2024 MAUI TRIP - #8

[@windsurfer]

Here's the link we were talking about - www.swellnet.com/news/rearview-mirror/2016/03/25/time-mp-went-windsurfing-currumbin

[@citez0r]

And don't forget George Greenough the father of the short board revolution (trying to break the speed record on a spoon kneeboard) along with Bob McTavish.

[@lardov1]

How awesome is Kai, great insights. And so open and easy in the interview

[@theleanarchitect]

Hey Paul, you have such an easy natural interview style, the subject really feels comfortable to just be themselves. Keep 'em coming!

[@jmalina327]

Kai is a massive legend. He's like the Lisan al Gaib of wind & surf sports, but he is still so down to earth and connected to people. His style is sick and I love that he's making windsurf wave boards that look like he's surfing. His style is unique and amazing to watch. Thank you for making all these epic videos Paul!

[@davethewave1898]

These drive-along interviews are fantastic Paul!! Love it!

[@citez0r]

As soon as Kai said do you want to recreate the Robbie scene I knew it was Taco time. Kai is a good human for sure. What a great trip you are having.

[@Nickotjeke]

Kai looks to be such a nice guy. A true windsurfer for that. I'm so glad you asked him about how surfers like jjf sees windsurf and I'm even more glad of his answer. You 2 are legendary legends ❤. Maybe you could invite him in Gerald town?

[@OkinawaSeasider]

Great series of videos Paul. Nice idea of yours for a longer series - could call it "Windsurfers in Cars getting Waves". Got a feeling it could run...

[@agrelon]

Kai throwing down the RIP scene, absolutely loved that!! Put a huge smile on my face.

[@Wacoal34d]

He said "gosh"! Your interviews are relaxed allowing these superstars to reveal their charm. Great stuff! The final shot of Kai wind SURFING was beautiful.

[@jamescrocker1031]

Well done Paul. Imagine how many new people would come to the sport if you could get the scoop on John Florence learns to windsurf?! That would be epic 😎🌊🤙

[@martijnwind1798]

This was a really epic episode Paul! Also the coach at the end and the final shot from Kai on the water. The RIP movie with the famous last words of Robby: 'Book your tickets now, the wind and waves of Hawaii are waiting for you'. That made me decide to get an extra job for 6 months to get enough money and go to Maui in 1997.

[@kaspervannuland]

Thank you Paul and Kai for sharing this... Great video

[@mattwestwood7749]

Kai said your videos were insane - You are rubbing shoulders with the glitteratti brah. Good to see all the hard work paying off.

[@Bart-surf]

Haha, very funny the reenacted RIP scene at 'Taco Bell'... A good interview and great to have an insight into Kai's life and his way of thinking in terms of board and sail design. It would be super funny to invite Mr. Naish for an interview at his favourite Taco Bell restaurant. 🌮🔔😄

[@tommyjrgensen8504]

Thank you PvB from the cold north of Denmark. I love to watch your videos. I have followed you since your Gerroa videos. I lived at Towradi beach back in 1988-90 and used to go down to Gerroa sailing with "Warren One knot" and others. I saw Jason Polakow at the Marimbula classic back then, I think he was 16 or 17. Since then he has been my hero. Love your story telling from the Aloha Classic, it's been amazing to follow, Thanks.

[@windsurfer]

Hey that’s cool, I hope Denmark is treating you well!

[@RadIguanas]

Paul, you've got to interview Robbie if you bump into him. It is now or never ✨😉 Ask him something about the RIP movie. It still plays in our minds when we go shredding 🤘

[@paulmertz6666]

Great interview Paul. really a great mix of topics and some nice insight into the life of this ripper. this whole series has been epic. I’m going to be bummed out when I see there are no new ones coming out and you are back in Australia.😢

[@paulmertz6666]

Would also love to hear about some of the restaurants and bars you visited while you were out there

[@WadeVogt]

Great interview, and series Paul. It's amazing that Kai can show up and one event per year and have a legit shot at beating the best in the world. Would love to see him at Cloudbreak!

[@robinsrealm983]

Exactly

[@johanstahl6186]

Tack!

[@windsurfer]

Thank you so much!!

