Maui Monthly no.82. February 2012

aii w a H ui,

r

ua Febr

2 8 # Photo Photo

by Ludivine/PloofVidĂŠo : James Flynn

Ma , 2 1 y 20

establishe

1981

An abstract from Barry’s Spanier Corner http://www.mauisails.com/barry_corner.php?id=21

One night we were just dreaming, the Crow and I. What if we could mutate?

What would you find as a fun form if given an infinite choice? That’s when 'Homoicthyaries Hawaiiana' was discovered lurking in our common genetic memories.

I quick sketched the basic idea we discussed, and we laughed and rapped about their physiology, lifestyle, and capabilities. Then I went home and left Crow to his sleep (he was living in the loft). That night he drew a more advanced cartoon of our friend.

Not long after, when he was backa on Kauai, we got Tommy Cook, another cruising t-shirt artist, to finish her off with a solid shirt design.

This was the ‘Custom Genetic Mutation” art that would lead into many other fun diversions, and become one of the signals that MauiSails was going to have ideas far into the future.

This was the T-shirt of the month ten years later in German Surf magazine. Can't even imagine where they got one then.

200

This grap co-sail d

"I have a crazy cre 1997, I c graphic make th form. Wh the scree the 80's ideas an the Muta

ed on 1978

07

phic was made by Artur Szpunar, MauiSails designer.

always enjoyed doing surreal artwork with eatures and morphing images. Around created a number of "dragon wing" sail concept drawings, which attempted to he sail look like it was part of an organic life hen I came to work at MauiSails and saw en prints for the "Mutate Now" T-shirts from s, it was clear that we had some parallel nd I was inspired to do my own rendition of ant."

2012 MauiSails is excited to introduce the Mutant, our most progressive wave sail, reaching beyond conventional thinking with ultra-low aspect ratio and a wind range previously unheard of in four-batten sails.

Revolution brings evolution. Mutate now, avoid the rush!

We introduce the Mutant, our most progress

sive 4-battens, ultra-low aspect ratio wave sail

Photo by James Flynn

Mutant

our most progressive 4-battens, ultra-low aspect ratio wave sail MauiSails is excited to introduce the Mutant, our most progressive wave sail, reaching beyond conventional thinking with ultra-low aspect ratio and a wind range previously unheard of in four-batten sails. In keeping with MauiSails history of innovation and “NotNormal” ideas that often drove long term trends in the sport, Artur Szpunar is now creating another radical step in the evolution of high performance wave sailing on the latest boards. The Mutant combines softness, light handling, and playful maneuverability with balanced power and stability. The shaping and body tension are refined around the extra short outline, keeping the sail stable and composed throughout a huge range of conditions. The structure is super technical materials for light weight and durability. Generous use of our ultra-light and strong Technora™ scrim in the upper sail body, bomber 5-mil X-Ply ™ along the leech and foot, and an oversize optical X-ply window ensure maximum durability. The name and graphic of the Mutant are inspired by the idea the sail should feel so light and natural it is like an evolved wing which is actually part of you.

Artur Szpunar had this to say, “Beginning in Spring of 2011, our motivation for the first prototype was to test the shortest possible luff length that could be used for a 4.7, in the hopes it would help pull off cleaner wave 360’s by reducing rotational inertia and avoiding the dreaded ‘mast tip caught in the lip’ scenario. As it turned out, this first prototype not only possessed the desired maneuverability and clearance, but the very compact outline and low center of effort gave it tremendous wind range. We were planing early while remaining very balanced, light, and controllable even when seriously powered. Starting from the first radical effort, it took several re-cuts and new prototypes to get the tension and outline perfectly balanced, but the result is magic. The new concept has proven itself in daily wave sessions in everything from rough, monster waves with howling, gusty winds to glassy surf with wind so light and offshore that you shouldn’t be able to sail (but you still do). Feedback has been tremendous from everyone who tested the sails. The great thing is, not only do the light and middle weight wave rippers like it, but big guys like Micah are in love with a four-batten for the first time too.”

