Even though they don't stand out like orange, yellow or red sail, I love blue freaks...
Check out this one that my friend Domenico has. He designed it a warm night last year in Paia together with a bunch of friends after a bbq and a few beers... and there it is, ripping warms waves somewhere on the planet...
Jeff liked the second one so much that he put it on the Superfreak 2008 home page.
Talking about waves around the world, here's a link to a video of a beautiful right in a place where they speak Spanish... thanks Andre for the contribution.
And still talking about waves (or lack of thereof) around the world, the last day of the PWA wave contest in the island of Tiree (Scotland) has finally seen some action. Not enough to have an event winner, but enough to have a PWA world title winner...
For the second time, brasilian Kauli Seadi can say to be the best on the waves.
Read the whole story on the PWA site.
Congrats to Kauli, but what a shame that such a title was not assigned in Maui, the Mecca of wave sailing...
Talking about which, I want to brag about my yesterday (Saturday) sesh.
The wind was light and slightly onshore all day. At Hookipa there were only surfers, so I went out at my backyard spot around 1pm. 5.5 and floaty board were enough for planing most of the time and some slogging...
Caught a bunch, had some fun, but nothing too exciting... then all of a sudden I saw sailors upwind at Hookipa... what to do? De-rig and go there or slowly slog upwind? I opted for the latter and it took me more than forty minutes to get there. But it was worth it. Way bigger and better waves.
Unfortunately, shortly after I got there the wind dropped even more and the surfers claimed the application of the 10 men rule and kicked us out.
But before that I had a couple of really good ones and that's all I needed.
Plus, since I launched downwind (that's when the upwind slogging payed back), instead of going in like all the others had to do, I just kept sailing at Lanes... I had a blast! I kept saying:"ok, I'm getting tired, I'll catch just one more"... but they kept coming! Beautiful glassy chest to over head high waves... how can one leave?
When my muscles started seriously cramping (wave sailing in light wind is very tirening, because you barely use the harness), I had to sail back in. My watch said 4pm.
I sat down on the beach unable to move a finger for a while, contemplating the gorgeous sunny day and chatting with the other sailors.
Another day of wave sailing in Maui. Another day in paradise.
To celebrate, later in the day I cooked a delicious dinner based on green beens in a tomato soup (Mom's recipe) with steamed yams on the side. But first, a little appetizer...
A friend found some pecorino romano cheese and some Falanghina (feudi San Gregorio!!!) white wine! And all of sudden, Maui is an even better place where to live... Have you guys ever tried cheese and pears?
"I'll leave now, this can't continue" (sorry, that's a quote from one of my favorite Porcupine Tree songs... btw, they just started a new world tour)... 'cause I got to get ready for my today's sesh. Here, I'll leave you with this sunset shot from last week (Tuesday).
No wait, I put just about everything in this post... but I feel there's something missing...
Oh yeah, we need an intelligent girl!
No kidding, she has a I.Q. of 156 and has been invited to join the Mensa, an association of people with high IQs.
So for once, I'm posting IQs and not T&As...
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