Local time 16.56 hours

A great day today for surfing in Hawai’i. The trades were moderate at 11.7kts and the readings from buoy #1 came in at about 8feet 16seconds. A good day for another round  of the Reef Hawaiian Pro 2009 at Hale’iwas Ali’i Beach Park. The waves were in the 6-8feet range on the set, so the boys took out their bigger boards.

Unfortunately from a Maui point of view the day did not go that well, all of our Local Boys from Lahain did not advance to Round of 32. From a European point of view the day was a rather good one: The tow hombres from Euskati, Hodai Collazo and Artiz Aranburu as well as Alain Riou from France. Other than that there are only Hawaiians, Americans, Aussies and Brazilians left to compete with. Sunny Garcia is also still in the race after his absents from the contest live.

I am looking forward to be at the scene tomorrow my self to capture some pictures.

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As far as the surf on Maui goes, it was the usual business: The swell that hit O’ahu arrived here later in the day with inconsistent 3-5feet. Due to the anticipation and Honolua Bay being the only spot to surf on West Maui the place was accordingly crowded.

Jetzt wird gepackt.

Mike