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[status] This is a post for yesterday’s activity – we anchored off Ha’ano, the final island in the Ha’apai group and had a most excellent time on our SUP’s playing in the soft rolling surf. What made it so fun was the mushroom shaped tor (small little rock island) that the break was curving around – Mike managed to catch the first wave and rode it all the way, right around ‘Island Mushy’. When the wave hit Island Mushy’s curved walls, it curled under the curved rockface and spat back whitewash in the riders direction. After Mike had well and truly got rock-barrel, it was Sasha’s turn to give it a go, pure-stoke was the result as she let out a ‘WAHOOOOOO! I got that one on go pro!!’. Layne and Warwick both got Island Mushy rides too, and we were all yelling out hoots and wahoo’s! It was a bit of a wait between the swell-sets, so we’d sit down on our boards and put our bootie-covered feet in the water to cool down. One set came a little too quick for
Sasha, so she rode the wave sitting down – Kayak styles, hooting all the way! Then it was time for tandem wave riding, first Layne and Sasha got on the same wave and after a slight board collision we were sorted and riding past Island Mushy. Then Mike and Warwick did the same. It was a truly awesome day, we literally spent the majority of the day in the water, playing on those little waves – everyone was stoked and very tired once the sun started to set and it was time to paddle back to the boats. Later that night, Warwick and Layne had us around for dinner on FUSIO, a lovely MahiMahi Green Thai Curry, with fresh carrots, cabbage, and onion!! Fresh veggies still on FUSIO with no shopping since NZ!! That is amazing! We had a few issues getting our anchor up today, blimin coral!! More to come on that later!!

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[weather] Sunny and warm

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