Robby Shreds Sugar Cove Video

Monday, May 12, 2008 at 7:30 am HST

A mellow day in December found Robby Naish incognito, putting some new gear to the test, shredding the small swell and shore break at Sugar Cove.

Robby Shreds Sugar Cove Video

Trade winds mellowed slightly over the weekend, but were still strong enough for 4.7. Had a fun session yesterday at Sugar Cove without any crowds at all. Wind should get mellower today and get light and variable tomorrow through Friday.

Comments:

Wow--that is some footage of Robbie. Thanks for posting it.
Susan

Ridiculously Windy

Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 9:30 am HST

The last couple of days have been ridiculously windy here on Maui. I totally skipped even going to the beach at all on Thursday after seeing the average wind readings in the mid 30s and gusts over 40.

Yesterday held promise of slightly lighter winds and it turns out the morning and early afternoon sessions were reasonable, but still required small sails - 4.2 for guys and sub-4 for ladies.

The mid- and late-afternoon sessions however, got silly windy again. I got on the water around 2:00 with 4.2, completely wound out, even with max downhaul and outhaul. I'm certain I could have been well-powered on a 3.7. The water was a bumpy mess inside the reef, but I was pleasantly surprised to find some wind swell setting up in a decent direction for down the line at times. Would have been fantastic fun had it not been so gusty and bumpy. I toughed out about a half an hour overpowered just to try to take advantage of the swell. Then sanity and reason took charge and I headed in.

Winds are supposed to start mellowing out some time this weekend. Then on Monday or Tuesday winds will drop off to light and variable for a few days before returning late next week.