article about how to deal with fear in waves and the article will definitely involve a importance part of surf. I am now so in love with my Kazuma performace longboard, I was so happy to get from Jørgen, thanks Jørgen, the board is so abselutely perfect for me!!!!!!!!

Ok, so it was not time for pictures today, so I found a picture of Kieth at Ho’okipa 21 Okt, from my big big picture archive ..Hope that’s good enough.

And then about today..I think this day, ye right now this day was my best day on a windsurf board ever in my life. My boddy is now so fitted and longlasting after days with surf and windsurf so It is so eacy for me to stay out there in long time, today in 3 long sessions. For me Kanaha was so perfect as it could be with sets about up to logo High, some people thought it was bigger but I think logo is correct. Some of the waves had a tendency to close out, but if you found the right one you could easy go on the sholder and take turns all the way from the channel down to kite beach. My quarto 95 litre board is so on my team, it works so absolutely perfect. The board kind of do what you think and want to do..not more not less.
But it was also a day with a lot of people on the water so, it was sometimes a bit to crowded. There was also many horrible and close maneuvers as drop in on the waves, people loffing up against you when you are on the top of the wave, people going really close and so on. But I did a mistake today as well. I must admit I was a bit to mush focused on some swell sets coming in and was taking a jybe right in front of a swell, and forgot to see me enough back before the jybe and there it was a windsurf friend coming right behind me. ..It went ok, but I hate to do mistakes like that…so sorry.

So then more wind and swell tomorrow.

Tough windsurfing women at Ho’okipa

2009-10-27T21:56:00.006-10:00

I promised more photos from 21 okt. So here you have a album with some of the tough women, at Ho’okipa. As you can see, there is not only the guys who goes down the line in big waves.

For me lately lots of new experiences. Was out on Kuau for my first time some days ago. When I am windsurfing a new spot I typical have what I called a lot of fear factor advisers in my head. I don’t see the possibilities, and have a tendency to see the problems. I will make an article about how to deal with fear later on some day. As many readers know have Kuau a small channel with current, and when you come back in you have to stay to the left in the channel to stay out of the current who could take you out again. But for me I think I now have the swim record in this channel, swimming like I was in Olympic games or something, over rocks and everything, and I was back on the shore faster I could know, but with some wounds after meeting with some rocks. (glad I can follow my wounds articles) :-)
I had so much support that day on the beach, everybody was supporting me to have a good time out there, my friends Jorgen, Sigurd and Pascal and Nadia and more.

Jørgen swimming in the channel:

Next day I was out at Kuau again, now without all the fear factor advisers, the central brain have fired them, and the swim back to the shore was like a Sunday swim in a calm sea. I was also on Uppers (upper Kanaha) one day, but the wind was a bit to offshore and really gusty. The waves was kind of side on, and for me it was hard to do anything fun in them with a to small board and small sail, 4,7km and 80 liter board. I was also almost out on Ho’okipa one day in small wind swell. I had all my gear tuned up, but when I forced my selves to go out the wind went a bit to gusty and to offshore after a bit of rain, so I decided that the conditions maybe not would give me the good feelings out there. I hope my time for Ho’okipa will come later on. I also got a lot of supportive words from Jake Miller about going out there. My experience now is that there are so many friendly people all over Maui, also at Ho’okipa, smiling at you, support you, and want you to have a good time on the water. Yesterday my windsurfing friends Jorgen and Sigurd left Maui and are on their way back to Norway. It was so cool to stay here with them. So for me today I had a day without doing anything special. My body and mind really needed some rest. I have a mussel in my arm that hurt a bit so a day with rest was good.

The forecast looks good now, in a couple of days we will probable have both wind and swell again. Lower Kanaha here I come…I look so forward windsurf there again on the familiar friendly spot, and take long rides from the channel and down to kite beach.

I am now also writing on a new cool article I will post later on. It is a really useful article for every windsurfers, I will not expose now what it is about…keep following the blog :-)

Francisco Porcella in big arial at Ho’okipa 21 Okt 09

2009-10-22T22:43:00.004-10:00

It was maybe the biggest ariel that day? I don’t know, but several at the beach was so exited of it and asked me with a big expectations, ”did you got the big arial with your camera…..did you got it?” Ye for sure I got it. Here in this album, more of the arial and even one more arial and some more pictures of Francisco Porcella.

I have more pictures form that day I will blog later on! keep in touch!

Big arial and more at Ho'okipa 21 Okt 09

2009-10-21T23:20:00.005-10:00

I will make an album and add more pictures from the day later on!

Ho’okipa pictures 18.10.09

2009-10-19T00:41:00.001-10:00

Here a post with a lot of pictures taken around 11.00-12-00.

First of all big congratulation to Goya Norge represented by Sigurd and Jorgen for their nice session out there today, and also a big congratulation to Terje Tuft for first time at Ho’okipa.
I will also give Giampaulo the Italian blogger I suppose everybody know from Maui surf report, a big credit for his performance at ho’okipa today. I remember I sow him out there last year as well, and I must say I see a big progress, In fact in the start of the day Giampaulo was the most clever one to pick out the and score on the best sets.

Here some pictures of Giampaulo:

It was so cool to see Sigurd and Jorgen and Terje at Ho’okipa, they all had a reserved start but after a couple of turns they started to enjoy them selves out there with alot of nice rides. Here some pix of Goya Norge, represented by Sigurd and Jorgen and pictures of Terje Tuft. In the album, first Terje second Sigurd and third Jørgen

It was also so cool to see Pascal out there today. When you look at good windsurfers they have they own signature of their waveriding. Pascal from Ocean4Hawaii is one of them.

Here some pictures of Pascal:

Photographer in the water

For my selves I am for sure good enough to go out there in conditions as today, but so fare I don’t feal relaxed enough about it. Hope the feel good with go there will come later on. I was on at Ho’okipa last year at almost same conditions, but a bit smaller. My goal is to go out there and still be a happy windsurfer :-) I Was later on this day a happy windsurfer at Kanaha, as yesterday and the day before that in extremely long time on the water, in small waves at lover K

Surf at Paia Beach

2009-10-14T22:07:00.016-10:00

First in the post two pix of Turtles who are visiting us every morning at the shore right outside at our garden here at Maui. It is cool to show them, you meet them all over, when surf or windsurf.

There is still no wind here at Maui. I am a happy surfer anyway, I had my two weeks with intensive windsurf, sometimes in waves earlier this fall, but last two weeks no wind but plenty with waves and lots of spots to chose suitable conditions. I have surfed a lot earlier but last two days I entered a new level, and starting to be better in the takeoff. To day, two sessions with surf, a morning session and one in the evening. Later on I will buy the old board from Jorgen, a performance board with approximately the same shape as the board I rent now from Hi Tech. Always helpful John at Hi Tech are an expert to read between the lines about what you say and your wishes and skills and are a master to pick the right board for exactly for you. So here you are a solid implicit recommendation, If you come to Maui…… Hi Tech is the shop! no one above no one beside! ☺ But so far my ”new” board is at Dingking for repair after Jorgen have almost broken it by surf in big waves at hookipa.

So here at Maui, more surf in a couple of days. But from Saturday or Sunday the forecast looks good, and the trade will probable be back. Look forward to it. Wind and waves..I love it!

Nice surf in small waves at Maui, Thousand peaks

2009-10-08T22:42:00.023-10:00

Jørgen and I together at the same wave

No wind to day either, so then another surfing day. This time Jorgen, Sigurd, Terje and I had a nice trip to the south part of Maui and surfed at classical Thousand peaks. I was so lucky to have Jorgen with me out there at the reef. Jorgen is a mush better surfer than me, such as surfing Ho’okipa this morning as well. So then Jørgen was so cool and gave me some lessons in how to do the take off better. Here some pictures from the day taken by Sigurd sitting at the beach after his surf session. The picture to the right is happy me after surf.

Jørgen on a wave

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We are now in a period with no wind, so it would probable be surf tomorrow as well. The forecast say it should be some wind in a couple of days, and with swell. We all hope it kicks in!
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Small cuts and wounds part 2 Use of Aloe Vera

2009-10-08T21:19:00.007-10:00

I have now wounds in some of my toes here at Maui and have then now sort of some new expertise in how to deal with it, so therefore here you have a part 2 in this article serie.

Part 1 here: Small cuts and wounds on your windsurf or surf trip part1I have for sure followed my last article of using chlorhexidine to prevent the wound get infected. And it work! But this time it has not be necessarily to use the toothbrush technique, and since the wounds are in a flat area I don’t want to brush out the thin skin witch is established during healing periods between surf and windsurf sessions. For a week ago I got a good advice from my doctor friend about use Aloe Vera in the wounds. Why? As I understand Aloe Vera help the skins to heal faster. But most of all Aloe Vera help you to cover the open wound from dirt and sand. The Aloe Vera also sort of breathe, so the wound get air witch in my opinion is good for the healing process.

What do you do?

In the evening:
Ok, so then in the evening you do it this way: Clean the wound with chlorhexidine and then add some Aloe Vera in the wound and If necessarily even some protection. But as in the first article about this I like it best without any band-aid.

Before surf or windsurf:
If you next day want to go windsurf or surf, add some more Aloe Vera in the wound and then a band-aid on top of it. I also now use windsurf shoes even when I go surfing to protect the wounds. The picture show how the marvelous Aloe Vera dirt/sand protection work. After the surf session when I took the band-aid of you clearly see the wound it selves is without any sand. To day I was out in the water again, but now without the Aloe Vera, like a control group situation. The consequence to day was that the wounds were full of sand after the surf session.

Good luck with your care and healing of cuts & wounds and hopefully it prevents you to stay out of the water. I repeat, I am not a doctor, this is just a text from own experienses!!

Ho'okipa surf pictures and longboard surf at Paia Beachpark

2009-10-08T00:21:00.019-10:00

Another day with no wind at Maui. All of us here really hope for wind tomorrow. It would be cool, we have some nice little swell here right now. So to day was the day for surf. Jørgen was at Ho'okipa really early in the morning, and after that was Martin on with a SUP at Kuau. Later on the day was Sigurd and I at Paia Beachpark, and we both cashed some nice waves there on our longboards. It is almost one year since I was surfing at this spot. It was soo cool to be back!I just love to be out there in the water, and meet all the including and friendly people there. I am a smiling person, I think that is a advantage if you meet some locals on their spot. So therefore if you go out there with a smile, you get a smile back. :-) So here under we have a few of the pictures taken today when Martin and I had a photo session at my favorite spot for taking pictures at Ho'okipa.

Se at the picture how many cars there are parked there….. and believe me there was sometimes really crowded out there in the water. Every surfers was after the waves on a day like this without wind, in glassy waves, not messed up by the wind. Martin, found him selves at home right away at ho'okipa and made a parking like the locals do.

See the turtle to the left in the wave ( a new definition of turtle "wash")

Glassy wave

Spray!

Happysurfer (not me) with his arms in the air!

Maui, quad, quatro, my boards made for me, lots of friends, I simply love to be at Maui

2009-10-06T21:18:00.016-10:00

Ok folks its finally time to blog again. I have had so much to do, and not so much time for blogging..I try to do better from now. Some people have started to ask..when are you going to write more on your blog? My friend Dag was here together with me in almost 2 weeks. And we have really scored well in windsurfing. I have been on the water about every day in 2 weeks in raw and used all my gear both my 80 l quarto quad and my 95 liter quarto quad. I have also used all my sails about equally much with range of sails 4,2 4,7 and 5,3 m2. Some days the wind has been extremely strong and even really over powered with my 4,2. And a new experience I have had with the quad is that they not get so floaty even when I am sailing overpowered. Earlier in really strong wind on a single find I sometimes had the experience of that the smallest of my two different size of fins was to big and then a uncontrolled board because of to big fin. My experience now is that the quads give more range independent of the wind. I have also now started to figure out how to keep up in the wind. I will later blog more about this in my quad articles. I have now also sort of collected new, interesting information about quad who is really in harmony with my experience…but about that later on!

So far it has only been one day with waves in god size. But It has been some small but cool swell at lower Kanaha, and as told my new boards give the opportunity to have fun in, and make the most of even small waves.

2/3 of Goyanorway have now arrived with Sigurd and Jorgen. It is soo cool to have them here. They are always so enthusiastic and supportive with a lot of useful clues about how to tune up the gear in the best ways. They live at the same place as me. The enthusiastic Terje Tuft has also arrived Maui, and later on today the always smiling enthusiastic and helpful Martin Haglev from StarBoard arrived as well. Later on even more Norwegian to come! This will for sure be a windsurf party time for all of us.

Yesterday was Sigurd and I on the water at lower K, with our biggest gear, for me 95 liter and 5,3 sail. Even in light wind and small waves we manage to catch some few waves and had some cool rides. We was sometimes totally alone at the reef.. al the small waves for our selves. It was not any paricular good day with so little wind but is was so cool to stay out there again with Sigurd and it brought up memories from 2007 when we were here together last time.

So today is for me the first day without wind except the two first days at Maui where I anyway had so much practical things to do. To be honest it is ok with a day off. It is then time for clean up my car wish went a bit to mush smelly after a night with lots of rain, because the car is not completely tight.

I have also some typical wounds on some of my toes witch need some rest from water. So far the wounds are not infected, but they take extremely long time to heal. I sort of try to follow my article about wounds, and hope that helps. I also add some Aloe Vera in it, witch my doctor friend Dag told me should help the skin to heal fast, keep dust away from it, and even make the wound breathe.

So to day just a day of relaxing, fixing things, and to take some cool pix from the garden right in front of my room. I think it is some kind of salamanders.

