Yeah, Cloudbreak (did I get that right?) is notorious because it's so shallow. You can see several times that they are standing on the bottom when getting organized after a fall. You can't outdive the wave and there's a good chance you just get sanded (like 60 grit) by the reef.
That's the extreme pointy end of wave sailing. Riding the smaller stuff (I've only done it several times) is an absolute blast and nowhere as brutal. A good waterstart is almost mandatory. Having said that, when you read Jonathan Weston's book about the early days of Maui, they were getting rides out there before both short boards and waterstarts. Yes, uphauling big 11 foot plastic behemoths and "riding the waves".
It helps if there's actually wind when you do wave riding, I wonder how many masts wend to trash while making this video. I've snapped a couple back in the day in much smaller waves!
The local north beach spot is an easy launch and it put up with all my newbie mistakes... now we just need to make up for the lackluster wind season so far.
It helps if there's actually wind when you do wave riding, I wonder how many masts wend to trash while making this video. I've snapped a couple back in the day in much smaller waves!
It helps but it's surprising how many great wave riding shots and videos were actually done on float and ride days. I don't have the skills to uphaul and tack an 85 l. board in swell but some of those cats definitely do. Like you, enough wind to waterstart makes a huge difference.
Yeah, Cloudbreak (did I get that right?) is notorious because it's so shallow. You can see several times that they are standing on the bottom when getting organized after a fall. You can't outdive the wave and there's a good chance you just get sanded (like 60 grit) by the reef.
That's the extreme pointy end of wave sailing. Riding the smaller stuff (I've only done it several times) is an absolute blast and nowhere as brutal. A good waterstart is almost mandatory. Having said that, when you read Jonathan Weston's book about the early days of Maui, they were getting rides out there before both short boards and waterstarts. Yes, uphauling big 11 foot plastic behemoths and "riding the waves".
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It helps if there's actually wind when you do wave riding, I wonder how many masts wend to trash while making this video. I've snapped a couple back in the day in much smaller waves!
The local north beach spot is an easy launch and it put up with all my newbie mistakes... now we just need to make up for the lackluster wind season so far.
It helps but it's surprising how many great wave riding shots and videos were actually done on float and ride days. I don't have the skills to uphaul and tack an 85 l. board in swell but some of those cats definitely do. Like you, enough wind to waterstart makes a huge difference.