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Cool shoes. If the models hold, we could be getting an epic South later next week!

One For One Movement - A Pair Of New Shoes Is Given To A Child In Need With Every Pair Purchased - TOMS.com

Surfing!

I got some time in the water this week! Still not 100% yet though. That last south swell was one of the best we've had in years. Solid surf all over the island. Long range forecasts are looking good too! I can't wait for school to be over, almost there!! Check out the flextail beachtelegraph.com

Also, Quiksilver is sponsoring a ASP World Tour Surfing event at Long Island, New York with 1 MILLION DOLLARS prize money!! Insane!!!

WTF!!

Insane!

New Website! +Superfreak ME

Hot sails has put up there 2011 website.
Check it out, buy some stuff.

After I wrapped my 4.7 Fire around a few very sharp lava rocks, click here to check out the pictures.

Jeff let me try out a SuperFreak ME. I was a little apprehensive at first, it's Neon green(bright, really bright), completely dacron, and a vinyl window. With a bomb proof mast sleeve and durable Hotsails construction. Before I even got on the water I noticed how light it was. It can be rigged on a 370 which makes it even lighter. On the water it's silent. No crunch and crinkling as you bounce over chops and no flopping of the top panel. It has a soft feel in between the Superfreak and normal mono-film sails. Jumps and aerials have a much softer landing. The sail really shines in powered up wave conditions. It transitions from powered up to neutral and back again very easily. I find that I don't fall as much with it and I'm not as tired after long sessions. It can handle big waves as well as small waves. I plan on always having at least one of these in my quiver. They'll last a long time, and it's fun to say Superfreak ME!

Book Review
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Written in the 30's about the future. People have become mass produced copies of each other who are conditioned to live certain class roles and be happy about it. People are constantly high off a drug called Soma and spend their entire lives filling the status quo. Kind of similar to today. Definitely worth reading though.

Boujma is nutz!

I remember the first photo shoot he came to Maui. I think he was 19. He was doing these huge tweaked tabletops. So knarly! I couldn't believe it!! I didn't even know where Morocco was let alone it had such sick windsurfing and windsurfers.

I stole this video off of beachtelegraph. There is also a sick sequence on GP's blog. Pushing the limits of what is possible. So sick.

Boujmaa - the king of pain from Reflex Films Australia on Vimeo.

Enjoy the video and send some good thoughts his way

Moroccan brown sugar

O'Neill - Close Encounter 2011 from O'Neill on Vimeo.

Lanai Pics

South Swell Season

Get the longboards ready.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

This post might make you angry for a number of reasons. Please don't read it.

Here is a music video from System of a Down. Listen to them. Check out there bio here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_of_a_Down and the Armenian genocide of 1915 to understand where they are coming from. the lyrics are listed below.

I've been walking through your streets
Where all your moneys are earned
Where all your buildings crying
And clueless neckties working
Revolving fake-lawn houses
Housing all your fears
Desensitized by TV
Overbearing advertising
God of consumerism
And all your crooked pictures looking good
Mirrorism, filtering information for the public eye
Designed for profiteering
Your neighbor, what a guy.

BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!

Every time you drop the bomb, you kill the god your child has born-

BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!

Modern globalization
Coupled with condemnations
Unnecessary death
Matador corporations
Puppeting your frustrations with a blinded flag
Manufacturing consent is the name of the game
The bottom line is money
Nobody gives a FUCK
Four thousand hungry children leave us per hour from starvation
While billions are spent on bombs
Creating death showers

BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!

Every time you drop the bomb, you kill the god your child has born-

BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!

Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom!

Why must we kill our own kind?

BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!

Every time you drop the bomb, you kill the god your child has born.

BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!

Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom!

Every time you drop the [BOOM!]

That was 2003 and now today...

March 19th 2011 while anyone who watches television and the news(It took me 10 minutes to figure out, but I even turned on the t.v. to see Japan)

was gaping at the destruction in Japan (Please donate money to help them), the U.S. military sent over 110 missiles at Libya. Why? To free oppressed people? Get rid of a dangerous tyrant? Oil? They were a danger to the American way of life? Military complex had an extra 100 missiles they needed to get rid of? I honestly have no idea...

An article in the Maui Times Weekly caught my eye this week. They reported that a
110 missiles that hit Libya were estimated $569,000 each for a nice total of $60,000,000 dollars. That doesn't even include the transportation costs of getting the missiles over there. How does a government that is so far in debt throw away such a massive amount of money. This waste of money isn't being spent on something that could help people, it's being spent on killing people and destroying things.

The innocent people that died are the true victims of this, but anyone who works in the U.S., pays taxes is directly supporting this. My blog stats show that most of my readers are from the U.S. which means that's me and all of you. We are killing people with our taxes and our support of a war monger government and military.

Where are the protesters from a few years ago? Did all the people who were against the Iraq war, vote for Obama, and are now struggling with the fact that he doesn't want to or is unable to change the policies of the past administration?

Shouldn't this bother more people then it has???

The point of the post? I guess there isn't any it's just sad. More innocence dieing for no cause and no fault of their own. You can't be neutral on a moving train.