The windsurfing pix under is of two starboard windsurfers at ho’okipa some days ago..I think it was 28.09

Tsunami warning at Hawaii

2009-09-29T22:35:00.012-10:00

I woke up this morning with Tsunami warning. I later heard that if the tsunami should hit Maui it would hit the south part, and I am at north shore. But I have a friend here, Dag ,now staying in Kihei with not so many ”locals” around him as me, so I warned him about it. For sure I took the warning seriously and even if a tsunami should hit south part of the island it could also have influence on the sea at north shore as well. But I then heard on the radio that the warning was canceled. So then I headed Kanaha. But when I was windsurfing at Kanaha it was so few people out there. And suddenly I was alone on the reef. Is this maui, is this kanaha who suppose to be so crowded. I sometimes did a tack or jybe right in front of the lifeguard tower, but they did not made me any attention, so I thought everything is ok. After a while I went into to the beach, then there was some few people putting their gear up. Then My friend Dag arrived, a bit surprised that I had been windsurfing today. After a while I was then on the water again, now together with Dag, and about 5 other windsurfers. The wind was really strong sometimes over powered with 4,2. There was not so big waves at the reef today, but big enough to get me washes after a cutback up in the lip who come over me. When I come home I then heard that all the beaches had been closed today? Strange? I couldn’t see any sign on that the beach was closed and as told the lifeguard did not pay me any extra attention. The Italian blogger giampaolo has written about it here with links to news: Mauisurfreport

Ho'okipa 28.09.09

2009-09-28T17:46:00.004-10:00

After 5 days in a row with windsurfing in waves, mostly small waves, my body needed a rest. I have been on for several sessions these days from around 11 o’clock until afternoon. Then it was time for a day with relax and then some photoshoot at Ho'okipa.

Test of quad windsurfing board part 2

2009-09-27T22:34:00.011-10:00

How quad works in onshore conditions?

I have got questions by mail from some readers who wonder how quads works in onshore conditions. Before I try to give a constructive answer on that, I really recommend you to contact Ocean4Hawii with specific questions. I think I almost have the record there with amount of mails to them about the boards. They are so pro and helpful. For me after a lot of mails about lot of details, they sort of analyzed my windsurfing style, and for sure they really managed to build two boards I now am really starting to Love. The boards are so on my team all the time.

First of all my quad customs is ordered to work good at Kanaha in sideshore waves up to logo and mast high. But ok, I try to imagine how they will work in onshore conditions. When I am back home I usually windsurf in onshore or shoppy small waves conditions. So far I think the quads I have will work extremely well in onshore conditions. Why? If you want to ride small or onshore waves the quad board give you possibility to turn very fast, and you can therefore utilize even small waves or shoppy waves who disappear fast. So about waveriding in onshore conditions, I think quad is absolutely perfect.

But, as written in post 1 I still have a slightly feeling of that MY boards is a bit difficult to go up winded with. And as we know the capacity to stay upwinded is sometimes even more important in onshore conditions. I am now getting better to it with some adjustment on my sailing. And for sure I now know that so much of the reason to end up downwinded is that the boards really want you to go down the line, even if the wave are small. The reason for the feeling of not have the possibility of stay upwinded is maybe because of that my old JP rww 76 Liter had a really fast rocker, and was really easy to hold up in plane and upwinded, but as told the rww was really crappy in waves and now I more and more not anymore not consider it as a waveboard, but more like a freerideboard. My boards now have probable not so fast rocker so I have to work more with the speed and then also work with it to stay upwinded.
Anyway If you order a custom and are going to use the board mostly in onshore condition you just tell that in mail to ocean4 hawaii.

I will later on test out the boards at Sprecks, witch have more onshore conditions. If I experience something new I will for sure write about it.

There will be a part3 about quad later on in some days!

Big Ho’okipa 25.09.09

2009-09-26T22:33:00.020-10:00

I have now finished even more albums from the photo session yesterday. Maybe it is a bit many pictures, but I think it is cool to show hole sequences, as an inspiration of waveraiding. In the Ho’okipa album you also see Keith on the rocks after doing some really radical waveriding. After some short washing around in the rocks, He sailed out..I am impressed.

Robby Naish Ho'okipa wave pictures sequense2 25.09.09

Ho'okipa 25.09.09

Kieth Teboul ho'okipa wave sequence pictures

The pictures is from yesterday. But today I had a day off from my camera. Sailed with my new quad 80 liter and 4,7 sail at Lower Kanaha had good wind and some nice waves witch was smaller then yesterday. The wind messed up the waves a bit. But down to the kitebeach witch I now often end up with the super nice wave addicted super riding board, the waves was cleaner. I must later go on with write more about my experience with quad…I just love the boards, they are so in harmony with me, and make me ride waves like I never did before. I also met Pio from Maui fin company (MFC) today. He was at Kanaha to test out quads in the waves there. He also gave me some god advices in waveriding with the quad boards. You can push it really hard was one of the things he told me, next to the possibilities to stay up in the waves with quad. After a brake I really tried to push it more in the bottom turn. I feel total grip all the time, and I just know I am far far away from the limits. Keep up follow the blog.

Robby Naish Ho'okipa wave pictures sequense1 (1of 2)

2009-09-26T00:28:00.003-10:00

I will ad more ho'okipa pix later on!

Super nice windsurf at Lower Kanaha

2009-09-26T00:09:00.010-10:00

I had a super fine windsurf at lower Kanaha today. Even when I in 2008 was windsurfing up to mast high, I now sort of have to start all over regarding feel relaxed out there in the impactzone. For me these days have been absolutely perfect. Started Wednesday and Thursday with friendly waves around knee high. And to day bigger around up to head high plus, wish now is in my comfort zone. I am that person who not necessarily say the bigger it is the better it is. I am more the cleaner it is the better it is. So today A perfect day, In my impression it started with smaller waves and got bigger during my sessions. So then perfect for my steps in comfort zone witch until now have given me a fast progress.

Here some pictures of lover Kanaha, to give an impression of the conditions to day.

Test of quad windsurfing board part1

2009-09-24T23:06:00.011-10:00

I have now been on the water in two days in row with the biggest one of my 2 quatro quad boards. The biggest one is a 95 liter board, built for light wind or up and down conditions. A board you float on and you will be able to go out and catch waves even when the wind is marginal. My weight is around 82-83 kg.
First of all, I had planes for this article to give a full description of how the board works. But then I realized that I have a practical problem. The board work so extremely in the heaven freezing good in the waves so it is hard to describe it. It is also hard to describe for me since I in 2007 and 2008 at Maui mostly have been windsurfing with my 2006 model jp rww. And now even more, I know thet the jp rww is a really shitty board for waves. As I have heard that later models of rww is better. I have now and then been testing some real waveboard, from ocean4 hawaii, or from the nice people at goyanorge.no But my run on really good wave boards as Goya boards have not been enough for really good comparison of single fin and quads. The new board is in fact a dream for me, but I don’t know exactly, Is it because of the 4 fins or is it simply because of it is a extremely good waveboard, made for me.
Anyway I give the description of the board a try even with the limitations in mind.

How quad works in waves?

It is here my words get few. The the description of it leads ot be sort of poetic or kind of fantasy. The board seams to have a magnet and search for waves. It seams to have a kind of a radar. Now it is suddenly my turn to get on the right spot on a wave. In this two days with small waves up to knee high sideshore waves the board sort of help me out to be ate spot in the waves it is best to be. When other loose the wave, in meaning the wave go away after a cutback trial, or you stand in middle of two waves, this board, I don’t know why, lead you to don t miss the wave and force you to be on the right spot. The board kind of search to go down the line, and when the wave rise the board sort of tell me here is it fun to be, let us stay here. (compared to my rww who told to me: “let us go away from here”) So far in small waves I have had a feeling of a cind of positive strange drive. It is kind of a new language from the board, trying to tell me something, witch lead me to go in the waves to find out what the board want to tell me! ☺

How quad works in small shoppy waves?

This is maybe the best part for all over the worlds sailers. I tested to do some short bottom turn/cutback at shoppy wave inside the reef at Kanaha, and still side, but small waves, and the board really had a search to go in the small waves as well

How quad work when going straight forward?

Short description here. I was in fact a bit afraid of that the board should be kind of too lose when going straight forward. But it is going extremely controlled fast forward.
To day at kanaha the wind was really up and down, therefore it was nice to go on with the big board. But even when it was blowing around 12 m7s in the gusts, and with 5,3m2 sail, the board never felt bigg

How quad work to stay up winded?

Ok here maybe a negative part. And as announced, my goal with this article is to give my honest experience. So far it is a bit hard to stay up winded. To day and yesterday I had to have an extra attention of the highness in the wind. Maybe I will sort out this problem later on with staying in a different position or how I keep the board. Is it the board or is I the sailor, or is it an another way to keep up in the wind. Maybe it is some tuning thing.
But there are 2 reasons as well why I have had this problem. First of all the board, even if the wave is small it really searched for go down the line. Several times when I forced my selves to go more up winded, and when I was sailing to the beach over the braking zone at the reef, even if the wave was small it just wane to go down the line, And almost every time I ended up down to kite beach. The second reason for problem to stay up winded was that the wind specially to day was really up and down. In the afternoon it came a rain cloud, and together with the rain the wind got week.

keep up following the blog, more reports on quad boards later on.
If some readers have some particular questions or some advices consider quads, feal free to write a comment, or mail me by the contact formula et the topp the page

Classical Kanaha picture

Ho'okipa surf, testing my new camera lens

2009-09-22T21:32:00.005-10:00

No wind today, but some swell. I had a photo shoot at Ho'okipa, testing out my new camera lens and filter.

Quad fin, pick up boards at ocean4hawaii

2009-09-21T22:20:00.024-10:00

Picked up my two new boards today at ocean4hawaii. I must say again they are so extremely professional. Of course they run a business, but in my opinion it is not only a business, they are all water addicted persons like everybody else and just love the sport so much and love to share their experience with everybody else. So I say it again if you are thinking of by a custom , you should give it a try and make them an e-mail. (you find contact formula on their sites.)All of them was involved when I was at the shop today, first of all Pascal who joked about all the e-mails I have sent about this, and Pio, kieth Lalo and Francisco Goya . Everybody wants me to have fun with the boards. I was in the start with ordering so nice boards thinking that this is to much for me and probable only suitable for more pro windsurfer. But I think that my communication about my intermediate happy going windsurfing style, maybe typical Kanaha in logo up to mast high really was projected in to the boards, and I really feel this boards is made for me and fit for me. The two board I ordered is for typical 4,2-5,3 conditions. My weight is around 83 kg (183 pound) and the big board is 95 liter big. I was a bit afraid that the 95 should be a bit big. But when I look at it just not look big at all. The smallest one is 80 liter big. Typical sailsize for the big board is 5,3 and for the small boards typical sail size 4,2-4,7. The thought about the 95 litre board is to use it in light winds and the big volume will make me able to go out in the brake, even when the wind is really week. Ok, so this was the pick up situation who came out with an extremely positive feeling. But the most important part is still to test it out on the water. Not mush wind here today, hope for more wind tomorrow and I Can test out how its really works. As said I am not a pro windsurfer, and I will by this labeled article in the blog reflect an "ordinary" windsurfer point of view on quads, and how it work for me. In the shop today they said that “everybody” is going on quad now. I will for sure later on come with more info and reports when I have tested the boards.
So far, here we then have some pictures from the pick up/mounting. situation:

Back on Maui

2009-09-21T06:31:00.014-10:00

I am then on Maui! It is soooooo niiice to be back. Here one pix taken early in the morning from the window of the place I live here. The another picture is from last year taken from a car driving by Ho’okipa.

The travel went more than well. This time my flight was with American Airlines and for me it worked so good. My first anxious was that the flight was with an mistake booked with British Airways in the first flight, but it was AA who have the hole flight so it went ok. As you know BA have this not so nice roles for windsurfers: BA baggage policy (click on the Sporting equipment at the bottom of the site) But even with those roles I could check in my 3 sails 2 masts and a boom without any question and I don’t had to pay anything or it, they just took my seilbag right there at the check inn and gave me a big smile. When I was at LA airport after a short line with security check and answer on question “why stay so long at Maui” I found the sailbag right away, and when I found it my another bag came by on the band. After that I could only take the bags around the corner and drop it right away, and next flight was in the same terminal. So this time I don’t had to carry all the bags all around the airport. This time as well I slept during almost all the flights, the last flight (around 5,30 hours) I fell to sleep almost right away, and wake up when it was 45 min before arrival. :-) This time I also tested out to try to talk me up to business class, I did it with a big big smile, and in fact I felt they was motivated to do it and had a look at the computer for it but it was over booked, so I had to travel on “instead use the money on windsurf gear” class! :-) When I was awake and on the airports I met a lot of nice people to talk to who made the travel a lot shorter.

Jaws Maui back in 2007

2009-09-16T10:30:00.006-10:00

Ok, it’s time for even new post before I go to Maui this year. Have lately been looking at old pictures. And there is on album I always come back to, who earns to be blogged about even when the pictures are taken in 2007. And that is pictures taken of a windsurfing friend of mine from Sweden. He was at Maui same time as me in 2007, and after I left Maui, Jaws delivered nice conditions. I think the album is cool because it is taken by an ordinary photographer, with ordinary equipment and the pictures do not sort of lies. Cred to Mats for the nice album!! I have never seen Jaws with big waves my selves, maybe I will experience that this time in 2009. For sure not conditions for me, but if the swell work there I will be here with my camera. (click at one of the pictures in the post to go to the album)

Soon Maui again, and some funny reflections!

2009-09-13T09:57:00.015-10:00

Ohhh I look forward to come back to Maui, here one of my favorite pictures from 2008.

