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Winston was a great guy. During the summesr he liked to ride his bike to play tennis every morning in Kihei, and then often windsurfed at Lower Kanaha in the afternoon. I believe that he spent his win ...

Its been a few years (okay decades) since I last sailed Waddell, but I have a fond memory of a great point break at Scott Creek between Waddel and Davenport. Maybe I just got lucky, but when I hit it, ...

Hi dfthrash,
A friend of mine who is about your weight and age bought a 165 JP a few months ago for light wind. With a 7.5, he is now happily planing down to about 13-14 (this is at sea level). He wi ...

I used to spend half the year on Kauai back in the 80's before I moved to Maui, so things may have changed since I was there, but here are my memories.
1. Tunnels can be very intense on a big NW swel ...

Just a quick note supporting Isobars suggestion of bringing booties if you have them. Like others have said, you probably don't need them at the north shore spots, but Isobars mentioned that he sails ...

I absolutely agree. There are many good reasons why wavesailing venues have always given ROW to the rider going out. As in the previous post, I had the exact same situation at Kanaha last year. I was ...

Second Wind has offered equipment storage areas off and on over the years. Check with Kevin and see if they have it going at this time.

I think that one thing that has changed is the location of the looseness along the leech. At one time, the looseness tended to be over-focused in the head, so that even as the sail twisted off and bec ...

One way that I have helped sailors in your situation in the past was to have them hold onto my back footstrap while I towed them downwind to their rig. Its a huge amount of work for the sailor since y ...

I lived in the San Diego are for a few years back in the mid 80s and directed the main windsurfing school there (San Diego Sailing Center), so windsurfing was my main focus. Like everyone has said, th ...