Hello
As I've written sometimes before, surfing has grown exponentially in the atlantic coast of Spain up to a point there is no space to get in the water for wavesailing. It doesn't matter if there are 10 celsius degrees and 30 knots of on shore wind and the surfboards get flying. Specially the surf schools push thousands of pupils to the water no matter if there are enormous waves or nothing at all. Money is money. The surfing industry is so strong that the councils don't want to disturb it
I heard that in Maui windsurfing and kitesurfing have priority over surfing in winds stronger than 12 knots? I'm interested in knowing examples of this kind of organisation.
I also wanted to know in which places you can go supsailing in waves with 12-14 knots without screams while avoiding floating heads all around. Maybe lower density population than in Europe.
The only remaining places for wavesailing are the few outer reefs.
Thanks.
OK in Australia most of the time, you can get a few desperate surfers in the water at 15kts, but they don't usually stay at 20kts. In Western Australia the summer pattern is off shore in the morning for surfing and side on in the arvo for wave sailing, so it does work quite well. But getting here at the moment wouldn't be easy
Tons of surfers in the US as well. However, when the wind is up the Windsurfers join right in the line up. Kind of hard for a surfer to compete for a wave we're already on way upwind. I find a friendly smile goes a long way, they seem to have a pretty good appreciation for what we can do on a wave. When you think about it, a charging windsurfer in the line up can be a bit intimidating if your prone surfing so I try and break the tension with a friendly smile as if to say, we're all just enjoying a great day!
As long as we're respectful to each other, there's usually a good shared vibe out there. We're all just out to have a good time. I just try and keep that in mind.
DC
