Los Angeles to Maui Windsurf

In 1986, I read an article in Reader’s Digest about a man that kayaked from San Diego to Maui. I decided that if he could kayak that far, I could windsurf that far. Hence the idea for Da Slippa and then Da Slippa II, which where custom opean ocean going windsurfers that I built here on Maui.
I envisioned smearing “a handful of sand” all over my face, and that came to fruition at sunset on Ka’anapali Beach, Maui, Sept. 3rd., 1997. A total of 47 days at sea alone, a windsurf trip from LA to Maui unescorted.
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