Some people get on my case about the title of the book, in particular, Glory Days. I had a little FB contest to see which name was best… Back in the Day, Surviving Hawaii, Glub Glub…and blame Clay Feeter for convincing me Glory Days was the best. I had to add Maui to the title because some other Bruce not named Matlack had coined the song. There were also about ten religious books under the same title, which was curious, because there was a nod to the God Squad right there in the Prologue, Saving Kelby. “God wasn’t going to save Kelby. I’d have to.” Now, New Agers would claim I was the instru ..read more

Admittedly, I spend way too much time on FB and checking posts on Robert Master's Old School Windsurfers group. I enjoy some of the old school posts, scroll through the plastic fantastics being pulled out of the bin, and every once in awhile come across a doozy. The one this morning by an Italian whose read my book and should know better, posted a pic of Pete Cabrinha with the post title, GOAT. Now, I'm not Robby's PR guy or anything – heck, he never emails me back – and personally think the GOAT of wavesailing is Mark Angulo, but the GOAT of all-around windsurfing, the only household name in ..read more

To celebrate my 50 years of windsurfing and having spent a great deal of time as a photographer/author documenting the sport, I decided to create my own Windsurfing Hall of Fame. Of course, this is Weston's Windsurfing Hall of Fame, and you can have your own. I've been accused of being USA and Maui Centric, but these were the places where the sport of windsurfing was born, where it became the Mecca, where everyone in the formative years had to show their face to be somebody well known. That is, after all, the definition of fame. That said, I have a FB page, Windsurfing Hall of Fame, which I ..read more

I once made a movie about what it was like to come to Maui for the first time back in the day and experience the hardships of carving your path. Step one is finding a place to live. That movie, Double or Nothing, was only a bit exaggerated, but for the earlier arrivals, Oahu was an even more difficult nut to crack.  The only people I knew on the crowded isle was my best friend, Diane, but she left the day after I arrived back to the mainland. She did introduce me to her cousin, John from Tennessee the captain of a nuclear sub at Barber's Point. My first place to stay was in Waipahu, the ..read more

Okay, not Lake Norman! But that's me, and I'm on a stock sail. Okay, that's not me. That Demitri Pourlos, photo by Chuck Anderson. Now let me tell you why it was a great day. No, the surf for me was not 8x mast high, the wind hurricane strength. I didn't pull off a Kai Lenny otl at Jaws nor win the lottery, but in a way I did. Now, ​I’m no good when it comes to math, but I can do the basics. For instance, until today, it had been 8 months since I was last able to windsurf, due to 3 broken bones in my arm, one cracked vertebrae and one helluva stoke while driving a moving truck 4325 miles stra ..read more

interview__jonathan_weston_2020_05.pdf File Size: 2029 kb File Type: pdf Download File The following is Google Translate's best stab at translating the article from German. Jonathan Weston was one of the first water photographers to break into the Hookipa, made legendary surf films, plunged into the sea with a helicopter and had deep insights into the vibrant scene in Hawaii. An interview about golden times and what's left of it. Every windsurfer who lived the sport in the 80s and 90s knows his pictures and films. His job was to show the world through pictures how great is winds ..read more

Richard Whyte and Suzanne Gedayloo. I felt crushed for Richard. Suzanne Gedayloo. Photo Darrell Wong? Suzanne, photo Darrell Wong. Angus was always going big. Angus from my book dedication, Impact Zone. The mast mount photography of Angus Chapter with a heavy camera still rules today. Sierra out riding the Sierras all by himself. One of my first watershots of Julie DeWerd. I always found it amazing that nobody died windsurfing at Ho’okipa, at least not on my watch. In the Prologue to Maui Glory Days, Kelby Anno definitely came close. In many cases, I should have been the ..read more

Ian and Kelby. Photo Erik Aeder Ian styling on the Stars and Stripes. Photo me. Ian's drawing of going to Maui and jumping waves. Robby chasing Ian. ​In my movie, Wind Legends, there were a few I regret leaving out, and one of those few was the Boyd Wonder. Part of the reason for is omission is that he really didn’t work with me much or at all, so I didn’t have the footage to tell the story. The scene of course, was Ho’okipa. Every cameraperson had their clan they worked with, and I worked more with the Neil Pryde, Simmer and Gaastra riders. I missed out on 40 covers. &nbs ..read more

​Mike Waltze: “You’re in my spot.” Me: “What?” I looked around the bluff at Ho’okipa, where you could once park anywhere. There were open spots everywhere. I wouldn’t even call them spots.  “My parking spot.”   Not exactly how I wrote it in my book, but I’m too lazy to look up the excerpt. I hadn’t spoken to Mike since the making of Wind Legends some 12 years ago. He called asking for some footage for his movie, “An Excellent Life.” I said sure, and by the way, is it okay if I portray you as a bad ass, because, you know, you were.    Mike and I had actually played demoliti ..read more

Rhonda and Cort, one of the early power couples. I was surprised when I received a text from Cort to give him a call. Though we have tread the same waters for years, as life takes its tacks and jibes we’ve not crossed tracks in decades. Though I’d always admired him, It would be a stretch to call us close friends. I figured he might have some briny bone to pick about the book.   I biked up to Lake Folsom, took a break and gave him a call. I won’t share the depths of the conversation to protect the innocent nor even the wicked, but suffice to say it was a wild look back. To my surprise, C ..read more