Picture from sprecks

But before I travel, I have a lot of work to do, and therefore not any more time left to windsurf here on my home spots, so then... I have already started to find things I want to have with me..t-shirts surf-shorts and just starting to pack a bit. So here the funny part of it, and meant as a joke to my readers, and sort of reflect my sometimes way of humor.
I have a long history as a singer, been standing on stages in different ensembles…as an example here on y-tube. To perform on a stage as on the video directly sent on TV to a lot of countries also give a kick kind of similar to the kick you get when you go windsurfing. But when you stand in a wave and have control, it gives you even more kick, so now I go windsurfing more than stand on stage.

It is me nr 2 from right about 3 min out in the movie. I have been singing since I was a child and always when you go on an important trip for sing somewhere in the world it is a kind of audition, or it is audition to be in an ensemble.

So therefore the audition part of it I have moved it to the things I am going to take with me to Maui. I sort of give the things a personality and all of them scream to me.. “take me with you to Maui” My coolest surf shorts know they are secure to be with on the trip and have already started to boast to other unsecure almost discarded t-shirts and others of how awesome it's going to be. My Jeans have maybe the most difficult part. You know on Maui, you maybe only need some Jeans when going out on Jacque's on a Thursday or Saturday evening/night, so when I now open my wardrobe all the jeans scream to me "look here how cool I am," think how cool I would be on Jacque's in Paia. But the hardest part is my 76 liter rww jp board (on pix below) who I like so much, always been with me on a lot of extremely nice short or long distance trip. I don’t yet have had the hart to tell him that he/she has to stay home this time. He/she don’t know there are two new and fresh custom boards with 4 fins each waiting for me at Maui. He/she is still lying there in the board storage area an talking to all the other surf gear of all the surf trip he/she have been with on, and talk about Maui, how cool it is there, and how cool it would be once again to be out on Kanaha or Sprecks. To morrow I will tell my board the hard fact, and I think he/she will understand and look forward to meet the new boards later on in some months from now.
So then for me the week to come much work, and then probably next post from Maui…again…..ohhhhhhh I almost cant wait.

Quad fin versus twin fin versus single fin post 1

2009-09-02T14:39:00.011-10:00

Ok, I have done it, my first time of order custom board. The custom boards, two of them is orderdered from ocean4hawaii So then after a lot of mail the boards is finished. Ocean4hawaii is really professional with lots of advices. If you want a custom board or wonder about something else I really recommend you to contact them.

I am not a pro sailor, more a ordinary windsurfer who try to be at the water as much as possible catch some waves and “talk” with the nature. I don’t change my board every year, and if some new things arrive, I don’t have to run and by it right away. So as the name of my blog reflect the most important is to be happy out in the water, and the coolness factor have almost no importance for me. The decision of new board was taken last year on this day: testing Goya 90L

One of the hardest decisions on the new custom boards was: shall I go for single fin, twin fin, or quad. The best thing would be if I could have tested them first. But I want a new board before I arrive Maui this year so I had to do the decision by info in mail. I don’t either want to spend to mush time with testing out different board. I want a good board and become familiar with it as fast as possible. It was also important for me that ocean4hawaii understood that I am a sort of intermediate sailor and then the boards is shaped for typical Kanaha logo until mast high waves.

First evaluation: Single fin or twin fin?
A sum up from info: Twin fin shapes with looser tail than single fin are not only for the advance sailors, they are also good for intermediate sailors, but have the only drawbacks that twin fins plane a tiny bit later.
Ok if I had to choose between loose tail or early planning, I must admit that loose tail sounds nice but early plane is even more important. So then the choice here would have been single fin.

Second evaluation: Single fin or quad?
A sum up from info:
Quad (4 fins), those boards are nearly as fast as single fin boards and are very loose like twin fins. If you then go with a quad with a fast rocker - best of both worlds, loose and fast. Fast and loose sounds nice to me so then the choice here would have been quad.

And quad was the final choice, and the board is shaped with the fastest rocker of 3 different rocker, ref:

We currently offer 3 different models which are differentiated by rockers and their respective curves: (rocker #6, rocker #4 and FW rocker).
# 6 being the most turny rocker. 80% BACK FOOT.
# 4 being faster and most widely used as it is the most versatile for all around wave sailing. 80% FRONT FOOT.
FW rocker being the fastest rocker - for windsurfers who sail mostly in onshore and/or conditions with a lot of currents.

And about rocker if I had chosen a single fin it would have been with a # 4, so then with a quad and FW rocker they probable plane about equally.

With the assessment of the election of the quad is its possibility it will provide of manoeuvre qualities in waves. I hope therefore I with quad shall be even better to ride waves. The riding waves is the ultimate I can do compared to everything. As I understand by reading about it the fastness of quad fin is also given by the channel the four fins make in the water. The fins is smaller then ordinary fins, and the fin brackets is lighter, so the board is not much heavier then single fin. The quad should also work well upwind and therefore good for onshore conditions. In my opinion I think the quad is the next step after twinfin, so the quad to day is sort of developed from twin fin, and then maybe the only real alternative is quad or single.

The choice of twin fin and order custom from ocean4hawaii is also done because the boards is then shaped by Keith Teboul. I think he is probable one of the top 5 best shapers in the world, maybe the best, always out at Ho’okipa and testing out new things. I have also met him several times at Maui, and I hope and think he then have a bit knowledge of what kind of windsurfer I am…a happy one :-)

I look forward to come to Maui in a few weeks from now and test out my new boards. Keep up following the blog, I will later on ad post here about the testing of quad. All post about quad will be found under the articles tag on the top of the page.

I then hope this short quad versus twin fin versus single fin discussion would be useful for someone.

How to make your dream of windsurfing or surf trip come true, a simple guide

2009-08-25T15:37:00.042-10:00

You have for some month been dreaming about to travel to a spot of your dream. You have even started to look at some relevant dates, and even started to make planes for stay there longer than a normal holiday. Yes, you want to move your skills to a new level.

But when the relevant dates get closer the dream get longer away. Why? Two typical reasons:

1. To much work at the office right now!
2. I don’t think I have enough money for it!

Sound’s familiar?

There are for sure a lot of other challenges to make a windsurfing trip or surf trip to come true, but the work and money part is maybe often the main challenges. Then, here you have a sort of a guide to deal with it. To take care of the money part you have further down a free download spreadsheet template for xl or google doc.

Challenge 1: To much work right now! Yes, you have probable to much work or some another important appointment that tie you up to stay home. This is no excuse. The way to deal with this is to very early prepare all your surroundings, your work friends and others that you are going for a long holyday from a specific date. If you do this in a year in front you have good opportunities to make it come true. You should set up a realistic tie schedule suitable for your work and for your economy and just go for it. If you prepare yourself, your work, your boss, your friends and others for it in a really early stage you have a good chance.
The problem here is if you don’t really go for the dates in an early stage, suddenly there come some important meetings an important wedding or something else. If the trip not is totally clear it is already in danger to become cancelled.

Challenge 2: Not enough money! There are in fact two situations here that’s true, ok, you don’t have enough money for it. But there is also a situation that you don’t know in detail exactly what the trip will cost you. So the complexity of this may lead to a cancelation of the trip. The guide here is for sure a matter of course, just save money for it, but it is also meant as a motivation for you. If you here as well start a year or so in front of your trip and think about it everyday you have a good chance.
You should really look at your economy of where you can spend less money. Do I really need a new mobile phone, is it possible to change to a cheaper mobile subscription, do you really need the subscripting on that magazine, do you really need new clothes and so on. If much of your expenses is on food, you could now have a motivation of by smart. It is in many way boring to think like this, but the motivation factor here is strong, and a few money here and there get much after a year.
The next thing is to have a good overview of the costs of your trip. You should think about everything. Staying, airplane ticket, car, board, broken gear, food, gas, and so on. If you have planes for period of unpaid leave from your work you should even set up for cost back home.

One way to handle all the different costs is to set it up in a document. If you are familiar with spreadsheet you could set it up there. In the picture under you can see an example of a spreadsheet like this. (click on it)
If you want to, you can for free download a template of this spreadsheet. I recommend you to use google documents spreadsheet, because you then have access to it where ever you are and you also have the nice detail that the currency is updated automatically. The currency part is a nice thing if you are travelling form a country with another foreign currency. But if you like a Microsoft xl document better you can download that as well. But if you use the Microsoft document you have to change the currency by your selves.

(I am not a spreadsheet guru, so you readers may know a better way to use them so fell free to edit them as you like)

Download for free here:

To open the spreadsheet in google doc you need to have a google account and user of google documents. If you not are a user it is free to sign in.

Here in the picture below some explanations of the details in the document.

Some explanations:
The coulomb on the top left is all the charges on the trip. As you can see the example have a set up for 90 days. When you order to a trip you have some charges in front or during the trip. It is then nice to take it out from he total budget so then there is a area to put that in. The amount nr “4” on the document is the money you must save in total. In meaning revised budget minus your savings now. It is nice to have control over how much you have to save each month, and then it is a tool to may adjust your monthly savings. Nr “5” is then money you have to save divided to month left to the trip. (in the example 8740/10)
The number of month left must be changed manually each month. (maybe some spreadsheet guru know how to change this automatically)
The currency in the template is set to euro “EUR” You can change the currency to what ever you want to. But you have to remember to do this in all the document. Just double click on the currency area, and change it. As an example if your travel goes to Australia change USD to AUD.

Tips: Change the picture in the document to a pix of your selves as an extra motivator!

As said the guide here is for sure a matter of course, but I hope someone find it useful as a motivator to make a dream of a windsurf trip, surf trip, or maybe a bike trip snowboard trip, ski trip or something other kind of trip come true.

Activity day with wake surf and extreme sailing Nacra f18

2009-08-24T12:23:00.008-10:00

On Saturday two days ago I was invited by Jorgen to join him on a activity day. We started in the morning with wake surf. Wake surf is when you stand on a board close to the boat and try to surf on the wave from the boat. This boat don’t give big enough waves for drop the line you hold totally, but sometimes you have almost no force in rope, and you actually have a nice feeling of surf. After all not as fun as surf for real, but it is a good preparation for Maui later this year, and for sure a nice way to be on and in the water. I think Jorgen and his friend who together own the extremely nice self renovated boat have planes later on to have some weights inside the boat to get bigger waves.

But it was later on the day I entered climax as a water addicted person I am. Jorgen and I had an extremely cool sailing with a catamaran called Nacra f 18 which is the same boat as in this you tube video. ( It us not us on the video , but the boat is similar)

A bit about the boat: I have sailed a lot in my water career, but always had a dream about sail a catamaran like this. The Nacra f18 have all the equipment you can dream about. It has all the ropes where you want them to be, all the clamclite mounted exactly where they should be. No extra things, pure 110% sailing machine, and with genaker inside a storage place in the front lunched only with a rope, and the front and main sails in pure Kevlar. The front sail and main sail when raised have no rope going from the top of the mast to bottom (called fall in Norwegian) the sails is mounted with a ring in the top. The benefit of this is that you don’t get the horrible stretch in the rope (fall) from the sails. All the adjustments is extremely nice with downhaul, and the front sail for sure have a rail. As already said 110 pure sailing machine. When the wind is strong enough both in the boat can stand in trapeze. And for sure this day we had opportunity to do that. The wind in the stat was like searching for places with most wind. Later on way op in the fjord of Oslo we had the genaker up running , but suddenly all of it felt a bit uncontrolled and we took down the genaker again. And then suddenly the wind increased to 12m/s in 2 sec and in 0.001 sec we totally missed the control of the catamaren when it hit a wave in front and the nose diged down and we got an extremely catapult fall with the boat tipping vertically front forward. I was the by the tiller and was thrown about 4-5 metes in front of the boat. Jorgen who was beside me have seen me in his left eye’s thrown over him. For sure we was in the water and the boat was around, but luckily it was not totally around with the mast down, and was quite easy to turn right again. But with all the wind blowing and with the force in the now loose sails it was really hard to get in to the boat again. After that we had a bit time with thinking about what happened and what to do next, but after 5 min we was both in the trapeze again with extremely fast sailing. Sometimes we manage to have extremely nice teamwork between the sail man and rudder man. We now had the weight far back in the boat, now with Jorgen standing in the footstrap way behind. Sometimes we where both so existed so we just stood there with a big loud laugh. Next time when sailing in 10m/s it will be nothing compared to this day.

Jorgen took some pictures form the wakes surf and some pictures form the catamaran sailing before we got the good wind. I may ad the pix later on, I don’t have them here yet.

Fuerteventura shooting

2009-08-24T11:59:00.006-10:00

Fuerteventura shooting from julien AOUIDAD on Vimeo.

I found this link in the blogg list at boardseekermag.com

It is probably many out there witch already have seen this video. The reason for me to blog it here is that I think this must be one of my favorite windsurfing videos in waves. Nice windsurf, nice waves and extremely nice filming. About nice film angle and nice lightning and nice wave I think my favorite part is around 4:40 in the film. As I understand there is a DVD video from this day as well. I think I have to by it when I find it in the shop. But I have to admit that this kind of windsurf is way to extreme for me, and not compatible with my fright in my brain to get washed to heavily. And for sure I normally not have a water scooter to help me out if things get to heavy. I don’t either have the wallet compatibility for all the gear trashes. Ok then, If you not have seen the video, I warn about some extreme scenes ! :-) And if you are on a low bandwidth net I still recommend you to run the video in HD, it is worth to wait for.

2009-08-16T10:24:00.006-10:00

We had a nice windsurf at Larkollen to day. I started up with my 5, 3. But it was to big so I went in and had my 4,7 on. I could even been out with 4, 2. I wish I had listened to Jorgen who recommended me to go on with 4,7 right away. I had a lot of turns around the whale. It was nice with some small "bumb & jump a bit rideable waves, but it was totally dead onshore. In meaning could not be more onshore. Sigurd an I had a turn up to Sletter. In my opinion it was nice up there with some nice waves in the opening between the islands up there. But when I was up there I started to be quite tired in my hands with some cramp, so I went in to the whale again to squeeze out the rest out of my arms. Next time in this kind of condition I go for find the right sail a bit faster, and go in for rigging down faster and go up to Sletter right away.
The picture on top is Runar and Mathias at Sletter. Picture is taken by Sigurd with his 400 zoom lens.