The Mutant theme has a long history at MauiSails, spanning back 30 years to the “Custom Genetic Mutation” T-shirts of the 80’s to some more recent art work and “dragon wing” sail concept drawings that Artur has been creating for the past 15 years. Revolution brings evolution. Mutate now, avoid the rush!

The sizes that are currently available for the early release are 4.2, 4.6 and 5.1, which all rig on a 370 and cover most wavesailing conditions. We will also be adding a 3.8 and 5.6 that will be released at the same time as the rest of our 2013 wave sails.

Here are the specs.

MUTANT 5.1: LUFF=393, DH=23, BOOM=171, MAST=370 (fixed head) MUTANT 4.6: LUFF=375, DH=05, BOOM=164, MAST=370 (fixed head) MUTANT 4.2: LUFF=360, DH=06, BOOM=156, MAST=370, TOP EXT=16 (adj. top)

Maui Monthly

.8

With the Postponement of the Vietnam PWA grand slam to November I shifted gears a bit in February. Myself and my support team at Maui Sails, Phil, Barry, Art and Rick decided that I needed to get some racing time under my belt.

The two choices were either the New Zealand Slalom Nationals or the Florida Mid-winters. It was a tough call because both events offer good racing and a good crowd to hang out with.

In the end the call for the Mid-winters was made, mostly because it was closer to home but also a bit easier to get to and a shorter trip. I love New Zealand and it has

HUNTING

no.82. February ’12

been a while since I was there so it would have been nice to go back again but have to look at the bigger picture and Tinho’s race was a better fit.

Much of the month was spent tuning on Formula gear, this isn’t always easy to do in Maui but we had enough days to do some good testing on my new JP Power and Speed boards and my 10, 11 and 12 TR8’s. In the end I am going with the Speed for the Mid-winters.

February wasn’t all about formula though, I had plenty of good days on the slalom gear as well and think I have come to a conclusion of what boards and sail sizes

FOR AN EVENT

Our Experience, Your Reward

I am going to register for this seasons PWA racing. I will keep this to myself for now though, final decision will come on race day in Italy.

I also spent some time working on some video projects with Andrea, you may have seen some of the rough stuff on my formula gear and a bit on the slalom gear.

A lot of trial and error stuff so we left a lot in the trash but we are almost done with another short feature and will hopefully be out about the time you are reading this. Hopefully it will turn out as good as it sounded and look as fun as it was to make.

.9

Maui Monthly

One of my other passions is hunting and recently I picked up bow hunting.

Hawaii has a large amount of wild game for hunting and February is the state deer hunt on Lanai. So myself and good friends Jay Brown and Ted Kapoi jumped on the ferry to Lanai for the Presidents day weekend and three days of chasing Access deer around the north end of the island. We unfortunately didn’t bag anything but we saw a lot of the critters.

I had one shot but missed, both Ted and Jay drew back on a couple but Jays ended up running and Ted’s turned out to be a Mufalon (out of season) instead of a deer so he had to let down. It was a great trip and a nice break, we will be going back again next year for sure!

Maui Monthly

.10

no.82. February ’12

As I am writing this I am sitting on the plane from Maui to Dallas then to Orlando where Rick is going to meet me and drive out to Calema. Side note: It is funny, I have been doing this traveling thing for over twenty years, you would think the check in with gear would be a mundane thing by now but it never is. Even though it went pretty smoothly it is still a pain in the butt and you never are relaxed until you sit down on the plane. Back to my original train of thought, the forecast for Mid-winters is looking good for the weekend and I am pumped to get some racing back in the system.

Calema is a tricky place to race, I feel good with all my new gear though and look forward to the challenge and the experience!

