Showing posts with label Hawaii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hawaii. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Incredible Big Wave Riding - Peʻahi and Mavericks

Some incredible wave riding at the notorious point break Pe'ahi in Maui known as Jaws. One of the largest swells to hit the island in 10 years.

A smaller swell hit Pe'ahi a few weeks earlier. Due to the rules in place for the point break when there are enough surfers paddling into waves tow in surfing is not allowed.

Many of the pro surfers that surfed Pe'ahi took the read-eye flight to San Francisco that landed at 6am for the Mavericks Invitational starting at 8am. There were tons of beatings taken by all surfers at Mavericks this year.

Full compilation of the biggest wipe-outs of the day.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Aloha Classic Live

Some awesome sailing in Maui can't wait to be there in a few months.
Press play to watch live competition


Day 1 Replay

Thursday, October 27, 2011

AWT Maui Makani Classic

The American Windsurfing Tour (AWT) has evolved into something special this year. The tour was organized and supported by other windsurfers and kept the grass-root feel that windsurfing in America embodies. Choosing spots like Waddell CA, Pistol River OR and Cape Hatteras NC the tour showed that North America has some of the best conditions the world has to offer. The AWT has exposed many shortcomings of the PWA tour that has a European focus. The AWT has brought back a feeling of pride to the North American windsurfer and has squashed the idea that Europe has the best conditions and sailors.

The last stop on the AWT is Hawaii which makes perfect sense. I think the last windsurfing competition in Hawaii was in 2006. Why the windsurfing mecca has not had a windsurfing competition in 5 years is a mystery to me. Even though most windsurfers in America probably don't relish at the idea of organized competition I think this is a great step for the sport and something all windsurfers in America should embrace.

Check out the competition live!

Competition over live feed deleted to avoid annoying ads.