A TASTER
There is nothing like jumping in straight at the deep end and with logo to mast high swell slamming the north shore of Maui on the opening day of the shoot, it was a no brainer for JC to kick off by sending out the riders at Ho’okipa. No problem for the likes of Victor Fernandez and Klaas Voget who had already been on Maui for six weeks but for Baker, who had only arrived the night before, this was an inauguration he wasn’t counting on when he left the UK less than twenty four hours ago.
NB: In the last two years I had not seen a wave bigger than head high. The last time I sailed any real waves was when I was in Maui a few seasons ago. I’d been hoping to score a day or two of head high Ho’okipa and maybe get a Sprecks session under my belt before I had to sail proper Ho’okipa. As it happened I went straight out at HQ and not only was it solid mast high, it was beautiful weather, decent wind and I was on a new tri fin that I had never used before and a new sail as well.