| No Hawaiian vacation is complete without a trip to | | | | There are quite a few different categories for |
| the Ho'okipa Beach Park. Located on Maui's North | | | | windsurfing. Slalom is a type of racing discipline in |
| Shore, Ho'okipa is one of the most famous places | | | | the windsurfing world where riders will either ride |
| in the world for windsurfing. Even if you aren't an | | | | in a figure eight or downwind to see who is the |
| experienced windsurfer, this can be a great area | | | | fastest. Freestyle is a type of windsurfing where |
| to go as a tourist as there are usually a lot of | | | | riders try to do many unique tricks to determine |
| people that gather there. | | | | whose are the most impressive. The Wave |
| Windsurfing is a combination of sailing and surfing. | | | | discipline of windsurfing is the most common, and |
| A windsurf board is much like a surf board, but it | | | | the people who ride the largest waves with the |
| has a triangular sail that catches the wind and | | | | most tricks dominate the windsurfing world. |
| allows windsurfers to ride the waves. If you're | | | | There are plenty of fun things to do in Hawaii. A |
| not familiar with windsurfing, there are many | | | | trip to Hawaii can be filled many culturally rich and |
| places in Hawaii where you can rent equipment | | | | diverse things, including windsurfing, which comes |
| and get lessons from professionals. Windsurfing | | | | from the Polynesians that celebrate their history |
| has become a kind of extreme sport, because of | | | | and roots in Hawaii. While the modern day |
| the level of difficulty of the movements that can | | | | windsurfing boards of today were invented in the |
| be performed on a windsurf board. Riders can do | | | | 20th century, Polynesians had been using similar |
| aerials and flips and turns on their boards. | | | | apparatuses to ride the waves previously. |
| Windsurfers can compete for titles, and many of | | | | Ho'okipa is ideal for windsurfing because of the |
| the competitions are held at the Ho'okipa Beach | | | | large waves that come in on the beach. The |
| Park. | | | | waves are the longest during the winter months, |
| Windsurfing can definitely be a spectator sport. | | | | and people have come from all over to |
| Even if you don't plan on getting on a board | | | | experience 30 foot waves. However, at times like |
| anytime soon, visiting Ho'okipa Beack Park will still | | | | these, it isn't safe for people to be in the water. |
| prove impressive, because you'll get to watch | | | | Even in the summer months beginners should |
| many of the talented windsurfers perfect their | | | | take caution while windsurfing, because the strong |
| craft on the huge waves. There are four | | | | winds can make windsurfing dangerous. Beginners |
| different surf breaks at Ho'okipa, and you can go | | | | should never try to ride the waves on their own; |
| back and forth between them and see how each | | | | it's best to get an instructor and rent equipment |
| one is different and how different tricks are being | | | | to try this fun sport. |
| done at each one. | | | | |