No sailing for us tomorrow on Maui; cyclone Flossie is on her way!!!!

After being a tea bagger for the last 14 years I was determined to rediscover the joys of pole dancing.

Day one on Maui I struggled out to the reef and after a humiliating walk of shame back to the house I spent half an hour in the spa licking my wounds. I was beginning to think it was a really bad idea.

Then slowly the old skills (to the extent they ever existed) started to return and by day 4 I had relinquished my death grip on the boom and was able to survive 30 - 40 minute sessions, but there is no denying extra 15 kg I carry around is a bit more critical than it is on a kite board.

I still have a long way to go before venturing out into the sweepy washing machine that is Narrowneck on the Goldy but am loving every minute as a reborn windsurfer.

Thanks Ian and Michael for organising the windsurfing trip of a lifetime and thanks Dazza, Bretto and Paul for the great company. Don't forget to tune up your Ukuleles for next year.

Hey ey hey ey ey ey ey hey ey ey ey ey your lipstick. NO it's tattoed to my brain. Likewise the company.

hey lets get your pad locked in for next year and the Ukuleles will be rockin next year just to drive you lads crazy.hey hey

Thanks guys for a great documentary. I better to start saving some money to join you next year. It's already on my "bucket list".

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greenleader said..

so word had gotten around that our pad is the place to hang out and chill with the crew so it seems.




chewin the fat.



sharin the aloha



.....too much excitement, back to sailing!

And what did Jason have to say when he arrived home to find you'd all squatted at his house, sailed his boards, raided his fridge and peed in his hot tub?

he was pretty stoked because...after all, he is a Victorian MikeyS! lol

The gear is hire gear? What do you do hire a range of boards and rigs?

There is about 5 or 6 shops over there that hire gear. We went to Adventure Sports Maui who are the Pryde/Jp dealers because that's what we know and like and the guys where excellent. You get a board and 2 rigs for a set price per day and you can go back and swap and change as much as you like at no extra cost. Some of us had 2 boards and 3 rigs but after a day or 2 you will pretty much work out what you need for the conditions that are there 98% of the time. Other than a couple of times when the wind wasn't quite as strong i was on the same set up every day. Start on a 4.5 then drop to the 4.0 after maybe an hour of 2 when the wind increases. Pretty much all the gear is 2013 and we even got hold of some 2014 prototype and photo shoot gear so you aren't sailing on crap. Some of the other shops but not all have a bit of older stuff floating around so it depends on what you want to sail on. The stuff a couple of the guys got from Naish was pretty new too.

Sounds good and also sounds windy!Do they have really small gear - 3.2m sails and 60ltre boards?

They have everything, its Maui and its very windy in summer.
When are you going?? You could take your Tabou Rocket and GPS and post a thousand questions!!

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sboardcrazy said...
Sounds good and also sounds windy!Do they have really small gear - 3.2m sails and 60ltre boards?

Yeah they literally do have 3.2 in stock and some 60 odd litre boards.

Maui... Famous for its awesome wind and... Sunsets

I'm just not sure this thread is fair......
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers
Marty

great photos!

weeks later and i just want to duck gybe again in some wind.....bring on these northerlies!!!

looks like someone's discovered ACR, the raw brush, clarity slider and/or shadow highlights tools

Yeah, I bet that even that chick isn't real. She is probably copied and pasted from some calendar just to make as jealous.... bastards!

I would like to be reincarnated as a shop owner

no you wouldn't justin, but you could tag along if the boys approved!
i have already given you preliminary approval......andy is the hard nut to crack, he requires burping, farting and swearing auditions!

tell you i'd love to go. very very much. but I can't see it happening till the kids are older.

I've been substituting my dream with trips to arrawarra, our own little kanaha some people refer to as burrum and agnes waters is next on the agenda.

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greenleader said..

no you wouldn't justin, but you could tag along if the boys approved!
i have already given you preliminary approval......andy is the hard nut to crack, he requires burping, farting and swearing auditions!

You forgot snoring performance and an enthusiastic compulsion to sing loudly and discordantly whenever and wherever a ukulele is heard.

By the way, why do I look so fat in all those photos? Have you guys been photoshopping me?

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greenleader said..

no you wouldn't justin, but you could tag along if the boys approved!
i have already given you preliminary approval......andy is the hard nut to crack, he requires burping, farting and swearing auditions!

And you also need to be able to sleep under a membrane of pyrethrum

should i add some more photos? this thread won't die! lol

more photos, more photos, more photos....

yes, more photos please

Yes, this is one of the better threads

More please! It's like comedy & documentary channel in one. More inside please....

looking, looking 27000 pics to resize, i work these days you know! soon everyone will be posting their summer wind photos in oz hey!