JAWS WIPEOUT Reel Video

Take look at this Short JAWS Wipe Out Reel, Video, Elliot Leboe made.
Don't try this at home or in the bath tub

Jaws Wipeout Reel 2009 from ACL Productions on Vimeo.

More Maui winter swells and my best stand up wave ever

Today it it was supposed to be big. I checked out Hookipa, Kuau, Baby beach, but it all looked very big and not possible to get out with the stand up board. So I went to Uppers in Kanaha instead. And so did a few other. Normally I am pretty much by myself there but today about 15-20 guys ( no , no girls yet) showed up. Here is a little movie of this morning. I had a 2 hours session, Fun, but it didn't turn out as I hoped for.


So I set out again in the afternoon and met Mike Eskimo and a french guy Bruno, in Noriagas who had the same idea. Kuau looked just do-able. With a small channel which didn't close out most of the time. We launched at the little beach and were sucked through the channel with a lot of speed. Out there the waves looked massive. Only a few miles further down the coast, Jaws was going off.
It looked tricky, the were so big that it was hard to get a enough speed to get on them or you had to go deep, and risk to get a big set on your head, which almost happened twice. So I didn't wait around much, saw a nice set coming and went for it. Got it and had my biggest wave ever. After I rode it in, it actually close on me in the end. I saw how first Bruno got caught by a massive set and then Mike Eskimo. Both of them broke their leach and had a long swim in while I gathered the boards. Just one ride but it made my day, my week.

Here are a few pics from this week on a small dayin front of Mama's fish house.

NEW SUPS!!!!

We just recieved a bunch of new 09 Stand Up Paddle boards from Star Board. Come down to the shop and check them out. Feel like taking them out for a spin? You´ll only pay $35.00 for the first 24 hours. And if you decide to buy one your rental will be free!

Rental Board SALE

Tabou DaCurve 67
condition: top excellent (3 weeks old, as new)
our condition rating: 9.9/10
$799








Tabou DaCurve 73
condition: excellent (some scratches)
our condition rating: 9/10
$799








Tabou DaCurve 79
condition: excellent (tiny minor scrachtes)
our condition rating: 9.5/10
$699








Tabou DaCurve 85
condition: perfect (some scratches on the top/bottom)
our condition rating: 9/10
$699








Tabou 3S 87
condition: top excellent
our condition rating: 9.9/10
$899








Starboard EVO 62
condition: perfect (1-2cm ding on the nose)
our condition rating: 8.5/10
SOLD








Starboard EVO 74
condition: perfect (1-2cm ding on the nose)
our condition rating: 9/10
$399








Starboard EVO 80
condition: top excellent
our condition rating: 9.5/10
$399








Starboard Kombat 89
condition: top excellent
our condition rating: 9.7/10
$899








Starboard Kombat 105
condition: perfect to good (scratches on the top side)
our condition rating: 8.5/10
$899








Starboard Kombat 114
condition: excellent
our condition rating: 9.7/10
$899








Starboard Kombat 122
condition: very good (7cm ding rail repair, some scratches)
our condition rating: 8/10
$899








Starboard Futura 93
condition: top excellent
our condition rating: 9.9/10
not for sale yet








Starboard Futura 111
condition: brand new (no signs of usage)
our condition rating: 10/10
not for sale yet








Starboard Futura 133
condition: top excellent (minor scratches)
our condition rating: 9.8/10
$999








Starboard Futura 144
condition: perfect to good (few small ding repairs)
our condition rating: 8.5/10
$899








RealWind 250
condition: perfect to excellent (minor nose/tail scratches)
our condition rating: 9.5/10
$1111








RealWind 251
condition: perfect to excellent
our condition rating: 9.5/10
$999








RealWind 253
condition: good (minor ding repairs and signs of usage)
our condition rating: 7.5/10
$999








RealWind 260
condition: top excellent
our condition rating: 9.8/10
$1111








RealWind 270
condition: perfect to good
our condition rating: 8.8/10
$1300








RealWind 270 XL
condition: excellent
our condition rating: 9/10
$1111








Tabou Rocket 125
condition: good to average (many scratches)
our condition rating: 7/10
$375








Star Board Carve 94
condition: good to average
our condition rating: 8/10
$450.00








Starboard Kombat 106
condition: very good to prefect
our condition rating: 9.2/10
$499








Mistral Syncro 76
condition: top excellent
our condition rating: 9.9/10
$499

Jip's new video!

Check out Jip's new video, he shot it while his lovely girl friend Inga was in town. Enjoy...