Get yourself a new board!!

OES is having a auction to make way for new boards. Check it out at www.OESaustralia.com Scoop yourself a new board at a great price.

Craig Anderson's section in this video is pretty sweet. He surfs a little bit like Rob Machado. So stylish.



Photo shoot mania in full effect this week! Should be some fun swell starting this afternoon!!

Also, Come to Maalaea harbor this Sunday to cleanup the damage from the Tsunami and give aide to Japan. Trilogy Excursions and Trilogy's Blue'aina Campaign--50% of proceeds go towards Surfrider Japan and 50% go to Mercycorps.org PLUS Trilogy will be matching donations dollar for dollar. Please kokua and spread the word.

Lanai was sick!

Had a blast in Lanai. Pictures to come. Spring break is awesome, I can't remember the last time I had a day with no work or school.

Looks like it's been stupid windy here.

Here is a video from February 8th, such a slacker yeah?

Untitled from Nick on Vimeo.

Also, I'm looking for some cheap yoga classes, any suggestions?

3 Hookipa contests this year?

After years of no windsurfing contests at Hookipa we are now having three in one year!

Oxbow Jump contest in April invite only,
http://www.windsurfermag.com/2011-oxbow-ride-the-sky-hookipa-jumping-world-record-event.html

AWT event in October!

There is also talk of another event happening right after!

Lots of action this year!

Enjoy the sailing this week guys, I'm still on I.R.

There must be something in the water

Maui's Matt Meola won Innersections video contest with this video and a nice $100,000 dollar check!! He didn't even have to put on a contest jersey to win it too!

Matt Meola - $100,000 Innersection edit from ACL Digital Cinema on Vimeo.

It's amazing what this generation of Maui kids are doing. Here is just a short list of young water athletes you can google them and see what they've done if you don't already know.
Dusty Payne
Jesse Richman
Kai Lenny
Connor Baxter
Tatiana Howard
Zane Schwietzer
Clay Marzo
Ian Walsh
And a bunch of other people I'm forgetting.

Surf was sick today!

Nice video

Sick video from Robby and Jason. Sums up the winter on Maui, not a lot of windsurfing days, but the few days we had were epic!!


Watched the movie 180 South from Patagonia. Nice story of a guy who takes a boat down to Patagonia. He stops in Rapa Nui for a while. Worth watching for sure.

U.S. Tour

Tickets booked. Heading to Oregon for the Pistol River contest, and then down to Baja for the San Carlos contest. Contests aren't really my thing, but I've been waiting a long time for a tour with down the line sailing as well as events that are close to home! Check out all the events at americanwindsurfingtour.com

Super stoked!!

These pics need a good caption

http://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/South-Australia/Darwin-at-work/

Footage, but skip the first minute of guitar playing...

Creative Destruction. Chapter 6.2 from CREATIVE DESTRUCTION on Vimeo.

Fear lets you know you are alive.

Don't know who said it but I like it.

This shot is from Francky
Franck Berthuot
Photographer , Videographer, Maui , Hawaii
(808) 3576972
http://www.mauiwatershoot.com
info@mauiwatershoot.com

I'm on the injured list again this week with a sore back. Anyone know of a good cheap deep tissue massage?

Check out this new wave pool set up. Just imagine if they could get it a little bigger. Set up some fans with cross-offshore wind for sailing. They just need an unlimited free energy source...


If anyone knows how to post the surfline video on my blog pls let me know.

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/new-artificial-wave-prototype-launches-in-the-basque-country_52498/

Insane!! MUST SEE!!

Go to this link check out the videos.

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/paddle-in-jaws_52386/

This is the morning of the 9th. Paddle in at jaws on the right and the left. The video on page 8 is insane!! Congrats to Kevin, Batel, and Giora for getting all the action and the guy who made that drop!!

This is going to change the lineup at Peahi forever. The coverage they are getting for this is going to make all the heavy paddle in guys show up for the big swells. It'll be really interesting. They really should have mentioned Marcio, he's been out there for years. Much respect.

Thankfully the swell had dropped by the time we got out there. More about the mission to come in a later post. I have to finish a mid-term for a public speech class today. A bit weird to have a written mid-term for a public speech class but whatever.

1st time

Jimmie Hepps got a video up and a couple shots so stoked!! Levi and Swift were killing it. They looked so comfortable under the lip. What a mission and what a fun session so stoked!! You can really feel the power of that place it's incredible.

Mahalos to Andres, Emily, Laura, Jimmie, Jace

Wind guru has been all over the place this week, no matter what though it should be fun.

WTF

If you're a Queen or Ukulele fan you'll like this one.

I.R.

On the injured list again. I think I pulled a muscle in my back last week. The sailing was totally worth it though. Skylar and I scored Hookipa to ourselves for a little bit. Nice size sets coming in too. Anyone know of a good message/chiro guy that takes HMSA insurance? Got a great message from Donna soooo good.

I think I can handle another week before I go crazy. Random video but it's hilarious!



This thai kid is funny as hell too!!