Aloha Micah Buzianis USA34

An Ordinary Day with Micah Buzianis USA34 Watch it https://vimeo.com/38628492

Our Experience, Your Reward

.11

Maui Monthly

2012 CALEMA

MIDWINTERS WINDSURFING FESTIVAL Ahhhhhhhh the final leg of my trip back home to Maui, the five and a half hour flight from LAX to OGG. After a quick five day trip to Florida for the Calema Midwinters I am almost back home again. It was a very good trip with plenty of wind and warmth, seven windy races, it felt good to be on a Formula board again at a great event with a lot of great people.

It wasn’t really in my preliminary 2012 plan but when the idea came up after the slalom event in Vietnam was postponed, to go to the Midwinters, I was pretty excited about it. The wind is generally a bit gusty, light and shifty but the atmosphere, organization and people are what I really enjoy about this event and I was looking forward to it from the moment I bought my ticket. With a new team in Maui Sails I was excited to get out there and show off my new gear and see exactly what it could do. How was I to know that this year was going to be one of the best years for wind ever. Seven races completed in three days in conditions from light but powered 12.0 to overpowered 10.0 and everything in between. But the wind was not its shifty and gusty self, it was actually very steady and the courses were set perfectly.

Day one started out on big gear, the biggest and most powerful stuff I had. My 12.0 TR8, JP Formula Speed and a Kashy fin(can’t give all my secrets). However by the time the race actually got under way I was a little to powered up, and was fighting to control all that power I thought I was going to need. I managed to keep it together and come across in fourth behind Gabriel in first Matthias second and Wilhelm in third.

I made it back to the beach and quickly put up my 11.0 and with a quick fin change was back on the water.

This was more like it, powered up perfectly in the secnd race I was first around the top mark. It wasn’t until the second top mark when I tacked in a hole and stopped planning for about 45 seconds that I was passed by the two light weights Taty and Wilhelm. I did manage to catch back up to Taty but not Wilhelm and had to settle for second in the race followed by Gabriel.

Maui Monthly

After a short lunch break the wind had settled in a bit and I was back out there on the same set up as race two. I didn’t manage a very good start on this race and was fifth around the top mark after having to tack out of some bad air. I did manage to do some catch up but an error on my lay line to the last mark had me reaching down to the mark and wasting valuable ground that I had gained and had to settle for third behind Paulo in first and Gabriel in second. After the finish we stayed on hold for back to back races and once the final racer crossed the line we were back out for race four of the day.

I continued on the same gear and after a much better start I arrived at the top mark about a half a board length ahead of Paulo. He was just inside of me and as we went to tack at the mark he gave me a bit of a bump and pushed me high above the mark. This allowed Gabriel to squeeze in below me so I sat in third till the last upwind. Again I thought I had made up some ground to challenge Gabriel and Paulo but again I overstayed the top mark and had to settle for another third while Paulo took another bullet and Gabriel another second. Four good races in the bag and the fleet was beat, so Darren did the right thing and called the racing for the day. With a very solid forecast for the next two days no one was worried we wouldn’t have more racing.

When we arrived at the beach on Saturday morning the wind was on, it was looking like a solid day for the small gear. With a small tweak to my JP speed set up and a change of fins I rigged my 10.0 TR8 and went out for a warm up. The set up felt very good and I was ready to race. Race five of the event and

.12

no.82. February ’12

I was flying off the start, clean air and good angle I was feeling good. I heard someone coming over my shoulder but felt like I could pinch them out and gave it all I had. Next thing I know Matthias’s boom was in my back, as he took my wind I fell back onto his sail and he went over the front directly on the nose of my board. I managed to stay up and with his rig on the front of my board his mast against my mast base I slid down the length of his mast till I cleared his tip and was on my way again. This happened about 30 seconds after the start and I could see that most of the fleet was gone. I tacked over to get clean air and dug in deep. I didn’t stop until I crossed the final top mark just ahead of Paulo and into second place.

