Can anyone ID this windsurfer.

LUCARO · Joined: 07 Dec 1997 Posts: 661

I found this promo at the end of an old instructional video from the gorge. Its pretty rough footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WVYv-xzKvU

I have been wondering for a while who this windsurfer is

His comment says it all...
"rock and roll's addicting, sex is addicting, but this is the most addictive"

zimmerdm · Joined: 04 Jul 2014 Posts: 3

"Coach" Jeff Hughes, manager of Naish Maui Pro Center formerly of Big Winds.

gorgesurfshop · Joined: 25 May 1999 Posts: 41

I think that's "Coach" Jeff Hughes. I heard
he now runs the Naish store on Maui.

LUCARO · Joined: 07 Dec 1997 Posts: 661

Thanks, respect to him. Does he still sail?

dickinsonron · Joined: 17 Nov 2023 Posts: 4

Jeff Hughes, the coach and manager of Naish Maui Pro Center, previously associated with Big Winds. wordle today

Bugaboo · Joined: 06 May 2002 Posts: 57

Coach passed away last summer:

https://www.andersonstributecenter.com/memorials/jeffrey-hughes/5245196/

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

I just read Coach's obit. All I have to say is, "WOW!" I knew him as a Big Winds Hood River customer, but wasn't aware of his extremely impressive, much more extensive background and accomplishments. It sounds like the windsurfing and several other sports and personal worlds, as well as countless people, have benefited greatly from his talents, efforts, and personage. He earned the accolade, "kahuna" long before moving to Hawaii.