[@tobylane4935]

Coffee on and Paul uploads another update.. perfection 🤙

[@alfordmick]

Paul this series is fantastic, I can’t tell you how much I am enjoying it and your great work. I love the natural way you get everyone to talk 🎉👏🏻👏🏻 I must “patreon” you for the effort 🤙🏻

[@fonsvandenhove]

Excellent edit, excellent way of interviewing your guests. Or are you their guest? Kai came across really relaxed and not too hyped, as Americans usually do. Now I wanna go to Taco Bells too!

[@mmilhazes]

Kai feels like a awesome and Nice person!! What great video Paul!! Kai is so funny and watching hime eat those tacos 🤣🤣 Funny how he doesnt put the sauce on the tacos but insteads he sips on them 😂😂😂

[@rave8635]

Kudos Paul....another gem from you bringing us close to the superheroes!

[@edvolcom]

Isn’t he the nicest guy?! ‘Right time, right place’ huh and LOADS of natural talent 🎉

[@Michaeltje2.0]

Kai is such a humble top notch guy. His skillset is absolutely off the charts in every discipline.🙏

[@getcrabtree]

Loving this series Paul, gradually working my way through each one. Had one trip to Maui 14 years ago and it’s fascinating to see you exploring it now. Really makes me want to go back.

[@thomaslowry1910]

Great video, Kai seems like great fun to hang out with

[@wsurfn]

SooGood! PVB for the win. One of the best interviews of all time.

[@archicosta]

He is really not only a super talented rider but a humble and nice guy.

[@robertoribeiromarques5817]

great interview. that board is not for everyone and it needs a specific condition to perform well. he was really good using it and he deserved to be in the final.

[@antoinehanekom4689]

Awesome interview and video Paul. Great to see Kai going back to where Windsurfing boards started. I still have a Strapper wind"surfer" from the eighties. Flat sharp nose, wide body and rocker between the feet and a pin tail with obligatory eighties fluro colors to match.

[@Bart-surf]

Here's a donation for a few tacos 🌮🌮🌮 or 1 avocado 🥑 at Mana Foods.

[@windsurfer]

Thank you!!!

[@Tomasz_C]

Another fun and interesting car ride. One thing that went under the radar, check out the harness Kai was using...

[@zacmitty7851]

I hope that you're about to complete the holy trinity of interviews, Paul. Could US1111 be next? I've had my issues with your sound tracks in the past, but I'd like to say that you are currently on FIRE! To me there's no doubt whatever that good quality drone footage (like yours) brings a whole new dimension to viewing our sport. I would love to bitch at you somehow, but I just can't think of on right now....!

[@windsurfer]

😉

[@kev-the-windsurfer.]

It just keeps getting better!! I hope you're getting out on the water PVB!! What a place to be....!!

[@davidzeni2004]

lol as soon as Kai said, you wanna recreate a scene from rip, my mind went to “Francisco Goya is eating at Taco Bell”. What a funny scene.

[@duncanbanks9828]

Awesome vid. Great insight to one of the greatest watermen. It's cool to hear he still thinks windsurfing is the greatest boardsport on its day.

[@OscarDiRienzo]

Fantastic interview!! The sound of the omnipresent chicken 😂😂😂 , the sound of maui!!!

[@mathijsbro]

😂Yes, the chicken!

[@rikiwind9199]

Una locura de video. Kay es tan expresivo y no se guarda nada. Y terminar con su padre , fue grandioso. Genio Paul lo que haces. Esto va quedar en la historia.

[@doradosurfcharters]

Jack of all trades master of all 🤙ripper...nice to hear rush mentioned

[@glisse_1]

Really enjoying this. However, some of the first "short boards" were basically surf boards with straps and a mast track. For example, the first Naish short boards had very little volume and utilized tip to tail rocker and thruster configurations-not to mention swallow tails, pin tails and rounded pins-all derived from surf boards. I also believe there was an Ozzy brand that used a quad set up. What's old is new again? Not so sure. Nonetheless, loving these interviews with the sports current stars like Kai Lenny, and we are so lucky to have him as a pro windsurfer AND such a well spoken steward and ambassador for the sport. He has brought sizzle and star quality to windsurfing once again not unlike the mega stars of the 80's and early 90's like Naish, De Rosnay, Eskimo, Winner, Dunkerbeck et al.

[@windsurfer]

@@glisse_1 very good point Glisse!! I may have the opportunity to interview Naish and if so I’ll ask him if I remember!

