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Maui Windsurfing - Hawaii
Gap Year Travel Journal

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Text By Jo & Photos By Mike

(22nd June- 10th August) Maui - Mike having a ball!
Mike was in his element in Maui, he came here to windsurf and wow did he windsurf! It was windy every single day bar none, 4 - 5m winds and wave size ranging between 3 - 8ft on the outer reef at Kanaha Beach Park, about a mile or so out to sea: this part of the reef is called "Uppers". A lot of the pros sail here rather than Hookipa in the summer because the wind is more consistent and the waves are as big. The last few days Mike was completely buzzing, the swell increased to the 6 - 8ft range and the wind shifted slightly more cross shore, he's been consistently getting 4 - 6 bottom turns down the line at Uppers. The other day he was sharing the waves here with Kevin Pritchard, and he's the world champion, so it must be good! The waves at Sprecks a few beaches up the coast are generally a couple of feet smaller and are not so rideable, better for practicing your nifty jumps, most of the euros seem to hang out here. The grassy pictures are of Kanaha beach park, far more civilised than Sprecks if you want the whole package, you actually get grass to rig on, there are plently of toilets, fresh water showers and shade under the trees if you are getting a bit too hot. Sprecks only has the shady trees! Jo really liked Kanaha too, some stretches of the beach are nicely shielded from the constant strong winds, which was great because it meant she could happily top up her tan
without getting completely sandblasted!

Video 1 - Mike Windsurfing

Video 2 - Mike Windsurfing

Highlights of our gap year travel adventure:

Stop 1 - Capetown---> The City | Simonstown Penguins | Table Mountain Cable Car | The Waterfront Seals | Windsurf Action.
Stop 2 - West Australia---> Perth City | Perth Zoo | Cohunu Animal Park | Rottnest Island | Rockingham Penguins | Yanchep Park Koalas | Cervantes Pinnacles | Geraldton Windsurfing | Kalbarri Gorge | The Pink Lake | Coronation Beach Windsurfing | Gero Road to Cervantes | Carnarvon Jetty & Quobba Snorkel | Denham Lagoon | Monkey Mia Dolphins | Coral Bay Termite Hills | Coral Bay Quad Biking The Dunes | Exmouth Kangaroos | Mandurah Canals | Margaret River | Margaret River Wine Tour | Margs Windsurfing | Bunbury Windsurf | Bussleton Pier | Towns near Bussleton | Augusta Nature | Pemberton Camping | Pemberton Tall Trees | Cape D'Entrecasteaux | Walpole Tall Trees.
Stop 3 - East Australia---> Cairns Sky Rail Cable Car Over The Rainforest | Mossman Gorge | Cape Tribulation Rainforest | Port Douglas | Daintree Crocodiles | Captain Cook Highway | Beaches Near Cairns | Atherton Tablelands Fig Trees | Bowen Beaches | Airlie Beach | Whitsunday Islands Boat Tour | Great Barrier Reef Snorkel | Whitsunday Snorkelling | Town of 1770 History | Fraser Island Beach Driving | Tin Can Bay Dolphins | Noosa River | Australia Zoo Wombats | Sunshine Coast | Nanango Bush | Gold Coast Beaches | Byron Bay Beaches | Woolgoolga Beaches | Coffs Harbour | Port Macquarie Cafes | Forster Pelicans | Great Lakes | Nelson Bay Dolphins | Sydney By Day | Sydney By Night | Sydney's Manly Beach.
Stop 4 - New Zealand---> Auckland Revolving Restaurant | Rotorua Volcanic National Park | Lake Taupo & Waitomo Glow Worms.
Stop 5 - French Polynesia---> Tahiti Island Waterfalls | Moorea Island Water Bungalows | Moorea Shark Feeding | Bora Bora Island Buggying.
Stop 6 - Hawaii, Maui---> Maui Snorkel Videos | Maui Snorkel Photography | Maui Windsurfing | Maui East Coast Hana Highway | Maui North Beaches 1 | Maui North Beaches 2 | Maui West Coast Surfing | Maui South West Lava Fields | Haleakala Volcano.
Stop 7 - Hawaii, Oahu---> Kailua Beaches | Round Oahu Island Drive | Honolulu Pearl Harbour | Oahu Snorkel Videos.
Stop 8 - West USA---> Los Angeles City Tour | Venice Beach | Long Beach | Queen Mary Tour | San Onofre Surfing | Route 66 Drive | Las Vegas Casinos | Grand Canyon.
Stop 9 - East USA---> Miami Beach Art Deco.
Stop 10 - UK, HOME---> Back To Heathrow, Bringing To A Close Our Amazing Round The World Trip.