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Team Rider in Maui and Chile
For the last few months Fat Face Team Rider Tanya Saleh has been travelling the costs of Maui and Chile in the search for the best conditions for wavesailing.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
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We've finally managed to locate some decent internet connection.....long enough to upload some info anyway. Chile is amazing; the waves are unreal and the beaches are uncrowded. On many occasions we have been the only people sailing fighting only each other for waves! The only negative point I can find about this place is the fact that you have to wear a wetsuit. We've been here around 20 days and I have sailed 16 of them. There are a whole bunch of beaches to choose from, and each has a different type of wave-some faster, some slower, some hollow-er. Anyway, the pictures should do most of the talking. As always, eternal thanks go to Chris (Hughes) for the photos.
Monday, November 19, 2007
No internet
Ok So I miraculously made it to Chile in one piece with all my kit. We've been here 3 days and windsurfed every day. The ultimate was yesterday at TOpocalma, Logo High, 3.7 weather, and by later afternoon I was literally blown off the water. Guys were overpowered on 3.4's! The waves are amazing-you can get 6-7-8 turns on a wave! The problem is that there is no internet within easy reach so I will not be able to continue the blog consistently. More like one big post at the end.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
11th November
I refused to believe that there wouldn't be any wind today so rigged a 4.7 at sprecks and went out. Indeed I was only occasionally planning, the ramps/waves were bigger than they have been the past few days but it was only good for light wind riding. I was convinced that it was going to pick up....but it didn't, so we went to Kanaha which is a far better place for light wind wave riding. The wave was over boom high so it was pretty chilled and good fun. Since it was a Sunday the surfers were out in force at Ho'okipa so the only windsurfing there was at Lanes and it wasn't too busy either.
10th November-Nuclear
A bunch of us arrived at Sprecks at 11 and were on the water soon after. I was on a 3.7 and guys were on 4.0-4.7's. Not only this but everyone was so overpowered. It was insanely windy. By lunch time the car park was full but it wasn't actually that busy on the water because everyone was taking lots of breaks because it was super windy. And if you could hold on the ramps were great for jumping. In the afternoon we sailed Kanaha and it had dropped a tiny bit, but the wind everywhere was unbelievably gusty. Still, it's always fun to have a windy windy day every now and then.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
9th November
The wind was back in full force, we were on the water just after 11 at spreks on 4.2's (men on 4.7's) and there were nice small ramps for jumping. After an hour we rigged down to 3.7! But the wind was supere gusty and up and down. Sprecks got busier and busier then the wind dropped a little after lunch so we headed to Ho'okipa-still a small swell but occasionally bigger sets came through. All in all a good day.
Friday, November 9, 2007
8th November
It got relatively windy quite early today, and since no one is really sailing Ho'okipa until 1pm we decided to go down the coast to Kanaha to get on the water early. We were on 4.7's and it was totally flat. You could sail for 10 mins before seeing a wave, and even then it was more like a ripple. So by lunch time we were eager to check out Ho'okipa. We got there and there were about 1,200 people sailing on a 2 ft wave= out of the question. Therefore we headed to Kuau-a great spot only 2 mins from Ho'okipa and has about a millionth of the people out on the water. We launched there and sailed at Mamas; still a small wave but only about 6 of us. The conditions today were in no way "epic" but as always it's good to be on the water. Hopefully the swell direction is going to correct itself over the next 24 hours so if the swell is still non existent tomorrow it should be back to good by saturday.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
7th November The Wind Makes an Appearance
After no wind yesterday and a dire forecast for today we woke to absolute still. But by late morning things started to change. We went to Ho'okipa; the winds were still light so we went for a surf-which was tiny! By 1 30pm people atarted to appear out of the wood work, we rigged 4.7's (most guys were on 5.0-5.8) and headed out. The swell was small and it got super busy so it was pretty tricky. To add to that the wind was up and down, but hey, we're in Maui and we're windsurfing so who's complaining?! It was fun to be back out on the water and the forecast for the next week looks like the trades are back in town to stay.
Check out her Blog here.
Also check out the Boardseeker Website for Tanya's write up on how to get around the Matanzas Region of Chile and her tips on the best places to go.