Small cuts and wounds on your windsurf or surf trip part1

2009-08-11T09:08:00.026-10:00

“Your dream have become true, you are in windsurf and surf paradise, you have looked forward to this and made planes for it in several months. After some days you feel as king on the water, and suddenly in a turn or manure you fall in the water on the reef and on a reflex you kicks down in the water, and out of nothing you suddenly have a wound…”

Sounds familiar?

When I have got some cuts and wounds on a windsurf surf vacation, I have tested out different methods, ignore it, use big bandages, use wound ointment, stay out of water and so on. By all different methods I have tested out, the method described here in this post have so far worked best for me.

If you live on a place with good conditions, and you get a cut, it is maybe not a big problem, you deal with it and take a rest for some days. So this article is not for the lucky ones living by a nice spot. They have after all maybe thicker skin on their foots.

But if you are one a windsurfing or surf vacation, a cut can be a big problem. You don’t want to use precious time to wait for the cut to be healed. Even a small cut can give you problems for days. It is typical when you have had a wound for several days in a windsurf vacation, you almost can see it grow again when sitting on airplane back home. The reason for that is may that the tissue don’t get so much stress by water and moist climate.
I must emphasize that I am not a doctor, so this kind of advice is from my own experience with small wounds combined with water sport.

See the picture from a cut I got from surf on a reef at Maui. When I am used to European conditions it is sometimes only on a reflex I kicks down in the water. But if you do that when you are on a reef you may end up with a cut as on the picture . As you can see not a big cut, but for me it was important to prevent it from be infected.

First of all if you get a cut and it not is to big, just stay out there and be in the water as normal. When you come to beach, you for sure as best as possible try to not get any sand or dirt in the wound. When you come back home even if the cut is small you should take it seriously and take actions to clean it. I use Chlorhexidine to clean the cut. I also use a NEW soft toothbrush to brush out all visible dirt and sand. It is important to sterilize the toothbrush first. You can do that in boiled water, and let the toothbrush stay in boiled water for about 5 min. (remember to cool down the toothbrush in air first) When you repeat the cleaning process every evening as long as it needs it is important to clean and sterilize the toothbrush every time. When I use the toothbrush in the cut I also add more Chlorhexidine simultaneously.

As told you should do this process every evening until you feel that the wound is healed. About the healing time: I think the healing process will go much faster if you stay out of water for some days. And the toothbrush process may hold the wounds opened, because you brush out the thin skin witch may have been established. But you are on an expensive vacation, and can’t stay out of water. In my opinion it is better to have a wound, be on the water, but be sure so the wound not get infected.
So now you have a clean wound, what to do then?
Many people want to have a bandage on it! That is maybe ok if the cut is under the foot. But if it is possible I recommend having the wound open, so it get air and can dry out. I have earlier tested some wound ointment. I don’t recommend that, the wound get wet, and I think it is better for the wound to get dry. But if you for practical reason had to use some bandage rest of the evening I think it is smart to take it off during the night.

So what to do next day?
There is wind and waves and you want to be on and in the water with your board!!
I then recommend using some protection, maybe a waterproof band-aid. And when you windsurf you should use shoes. (If you surf you probable don’t use shoes) In my experience if the band aid is waterproof or not it will anyway work loose. In my opinion, it is ok it has after all may done some protections. When you are back to the beach, maybe packing the gear back in to the car and later take of your windsurf shoes off, remove the wet band aid, and add a new one. When you come back home repet the cleaning possess….and so on.

I Hope this “article” is helpful for someone!
I, as everybody else have had some cuts and wounds when on a windsurf surf vacation. I have tested out different methods, ignore it, use big bandages, use wound ointment, stay out of water and so on. The description above is what worked best for me, when I got several cuts, but non of them got seriously infected.
I repeat I am not a doctor. this is just from my own experience!

About articles!

2009-08-06T14:56:00.010-10:00

I have plans for to write some articles and add it into the top menu. I think it is cool to write, and have some ideas of some articles that sort of earn to be available independent of the posted date. The articles will not in a direct way be about the last windsurf session or other happenings, but more about thoughts and practical contents. I hope the artickles will be in interest and maybe useful for other people. I will not now expose what the articles will be about, but for sure it mostly will be articles about windsurf and water sports.

I was then the 11 aug happy to put on my blog my first article
in the article series. As you can see it is about how to deal with
Small cuts and wounds on your windsurf or surf trip,..

Ok, so then it was time for even a new article, and now a sort of a guide
and hopefully some usable tips for how to make your windsurf surf sport
trip come true, both practical and a suggestion of how to set up a budget

I have now even more ideas to write about.
Keep following the blog !

Team Vakum, Jorgen and Pekka at Aasa!

2009-08-02T10:28:00.009-10:00

2 Days 3 Spots! from DanneMan FilmProduction Cortez69 on Vimeo.

I found this extreamely cool video on the swede site surfzone.se Made by DanneMan. His videosite here: DanneMan FilmProduction As I can see both Jorgen and Pekka is on the video. Jorgen now with the new Goya sail! :-) Cool for you J & P, I wish I was there! :-)

Nice windsurf in waves at Lista, renna.

2009-07-27T05:49:00.012-10:00

Sigurd, Jorgen and I had a nice Saturday windsurf in waves at Lista. In the start it was nice wind but not so much waves. The waves picked up later on, and it was absolutely possible to do some turns. For me it was the first time on this spot, and typical for me in the start I was a bit skeptical, and in search of how to run he spot in best ways. But after a short while I was familiar with the conditions there, and had the feeling of total control and it was just fun to be out there. For sure I had some rides in the waves, but when it was my first time windsurf there I think I don’t was good enough to go close to the beach to catch the best waves. By the weather forecast the wind should pick up about 18.00, and I had a long rest before that and went out around 17.00 o clock, with Jorgen on the beach with the camera. But then the wind died out after a couple of turns. I was a bit disappointed about that because I was extremely ready for even more action. After all the sea and waves was typical extremely nice before the wind went down.

About the conditions:
I was first on with my 5,3 and 22 fin, it was way to big, and I changed to 4,7 and 20,5 fin witch was perfect.
My goal for next time on this spot:
Go closer to the beach, and go even higher up in the wind and take the speed with me from the highness in to the waves.
Sigurd took some nice pix, see here: Lista juli 2009

Ok, but not more than ok windsurf in Kragerø.

2009-06-22T13:13:00.007-10:00

I am in Kragerø for work on a subject book. The view right ouside from my office is right on the water. And in the lunch break I had a windsurf in the fjord of Kragerø.
To be honest, I have grown from consider the windsurf here as good. there is a lot of boats, ferries, choppy waves, and wind goes up and down. I was on with my 100 L and 6,1 expression. Nice to have something to float on when windsurf alone. But after all I feel lucky to be able to go windsurf in a lunch break :-)

I am editing my blog layout.

2009-04-12T06:44:00.009-10:00

I am editing my blog. I Have in long time and with much research and much work, sitting for many many hours trying to figure out how to deal with the html (xhtml) coding. The layout is not yet finished, but the frames of it is done. It is a bit more work in photoshop and so on. So therfore the site is now in the status "under construction" :-). One of the most challenging things is to make it work on the horrible explorer browser. I uce Firefox. And I think I have to make some of the content in the site smaler in data size so it not is to slow to load. Mabie I have to dropp the flash boarder. The boarder is just for test and shall have an another layout. So then, if things dont work , or is to slow to load on your browser let me know. Even let me know is everyting work wery well.

Moods of Maui 08

2009-03-11T13:37:00.008-10:00

Kikut tuesday evening

2009-03-08T22:14:00.003-10:00

I had again an extreamy nice cross country trip in Nordmarka norh in Oslo.
I managed to go all the way into kikut befour it was dark, and had then a nice trip back home with my home made head light. The conditions was now a bit more wet and clouded than it was in the weekend. The picture, taken by mobilephone is from kikut right befour it went dark.

Cross Country in the forest norh in Oslo

2009-03-08T22:00:00.003-10:00

Last weekend was perfect for cross country skiing in Oslo, Nordmarka.
It was absolute that cind of day you just had to go on and I ended up with a trip arond 40 km (25miles). I have normaly not my camera with me on this cind of trips but this day I desided to take it with me even with the extra waight and hazzel. I even tested to take sme video with my mobilephone. So I have made a video from the trip. Not a high quality movie but you can maybe get a fealing of the nice atmosphere with lots of snow and nice sun.

Oslo north forest, Nordmarka february 09

Travel back home.

2008-11-08T05:47:00.003-10:00

Have so far been quite lucky with my travel back home. Had to pay only 125 usd for my gear. No problem with check in and so on. So now I am in San Francisco. Was just going from my arrival area slow and easy whit my noise reductions earphones on ,and was suddenly going pas a lounge, with star alliance label, why not give it a try, showed my plastic card of euro bonus and here I am sitting now in a quiet lounge, table for my selves food nice view over the airplane area. Computer connection, current to the computer and so on. It is still a lot of time befour my plane leave to Europa. Now I think I go and take some more to eat :-)

(the pix is taken by my computer)

Lower K. Last day

2008-11-08T05:33:00.008-10:00

It was in fact a bit depressing day. I am that cind of person who are a extremely happy windsurfer when everything works ok, so then this time after one month I really started to feel really comfortable out there. I also started to know a lot of nice people. At Kanaha it is often much the same people and when you are there for a while you know more and more of all the nice people, addicted to this nice sport windsurfing.
So today when driving..I was thinking, this is last time this year driving trough Paia, and last rigging. And when out there last jibe inside and last jibe outside. My last way out I went really far out, and when heading inn again I slowed down and just looked at haleakala and the palm trees to "print" it in my brain to memorize it. To day I also had only my surf shorts on, no raschguard, just to feel the nice water and weather.
To day the condition was a bit on and off. I was on with my 4,7 and still with the Goya 90L board. I had a 22 fin on it today, but today the board was sometimes a bit to big. And there was definitive some waves today, maybe head high or perhaps a bit higher sometimes, and the set’s was coming a bit oftener than yesterday. I was not on the water weary long maybe around 2 hours. Because of the sometimes strong wind the waves was not so clean, and there was a lot shop in the waves. I think the waves and waves was better later on the day , when I was packing my gear, and preparing it for flight, at Kanaha beach park.

Niiiiice windsurf at lower K Testing Goya custom 90 L

2008-11-06T19:31:00.009-10:00

OHH, what a lovely day. But also a day with a bit of sadness because I leave this fantastic island tomorrow evening. For sure I will manage to have a whole day with windsurf in this swell with wind.
But about today, have been testing out Goya custom wave board, 90 litre. Was at Lower K, and was on with my 5,3. The wind was a bit up and down , quite strong in the start of the day, and could definitively had my 4,7. But later on the day the wind decreased a bit. But now about the board…what have I been doing, I have now for first time really been riding waves. Of course I still like my rww 76 litre, but it is something wrong with it in side shore "big" waves. When going on with the Goya board it sort of was going where I wane to go when I was in the waves. When standing on a top of a wave waiting for it to get steep and then drop down of it the Goya board was really a partner to trust, and it was easy to have the speed up down the line, with several bottom turns.
For me , my weight is 80 kg, 90 litre of a wave board sounds big, but in fact it did not felt big. Even in the shop on the inside of the reef I felt full control even when going very fast.
When the wind dropped a bit it was really nice to have the floating litres, and always have the feeling that come back to the beach will not be any problem. But about this huge difference and progress, is for sure not just about the board, it is also a result of that I am getting better, more relaxed in the waves and I am now ready for that kind of board.
About the waves to day: It was not really big waves, but some good sets was coming now and then, maybe head high. I think the swell is a bit too much from vest to get all the way in to Lower K. When the swell is to west Lower K is someway in a wave shadow behind the vest part of Maui. But as told there was some sets coming, and today I was sometimes a bit in un sync in meaning of that I had waves when going out, but no waves when going in.
So sorry no pictures from this day. Was on wather from 12.00 until 17.30, with only one brake ☺ In meanings no time for the camera.
You should really check out Paal’s blog and web album. He manage to take a picture of a good trial on double back loop.

Upper and lower Kanaha.

2008-11-03T19:13:00.004-10:00

In fact nothing special to blog about today. I was after all long time on the water, so it is really a windsurf day to log. The wind was quite offshore, almost no swell so I headed to upper K, but quite messy up there no order so I went down to Lower, almost no waves. The wind was extremely gusty, sometimes underpowered with my 4,7 sometimes slightly overpowered. And I thought what a messy day, I was thinking just to go in. But then I thought “think about it Tormod” you had a perfect day last day and you are starting to be really fastidious, even If the waves is messy the wind is gusty, you are actually standing here only in a windsurf shorts. Its warm in he water warm in the air, the ocean is blue, some turtles are sometimes coming up to say “hello” and when sailing against the shore you see palms and sand. You are actually in heaven. Those thoughts helped me to get the right perspective, and I stayed out there just for have a good time. Was practising more tacks, riding some small waves with several turns and so on.

