Entries tagged 'windsurfing'

Best Honeymoon Hotels: Paia Inn Sez Stay 4, Pay 3 Nites

Love, love, love this hotel. Paia is the un-Maui vacation, with no big hotels, small town feel, vagabond windsurfers cruising through and oceans galore....

Hawaii Beach Guide : Lanikai - Faded Favorite but Still Fab

Dr. Beach, Stephen Leatherman, has picked this stretch of lovely pinkish sand as America's Best. Lanikai is a gem but one with a growing list of caveats. First, among all the great Hawaii beaches, Lanikai may have suffered the...

What to Wear to 30-foot Jawz? Maui Rippers, Natch

Picture this. Jawz is cracking, the tow-in boys are going off, and the lineup is full of testosterone and serious glory hounds. Quick -- what do you wear to a day like this? Maui Rippers. Made on Maui, these board...

How to Blow Your Kids Away on Maui

I've done numerous stories mentioning windsurfing on Maui. It is the windsurfing capital of the world, with the most consistent breezes on Earth whipping through Hookipa on the North Shore. Maui is also a great place to learn, even...

Maui: On the Lam in Paia

We got back a week ago from a quick getaway to Maui, my first overnite with my three year-old son sans mommy. Our trip mostly covered Paia, the windsufing capital of the universe and a wonderful old plantation town...