The smokin spring and summer Maliko report

[headmount]

LPB... you chose wisely.  Maliko was fun because there was such a big pack of people but the conditions in your video were off the charts.  The light was also enough to make a crisp highlight of your arms which in the grey day vid from before were muddy.  The marbling on some of the troughs made incredible shots to be able sot see the full extent of crest to crest.  For stills I thought .48-.49, 2:18-2:21, and 2:45-2:246.  If you still have the chip with that footage on it, you could bring it over and I can cull out the best from those sections.  7 secs of vid times 30 is 210 pics.  I put them in a folder and pick and choose.  You could have a nice action sequence. 

Anyway great day for you over there.  Epic vid.  Cool lean and angle.

[LaPerouseBay]

The chip was erased yesterday.  These images were snagged from youtube. 

0:49



This sequence is 2:18 - 2:21.  This bracing is perilously close to dislocating my right shoulder.  Hands must always be in front of shoulder plane. 

An unexpected upward bump from behind can push the arm bone up and out.

1.25 miles offshore.  Good incentive to keep the rotators strong.   








 

[LaPerouseBay]

South shore was good again, here's a short clip from early in the run.

[LaPerouseBay]

Back to weekend warrior status at maliko for awhile.  The first clip is the fastest two minute clip of the run.  I like to save those sections as a helpful reminder. 



0.6 mile offshore at upper kanaha, nice inside line.  It felt like a current was in my favor.  Finally broke the hour in the ski.  The fastest average speed was at the white dot - at spreck's.   

[1paddle2paddle]

2 minutes at 10.5 mph!  Smoking!

[headmount]

Yeah and to think he was just contemplating a Maliko run a few months ago.  Inspiring to see such progress in something I think is extremely difficult.  Holding that speed is incredible for that time.

 

[LaPerouseBay]

Thanks guys.

1P2P, the 3.5 minute clip in this video is 10.2 mph and covers almost a kilometer.  Oscar's fastest kilometer is 1:59, which is almost 18.8 mph.  Holy smokes, that's fast.   

HM, ski's are not as difficult as many believe.  In my opnion, they are more stable than oc-1's.  It's just a matter of time in the saddle, same as anything else. 

South shore was blasting early in the run today, then backed off.  The second half of the run was still a hoot.



1 mile offshore.

[1paddle2paddle]

HM, ski's are not as difficult as many believe.  In my opinion, they are more stable than oc-1's.  It's just a matter of time in the saddle, same as anything else. 

I believe this too, but OC-1 guys usually stare blankly at me when I say that.

Oscar is amazing (friggin' 19 mph over a kilometer??), but apparently there are plenty of guys in SA who paddle as fast or faster than him in flat water.  What Oscar possessed was an amazing ability to surf on the ski.

[LaPerouseBay]

In addition to the stability, I believe ski's are also easier to remount than oc-1's. 

Without an ama to worry about, skis are easy to roll.  Then just slide in.  Oc-1 seats are higher, so it's tricky to pull oneself up on the foam seat without flipping the canoe.   
             

[peterp]

I think the 18.8mph ave over one kilometer by Oscar should have been 18.8km/h - otherwise he was averaging 30km/h - not sure if that's possible even in a ski....skis will hit 20mph+ top speeds but to average that for one kilometer would have taken exceptional conditions.... mind you, if anyone has been around to find those exceptional conditions it would have been Oscar...

Please correct me if I'm wrong as I'm really not sure.....if it's true, then he has gone more than twice as fast as I ever had on a SUP - my best is 14km/h (8.7mph) average over 1 km and I thought I was flying!

[LaPerouseBay]

I was amazed too.  Oscar is a monster in big surf. 

All the elite paddlers here on Maui do amazing speeds when it gets gnarly.     

Oscar's personal record speeds are at the end of this article.

http://www.epickayaks.com/news/news/heading-downwind

Here is a good link for the math.

http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/speed_distance_time_calc.html

[PonoBill]

Smoking Maliko run yesterday, the ground swell was dinky but the refracted wind swell across the reef was good sized. A pleasant run all the way to the tanks, and a good day to practice what Jeremy taught me, there were micro and mini swells going everywhere.

I'm McLovin' that xTuf shaft and Elite Molokai blade. Power steering and turbo boost for swells without any shoulder badness.

[headmount]

And here's PBill putting some steam into that tuft shaft.

[headmount]

That pic was actually today which was even windier than yesterday.  Liked this pic because the Haleakala is stunning behind him.  PBill caught that wave looming behind him in this shot and after that all I could see was a head.

[headmount]

Nothing but diamonds out there today and steering was the theme of the run.  We were going to go golfing but decided on these links instead.