Extremely nice Kanaha

2008-11-02T21:55:00.007-10:00

Are now in heaven, and suffering from TMS (to mush surf), after being on the water with 2 sessions in long long time. Or maybe more exactly long long long time ☺
Were around 11.30 again at Kuau for considering the condition, Paal was already ready to go. But again I evaluate the wind to bit light. After talking with Paal later it was not light at all. Honour to Paal for going out at Kuau today as well. But I headed Kanaha and had probably my best sessions there ever. I forced my selves to go aggressively on, never chicken turn, never out in the channel, jibe right after brake and jibe when the brake begins. I also did a lot of successful tacks on my 76-litre board. Yesterday I read about tacks on the Guy Cribb page and that was really helpful. The clue for me is where and how you put the front foot in front of the mast.
The waves were about up to head high and really nice. It was sometimes a bit difficult to fin the best sets, but I have started to be a clever one to find the biggest one and to be on the right position. The most funny and best success with catching waves was when jibing up on the wave right before it brakes. It is also then easier to find a wave you have for your selves, even thou it wasn’t crowded to day. Have really been going aggressively in to the bottomturns, and one wave I had, I really forced hard, with back hand far back, and felt that this was cool, lets do it again, and try to reach the lip, but the second turn, I don’t know what happened, some kind of spin out, catapult, the sail into the water or taken by the wave but I was thrown away with a loop, and then washed by the waves coming. Glad I did not have my helmet on (have not have it on at all this trip) If I have had it on the crash on the water would felt more painful.
I also saw two Main O War (Portuguese warship) today, inside the brake between Lower and kitebeach, right by my board after a crashed tack, so that was almost the end of tacks for this day, then only secure power or duck jibes ☺
I invited Paal to my place for diner today, and what a clever solution. After big shopping at Costco and Paias mamafood Paal who is a professional cook made a extremely well tasty dinner, now called Paal Texas steak, ref Texas steak on jacks but this tasted extremely much more better. So then because of all the windsurf today, no picture of that, but I have a picture of Paal’s Texas steak. (first picture of a steak on this blog ☺)

We are now relaxing after dinner, watching windsurf video, bogging, checking e-mail from other windsurfers, checking the Internet for the forecast of wind and swell tomorrow, and conclude the there would be wind and suitable waves, drinking a bear…..oohhhhhhhh life is gooooood. More wind and swell tomorrow
And one more thing Paal took some really nice picture of the pro’s at Hookipa.
He is editing the pictures now, check out his blog and web album later on.
Paal’s blogg

Lovely Sprecs and halloween hookipa pictures from yesterday

2008-11-01T20:19:00.009-10:00

First a web album from hallowen at hookipa yesterday.
Riders Camille Juban, Brian Thelma, Nadia and many more i dont know/remember the name on :-)

Hookipa halloween

To day again considering Hookipa, but a bit big waves for me, to light wind and to many surfers (10 mans rule) Then considering Kuau, and to day again a bit to light wind, witch was a bit disappointing because the conditions there looks ok for me.
Headed then to Sprecs for smuuuuuth lovely windsurf with my 5,3 in a bit too much onshore waves, but for me some good sets to have fun and practice in, even got several rides, and was even washed sometimes.
Are still practising tacks. Sometimes it goes good. I do like this:
Fast speed, take out back foot of footstrap and place it behind the front foot, then heals down, and then frontfoot mowing right in front of mast, then “try” to jump around mast. Works sometimes, but the jump part is tricky. If some readers have some good advice, please let me know.
Paal went out on Kuau today see his repost with some pix here: Paal's blogg

Light wind sprecks

2008-10-31T20:10:00.004-10:00

Paal and me started the day with consider hookipa, but to light wind for us so we drove down to kuahu, same there with to light wind, then headed to sprecs and rigged 5,3. But the wind who was there when we arrived sort of passed out. After waiting for wind, Paal decided to go to kihei (se paal’s report). I stayed and the wind picked up a bit , enough for light wind sailing with exercising in light wind tacks.

Kanaha head high, wind up and down.

2008-10-30T22:33:00.021-10:00

First a couple of pictures from yesterday, of the always smiling and beach including, Goya windsurfing team rider Nadia. Check out her website: www.mauitouch.com
On her fist way out at Kanaha for sure she have to say hallo to the waves by doing a frontloop.

I arrived Kanaha today about 11.30, but in the start the wind was a bit weak.

Upper Kanaha

Lovely Kanaha

I rigged my 5,3 and had a couple of no planning turns, but decided to save my strength to better wind. I t was then a couple of hour’s of waiting, but finally the wind sort of came. It was a bit up and down, but for sure enough for Paal and me to have a lot of fun out there.
To day in head high waves I felt more relaxed and forced my selves to go out in middle of lower, and was sometimes washed. The washing is just like get a bucket of weather in the head so that’s rally no problem. Had sometimes some real good rides with up to five bottomturns.

To day as well it was a MAN O WAR warning on he beach. It means gel fish or the blue Portuguese warship. Have seen them before at Barbados, but never here at Maui. I did not see one to day either but a Japanese girl was stinged by one today in her leg. She was swimming in the brakes and was stinged by a blue one she told. She had some quite big blisters on her leg and it looks quite painful. I advised her to go to the lifeguards for advice.

Tomorrow, wind swell :-)))))))

Check out Paal's blogg with Ho'okipa picures from today.

Logo, side to side on at Lower Kanaha

2008-10-29T21:27:00.005-10:00

Maui is absolutely fabulous. When we had a few days without wind, everybody was talking about Wednesday. And for sure to day the trade was back.
When I was putting my gear into the car, I first had to fight with this creature (picture below) I don’t remember the name of it, but I know it is some way of poisonous. First it was under my sails, and then ran in to my waist and tried to bite that. I just sprayed some mixture on it, and then took a picture of it.
When driving past hookipa, I understood that this day the swell was here as well together with the trade wind. Driving to Kanaha, but in the start of the day from about 11.30 when I arrived it was light wind big waves sailing. I don’t like that with my 76-litre board. But after a bit waiting the wind picked up and was perfect with my 5,3. The wind had an influence of north so the set up was not always totally clean sideshore. If you want to go out trough the channel, as I often do, you had to take good highness. After all a really nice day, with lot of challenging waves, I think up to logo high. But still after a lot of rides to day I am still in a situation that the waves own me and not opposite. To morrow a bit smaller waves and I have decided to go on more aggressively. To day the lifeguards had some works. I saw 2 people swimming in the channel next to one board and sail. Further down at lower it was a sail and board of its own. Anyway the calculation was right. About the 2 people swimming, from my view thy where swimming in the channel right out between lower and upper. When the lifeguard picked them up they was even further out. If you swim in the channel I think the best is to swim to the side down, somewhere in middle of lower. If swimming in channel you probably will be drifted out trough the channel and then get washed down again in the waves. If you then don’t stay out of the channel you get even once more ride, and so on. I am not sure about this, just what I think.

Here a few pictures taken, before the wind picked up, in my web album (click on the picture)

Lower K. 29.10.08

2 x surf at Paia beach.

2008-10-27T20:42:00.004-10:00

Had two really nice surf sessions together with Paal and some few others at Paia beach today. One in the morning and one in the evening until after sunset. It is really nice atmosphere there, people lying on the brake and talking together and roar on each other to catch a wave. Really like this. Have had a huge progress now with several rides all the way into the beach. In the afternoon session the always so friendly, happy and including Francisco Goya joined us at the brake. I even got one ride together with Francisco all the way to the beach. More surf tomorrow, and wind back on Wednesday, with swell ☺
Not any probably wanted pictures today, to busy with the surf. Hopefully back with pictures later on.

Surf at Thousand peaks

2008-10-26T21:26:00.006-10:00

Mathias Paal and me had a really nice surf session at Thousand peaks today.
Have for sure been surfing now and then when it not is wind earlier, but now really starting to feel a huge progress, and are more capable to catch some waves, had even one ride all the way into the beach. Have learned by looking on others take off. Not many strokes , and right when the wave come parallel strokes, and with the body in right position on the board, I sometimes manage to cash someone, without nosedive or missing the wave. Mathias who is a natural talent for surf, also told me that the more experienced also use their legs in the take off by bending the knees and then control the forward weigh in the take off, before standing up. I have to try that. If some blog readers probably way more surf skilled read this don’t hesitate to give some advice in the comment field. Anyway best advice and best way to learn is to be on/in the water, and that’s what we gone do tomorrow. Paal took some pictures today. Paal's blog here!

No wind today, but swell

2008-10-25T21:26:00.004-10:00

There was no windsurf today for us. Some few were out in really light wind and in my opinion quite big waves at Secret, Kuahu and Lanes. To light wind for me.
But so far no problem with some days to rest and get prepared for swell and wind for several days later in the in following week. Are rely looking forward to it.
I took a few pictures from the parking area by Lanes. See web album below.

Hookipa/Lanes 25.10.08

Wind and swell yesterday!

2008-10-24T17:55:00.007-10:00

Lanes, Maui 23.10.08

When driving trough Hookipa, the wind looks a bit week. We stopped by lanes and I took a couple of pictures from windsurfers on Lanes. (click on picture above)

Lower Kanaha Maui 23.10.08

We headed then to Kanaha.(click on picture above) Was on water from around 12.30, the wind was quite strong, had my 4,7 tuned up. The waves was quite big, I think maybe head to logo high, and the swell outside of the reef was really nice with good order, sometimes really big out there, which is a really nice nature experience, and in my opinion it was quite easy to pick out some good ones to follow down to the reef. But in the start was it quite choppy in the waves. A bit later the wind dropped a lot, and I had to take a brake. Later I rigged up my 5,3 and that was perfect for me. The waves was now much more glassy, and more cleaner. Had some really good rides, but so far I did not go down as aggressively as I should want to. Feel the board and sail sometime is a bit out of control when going fast on a wave. I have still my JP rww, 76 litres, and it is a bit too wide in big waves. Have now planes to test out a Goya or Quatro board, to test out how it works in waves. Took some pictures in a brake on Kanaha. So sorry not big quality pictures, sheep objective and it was a bit cloudy this day. We were out on the water until sunset, but for me with a lot of brakes with food and propel sports water and in the end a Redbul to squeeze max out of this fantastic day.

After windsurf Lower K

To day is it swell, not as big as yesterday, but unfortunately no wind. But after all ok with a day to rest. Think my body and scar from meeting with reef need a day off.

"No" wind yesterday but with smal surf, and Spercs windsurf today

2008-10-22T21:08:00.010-10:00

No wind yesterday, but we had a long session with longboard surf at Hookipa Pavillions in small friendly waves. But Kevin Pritchard and a friend of him had a session at hookipa with formula boards. (picture below).

To day the wind was back, but so far no waves..it was totally flat on hookipa when we was there at 11.00 o’clock, and headed instead to Sprecs, for nice smooooooth windsurf in plenty of wind with my 4,7 tuned up. Sometimes could even used my 4,2. Mathias used his 4,2 and 69 litre board for a period. The wind was best and most consist around 13.00 until about 15.00. Then a bit up and down, but always possible to have fun with 4,7. Even with no swell and almost not any wind swell at all it was a perfect lovely Sprecs day until the dark was coming. We tested a bit with headcam today at sprecs. Will come back to it if the quality of it is bloggable.

Under web album of some picture taken on Maui, the spider by the house in the morning when going to our windsurf car. (click on the picture)

Maui pictures 2008

The forecast says a north swell is coming in tomorrow, or already tonight, and we will still have tradewind. Hope that’s come true, looking forward to it ☺

Ho’okipa debut, and first time meeting with shark.

2008-10-20T23:00:00.008-10:00

Mathias and me at Hookipa Maui 20.10.08

Finally the day was here for me, and for sure a big day in my life. I have windsurfed at Hookipa!! As blogged earlier have already surfed two times at Pavilions. So no finally to day, windsurf at Hookipa. But to be honest consider the condition to day the windsurf there was not extreme at all. Have windsurfed in a lot more extreme condition at another spots around the world or at Kanaha on swell days. But for me the fear of go out at hookipa was(is) more in the head. For years seen the spot on movies, and got the spot described from other and I think sometimes in an exaggerated way. And the respect for the spot have not been smaller when earlier sitting at hookipa on big days looking at all the pro out there, and people get washed on the rocks, taken by the current, swimming people after their gear all over, broken mast, damaged sail and so on. But that’s on swell days. To day it was ordinary wind swell, small friendly ones, on in my experience not much current. Fore sure it was normally less wind near the beach but not at all any problem to get floated with my 76 litre board and with my 5,3 rig tuned up, and wind enough to get powered trough the waves on the way out. And when you are out of the impact zone (if it can be described as a impact zone to day), it was easy to get highness outside. I will in special say thanks to Mathias who forced me and helped me to get out there to day. He had for me a kind of clinic for windsurf at hookipa. First he checked out the condition out there for me. And when I had been out there a while, he told me that it was important to go out again even one more time, perhaps even get washed a bit, to once more learn the head that this is not dangerous, and start to feel the fun of being out there. And for sure the second time my windsurf approach was a lot better and I started to have fun out there. For first time I had the possibility to se the hookipa beach with my own eyes from the water, for me a special and nice feeling.

But my second time out there advanced maybe to a fear factor I do not had in my mind. As a first time at hookipa windsurfer I took turn quite long out of the shore. An out there I thought first I saw a turtle, witch is normal here, so I just went a bit downwind to not hit the “turtle”, but it was not a turtle, for about 30 cm form my board it was a Hammer head shark. I could see the fin and for sure the hammer head. It was for me a quite special experience, newer seen a shark before, only on TV, and now see a shark from my board windsurfing for my first time at hookipa. But it was in real quite small perhaps 1,5 meter long (in my head 5 meter) But to be honest I did not feel any fear with it. I think when my head sended out signal to trigge the fight flight response in mind and body. The head did not have any fight flight response left to send out. It was already used when launched from the beach ☺ I only headed a bit further out without looking back and then took a secure jibe and headed back to the beach. I couldn’t know if this was normal so I reported my shark meeting to the lifeguards. They only wondered how big it was and how far out it was, and they considered this as not so special. And when talking to a Swiss windsurf frontloop skilled woman, she told me that she had seen one to day as well. Ok, so shark is then normal, but for me a nice nature experience.

