We didnt win the lotto.....

Da beach

Steve and Anita

Already the thoughts of how we can stay in Maui indefinately are creeping into our heads. Could we get jobs? (who wants to work here?) Could we buy a business? Can we get a green card? None of these ideas were appealing, let alone possible, so it was decided we had to win the english lotto. We have two tickets each Thursday for the next three weeks, that will hopefully mean we can stay here forever! Unfortunately we were unsuccessful last night, no emails from the british pools to alert us of our winnings - email must be down

Some random tourists at Kanaha

So with the knowledge of our new found wealth, we headed to Kanaha again, for another cruisey day on the beach, ran into a few Aussie, Peter Ross (OES Boards) and Ian and Michael from North Sydney, who seemed like great chaps!

Kym stalked Tatiana Howard out at the reef at uppers, as she was SUP with the Naish crew and Anita was getting run over at lowers by blind windsurfers

Money doesnt grow on trees, but harnesses do

Just get in da water!

Steaks all round

Footnote (hahah) : I am still running, trying to run at least 3kms a day, first day was a 6km horror uphill thrashing, that really wasnt appreciated and today was a 3km jog to run off the aches of sailing for the last two days - how do I stop sweating in the tropics? Tips appreciated

Maui - A nice easy day to settle in......

Happy Lano!

After yesterdays chaos in airports, transit lounges with face masked tourists (still makes me laugh - they all look like extras in Greys Anatomy) we arrived in Maui around 1.30 yesterday afternoon, grabbed our rental car from Aloha Rental, cheap and cheerful, settled into our digs upcountry and chilled out for the afternoon watching one of 400 cable tv channels. Kym and Phoebe were trashed, but still managed to sleep through last night as well.

looks like that engine has scrapped along the tarmac a few times, we got there OK though,

Phoebe in Honolulu

I got up this morning, went for a cruisey 6km run down through some pineapple fields and Eco friendly villages - bloody hell running in the tropics is hot work, we are staying in quite a hilly area, so I might try and find some flat ground for a few of these runs. We then got ready for the beach with a quick breakie at Antony's in Paia, waffles and eggs benedict were the faves, not a bad coffee there either.

burp

Hawaiian Island looked after our rental kit, they have a newer range this year, which was great, so much range to choose from and great friendly service. Arlo and Anita offered to pack their van with all the kit to free up some room in ours, as you can see they are very talented at the rig load......almost anal about where everything goes.....

Mr and Mrs Neat Freak

If you need me, this is where I will be for three weeks........actually, dont call....

da van

Sailing today was gusty, a 5.5 day for me though. I was on a 101 JP Freestyle wave ( I have the 92 ltr version at home). The wind was reading 16-23 mph, gusting up to 30 mph, but it was very sailable for me, I didnt get onto the water until quite late, as Kym was first into the water and I was snorkelling with Phoebe at the Keiki beach with some of the locals. Phoebe is such a treasure and is fully aware of mum and dads obsession, or is it because she just got a new boogy board and flippers from K mart!? No, she really is a legend.

Tsunami

Hot chicks on the beach

Arlo and his toys

I sailed till about 5.30 solid, was well powered up, popping little jumps and even nailing three gybes, tried some tacks, but was too unco to get any right, plenty of time to work on those.

Beers at the end of the day is always compulsory, it would be un-australian to not have one (2), we have set the rules though that all kit has to be packed away before we have a drink, otherwise we would never leave the carpark.

Hurry up girls, the boys are getting thristy

'Pinata's for dinner tonight, yummy and easy! Mexican food is aways good after a sail...

Till tomorrow peoples,

We are on our way

I love this sign

Thanks to Kevin Rudds stimulus packages we are off to Maui for trip three. Its just strted getting really cold here in Adelaide, so its perfect timing to be getting into some warm sunshine and into some nice water. Just have a few hours before we jet off, so thought I would put up a few random photos to get us (you) in the mood.......might go chuck the windsurfing movie on as well!

Kym enjoying a frosty at Kehei

Arlo sorting his kit.........