Our Experience, Your Reward

I cruised the final reach to the finish because I wasn’t going to catch Gabriel who was in first and Paulo wasn’t going to catch me for second. A solid come back for race one of the day and I knew I was going to be in for a good day.

The wind held for race three so I stayed on the sam set up and was very confident, so confident that I decided to film the race and threw my gopro into the fcs mount I put in the nose of my board. This turned out to be a good thing, the footage came out really good and should be out very soon with some great highlights. I had a very good race and was leading around the final bottom mark but opted not to cover Paulo on the

.13

Maui Monthly

last upwind and again overstayed the top mark handing him the victory. Gabriel rounded out the podium for this race.

Two races in the bag and it was time for lunch.

After lunch the wind had backed off just slightly but was still enough for 10.0 so I kept my set up unchanged and vowed not to overstay the top mark anymore!!!

I rounded the top mark in second just behind Matthias, did I mention that he was also racing on a JP but it was the Power model. So I went hard on the downwind and had good speed and angle and was able to pass him before the bottom mark. With clear air and water ahead I managed to hit all my lay lines and the final upwind one with no room to spare to take the bullet followed

by Gabriel then Paulo.

Maui Monthly

Before the last formula racer could finish the wind started to get lighter and shifter so we were put on hold to let it settle.

We waited about thirty minutes and then were told we were about to be called back out for race four of the day. So I rushed over and rigged up my 11.0 and was just about to do a fin change when the wind dropped almost completely and Darren decided to call it a day as it looked like it was done for the day. With nuclear conditions on tap for the next day he thought it best to let everyone get there gear secure for the night and the storm that was on its way. Of course about twenty minutes after this call the wind came back up but it had shifted nearly ninety degrees so he would have had to change the whole course anyway and it would have been to late to start another race anyway.

So everyone packed up and secured their gear as best they could in preparation for the storm that was causing severe weather across the country was scheduled to hit over night. This left the overall standings very close at the top, Gabriel in first place myself in second and Paulo in third. With winds forecasted to be in the 30-40knot range no one knew what Sundays final day would bring.

The forecast was pretty much spot on, I woke up at 7am and it was raining buckets and blowing small cars away.

Well not really small cars but on our way across the causeway to the event site it looked like smoke on the water.

We arrived at the beach with not much action going on, the temps had dropped and most people were still in their cars staying warm and dry. By about 11am the rain had stopped and the sun was back out however the wnd was still

.14

no.82. February ’12

hovering between about 25-35 knots so we waited some more. It wasn’t so much the strength of the breeze as it was the shifts, the off shore winds there were generally very gusty and shifty and at that strength posed some real difficulties in getting some good racing in. The wind was supposed to shift more to the north and drop slightly which would be a much better direction to race at Calema.

Unfortunately this wasn’t happening as scheduled and by about 1pm a call had to be made. It was tough to not go out and race when you have wind but it was just going to be a bit to much to be safe and fair racing so the call was made that there would be no more racing at this years Midwinters.

It was not a popular call to some but I for one thought it was really the right call all things considered.

So that was how it ended, a lot to play for on the final day for the formula fleet but it wasn’t meant to be. We had seven great races with only one general recall and no black flags, some very tight racing and close scores to the finish. I personally feel this was one of the best Midwinters I have ever attended. Susie and Tinho took last year off, a well deserved break after many years but they along with their son John and all of their great volunteers came back stronger and better than ever.

They are all excited to come back again next year, and I know that I am too!!!

Aloha Micah Buzianis USA34

Our Experience, Your Reward

.15

Midwinters 2012 Day two - race #6 Watch it https://vimeo.com/38391151

Maui Monthly

kee watc p hing

d i

2012 LEGEND presentation Watch it https://vimeo.com/38149145

2012 GHOST XT presentation Watch it https://vimeo.com/38164395

o e d 2012 GLOBAL presentation Watch it https://vimeo.com/38183763

2012 LOCO presentation

Watch it https://vimeo.com/38367726

Maui Monthly

.18

no.82. February ’12

DOUBLE CULOS...

