Windsurfing Lessons:

Hawaiian Island Surf & Sport has teamed up with Action Sports Maui to offers a complete range of windsurfing lessons, tours and adventures. Our friendly Instructors are all well trained full-time professionals that are dedicated to their sport, including some of the most highly qualified windsurfing instructors and windsurfing instructor trainers anywhere. Our windsurfing school is open all year round, and the weather is always warm and inviting. Action Sports caters to the extreme windsurfing athlete as well as the novice, young and old. Have fun, learn and join the Action.

Beginner Class "No experience required" 2.5 hours $79.00pp group.

Getting a good start in windsurfing is essential to your success. A successful first day depends on correct equipment and suitable weather conditions. Learning to windsurf is a lot easier if someone shows you how. Patient and professional Instructors are worth their weight in gold. For the Beginner Lessons we have chosen a great sailing location with a sandy beach surrounded by a protective reef. We only sail when the weather conditions are suitable. In the lesson we give you specialized beginner's boards that are strong and stable. Our instructors then select a sail for each individual student. The size of the sail should be matched to each individual based on their height, weight and strength. This is a very important step to ensure your maximum enjoyment.

Windsurf Short Course "3-day course" $225.00pp

The course includes two and a half hours of progressive instruction per day for three days. The days need not be consecutive. This course is the fast track into the sport of windsurfing, or for people with a challenging schedule. In this course we cover a progressive range of skills for beginner or advanced beginner sailors. No experience is required, however this course also suits beginners with a few lessons under their belt, or the Sailor who may be a little rusty after being away from the water for a while. Several techniques that will be covered include:
Wind-basics, balance-Basics, Self-Launching, rope-start, rope-turns, mast-turns, tacking, fast-tack, basic jibe, beach starts, upwind sailing and reaching. We provide you with the boards and a range of sail sizes to accelerate your learning process.

Waterstart Class "Let the wind do the work" 2 hours $89.00pp group

In this class we show you how you can lie back and let the wind pull you out of the water. The waterstart is the gateway to high-wind sailing and the key to sailing a short-board. Because of our reliable tradewinds, Maui is the best place to learn the waterstart. In these two-hour lessons, we can teach you more than you would learn in weeks of trying to teach yourself at home. We show you how to position the board after a wipeout. Then we show you how to steer and control the board from the waterstart position and how to fly the sail and waterstart in strong winds. We start by showing you the techniques on the beach, then we get into the water with you and show you how to keep control and steer the board. After this, "popping up" onto the board is easy, and you will be able to do it time and time again, you will own the Waterstart. We can get practically anybody to waterstart. However we do recommend that you have some experience in moderate to strong winds, being able to beach-start before you come is helpful but not essential. (Knowledge of harness and footstraps is not required). To ensure your success (and ours), we set minimum wind limits.

Special private lesson requests at your vacation rental site may be arranged. It is a great opportunity to take advantage of the convenience of your oceanfront property and the privacy of your own lesson at home. Please call toll free for additional information and booking availability. 1-800-231-6958.