One more thing I want to say about Hookipa on a day like this, with small wind waves, I had the experience of that there was other people in the same situation as me. Perhaps not first time out there but maybe second or third. So when staying at the beach with the gear tuned up, I experienced the nice and friendly atmosphere between people there, and not different form other windsurfingspot.

Have no not time for more text. Probably no wind tomorrow so we then go for some wave surf again with longboards at Hookipa.

La Perouse south swell.

2008-10-18T18:42:00.024-10:00

La Perouse south swell.
We were at the lovely La Perouce in the morning. Thanks to Paal for knowing about “secret” things on Maui. Nice to visit another place on Maui. So Paal! , thanks for your fantastic guiding to the nice waves, it was one of the high lights so far. So now three web album from this day below (click on pictures)
Later on the day we windsurfed at Sprecs, in quite good waves. Somebody said the waves was from a little swell. I don know that for sure, it looks a bit like windswell to me, but it was rally nice. Still nice to practice waveriding. Was a bit unlucky to step my barefoot on the reef and ended with a small cut. Hope it heal fast.

Laperouse wave surfers

Camille Juban La Perouse Maui 18.10.08

Laperouse south shore nature Maui 10/18/08 9:04 AM

The lovely Sprecs.

2008-10-17T20:38:00.004-10:00

Sprecs Maui 18.10.08

We were looking around today at different spots. Finally we decided to go out on Sprecs. Was a really nice surf there, wind was up and down, maybe knee to wrist high small waves. The waves could had more power but was absolutely possible to ride and take up to 3 bottomturns on. The wind was up and down but my 5,3 worked mostly very well. The wind suddenly died out around 15.30 I think (I have no clock) probably because of a local low pressure, with little rain. Must say it was strange to windsurf in Rain ☺ The forecast looks well now, wind everyday, and north swell coming later in the next week, probably on Thursday and Friday. Have not tome to more blog now..are going out in Paia for a couple of beers at Jacks. The best place to go out here when it’s Friday. Took a couple of pictures today, so sorry no actions photos, had not any time to that. Anyway here is a coupe in the web album (click on picture)

Windsurf lower Kanaha

2008-10-16T23:02:00.006-10:00

The wind was cind of back today.
Mathias and I had first a look at sprecs looks windy but no waves, so we headed to Kanaha. Went out with 5,3km2 around 11.45. The wind was really crappy in he start but picked up later on. We heard later on the day from the Swiss windsurfer that the wind had bean crappy at sprecs as well in the start. For me had a really really nice session at lover Kanaha. Almost no waves but sometimes possible to do some bottom turns. Are practising to move the backhand far back during the bottomturn and back again against mast when doing cut back. My experience of this when putting back hand far back you automatically lean forward and get the speed of the board. And as heard on a Peter Hart video, during bottom turn think that the mast foot is your front foot and have pressure on it. I feel I experienced that it works. And then up to cut back when move the backhand close to the mast hand you open the sail and get power and speed to go on down the wave again. Are now looking forward to try this out in bigger waves, and do it more aggressively than done earlier. There is some south swell coming on Saturday. We don’t know so far where to go to find the right spot on south shore. If someone reading this blog knows about a spot to recommend please mail me ☺ The south swell is the new mingling talk here now. Somebody will go to Oahu for surf/windsurf at Diamondhead. We are thinking a little bit about going there by take the fast ferry. But for us it sounds a bit complex with find place to sleep there and so on. The forecast looks good now, with wind probably every day, south swell on Saturday, and later next week some new north swell is coming. Tomorrow hope for some pictures again. Cant promise anything if we are to busy with be on he water, but I know that pictures are wanted.
Actually we did some headcam filming today. But it was during the light wind in he start of our session, so the film is not worth to show here. After all it was nice to try it out.

No wind but some swell

2008-10-15T21:50:00.002-10:00

There was not enough wind for windsurf this day. My second day without windsurf during this trip. In meaning no problem so far. Sometimes ok to just relax here at nice Maui. We were at Kanaha around 11. There looks like it was some wind that was coming so we tuned up our gear and waited for the wind to come. On the reef there looks like really nice shoulder to head high waves. But unfortunately the wind died out and we had to pack down our gear without having it in the water this day. Hope for wind tomorrow.

Light wind at Kanaha, waves up to logo.

2008-10-14T23:00:00.002-10:00

Was out there, but my 76 litre board was a little too small. Had a 2 really nice rides, but when trying to go out in the brake again, had the water sometimes to knee. I don’t like to stay in the impactzone without knowing to make it without swimming back to shore. Mathias had really good time out there with his little bigger board in the waves until it was dark. Should be more wind tomorrow, and still swell coming in :.)

Exploring Maui, Hookipa lookout, and Maui nature

2008-10-13T23:02:00.010-10:00

Was huge waves from big swell to day. No wind, and definitive to big waves for me to surf :-)

After all it was nice to have a rest day after 6 days in row with windsurf and 2 times smal wave longboard surf. Then it was time for a exploring Maui day. Firs stop was hookipa lookout se web album (click on the picture)

Hookipa 13.10.08

Next we had a nice exploration of some of Maui nature. (click on the picture for web album)

Maui nature 13.10.08

Kanaha, side head to logo high.

2008-10-12T21:21:00.006-10:00

Classical Kanaha today with side shore head to logo in the afternoon.
There is actually not anything more to say about that. So sorry no pictures had not time for the camera. Paal, Mathias and I had today a fantastic day and our dreams come true about the swell announced in the afternoon. The swell arrived about 15 o’clock and ended up with sometimes head to logo high waves. We were out there at the reef until it was almost dark.
For me I normally like to catch the waves with a jibe after windsurf out quite long up at the lower, and the have then possibility to look after the sets, if its flat I slow down and sped up and point out the wave before its reach the reef. If I don’t have speed enough through the jibe and lose the wave it’s often a new one right after which sometimes even is bigger. That’s way of do it I also find it easier to pick up waves which is not crowded. But Paal and Mathias told me that the wave further down towards the kite beach break longer and its possible to do more bottom turns. They then go out again between lower K and kite beach. I remember I did that sometimes last year, and for sure next day with such conditions I will try that again. Looking forward to it, you get really addicted and want more, and even more.
Everybody is talking about the swell, and as I wrote yesterday they say “its gone be huge” but unfortunately there will probably be light Kona wind tomorrow in meaning for s/v I think it is and not from around ø/n/ø or something, witch is normal here. After all if we don’t are able to windsurf tomorrow its no problem after this incredible day, and after windsurf in 6 days in row. And if the waves get really big maybe they get to big for me, if its get over mast high at Kanaha. But we will in any case do some search for windsurf spot tomorrow, maybe on the south side of Maui. Tomorrow I promise to set up some pictures, from windsurf or for other things here ☺

Sprecs, Mathias at hookipa, bbq at quatro

2008-10-11T22:48:00.005-10:00

Sprecs and Hookipa 10/12/08 12:53 PM

Have not time for much text today. Have been on BBQ party at Quatro shop, lots of nice people everybody talking about the big swell who is coming tomorrow evening and on Tuesday: gone be huge, one say 6-8 feet..and next one says 10. The big swell is really the mingling shat talk over here, everybody is talking about it.
Today really nice windsurf at sprecs. Some wind swell sometimes, possible to ride. Was first on with 5,3 later 4,7 even 4,7 sometimes lightly overpowered, could used 4,2. After that driving back to house and should then look at hookipa stopped there and Mathias was to mush tempted. And had his first time at Hookipa ☺

Morning surf at Hookipa, and windsurf at Kanaha

2008-10-10T21:59:00.004-10:00

Birds at Kanaha

Was at Hookipa early in the morning and in the water about 07.30. Had really nice surf there. To be honest at the longboard it is mostly paddling around there for me, but I had a really good ride one time, not all the way inn but for me quite long ☺ Anyway many cached waves or not..I really like to stay out there in the water and feel the pulse of the lovely nature.
Later on day around 11.30 Mathias and I headed to Kanaha. It was searching for waves all over: Lower K, upper K, camp 1 and sometimes almost down to Kitebeach. At the uppers it was in my opinion quite crappy, with waves here there and everywhere, which is typical for wind waves. For me after all the best place even with “almost” zero or swell, the lower K was the best, almost down to kite beach. It was sometimes possible to catch some not steep waves. Not for extremely good rides but really god to exercise bottom turns/cut back in. And good enough to stay as a happywindsurfer.
It was quite windy, still going with my 5,3 but should definitely had my 4,7 tuned up. The wind could be a bit gusty, and I have still problem with find the right way to tune my rig, for early planning when the wind is low but still not get overpowered when the wind is higher. Maybe an impossible task for a sail but had that tune on my old 2006 np combat’s . Anyway I find out of it later on.

Surf at hookipa in the morning and windsurf at sprecks from 11 oclock

2008-10-09T17:51:00.012-10:00

Picture from sprecks

Was up early in the morning to pick up a long board at Quatro shop. Drove down to hookipa and met paal there. He had already had a session out there and was only waiting to give me luxury guide out at pavilions. Was very glad for that guide. Was fist very sceptical with going out there with all the locals and so on, and I asked Paal: are the any chance that I get injured out there, and paal answered, if you get injured now I will buy you steak at restaurants every day rest of the trip, in the meaning there was really small waves. So with these words there was no way back, and after 5 min I was laying out there waiting for small sets to come. After the surf we had a shill out at hookipa and I then headed to Sprecklesville right on 11.00 o’clock and was one of the first out on the water. Paal was on water little later. I used my 5,3 sail and as usual my 76 litre board. This day the trade was definitive back again, and sometimes the 5,3 could be a little too big, but not overpowered. There were people sailing with all from 4,4 up to around 5,3. But there is still no swell yet. But at sprecs there is some windswell, sometimes possible to do a turn on, but quite onshore. For me I like best to windsurf upwind above the Shelly reef close to the beach. There are on days like this with enough wind some waves o find up there. And about the rumour that it is crowded at Maui, I was sometimes totally alone there upwinded and just felt a joy when someone joined me. From the beach when it was many on the water I counted about 15 ☺ From the forecast, there will be wind tomorrow as well. Looking forward to it. It will then be nice windsurf again, and now together with Mathias from Goteborg who arrived today. I have taken a few pictures today, click on the beach picture to get to my web album. Aloha

Sprecs Maui 10/10/08 10:37 AM

After Paal and mine sprecs session we met Francisco and Kieth rigging up brand new 2009 Goya sails. Francisco with the new sail at the picture below. They look extremely nice. I have asked Lalo Goya About some more info about the new sail, so far I have heard they have made them in a new way who make hem even more solid. I am not sure but I think they make them in a mould. If I get some info I blog about it so stay tuned ☺

Light wind at Kanaha.

2008-10-08T21:00:00.003-10:00

Was at Kanaha around 11 o’clock, but so far it was no wind. The wind come later on the day I and was out in approximately one hour. 5,3 sail and my 76 litre board. Still no waves at all. But it has so far been a tremendous positive experience of using the xcombat rdm mast. When doing a manoeuvre, a tack for instance it is easier to handle the rig. So far I don know for sure the best way to tune the rig. There is noticeably less downhaul, but still the sail feel really stable through the gusts. Tomorrow is Paal and me probably going for some surf (wavesurf) early in he morning. So far no pictures, keep following the blogg, I will probably ad some pictures later on ☺ so far it has been a lot to do and no time for the camera. Aloha

Light wind at Kanaha, no waves

2008-10-07T22:39:00.004-10:00

This was a day with a lot of doings, by new sails ,new bace extention ( and so on. Had a problem with my renting car so I had to deal with that as well. Was driving by Hookipa, arond 12 o clock and i was small waves there, about waist? Was at Kanaha around 02.30 I think (I am not weaing any clock)

Light wind at Kanaha, no waves

2008-10-07T22:14:00.001-10:00

This was a day with a lot of doings, by new sails ,new bace extention (Chinook) some clothes surf shorts and so on. I had to by surf shorts because my luggage have not arrived yet, still on some luggage holyday somewhere probably at an airport I don’t know. I also had to borrow boom and Harness from Pascal at the Goya shop. I have also had problem with my renting car so I had to deal with that as well. Was driving by Hookipa, about 12 o clock and it was small waves there, about waist? Was at Kanaha around 02.30 I think (I am not wearing any clock). Suddenly Paal arrived as well. We rigged 5,3 and had a little windsurf, sometimes the wind was ok, but mostly not enough for nice windsurf. So it was up and down and some times enough for plane. It had definitive been more wind earlier on the day. For me after all it was really nice to be on the water at Kanaha again. Nice warm water and nice weather. They are talking about some big swell coming later in the week. We then hope that come true :-)

I am now at MAUI :-)))))

2008-10-06T22:22:00.004-10:00

Finely at Maui ☺I am now at lolo's place (picture) Was a bit trouble and mess on the Oslo airport. The check inn did not go so smooth as last year. This time I had as well to pay for the board, 200 usd. I feel a bit screwed about this. My luggage had a weight on only 12 kg and the board about 20 kg. When I was paying for the board, next to me he was people with another kind of special luggage who paid about 30 usd. Why is the charge of the surfboard so high? I don’t like the feel of random outcome on this matter. And this time they did not pay any attention on the weight of the board bag ? So after a delay in the flight to Frankfurt and extremely fast run to the gate for flight to LA, the air flight went really good. I allso met the norwagian west coast windsurfer Paal at the airplane. Felled to sleep above Greenland, and when I wake up about 6 or 7 hours? later it was 45 min to LA. After that nice flight from LA to Maui, find the renting car and drove to Lalos place when I am sitting now ☺ One problem is that my luggage did not make the trip and are somewhere around on it selves, on a kind of luggage holyday, meeting other luggage’s. I hope I will have he luggage tomorrow. Lolo will borrow me some cool surf shorts and surf equipment, boom an so on. So tomorrow by the new sails and so on, and hopefully some kanaha windsurf ☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺

Nice windsurf in Varberg Appelviken

2008-09-28T10:00:00.012-10:00

Finally we got som vind arond here. Early in the week there was a lot of nice windguru weatheforecast. The typical "winner" of this cind of forecast was on saturday around Haby, se picture from guru early in the week. But the forecast allso predicted some wind in varberg both for saturday and sunday. Sigurd and I had then a big expectation for nice condition in Varberg Leiet for Saturday.