Wassup friendz.

I had a really good month. It’s been pretty exciting training and action on the water the whole month.

I saw Antoiny Ruens, Julien Mas, on Bonaire getting prepared for the season. We had some Italian,Swedish friends joining as well, and it was just amazing. Training a lot was just the perfect thing to do, matching the level and see who can do better moves was the main thing on the water... funny serious and just perfect wind and weather conditions, all smiles for me :).

I’m sailing mostly on the 2012 Loco 4.8 and my flare starboard 91. These are just the perfect combination of equipment. I had lots of fun and improving the Loco will be the task , but nothing’s a big problem, just small issues. I have already better ideas for the Loco and it will be great to see and test the new ones pretty soon.

I got the no handed flaka in the bag, double culos... still working on that, and the no handed culo will still need perfection but should be in the bag pretty soon.

Take care Taty Frans NB-9 :)

Our Experience, Your Reward

.19

Maui Monthly

Photos : Marcus Siedel

o g p o h s MauiSails Cut The Crap T-Shirts

$23 USD US customers

$28 USD Int. customers

n i p p MauiSails Boom Front End

$115 USD US customers

$135 USD Int. customers

Maui Monthly

.22

Time flies when you’re having fun!

I guess it’s true that time flies when you’re having fun! It’s hard to believe another month has come to a close already, it feels like just yesterday we were welcoming in the new year, yeesh where does the time go?!?!

Feburary was an epic month packed with great sailing in the usual spots, discovering some new ones, awesome sessions testing the MUTANT, and traveling in between. After only two weeks back on Maui, work brought me to the mainland, and I spent the first half of the month split between Hood River and San Francisco. It was a fantastic trip and awesome to see everybody back in the Gorge as well as the bay, but two weeks of watching Jimmie Hepp’s albums on facebook had me dying to get back and on the water! As we began our initial descent into Maui, the plane started to rock and I could see nothing but whitecaps and waves below as we flew over the north shore. Once we were on the ground I bolted out of the plane as fast as I could, down to parking, into my van, and up to Hookipa.

Only minutes after I arrived at the beach, Phil pulled up in the MauiSails van with Art right behind him.

Phil parked right next to me, popped out of the van, opened up the back, and pulled out a fresh quiver of Mutants. I was already stoked as it was just to be back, but this was like Christmas all over again! Phil handed me a 4.6 and I immediately rigged it up and hit the water. Having sailed some prototypes earlier in the season, I already had an idea of what to expect from this new 4-batten, ultra-short profile, radical wave machine.

no.82. February ’12

Our Experience, Your Reward

.23

Maui Monthly

Photos : Jimmie Hepp on www.facebook.com/jimmie.hepp2

Maui Monthly

.24

no.82. February ’12

Right off the beach the sail feels light in the hands even as a bit of added power is immediately noticeable, easily manageable, and gets my slower quad setup quickly onto a plane as I effortlessly get through the break and out into the lineup. On the first wave my whole rig- board and sail- feels more in sync than ever before. As I set up for my bottom turn I am surprised at how, as if almost automatically, the Mutant drops to the water, driving my rail into the bottom turn and shooting me straight back up to the lip faster and easier than I ever expected. I feel as if I have all the time in the world, and as I look back up the face and pick my spot to hit the lip, I sheet in a little more with my backhand and am rewarded with a controlled boost of power that accelerates me towards the lip. I realize I’m a little late, but the sail is so maneuverable that I’m easily able to redirect it and I’m sent back down the face right into my next bottom turn. To me, it’s the Mutant’s range and agility that makes it stand out against the pack. The rest of my sessions on the Mutant have been almost carbon copies of this one wave, the Mutant constantly amazing me, in a variety of conditions, making me feel more confident as a wavesailor, and more excited than ever to get out on the water! I had a theory for a while now that the positive benefits of the Mutant for wavesailing would carry over into freestyle as well, so over the weekend I headed down the coast to try it out. Quick to plane, incredibly stable, ridiculously agile, and effortlessly rotates, what’s not to like about the Mutant for freestyle? Needless to say, I can’t wait to pick up my quiver of Mutants for the upcoming season!

