So after a 17 hour return flight and then 7 days of feeling like shit as jet lag took its toll I am now ready to reflect on Maui.
Its a place you must visit once in your life, if not for the sailing, for the wonderful landscapes with simply gobsmacking views of the local surfers riding perfect peeling waves in coves miles from any town. The wonderful people who work in the windsurfing birthland - Francisco Goya, Jason Polakow, Peter Thommen, Mark Nelson and of course Robby Naish, all watermen with one aim in life....to ride the ultimate waves. now this is not a marketing strapline....its actually true. these guys live and die by the chosen dream of riding 'Jaws', surfing massive waves at Sprecks, Paddle boarding Hookipa or maxiing out on a dirt bike. Ant Baker is the best host I have ever travelled with, getting us places and meeting people we would never have got the chance to meet.
The history of windsurfing is there everywhere you look. Kiting is strictly kept in second place to windsurfing and people plan their days around windsurfing. Restaurants plan their menu's around windsurfing, thats how 'in the blood' windsurfing is here.
For the sailing, if you love waves then this place is for you, but for me I have found better locations around the world to enjoy the sport I am so passionate about. But don't let me mislead you - Maui is the true birthplace and still is the spiritual home of windsurfing and will always be.
I will be making a movie about the trip once I get my iMovie to work again, but for now I will settle Wells on a Northerly and a lotta fond memories of a place which will stay with me for the rest of my life.
Ant will be organising another trip to Maui next October so if you have the time and the money - you would me mad not too!
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