WATER TIME
4pm: Finally with my head still whizzing, I am back on dry land headed through the traffic from the heli port back to Ho’okipa. The congestion late afternoon is always a pain in the ass (and gets worse every year) and it takes time to creep all the way from Spreckelsville, through Paia and up the last stretch of the Hana Highway to the Ho’okipa entrance. Once past Mama’s Fish House you can see the surf and all the sails flicking in and out at Ho’okipa. Over my years of watching I can usually tell who is out even from half a mile down the highway. That distinctive pink sail of Naish or the Blue and Black Point 7 from Ricardo or Koester on his bright red Severne sporting that huge Red Bull logo at the top are all out there tearing up the waves.
4.30pm: The NeilPryde Team are at it again with a second helicopter session. This time down at Lanes to escape the Hookipa crowds. Back at Ho’okipa, Robby Naish, Campello, Boujmaa and the North Fanatic Team are back out ripping it up for their final session of the day. Looking down at the sets rolling through, I am sure Pryde are scoring some epic shots and no doubt many of these will be seen in their 2015 catalogue.