The wind and waves continued to provide excellent conditions throughout the end of February. Though I had some great days at Hookipa and Kuau, we had a couple days where the usual spots along the north shore just weren’t lining up, so I took the opportunity to go with some friends and check out some new locations (for me). A huge east swell coupled with strong east winds sent me to Waiehu where I rode epic

Our Experience, Your Reward

.25

Maui Monthly

onshore conditions lit on my 4.2 Legend. My friend Zane Schweitzer had told me about a sick spot on the Westside that also works with the same setup, and one day I headed over there and we sailed an insane wave at one of the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever seen.

All and all February was quite an exciting month, and now I’m looking forward to March and the beginning of the spring season here on Maui!

Cya on the water, Casey Hauser US-634 Photos : Jimmie Hepp on www.facebook.com/jimmie.hepp2

pick the one that fits

THE BEST FOR YOU

www.mauisails.com/2012

Maui Monthly

.28

no.82. February ’12

Our Experience, Your Reward

.29

The Mutant

isHERE! Photo : Jimmie Hepp on www.facebook.com/jimmie.hepp2

Tremble in fear. The Mutant is here. The little side project that we had been quietly working on since last spring has finally been unleashed. A sail designed to combine amazing maneuverability with excellent stability, power and wind range and offer the ultimate in modern wave performance. Carefully tuned shaping creates perfectly balanced profile tension across the Mutants extra-short-luff, 4 batten skeleton.

Maui Monthly

The recent path that has lead us to the Mutant originated with the big step we made a couple of years ago with significantly dropping the aspect ratios on our TR-7 race sails. The benefits of the lower, centered power were evident and immediately got applied to the following seasons wave sails with great results. Of particular note was the 4.5 Ghost XT which was a new sail last season and demonstrated a great blend of ultra light feel, soft yet agile handling together with excellent power while rigging on a 370 mast and being significantly lower aspect ratio than the previous years Legend. Seeing these excellent characteristics, we were of course motivated to take it one step further and see how far we could go with the concept. Personally, I was imagining never clipping the top of my mast again on wave 360’s as it is such a horrible feeling to go into what you think is going to be a sick rotation to have it suddenly and abruptly come to a stop as the pitching lip grabs the tip of your mast half way through. So the first sample of what was to become the Mutant was born.

Maui Monthly

.30

no.82. February ’12

The first prototype that we built that spring showed lots of potential with its great power that was located in an easy to control lower and centered pull position. The sail also had excellent drive and together with the light handling felt just ridiculous on the wave. We quietly worked away at many recuts, and testing sessions, getting the shaping, tension and balance of the sail to match perfectly with the more compact outline. Fortunately we already had the shaping techniques for supporting the broad head chord, that was essential for the design, quite well refined as it has been a distinguishing characteristic of MauiSails for many years. So, in reality, like the “Mutant” artwork is was more of an evolution than a revolution.

Our Experience, Your Reward

.31

Maui Monthly

Photo : Jimmie Hepp on www.facebook.com/jimmie.hepp2

The dominant characteristics of the Mutant sail line are balanced, easy to control power, amazing, light handling on the wave with great drive and release and excellent wind range. The Mutant also lets you plane on a smaller size than normal, giving the power of a sail about a quarter square meter larger, but still handling on the top end. We have had many riders test the sail from middle weight rippers to big 200 pounders, like Micah, to light weight women and each time we have gotten rave reviews. Currently, for the early release we have the “typical wave quiver� sizes of 4.2, 4.6 and 5.1, which all fit on our 370 mast. There will be a couple more sizes added in the future as well. Look out for the Mutants as they arrive to terrorize your local break.

