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The Maui Windsurfing DAILY Report r September 7th 1998 What Happened? I turn around, and a month has gone by with out a daily. Un believeable!!! Some of you die hards wrote and asked what the sheet wasup! It seems many of youactually read this junk. and believe it or not, it's important tome too. But I've been down for the count. I mean really down, my loyal,vicarious boardhead friends. Seems I sorta blewmy mind. Really, I came down with this strange malady and it wasn'tfor weeks that the docs came up with a diagnosis. Seems your reporterhad a major clinical depression. Hello?Can you say Hell?????!!!! Anyway, I seem to be gettingback to my usual (only semi) sane self. I gotta tell ya sports fans. It ain't no fun bein in that head space. Indeed, the kid ended upin our local nut hut for 5 days. And that's only when it was superknarly. The rest of the nightmare was without professional help. But you don't comehere to listen to this crap. You wanna know if there was any windand waves!!!!! I can't blame ya, shit, I'm sick of hearing aboutmy problems too. So, today, for thefirst time in a month, for the first time since I've been in the bottomlesspit, I went to Ho'okipa to check it out. and brah, I was notdisappointed. Fully logo high waves and a gusty but secure 5.0. Since I had lost 10 pounds and I think most of it was muscle tissue, Iwas in totally shit shape for the conditions. Nevertheless, I didpull of a few great wave rides as my friends saw that I was gonna be hardto kill. Even if the killer was me. I'm hoping you'll bearwith me as I make every effort to get back on the water and bring you,my friends, the best info about what is going on in Maui Windsurfing. If you're reading this,you're hard core. Know in your heart, I am too. Aloha Back toSeptember, 98