Maui || 2016

April is a busy month on Maui with many of the top brands hosting their photoshoots - hoping to catch the end of season swells and strong trade winds. Last year was a corker for swells with Jaws breaking numerous times and while Team GA and Tabou were on the island they were able to sneak a solo jaws session themselves.

Jamie Hancock on his latest edit: “In April 2016 I was in Maui filming the 2017 GA / Tabou photoshoot with all the team. We had an amazing week of windsurfing conditions which included a solo session at Jaws. 

We hadn't really planned to go there earlier in the day and had started the day shooting freeride at Sprecks beach. By the afternoon Ho’okipa looked massive so we took the gamble to check Jaws, one that definitely paid off. 

My problem was that my tripod wasn't packed into the car at Sprecks, so for the first time in history I had forgotten my tripod and it was the time we were about to score a session at Jaws... Not good. But to make the best of a bad situation I positioned my camera on a rock and left it running and took to the sky with the drone. The launch / landing site was under some trees and a very small area for any take off and landing. The spray from the waves was impossible to see at 400 metres away but in the end the footage was great and gave a very cool view of the guys catching a few bombs. 

I have a huge respect for the guys going out that day. Thomas [Traversa] was going nuts and even 21-year-old, Aleksy Gayda, wiped out unassisted and dealt with a pretty bad situation amazingly well. Not bad for a kid from Essex.”

You can see Jamie Hancock’s (Tabou / GA Sails) latest edit by visiting @ vimeo.com/202733406