There may be no escape.

Aloha, Artur Szpunar

Photo Bogo Riders Artur Szpunar, Robert Baldyga, Peter Volwater

Spot Hookipa, Maui

www.mauisails.com/2012

Maui Monthly

.34

LEAPING INTO A GOOD THING This February was the one that got an extra day so we could do that much more to be ready for the full participation and success of 2012. It was nothing but good news and good work for us. We got some strong test results out of France for the TR-8, Titan GS, Pursuit and Legend. Our Australian customers found improvement in the race sails and managed some good results in the series down under, and the flow of design work for the 2013 wave and freestyle ranges has been steady and rewarding. Testing and tuning with Micah topped it all off.

The big news for the month was the release of the latest creation, our super short luff four-batten wave sail we have dubbed the MUTANT. This has been Art’s fantasy since July last year, and he has been carefully nurturing the concept and chasing the magic feeling since then. I spent lots of time watching and then we would talk out the wrinkles and tension issues until he was satisfied with the balance and handling. Early feedback is telling us that we have a winner here, an amazing performer, a sail that will do a lot of what you need on the wave almost effortlessly. And the best thing has been the reaction from our new in-house ’big guy’, Micah, who found it to be very good, even with his heavy weight. The graphic is hot, the materials are the best there are, and the concept is solid. And we didn’t have to have a sail rip in half to figure it out :)

no.82. February ’12

Our Experience, Your Reward

.35

Maui Monthly

February was also big for Cornelia. A few projects that have been hanging too long finally drew to a close. The big deal for me was ’the button’. After months of sending parts back and forth to the manufacturer, I finally got the super electric anchor windlass working properly... push button hauling now.

We layed the chain out on deck and treated it with kerosene, marked the five fathoms, and put it away, ready to go. I also managed a nasty day of cleaning out the old black iron fuel tank (YUKKK!) to a point where i could vacuum it spotless. Now no more worries about water and contaminants in the fuel. Also, speaking of fuel, the almost forty year old kerosene cook stove went on Craig’s List to be replaced by a modern propane model that is clean and efficient.

Baking on board will now commence. I also built a nice set of steps out of some old boom arms that will make it possible to easily climb in and out of the forward hatch, something that was almost impossible before.

So in what is normally a short month, it was busy, busy, busy. All good for MauiSails.

Aloha Barry

Maui Monthly

A windy February

.36

no.82. February ’12

We had a very windy February here on Maui and of course the month flew by with lots of quality sailing and testing. I found myself on the water most days, either Hookipa wavesailing or showing up at Kanaha and rigging whatever it took to get time on the water. I continued to test with Micah and we have now covered all the sizes, from 12m to 5.5 and since he’s heading off to Midwinters now, it’s going to be exciting to see how he does on the race course.

Our Experience, Your Reward

Maui Monthly

.37

Photo : Andrea Pagan

We also have been focusing on 2013 wave sails, and so far we are loving the small changes we are making to improve the sails. I keep saying this every year, it’s hard to improve very good sails, but with subtle changes to shaping and tension, you can achieve continued improvements. And of course all the excitement with the new 4 batten sail the Mutant, I know it’s going to become one of the favorites among the MauiSails die hard customers.

We have had good reports about the TR8 which is now drifting slowly into the markets, so we look forward to getting more feedback in the next months and will start soon to work on the race sails again.