Theo's Cove

Earlier this week Jip, Turbo and I (Juan) headed down to Theo's house which is in the middle of the Haiku/Huelo forest. Theo started working with us when he moved to Maui about a year ago. Its been pretty cool to see him quickly turn into such a sick windsurfer. He used to be a sponsored surfer in high school, but stopped competing when his family moved to Florida. His solid surfing background has helped him become a ripping wave sailor.



He's been raving about this beautiful little beach he found near his house where he's been going spear fishing with his roommate Tony. His house is a good 5 minutes off Hana Highway on a windy one lane dusty road, it probably makes for some exciting driving when it rains. At the end there's a steep eroded dirt driveway. If I didn't know any better I'd say his house was designed by a collaboration between Tarzan and Robinson Crusoe. Its kind of a luxury tree house powered by a huge solar panel, but they don't use anything electric in there. He still uses candle light and cooks all his meals on a propane grill. Pretty rad, man.

We all geared up and started trekking down a trail along a river into a gulch which ended at this perfect bay. Completely unspoiled, this place felt righteous, irie, peaceful, just perfect. If there was ever a Garden of Eden, this was it.



We jumped off the lava shelf and into water. There were steep valleys, I estimated them to be at least 100 ft deep. Theo said they were only 40 ft, made me feel like a wuss when I tried to touch the bottom and didn't come halfway there. We've seen allot of big fish down there. Theo's seen his first ever Ulua, I've seen a few big Uhus. I tried to shoot a couple but missed every time, lucky buggahs. Getting out of the water was much harder than jumping in, Theo told us that we had to wait for a wave to sweep us onto the lava shelf which was a good 6 feet (3 feet on Theo's measuring scale) above our floating heads. I thought he was kidding until he gets picked up by a wave that gently sits him on the shelf completely unscathed. I was up next, first wave slams me up against the wall. I should've waited for a bigger one, but just tried to pull myself up onto the slab. It was much harder than I thought it would be, but I eventually made it up. Turbo was much smarter and came right up on a good wave, Jip was next and had a hard time getting up. Like me he tried to pull himself up, but long dive fins, wet clothes and surging waves made this pretty difficult. He eventually got out with only a couple scratches on his stomach.



It was a beautiful day, and it was amazing to see how there are still places that haven't been ruined by over development. It was cool to see that there are still plenty of adventures to be had and places to be "discovered" even in densely populated countries like the US. I hope no one takes advantage anymore of what has been given to us. Gotta keep da Country country.

The Bob Chronicles

This is the first of Bob's chronicles. He also sent us these pictures. Enjoy...

When I passed Ho’okipa the waves were huge. The wind was light but I felt encouraged that it would be stronger down at Spreckelsville. The weeks of rain had left my driveway in Haiku a muddy mess and I was filled with "cabin fever". I thought, "Finally an opportunity to get in some wave sailing and work off all of that eating."

This time of year at the beach is my favorite. At Sprecks, Drew and the others were tired, having already been out for hours. I rigged a 4.5 and noticed when I hit the water, nobody else was sailing Uppers. The waves which usually broke on the two reefs appeared to be breaking everywhere.

The surf was larger than I had realized, but since I was never scared at Sprecks
like I am sometimes at Hookipa, I was feeling pretty good. I did some reaches, jumped a couple and made some turns. Then the stuff hit the fan. I was caught inside a mast-high plus bomber and my timing was bad. It was too late to turn, jump or get around the shoulder. When I tried to pop over I went backwards over the falls and my rig was stripped from my hands. I swallowed water and fought for breath. My heart was pounding when I saw my board was way down wind and still going.

My experience told me to try to remain calm but the next wave was breaking and when I went to dive below it threw me over backwards. This time I sucked in more salt water and felt dizzy. My swimming and resolve were weakening and as I headed downwind for my board I realized that it was more important to save my energy for the next wave. While I was swimming to reach my board another set coming through gently picked it up and dropped it even farther away.

I was scared being so close to the beach yet so out of control. Then there was another sailor who seemed to materialize from nowhere. Riding a slalom board with a speed sail in this big surf, he still looked like he was out for a Sunday drive. He told me, "Grab my footstrap and I’ll tow you!" A couple of minutes later I was back with my board and out of trouble. He asked if I was alright now and I nodded my thanks.

I held on to my flotation and let the waves wash me across the reef and into shore. I may have drowned if I hadn’t received the help. The news later told of an experienced surfer missing that day. Jim Broach (45) of Oahu was presumed drowned by a set at Phantoms estimated by his peers at 25 foot. When I later thanked the sailor who towed me, he said, "I only hope someone would do the same for me."

So, unlikely as it is, if you ever see world champion speed sailor Eric Beale in trouble out there, please help him. On a sunny Maui winter day that I will long remember, he came to my aid and saved my life.

Robert "Mystery Bob" Gilbert