In the following blogpost, you can read about our Morgans sweet experience in Peru, and view the amazing images of his big adventure.

“Living on Maui I sail a ton but but I rarely get the opportunity to sail Port tack. It happens maybe three or four times a year during the Kona winds but not enough so that I can actually progress any. I’d been looking for a chance to go somewhere port tack to train and when the chance to go to Peru for the AWT competition presented itself I jumped on it.

I arrived two weeks before the start of the competition. This allowed me the time to really progress on the other tack. I’ve never been somewhere thats so good for learning to wavesail. The wave is like a skatepark, even when it’s small they’re long and allow you the chance to perfect whatever move your trying to land. In the two weeks before the contest there were waves everyday but we got one day in particular that made me understand why Peru is famous for it’s long point breaks.

I woke up in the morning to mast high waves pealing down the whole point. I went out surfing and caught waves far longer than any others I’ve had surfing OR windsurfing.  The wave is so long that you walk up the point, since if you paddle you get tired way to quickly. In the after noon the wind picked up so I went out once again but this time sailing. The waves I caught where even longer than in the morning. I don’t think I ever progressed so much in one session. Needless to say that had I not had any conditions for the rest of the time it would have almost still been worth just for that one session.

By the time the contest arrived I was confident in my sailing, not to the same degree as starboard tack but almost there. The conditions for the contest were really fun. I made some heats and then won the under 20 youth division which was great. We had a 45 minute final with some light winds and fun waves. It allowed all of us to get some waves and really push ourselves. I’m quite happy with the result as it proved that the time spent before the event paid off.”