See you on the water, Phil McGain

MauiSails.com

Tel: +1-808-573-0295 Fax: +1-808-573-0894 810 Haiku Road, Suite 113-302, Haiku, Hawaii, 96708, USA

find your MauiSails

dealer

AUSTRALIA THE WINDSURFING SHED +61414665147 WWW.THEWINDSURFINGSHED.COM.AU • BRAZIL KATANKA LTD. +556199846086 WWW.KATANKA.COM.BR • CANADA AU VENT FOU +15146403001 WWW.AUVENTFOU.COM • CZECH REPUBLIC / SLOVAKIA SURFCENTRUM +420387426701 WWW.FANATIC.CZ • DENMARK SURFLINE EGAAA +4586176765 SURFLINE@GET2NET.DK • EGYPT SURF MORE WINDSURF STATION +2693642533 WWW.SURFMORE.RU • FINLAND LAINE SALES +358505962031 JARI.LAINE@LAINEET.FI • FRANCE ALTERNATIVE WATERSPORT +330873042658 WWW.ALTERNATIVE-WATERSPORT.COM • GERMANY/AUSTRIA TPE SPORT +494619789560 WWW.TPESPORT.DE • GREECE SPORTS COMMERCE +302294085201 VAGGELIS.RIGHTSTUFF@WINDOWSLIVE.COM • HAWAII SYNERGY SPORTS +18085730295 PHIL.MCGAIN@MAUISAILS.COM • HONG KONG SUPER X SPORTS LIMITED +85234212402 SUPERXSPORTSHK@YAHOO.COM.HK • HUNGARY GONZA KFT. +3613563701 KORTE@ ALPESICLUB.HU • IRELAND PEARSETEC LTD. +353879888244 WWW.BIGSURF.IE • ISRAEL ROTEM DARABI +972526231192 WWW.H2ONLINE.CO.IL • ITALY WHITE REEF SRL +39054722756 WWW.WHITEREEF.IT • JAPAN LED IRON INC. +81548227707 WWW.MAUISAILSJAPAN.COM • LATVIA SURFLINE LATVIA +37129120100 WWW.SURFLINE.LV • LITHUANIA UAB ERLETAS +37067247914 KAROLIS1001@GMAIL.COM • MEXICO THE WIND ADVENTURE +525558150888 WWW.WIND-ADVENTURE.COM • NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM/LUXEMBOURG BOARDPUNX +4535145678 WWW.BOARDPUNX. COM • NEW CALEDONIA CALEDONIA TRADING +687846647 THIERRYPOUX@MAC.COM • NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND BOARDSTORE +6498150683 WWW.NZBOARDSTORE.CO.NZ • NORWAY NYBØ INTEGRASJON +4797185074 INFO@MAUISAILS.NO • PERU THE WIND ADVENTURE +5114617695 INFO@WIND-ADVENTURE.COM • PHILIPPINES LC VENTURES INC. +6327240408 MANNY@BINGOB.COM • POLAND ENERGY SPORTS +48914624769 WWW.MAUISAILS.PL • PORTUGAL PARQUE SUPERWIND OEIRAS +351214694602 WWW. SUPERWIND.PT • PUERTO RICO THA’ BOARDING CO. +7877588604 NONOSIERRA@YAHOO.COM • RUSSIA MAKAR SURF +79286638121 MAKARSURF@MAIL.RU • SAUDI ARABIA / QATAR SHAMAL SPORTS SHAMALSPORT@YAHOO.COM • SLOVENIA / CROATIA GROS INFO D.O.O. +38641391152 MARKOKAV@GMAIL.COM • SINGAPORE BLUEFINZ SPORTS +6567466141 PJSU@MALAYAN.COM.SG • SPAIN B3 WINDSURF +34956681169 WWW.B3WINDSURF.COM • SWEDEN SURFSPOT SWEDEN +46707102903 WWW.SURFSPOT.SE • SWITZERLAND WIND AND SNOW +41417664170 WWW.WINDANDSNOW.CH • TURKEY STARBOARD SURF SHOP, +902327166078, INFO@STARBOARDTURKEY.COM • UKRAINE / BELARUS ASTERY +380445172477 ASTERY1@UKR.NET • USA SYNERGY SPORTS +18085730295 RICK.WHIDDEN@MAUISAILS.COM