[@glisse_1]

@@windsurfer My first short board was a Naish 9'6" swallow tail with thruster configuration. That was the spring of '84. Robby Naish was my idol. I believe it was shaped by Harald Iggy too. It was a sweet turny board but I think I was running too much fin. It loved to hydroplane in high winds. I was just learning how important fin selection was. I soon went to a 9'0' Hi-Tech slalom board single fin with more volume resulting in a better lake board although I still wish I had the Naish today because it was so beautiful. Such great memories!

[@grantlarkin571]

Great series of vids Paul!!! Brings back memories of Maui in the 80's when we were there.

[@AN-yr7nm]

Kai was speeding : D Loving the vids, and these fellas are so cool! Windsurf stars glare so nicely! Had lived on Tenerife a bit and love these peeps!

[@thomasbohn5034]

Totally Rad 🤙 It doesn’t get more real than that. I’m going to Taco Bell for lunch 😋

[@guillaumecharmeau]

So funny the recreation of the taco bell scene

[@Paul-ry5cx]

each video i want to say the best yet...

[@charleskeefer135]

Kai is so cool and much respect for his ability to slam some Taco Bell

[@charleskeefer135]

While being interviewed

[@Miketoveyorginal]

Kai what a guy , the rip thing was cool

[@alevmd]

this kind of content wasnt available sice the 90s, and as kay said, we all consumed those tapes

[@rdvgraaff]

RIP is still my favorite!

[@alb3096]

Amazing skills in the waves, how he easily flips the board.

[@eyerium2]

kay is a legend.

[@nielsvanwessem4523]

Like the board aprooch

[@Floatnride]

Kai has wings! So much energy

[@mc400cricket2]

Looks like Kai and Jason P. both drive Raptors!

[@richoux212]

OMG this is so good!

[@chrishedlund2688]

I knew they were headed to the bell!

[@jamest1403]

Naish buying tacos when he was "broke" and didnt have 2 cents to rub together!

[@Turbodudedk]

Insain shot in the end 🤘

[@ChocoSindos]

Come a full circle, when windsurfing was in it's infancy the guys over there were bolting sails to surf boards creating the first short boards, if you get the chance Robert Masters would be great guy to chat too.

[@windaddict10]

Seeing that board on the water at the end of your vid is definitely giving me JP vibes with his Strapper's

[@alevmd]

the lunch of champions, Taco Bell!

[@SJ111_1]

Taco Bell Scene!!! Hahaha

[@TheVinsterSF]

Dang, the song playing right before Robby drives into crappo bell is from tears for fears.

[@oliverkagi]

Amazing videos!

[@costawindsurfchannel1844]

🔝🔝🔝as usual Grazie di esistere 👍

[@larsw.larsen4173]

Thanks🎉😊

[@boomwindsurfing2744]

Wow 🤙💥

[@Ben-Proffitt]

did you enjoy your 'Taco Bell'? good interview.. now get on the water!! :)

[@windsurfer]

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[@Ben-Proffitt]

@ 😂😂

[@tuba-inxs]

You gotta get the fire sauce. It's not hot, but it's really good on the bean burrito.

[@tobylane4935]

HoOkeeporr! 😂

[@RadIguanas]

F*ckin hell. 10:09 I was thinking it all along. Recreate MORE FROM RIP (NAISH WINDSURF MOVIE). That would be AWESOME 🤘

[@a1osborne]

Rad!

[@matttcoburn]

Fibreglass joint always closed on a wednesday.

[@lukeheatley4148]

It seems a Raptor is standard issue if you are a windsurfer on Maui. And all that technical stuff about his sail at the beginning, all I can say is "What he said."

[@Karsten-238]

Kai Lenny is eating fast food😮? Is it really allowed at "red bull"?😂😂😂

[@rkj7935]

I expect windsurf-specific Taco Bell memes are being filmed as we speak....

[@Lennyfromwork]

Slater hates windsurfing and wouldn't even give it a thought. Fxck Slater, JJ is so cool and humble for trying other watersports. We want JJ not Zuckerberg. 😂

[@guillaumecharmeau]

not very safe to drive with burrito in one hand and sauce in the other

[@windsurfer]

If he can navigate a Peahi barrel he’ll probably be ok with the burrito and sauce

[@robinsrealm983]

😂​@@windsurfer

[@martinbailly573]

Great time with Kai ! Such a nice guy ! By far the most « vertical » wave sailor of the Aloha ! Great interview and good time ! Thank you Paul !