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So what are the pros and cons of wind surfing versus kite boarding?

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Got to watch this pro film shoot at...

I just read this thread all the way through. Super cool to read as the seasons ebb and flow over the years. So much info to absorb, I feel like a sponge trying to suck it all up.

In the end this...

Five months has been nice, here til may 1 making for 6 total. When you coming over?

Another month in paradise and the wife is getting better

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Yeah dusty, get some for me while you are at it!

Ho'okipa , I figured that after the fact... I swear I' m gonna come get a coffee one of these days. Kahului is starting to grow on me!

More Ho'okipo

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Yeah, my almost 4 year old and wife don't want to go back at all. Can't blame em. Hanging in the Java Haus all day hiding from the rain or frolicking on the beach all day...

In alaska you are ON...

Honolua is crazy crowded on weekend with big swell. Yes on Maui.

Here are some surf stoke pics!

Ho'okipo

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Sweet, I've seen several captain jobs out of lahaina, need open sea endorsement...

You hit that coolie? I have actually forgotten winter. Kinda weird.

3 months in, 3 to go. Air temp 82, water temp 75, beer temp 35. 85 days or so in the water. Traded the 11'6' Coreban for 10' naish 32" wide. Bought 10' Second Wind 26" shred stick. Learning,...

What the hell is going on out there?!

This seems related, Honolua a couple of weeks ago

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I hear what you are saying. Same issues up in Alaska as we are basically trying to create the market and convince a bunch of cross country riders that DH is a fun way to go. We have a rental fleet...

Today was another lovely day in paradise. Got a few more features online and I finally stepped up and hit some features I had built last week. Again, thanks for the advice!
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Thanks for all the input everyone! All I can do is keep chopping dirt right now with an eye on the prize of making awesome trails and stoking out the riders. More pics to come!

We're located 2 miles up the hill above lahaina on the west side of the island. About 8 minutes from Kaanapali and about 15 minutes from Honolua which is on the north west tip of island, which means...

So I have been plugging away on this new bike park project here near Lahaina, Maui and the trails are looking sweet.
We have a couple of ideas on how to make this thing operate but are still way in...

Three hours building concrete forms, an hour in the DMV and four more hours at Launepoko. Not bad for a day! It is the home break i guess, we are three minutes up the hill. The board is actually...

Oh do tell, I keep waking up at 5 and it is dark for another hour. I figure i am on the 20 year learn to surf program, any bit of info helps!

I've been in Lahaina about 6 days now. Bought 2006 Dodge caravan, 9' long board and 12'6' SUP.

Caught about 20 waves on SUP today. Ate shit a bunch, skittered off reef a few times, saw serious...

I could never afford to do the two week trip with the hotel, car rental etc
But by doing 6 months in Maui starting next week, I'll actually be coming out ahead by having renters pay my mortgage and...

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Sorry jed! I guess one less person racing you for the pow. Come downand shred the red dirt!

Lahaina Family Farm up on Pukalalei (?) loop road. Nice and arid land backed up to mountainside. Close prox to chill beaches and good coffee! Lots of projects on the go. Can't wait:)

Just pulled trigger on tickets to Maui mid november until may 1! I got a job building a dh bike park on 70 acres private land just above Lahaina. Stoked beyond imagination.

I have been pulling...

The Dems are heirs to the French Revolution and the Reps are the heirs to American Revolution.

Practice makes perfect. Looking to have 40-50 jumps on Chair 3 for next summer. The people seem to like them!

Gone Fishing

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Beach camping
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I've been building these trails for 3 summers now. Finally feel like they are coming together...

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That is Turnagain Pass for ya. I think that last spine was Tincan Proper?

I went for solo attempt from Girdwood to Bird Creek the other day. Used Karls red board because I was adding some fiberglass to my blue board
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Yeah, the yellow board is a SUP Tech. Karl likes it for what it is, an entry level boat that you can drop on the rocks etc.
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Did another trip I'd been wanting to do.

We drove down the road a mile and put in the Arm with a wicked up tide down wind combo. (the tide is flowing in and the wind is going the same direction)
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It all went down today... sun burned... must drink more beer...

I used West System epoxy for this. I was thinking 15-20 oz glass and be done with it. I could see wood being more resilient because it offers a 'backing' to the glass, goddamn foam just crunches.
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I like the SUP because you are standing and the your whole body is working to maintain balance, very similar to ski stance. You can see farther and look into the water better, as long as the water is...

Been working on building these giant jumps for the MSP guys to hit.

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Construction started a month ago but then...

Finally got around to building my self a custom SUP and paddle.

Went from this:

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I don't think I am going to offer anything better then a local. That is the point, I want to be a student in a new environment and maybe learn something along the way. i.e being a deck hand. On...

Great info! I 've been researching these wwoof farms on Maui, several in Haiku. Looks like cools area. It would be real nice to not get rained on all winter, where ever we are. I guess 80 deg rain...

Thanks for the advice guys!

I've really been thinking Kuaui in general because I'd never been there, where I've been to Maui 6-8 times on family vacations as a kid. But going there as an adult...

Has anyone constructed a GSA shrine at the beginning of said Rabbit Tracks? A lasting sign of His hallowed passage?

hard to say what the snow pack is going to do this spring. One theory is that we had so much 'light and dry' snow that it might just go isothermal in a few days and rot out. Or it will be like any...

^^ I love the no glove, steep and deep pow combo! Classic! I sure was nice out today.

Hey surfer Mags!

I am planning on spending six months in Hawaii starting this coming November or so. Bringing the wife and our 3 year old daughter and looking for somewhere to seriously kick back...

These were a 'gateway drug' to me.

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The GSA preincarnate I had the honour of training under dropped skiing on a days notice and relocated to Vegas to pursue a career in rock climbing. Bouldering specifically. Currently pulling V14...