I have earalier treveled down to Leiet in that cind of weather forecast and got wind and really nice waves. Then not as much wind as in haby, but in my opinion the nice waves in Leiet tempted more than more wind. But unfortunately there was not any wind at all on this saturday, so that was a blunder when we afterwards heard that the wind had been realy good at Larkollen (5,0 4,7) and mabie even 4,2 at haby.

But on sunday we got wind from NV. The wind was sometimes a bit up and down and mabie around 10-12 m/s. I used my 76 L rww board and 5,3 sail. The waves was sometimes ok and absolutely possible for me to do some turn on. But in my opinion was the waves not more than ok, and sometimes quite shoppy. There was allso sometimes quite crowded. After all there was a really nice windsurf in really nice sunny weather warm in the air and "warm" in the wather. It was extreamly nice to have the board under the feet so cloce to the maui trip. There was allso a lot of norwegian windsurfers there from arond Larkollen environment. There was really cool to meet all the happy smiles from windsurf friends out there in the wather.

I started to take some nice pictures, but after a while i discovered thet I had forgotten the memorycard in the camera. So therfore her under I have 2 pictures taken by Sigurd.
See Sigurd's blogg

Paul in jump

Me in a bump :-)

Have ordered new sails :-)

2008-09-17T11:28:00.010-10:00

Not much wind around here east in Norway. But I have now ordered new combar 2009 sails :-)
Have ordered same sice I am used to: 4,2 4, 7 and 5,3
Have ordered them directly from http://www.neilprydemaui.com/
Will hopefully have them delivered at the time when I arive Maui. In that way I get much less weight on the plane, and less gear to take care of during the flight to Maui. Have to say a big thank you to Neilprydemaui for for professional help by mail back and forth.
Have allso to the sails orded x-combat masts, 370 and 400. This would be my first time with RDM mast. Are looking forward to test them out. I am allso excite to feal how combat 2009 model will work out.
From some of the info abot the 2009 combat on NeilPryde :
-Reduced luff curve in the top section provides for slightly more power release in the head (for side-shore action) while maintaining drive and upwind ability (for onshore conditions).
-Reduced downhaul and luff curve (in the mid-to-upper section) translates into less surface tension. This allows the sail to rapidly change it's 'mode' from giving 'drive' to being 'neutral'.

I then hope the 2009 model still have the same nice wind range as earlier models. Mabie reduced downhaul reduce the windrange as well? I hope not. But Probably I even get better windrange with the x-combat rdm mast? What I really can like is the better opportunity to bring the sail fast from 'drive' to being 'neutral'.

Maui 2008, 5 weeks.

2008-09-04T11:22:00.020-10:00

I will this year as well go to Maui, and this time for 5 weeks.
We are so far 2 from Norway, me in 5 weeks and a windsurfing friend from vest of Norway are going to stay 2 month, and as well a windsurfing friend from sweeden stayng in 17 days.
Are now realy realy looking forward to come there again to windsurf in souch nice conditions, just to be on the nice Maui, with all the nice wather adicted people.
Are going to:

Windsurfing here (me lower Kanaha)
Windurf here, Lower kanaha (picture taken by me)
Here Upper Kanaha picket from the nice blog: www.mauisurfreport.blogspot.com
I realy love this video, I have a look at it severel times pr day now as a soft preparation...the clip describes in many ways a relaxing and fun sailing I feal I can assosiate with. I was on upper last year in conditions like this. Looking forward to try it out again:

Here ( Sprecklesville me 2007 filmed by Sigurd)

Perhps Kuau

And finaly perhaps here Hookipa (on a way smaller day than the picture)

But at least not here at all (picture of Jaws taken by Mats a swedish windsurfer we met last year at Maui) see a lot more pictures here in Mats's web album:
http://picasaweb.google.se/MatsB65/Jaws#

And as well surf on this board:

Follow my blog for hopefully more windsurf in scandinavia befor I leave.
My goal is to blog allmost everyday on Maui.
I will allso give info about packing the gear and how the flight with the gear worked-
My goal is allso to by some cind of watherprof videocamera, helmet cam? and try to make some nice video from out in the waves. Mabie I go for the goprocamera camera?

Some cross-country skiiing clips

2008-09-01T12:14:00.007-10:00

In the mood of blog not windsurfmaterial I want to blog 2 clips of me going cross-country in the norwegian montain. Have allways been thinking about to put them in my blog because they show what the norwegianthe mountains can offer in it's best.
Clip 1 is form an 50km trip, classical 100% day for cross-country, and was filmed by my brother after approximately 40km Year 2006 around march or april something.? Its after trip to Kruk, up to Ividalen and so on. As you see on the clip, no sky on the heaven.

Clip 1:

Clip 2 is filmed by Fredirk on extreamly nice

classical 100% day in the winter february something 2008. The quality of the film is way overexposed, because of the sunny weather and white snow :-)

Is's from the legendary Ividalen.

Clip2:

The Climb to the top of Romsdalshorn

2008-09-01T04:22:00.008-10:00

This blog is from the start mainly a windsurf blog. But I have now decided that when I have been one with something extraordinary I will blog about it. And specially if I/we have taken some nice pictures to have in the web album. I was last weekend on a really nice trip to Romsdalen together with friends, from my work, JanO, Håvard,Per and me. Our main goal was to climb Romsdalshorn, and we did it friday 22.08.08. under really skilled leadership and expert skilld quality of climbing by Håvard, who was climb skilled suported by JanO, and followed by climb talented Per, follow by sometimes height feary me :-) But I think that I most of the times cope with the circumstances wery well :-) The fealing went from fear to extreamly joy in seconds. But it was allways safe by the good leadership. The climb to the top was quite challenging becouce of the extreamyly fast shanging weather with a bit rain and a lot of fog. The rapell down again was then a bit delayed from the schedule ,so the end of the trip was done really late in the evening.
See info about Romsdalshorn here: http://www.romsdalshorn.com/
The picture under taken by Håvard is me on the way up in one of the steepest areas.

Saturday we was on a really nice walk in a lot of stones and snowfield, up to the back side of Trollveggen by the Brudeskaret. See pictures of both days in the album by click on the picture below. Its eacy to see witch day the picture was taken becouce of the extreamly nice warm and sunny weather we had on the saturday.

Romsdalshorn August 2008

From Norwegian to English

2008-09-01T04:13:00.004-10:00

From now I write in English in the blog. It's mabie not that easy to formulate as free as I wan't to so it will be for a trial period. The transition to English is of cource allso related to Hawaii, Maui trip later this fall. Coming to write about the preparation for the trip and div later here on the blog.
In the same time I have allso done some cosmetic changes in the blog. I still want changes but are now trying to find out of the challanging XHTML coding. Small adjustments like collours and background picture and so on was quite eacy with small adjustments in the HTML coding. But in the XHTML??

Ustabil vind Larkollen, men med tolmodighet kom høydepunktene

2008-08-13T12:02:00.003-10:00

Ustabil vinf på larkolen, hvalen. Var vanskelig å velge seil. Vinden gikk opp og ned. Valget falt til slutt på 4,7. Vi fikk en periode et kraftig tornevær over oss hvor ett av lynene etterfulgt med et drønn/torn mindre enn 1 sec etter. Noen påsto at det slo ned i treet bak oss på land. Vi løp med det for faradays bur beskyttelse i bilene, men det ble med det ene lynet så nærme. Det var så omsider klart for surf, og 4,7 passet perfekt. Vinden gikk fortsatt opp og ned, men tolmodig som noen av oss var fikk vi en super periode mot slutten med relativt stabile 4,7/5.0 forhold og tidvis noen ok bølger rundt hvalen. Om en traff riktig var det til og med mulighet til å få følelsen av å ri en bølge nå å da.

Ok windsurf at larkollen, hvalen/sletter

2008-08-11T11:19:00.004-10:00

I had an ok surf on Larkollen from around 17.00-20.00. Rigged quite tight 5.2. Could probably sailed with 4.7 but the wind was somewhat up and down so it was ok with the 5.2 even though it at times was a little big. But lately I have been better to sail over powered. Was first a couple of rounds at the Whale, but the waves there where crappy, so I sailed me up to Sletter, I took a couple laps up there, but it was disappointingly small waves up there, and completely crouded with a lot of kiters around the tip where it breaks. It was also no one who "joined the" up there, so I sailed down to the whale again quite quickly. I had many fine rounds at the whale, also together with Jørgen and Sigurd. They tried recruit me into the world of Goya, and I had some turns with Jørgens Goya custom 80L (series) seemed like a very good board. My concern has been that it perhaps could be tricky jybe in a good way compared to my RWW, but the board worked well in jybe. Big difference on a RWW and a Goya wave board must be the speed in waves. It was not the biggest waves and quite onshore conditions, but I got the impression of it in a couple of waves with controlled sharpness and high speed in the turns. It Might by such a board some time :-) Waves arond the whale was not the big thing, but sometimes it was some sets of waves to have some fun with.
Otherwise, there were a lot of people by Larkollen / Teibern this day / evening. Even I had to park my car a piece up on the road away from the parking area.

Mini windsurf trip, day 4, my so far best Varberg Lejet day

2008-06-21T08:15:00.006-10:00

Big parts of team Vakum was together here this day, Tommas, Sigurd, Mathias, Runar and me. After classical night in the windsurf van where it shaked expectfully in our cars, we knew that this could be something big. Sailed 4.7 m with my 76 litre board at the beginning of the day. Conditions up to about 1 meter waves, wind from the west. Super nice smuth waves and sun. Later on the day the wind picked up and I rigged 4.2. The wind could sometimes turn a bit more north/west and the conditions could be something around the side on. Waves may reach up to 2 meters. Out of the day appeared Mathias (Gothenburg), and I noticed that he is a clever on to catch the big waves.

See allso Sigurds album:

http://picasaweb.google.no/Sigurdwebalbum/LejetIVarbergII

Minisurfetur, dag 3 Varberg Lejet

2008-06-20T08:09:00.003-10:00

Surf Lejet i sammen m Runar, litt av på relativt slappe forhold men likevel super fint og fine bølger. Tidvis ok m 5,2 og 76 liter, men selv om bølgene var vel små var de som vanlig ved lejet super fine og topp og seile på. Ut over dagen stilnet det av og ikke mulig å seile.

Minisurfetur, dag 2 Larkollen Sletter x 2

2008-06-19T08:00:00.003-10:00

Voknet opp av div sms, bla annet i fra Thommas som var ute etter å kjøre på m kreativ hjemmekontorløsning, dvs surf. Tror vi var på vannet rundt kl 11.00. Etter 2 runder i flatt vanns forhold ved hvalen, satte Thommas kursen rett ut mot sletter og jeg slang meg på med en gang. Vi fikk en 1,5 timers super session ved sletter i kjempe fine smuthe bølger. Av og til tubet bølgen som brøt over på tuppen av revet. Selv er jeg ikke den som barberer tuppen der aller mest, men kunne få med meg en thommas som kjørte relativt cloce et par ganger. var absolutt mulig å ri bølger denne dagen. Til og med delte thommas og jeg en av bølgene hvor vi nesten kjørte en s på bølgen. Det var ikke nødvendigvis størrelsen på bølgene som gjorde oplevelsen spessiel. Men d var noe m lyset, i tidvis relativt tynt skylag og som nevnt de smuthe bølgene m lite shop. Jeg seilt 5,2 og 76 literen, som var helt helt perfekt. Etter pause i bilen ankom Runar og Mathis og jeg ble med de på enda en runde til Sletter. Bølgen var da blitt noe større, men ikke like smuthe og fine. Etter min mening var kanskje ikke bølgene(bølgen) best på tuppen av revet, en d var flere muligheter litt på innsiden, nedenfor tuppen. Var etterhvert rimelig sliten og kjørte inn litt før Runar og Mathias og tok noen runder ved flatt vanns hvalen før jeg gav meg.

Minisurfetur, dag 1 Larkollen Hvalen

2008-06-18T07:53:00.001-10:00

Etter studie av div værmeldinger og m optimistisk innstiling gamblet jeg på mulig bra forhold slutten av uken og helgen. Ikke tvil om at vind var i annmars og helgarderte m til sammen 4 dager og en kveld, slik at jeg helt sikkert skulle få med meg vinden uansett hvor eller når den traff. Dag 1, dvs onsdag ettermiddag ble avviklet m en helt rolig ikke nødvendigvis veldig minnerik runde ved hvalen i svært av og på forhold ved hvalen. Seilte 5,2 og 76 literen. Noen ganger i plan, noen ganger flytende, noen ganger vann til leggen, noen ganger svømmende.
Vinden ble gjerne borte når de kom forstyrrende skyer. På kvelden rigget jeg m til m overnatting i bilen på parkeringen på larkollen.

