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A good sized swell graced Hookipa Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of this week, but unfortunately the waves were too Easterly to be easily ridden. The large, storm-surf NE waves provided a fun challenge in riding them– they were not very speed, making it difficult to generate steep but the waves would also have big, heavy, pitching sections too.

Friday was big and gnarly with onshore wind with offshore gusts (and it seemed that each direction only blew when it was exactly the opposite of what I wanted at the time). Saturday the swell turned more Northerly, making it line up much better for riding (and big airs) but still not perfect. Sunday the waves were much smaller, and despite the strong wind, Hookipa was full of surfers so all of the windsurfers (except for the ones surfing surfing at Hookipa) migrated to Lanes for a fun session full of old tricks (and even some new ones).

Aside from my father, Levi is the most important person in helping my windsurfing. This weekend I rode one of his single fin boards to get some fast vertical turns. Going back on the single fin after the quad is a bit strange but for someone who likes to push really hard in the turns (like I do) the single fin is sick. I’m really keen to work with Levi this winter on some fast, hard vertical turns in big waves.

Here is a short video clip from the weekend thanks to Jeff from www.mauiwindsurfing.net:

And I’ll end this post with another photo:

I really like the look of this Hookipa cutback.