In Loving and Memory..

Hi there,
Still few days left here in Maui, before flying back home.

This post is fully dedicated to the Nomura Family and Kuau Mart Staff.
As I already mentioned (see here), unfortunately it did really happen: the last local Mart place in Paia (and there are not so many other left on Maui...) didn't make it and closed the business on Feb. 25th.

Here some pics of what it looks like now... very sad.
If you feel like you can join the Official Facebook page of Kuau Mart here.

Already missing the meat balls with rice, the tasty chicken, the fried fish... and the welcoming people.

Aloha and Mahalo Nui Loa
Andrea

Kanaha SUP 21 Feb. 2k11

Hi there,

in the last ten days there hasn't been so much wind, but at least we could sail for few hours...

The winter time in Maui can be like that, but at the same time it gives us nice good swell hitting the North Shore coast.

This below is one of the best days - at least for me - i hope you like it.

The short video shows how sometime everything goes wrong from the beginning...

SUP 21 Feb 2k11 from Andrea Pagan on Vimeo.

Aloha and Enjoy

Andrea Pagan

Sup cruising and Whales

Like every year, from the beginning of November to the end of February the whales swim through the Hawaiian Islands.
Maui has a perfect natural channel between Molokini and Wailea that is defined "The Highway of Whales"

So yesterday morning early I went to Makena beach with my stand up paddle board and went cruising around looking for some whales.

The short video, (original audio), shows how many there are out there, infact I even had them just underneath my board... it's incredible how such as a large and impressive mammal can camouflage so easily with the color of the sea.

For tomorrow the wind should be back and we might also get some swell...

Talk to you soon.
Andrea

PS: By the end of February the KUAU MART will close. This is the last real local Hawaiian Lunch Stop and Mart on the North Shore of Maui. Please support and visit their facebook Page!