Legendariske Lejet

2008-06-10T07:33:00.004-10:00

Satset på surf dagen føre på Larkollen, men vinden var stilnet for mye av når jeg ankom. Sov over i bilen på parkeringen på larkollen, og hadde jevnlig dialog m div surfers om mulig tur til Haby eller varberg dagen etter. Sigurd hadde og tro på super surf dagen etter og kom til parkeringen i sin bil utpå kvelden. (på natten hadde jeg mareritt, om at sigurd hadde stått opp kl 02.00 og seil i to timer på sletter i super klokkerene sideshoreforhold, og jeg møtte han etter ferdig surf)
Runar var og klar for varberg, og etter jobb frem til rundt kl 09.00 ble han hentet av meg og vi kjørte forventningsfulle nedover, hvor alle tegn på trær vann og annet tilsa at dette måtte bli en max dag. Sigurd og Paul i hver sin bil var ca 1 time før oss, og Ole Petter og Håkon var allerede på plass. Rund kl 01.00 var hele gjengen samlet, og valget for spot var selvsagt Lejet. Ble en helt super max dag m 4,2 seiling i super fine bølger, vind fra rundt vest. Vinden hadde og bra trøkk og var jevn og fin. Alle, både av oss nordmenn og svensker var pga vindsulteforing helt gale av å utnytte max av dagen. Alle jeg snakket m på stedet og etterpå ble mer enn normalt slitne denne dagen. Runar og jeg var egentlig helt utslitte ,hvor vi så utpå vannet m sol og super fine bølger og mente det ville være feil å ikke få litt til ut av dagen. Etter aller aller siste økt mente Runar at han nesten ikke klarte å løfte henden opp på bommen. Selv fikk jeg en liten strimmel m tang rundt benet når jeg skulle vasse inn på grunna, og fikk bare pga tangen nesten problemer m å bevege benet. Kan ikke huske at en noengang har vært så gjennomsliten.
Helt til slutt...må suuuuper gratulere Håkon m sine aller første frontloop som ble tatt denne dagen. Det bærer det respekt av.

Litt fra Maui

2007-11-21T10:11:00.002-10:00

Maui siste dag, lower Kanaha

2007-10-27T07:25:00.001-10:00

Siste dag på Kanaha. Var max å få seilt samme dag som som vi skulle hjem. Måtte time surfingen til passe tørketid for seil og utstyr. var nok best forhold på upper i dag , men valgte rolig koseseiling på lower for å på en måte si hade bra for denne gang og takk for alle fine stunder på dette fantastiske revet. Hadde noen super fine 0,5-1 meter bølger som rullet inn. Dvs forhod en hadde jublet for hjemme , men som vel egentlig regnes for ingen ting her borte. Uansett jeg hadde d max jeg. Innsjekkingen på flyplassen gikk utrolig bra m en windsurfer i skranken.

Maui dag 19 Lower K

2007-10-26T01:00:00.001-10:00

Ble en en ok dag på lower igjen. Men vinden var veldig opp og ned i dag. Gikk først på med 4,7, som så ble strammet helt ned, på igjen og alt for alt for overpowered. Rigget ned til 4,2. 4,2'ern har så vidt vært på masten en gang i løpet av turen og den struttet av glede da det endelig var dens tur, hvor den etterpå kunne fortelle de andre seilene hvor morro det er når det virkelig blåser. Men vinden var som sagt veldig opp og ned og det var vrient å finne frem til en passende trim. Noen ganger overrigget med 4,2 andre ganger for lite seil. Men selv om det blåste mye i dag var overaskende nok bølgene meget pene. Tror det har med retningen på bølgene inn mot revet. Selv om ikke bølgen var veldig store, kanskje rundt 2 meter i mine øyne brøt de meget pent nedover mot kite beach. Sigurd er svært ivrig med filmingen sin..som fortsatt er i test stadiet. Her er dagens snutt:

Maui dag 18 Lower K Vi tok og en titt på Ho'okipa

2007-10-24T20:02:00.001-10:00

Fortstt vind og swell. Fikk noen bra økter fra kl 12.00 i dag og var på vannet til 2.5 timer. Seilte med 4,7 men vinden var litt mere opp og ned i dag enn i går. Den fanastiske dagen i går med mange timer på vannet med windsurf egentlig fra rund kl 11.00 helt til klokken 17.00 satt fortsatt i kroppen i dag og vi nøyde oss med de 2,5 timene i dag, samt at forholdene ikke var like gode med mindre bølger på kanskje rundt 2 meter samt at det var mye mere folk og bølgene rullet ikke så pent inn men la seg relativt fort etter at de møtte revet, og besluttet oss for første gang denne turen å ta en tur til Ho'okipa for å se på proffene der. Sigurd hadde med seg kamera...og her er noen av bildene: (klikk på bildet for album)

Maui dag 18 Ho'okipa 24.10.07 (bilder tatt av Sigurd)

Det ble også en liten videosnutt i dag i fra Kanaha. Fortsatt ikke rare greiene, men sysemet testes ut og i dag m kamera festet til hjelm på hodet, men det rister litt for mye og en får ikke helt inntrykk av forholdene..men likevel her er filmen (meg noen ganger i bilde m rødt seil)

Maui dag 17 Fantastiske Lower Kanha!!!!!!

2007-10-23T20:27:00.001-10:00

Da var vi i gang igjen med vind og bølger. Ble en fantastisk dag i dag med mye tid på vannet.
Seilte m 4,7 hele dagen, som i starten var rigget litt løst, så helt stramt midt på dagen og løst igjen mot kvelden. Bølgene var ut i fra min synsvinkel helt fantastiske i dag, og da spessielt på starten av dagen, da vinden ennå ikke hadde påvirket swellet/bølgene så mye, samt at retningen på swellet inn mot revet gav noen supre og cleane bølger som brøt pent nedover og nedover. I starten av dagen var det og flest bølger og det var bare å plukke ut en etter en som pærler på snor. I dag var det heller ikke så mye folk, og en kunne få en bølge helt for seg selv flere ganger. Noen ganger når jeg så sto på en bølge som skulle til å bryte..og jeg ser rundt meg, ingen over, ingen nedenfor, ingen som blir vasket, og ingen i nærheten på vei ut, og jeg sa til meg selv:
"denne bølgen tormod, den er din og bare din" :-) Er vel litt redd for å annslå høyden på bølgene...vil jo ikke overdrive men de var vel rundt 3 meter på det meste , kanskje opp til 3,5 meter...dvs forran bølgen. Ble ikke noen bilder i dag da vi var alt for opptatt med å være på vannet. Sigurd har laget en liten filmsnutt, fra kamera festet på bommen..ikke rare greiene men et første forsøk. sjekk her: http://www.wavesandpowder.blogspot.com/

Maui dag 16

2007-10-23T09:54:00.001-10:00

Ikke vind, ikke bølger, hentet carbonbommen min, masse sol, bading osv.

Maui dag 15 Bølgesurf på Kanaha

2007-10-21T22:12:00.001-10:00

Maui dag 15

Vi er nå inne i en kort periode uten vind. Men det er ikke noe problem for det er nok av muligheter til morro. I dag var det perfekt swell for bølgesurf med longboard på Lower K. Og da er det bare å forskyne seg av utvalget av brett bak huset og kjøre avgårde. Skikkelig morro. Bølgene var kanskje på 0,5-1 meter og absoulutt ikke så vriene å fange som jeg har opplevd andre steder jeg har prøvd med på bølgesurf. Rimelig langt å paddle på brettet ut til breaket på revet, samt at det var spennende m tanke på miljøet der ute. Ble overasket over den hyggelige stemningen blandt bølgesurferene hvor folk hoiet på hverandre om man fanget en bølge. Blir nok bølgesurf i morgen også....men trolig ikke på sørsiden der vi nettopp fikk på nyhetene at det er observert hai der..så vi holder oss på nordsiden (Kanaha) og unngår vel denne krabaten på bildet :-)

Maui dag 14

2007-10-20T21:39:00.001-10:00

Maui dag 14

Ble ikke noe windsurf på meg i dag. Når vi ankom Kanaha var vinden litt i det minste laget for min 76 liter, samt at jeg tenkte det var ok å spare på kreftene til mere vind. Håpet på og trodde på at vinden skulle ta seg opp, og var ved nippet til å rigge flere ganger, men isteden for at vinden økte døde den mere og mere ut. Det var uansett ok med en hviledag. Takk til Sigurd for bildene i dag.

Maui dag 13 igjen lower Kanaha :-)

2007-10-19T20:19:00.001-10:00

Maui dag 13 Lower Kanaha

Super super super super bra dag...psyken på topp i bølgene mye mye tid på vannet, men må si en blir utrolig pumpa når en rir bølgene da en ikke er hektet inn i trapezen...helt max form for trening , fikk et par stor vasker i dag med en cheeseroll inne i en bølge. Like store bølger som i går på starten av dagen, litt mindre etterhvert. Seilte stram 4,7...har ikke tid til å blogge mer..skal på byen :-) Takk til Sigurd for bildene.

Maui dag 12 lower Kanaha

2007-10-18T23:41:00.001-10:00

Maui dag 12 lower K

Vinter swellet gjore sitt inntog for allvor i dag. Det var utrolig spennende når vi kjørte fra der vi bor, først forbi jaws området og så forbi Hokipa der vi så fine rekker av pent formede forhøyninger ute i havet...dvs uten tvil i dag var det swell. Jeg gikk på med en stramt rigget 5,2 (nå med lån bom). Til tider kunne en sikkert vært på med 4,7 men syntes det var greit å ha litt trøkk. Fikk meg noen super fine runder ut og inn over revet, og fanget et par, i mine øyne, virkelig store bølger, men må innrømme at jeg til tider i dag kunne være noe mer psyket ut en tidligere dager. Men seilingen ble utført uten noen "chickendturn" på innsiden, selv om det kilte vel mye i magen en gang jeg dro rett over revet på utoveren der det normalt kan bryte som mest, samtidig som vinden var dårlig der fordi den kan skygges av bølgene. Som kjent er fordelen med Kanaha at når bølgene er relativt store kan en kjøre seg utover i kanalen ovenfor bryteområdet. En annen mulighet er å gå ut nedenfor brytepunketet og ta høyde et stykke ut i havet. Selv liker jeg best å kjøre ut i kanalen. I dag kunne det være relativt mange utpå. Fra land telte jeg ca 50 stykker utpå sammtidig. På en relativt stor bølge jeg fikk hadde jeg en ovenfor meg, to nedenfor, hvor den ene rotet noe voldsomt :-), samt at det lå to tre stykker i vannet som ble vasket som en måtte styre seg unna. For min del liker jeg å ha en viss marin til de rundt meg og jeg fant det best å kjøre fra bølgen selv om den var super delikat og fin. Men i mange og kanskje de fleste tilfellene fikk en bølgene for seg selv evt i sammen med en annen lengere ned eller over deg på bølgen. I tillegg til å følge med på swellet som kan bli til en bra bølge er det også ok og følge med på om det er mange andre som "melder seg på". En kan evt vente til neste bølge en kanskje får for seg selv, som kanskje er større eller evt litt mindre. Samlet sett en super bra dag. Begynner nå å få "dreis" på å finne bra bølger og lese bølgen når jeg er i den. Håper på like gode forhold i morgen, for å få trent mer. Målsetning for morgendagen: mere vekt på fremre foten i bottomturnen, forsøke å få mere fart nedover linjen somt holde roen selv om det er mye hvitt i vannet på utoveren :-) For spesielt interesserte sjekk ut denne bloggen: http://www.mauiwindsurfing.net/ ref: Best Kanaha North Swell This Season .... og med video fra Lanes.

Maui dag 11 lower Kanaha

2007-10-18T09:54:00.001-10:00

Carbon er noe oppskrytte greier, ref bildet. Brakk bommen i dag , ikke i noen veldig radikal manøver men i et vertikalt hopp i full fart på en siste bølge over revet og fikk en litt hard platt landing.. Var ikke i trapezen, og bommen brakk der jeg holdt hånden. Blir nok til at jeg får en ny bom på reklamasjon. Før bombrekket ble det en helt max surf på lower Kanaha. Vinden kom først på ettermiddaggen og jeg gikk på med en løst rigget 5,2. Bølgene var kanskje opp mot 1,5 meter og absolutt fine til å få noen reid på. Heldigvi brakk bommen på slutten av dagen når det uansett var lurt å gi seg og det ble en samlet kvalitets windsurf på 1,5 time.

Maui dag 10 lower Kanaha

2007-10-16T23:27:00.001-10:00

Maui dag 10 lower Kanaha

Endelig fikk vi swell :-) Det ble med det en minnerik windsurf på lower Kanaha. Fikk skikkelig frysninger av glede flere ganger i dag. På starten av dagen kunne det tidvis være litt lite med 5,2 og mitt 76 liter brett, men akkurat nok til å styre seg ut igjennom bølgene og få noen fine reid tilbake. Etter en pause med mat og en liten foto session, var det på igjen og da hadde vinden tatt seg opp litt og forholdene ble helt perfekte etter min målestokk. Det rullet inn super fine sideshore bølger å opp til 2 meter, hvor en kunne ta flere "bunnsvinger" og kjøre på med down the line. Hadde en skikkelig god runde der jeg kjørte på hardt med korte strekk, jibbing på bølgen ytterst og klarte med det catche flere bølger. Det var heller ikke mye folk utpå så det var nok av bølger til alle mann.

Etter denne fantastiske vellykkede gledes surfen ble det inntak av en skikkelig middag på Jaques i Paia , bla.a i selskap med Kai og en kompis av han hvor vi fikk info fra Hokipa og om noe stress med en windsurfer som fikk trukket inn brett og seil da han gikk på med for mange bølgesurfere utpå. Selv om Hokipa fortsatt er relativt uaktuelt for meg har vi vært inne på tanken å gå på der for å få mere bølger. Men når lower K leverte slik den gjorde i dag passer den spotten meg mye mye bedre.