Lano at Kanaha

Kym at Kanaha

This where I will be if you need me :)

You have got to be kidding

So cruising through Kent Town last Friday after seeing one of my fave agencies, I thought I would stop in Norwood to grab a quick haircut. I seem to remember a classic, red and white polled, barber half way up Norwood Parade, so I cruised by, found it, got out and went in. Now this was a typical old chairs, bad pictures, scrappy magazine, old cash register kind of barber (the kind that women wouldnt go into). I guy was already in the chair engaging in bad man chat with the barber, talking about the World Economic Crisis for the thirtieth time today, Cars, women and footy. I wasnt really paying much attention as I was reading Who Magazine (research) and minding my own business. They finished and I got into the chair, the usual, what do you do (I was in my suit) waa waa waa, same economic crisis chat, footy, cars waa waa waa, just a bit more around the ears please, number 3 all over thanks.......this is where it got interesting. Lets call our barber George Romeo, because that is his name. He finished my buzz cut, grabbed the mirror to show me the back (I should have been suspicious as I havent had that experience for years!) then ushered me up to the counter. I handed him $50, he took it and gave me back $4. I said, 'I gave you a $50', he said 'Yes and your hair cut was $46', I said' you have got to be joking, I have never paid more than $30 for a hair cut like that, David Beckham wouldnt have paid $50 for that!' (well he would have, as rumour has it that DB pays $300 for a hair cut, but you get my point!) So we debated for a bit more, but it was an arguement I was never going to win, what was I going to do? Tell him to put my hair back? I swallowed my pride, said I would never come back and left.

Now, I seriously dont mind paying for service or an experience if I reckon its worth it. But I really fely like I had been ripped off. Because I was wearing a suit and mentioned I worked in Advertising he seemed to think he could charge me more. Did the guy in front of me pay $46 for his identical hair cut? I guess I could ring and ask for a random quote, but I am over it now.

I am off to buy some good clippers, I am pretty sure they cost about $46

Anzac weekend part 2

Sunday morning at Seacliff from Dave Lane on Vimeo.

Another great days sailing last Sunday, heres a small clip, featuring Kym on her new 4.0 Manic, thankyou Kevin Rudd (OZ Prime Minister, for stilulating us)

Anzac Day at Snaps

LANO

Chris on a flat bit,

Had a great sail at Snapper Point, Aldinga reef, on Saturday, heres a video of the afternoons session at high tide, Chris, Jakob and Cain ripping it in some testing conditions,

I sailed it earlier in the day, incoming tide, 25 - 35 knots, 92 ltr JP FSW and a 4.7 Alpha (that I won in Robe a few weeks before and though I may never use :) ) I had one of the best sails of my life, pulled the best gybe I have ever done, Russ will testify as he saw it! Started popping little jumps as well, I really feel I have made progress this year,

My new 4.7.........winners are grinners.
My FSW and Kyms Quatro 75

enjoy.....



Untitled from Dave Lane on Vimeo.

March in Radelaide

Been a steady month for sailing and water activities, as we try and make the most of the last few weeks of day light savings (ends tonight :( ). There has been a very steady SW seabreeze wind patern for all of March, with a few SE sessions thrown in the mix as well.

We kicked off the month with the South Australian Social Wave Sailing groups day at West Lakes. This day was to be a come and try day for the ladies only, but with the bigger than expected turn out we had some of the fellas instructing and offering water cover as well. We had about 10 new girls rock up and give windsurfing a go, all of which got going, tacking and returning. It was a super day (big thanks to Glascraft and Onboard again for their support with boards and small rigs) Hopefully we get them coming back and sailing again.

Not quite a Shaka Jodie
Kym and SophieWest Lakes is actually a pretty good place to learn,

To top it off, we all got a decent sail at Semaphore after we had packed up from the lake. A nice 20-25 knots SW session for a few hours, nice reward for our efforts.

Kym coming back up the beach

My Rig - I have been loving this set up this summer, 92 ltr FSW and the 5.7 Firefly and why for the life of me did I persist with SDM mast?

Skinny is the way to go!

Snakes

Rules :(

Seacliff has turned it on a few times this summer, the best of the sessions being a few weeks back, a solid 25 knots, swinging SW to SSW, which can be tricky. We got some nice ramps and little waves to ride back in, (see previous post for this session) heres a few pics from the day as well.

We are getting fire up for the Robe Easter Classic this year. If last years is anything to go by, its gonna be huge. We had 150 participants last year (110 kiters and 40 sailors) and this year is looking like similar numbers. Gonna be interesting to see how 100 plus kiters and sailors go in the third ramp break, but we will work it out. Stay tuned for next weeks update!

Here's Penny about to lift off at Sellicks, RRD make great beginner boards, just some of them are bigger than most cars!Impractical for windsurfing

Practical for windsurfing

And the end of a Lano era, with the trade in sale of my beloved WRX (it was time to lose the boy racer image that I dont think I ever really had - considering I drove it like I was drving Miss Daisy!) We have traded in for something a lot more respectable and useful, way to go Subaru!

And last but not least, afters at 'The Greek' on Friday, Honey Puffs OMG!!!!!

An Adelaide institution, if you are ever in town, check it out!

http://www.thegreek.com.au/menu.php