As promised, here’s some video from last Friday afternoon at Hookipa. Conditions were pretty much logo-high to mast-high with an occasional set bigger than mast high. Levi Siver was on fire, but Robby Swift, Kevin Pritchard and Phil McGain were also holding their own.
Lots of broken gear that day as I saw at least 3 or 4 people get bashed against the rocks in the hour or so that I was there. I got some of that on video too, so I’ll post that at some point so those of you who haven’t been to Hookipa can see what everyone talks about with the infamous Hookipa rocks.
As for sailing the last couple of days, it’s still windy. I had to take a break yesterday and get some work done, but word is that it was pretty gusty, at Kanaha anyway. I caught a short lunch session today at Kanaha. Super light inside and very strong outside. I sailed 4.7, slogged to the reef but once outside it was a handful most of the time. Waves were pretty jumbled and inconsistent, but there were some occasional clean sets. Caught one epic clean mast high wave that was one of those memorable windsurfing moments you always remember. Half a dozen bottom turns and cutbacks on a supersonic mast-high freight train. My adrenal glands produced enough adrenaline on that one ride to last me for a few weeks.
More wind on tap tomorrow and through the rest of this week, with another bump up in the swell expected on Thursday. Those of you shivering from the cold on the mainland need to get to Maui. We actually have room on the waves now. I had the waves at Uppers virtually to myself during my session, so we can afford to have a few of you come and escape the cold. Aloha!
