All of us are ultimately seekers of beauty. We want to dress up a beautiful day by calling it “epic”, using words like “ripping” or “firing”, but really we are describing (or attempting to convey) the perfect aesthetic experience. The windsurf trip is an adventure novel and a romance with the sea. What I love…

Yesterday was a day for the women. With great wind and the swell holding, the ladies took to the water around 1:00. The women would run consecutive Finals as there were just 4 elite women here, Jessica Crisp (AUS), Angela Cochran (HI), Jane Seman (AUS), and Kate Barker (AUS). The first heat saw the ladies…

We are tired, torn, at a loss. Those who were eliminated today have lost most of their gear in horrendous crashes. The four of us remaining in the final can’t fathom our fortune. I find myself replaying the narrow misses on huge barreling sections, the brushes with reef and disaster. Making the final feels less…

The Competition has been called ON for Sunday! The Surfline and WindGuru forecasts are calling south west 5-7 foot swell, with a 13 second period that should bring logo plus high conditions across a low tide shallow reef and a rising tide, wiht 20+ knots at Cloudbreak.  “Breezy SE trades continue,” Kevin Wallis, Surfline. We…