Maui Glory Days: Return To The Impact Zone

This is a story of one man's remarkable perseverance, survival, and ultimate triumph along the way of capturing Maui's golden era of windsurfing - Sports Illustrated and NPPA Picture of the Year award-winning photographer and filmmaker Jonathan Weston. From the early pioneering days of Kailua to the big waves at Hookipa and Jaws, Weston's greatest talent of all is revealed through words, as he tells the story of the Kings and legends of the sport as it evolved from those unwieldy "white whales of death" to sky-high death-defying performances in gigantic surf. A fictional yet accurate to character dialogue accompanies these remarkable true events of survival, from those lost at sea to near-drownings and helicopter crashes. Weston was the first filmmaker to take the audience along for the ride with his innovative point-of-view (POV) helmet-mounted 16mm movie camera. The thrills, dangers and behind the scenes experiences are all shared in this epic tale, and if that's not interesting enough for you, the Hemingway-esque tale of a young man at sea wrestling a marlin onboard a windsurfer while fighting off tiger sharks should. For others, a heart-rendering yet oft hilarious romantic comedy threads throughout. Remarkable images and the Wind Legends movie, also produced by Jonathan Weston, are in this book and posted in accompanying website, http://www.mauiglorydays.com

Author: Jonathan Weston

Publisher: Independently published

Publication Date: Jul 26, 2019

Number of Pages: 217 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1078180458

ISBN-13: 9781078180450