Dream It, Do It

Sarah Hauser has had the long lefts of Cloudbreak, Fiji on her bucket list for a while and on the eve of her 30th birthday decided to turn dreams into reality, pressing the button on a ticket to ride its fabled waves. She tells us more about her successful adventure to the South Pacific.

- Sarah Hauser

For a couple of years I have been dreaming about windsurfing at Cloudbreak. This spring I had just started riding for S2 Maui and my teammate, Camille Juban, had decided to go ride the infamous wave in Fiji. The forecast looked too uncertain to me (not enough wind) to spend the money on a ticket so I passed on going with him.

Camille left and a couple of days later, by the end of his first day of windsurfing, he had practically broken all his equipment dealing with over-mast-high barrels and less than 10 knot winds! Art Szpunar, the owner and designer of S2 Maui, wanted to find a way to send him more masts and sails. As I learnt this news I realized that the forecast had changed for the better, so we decided it was me who would bring the gear to Camille. This was a dream come true: my sponsor agreeing to help me get to Fiji! I just had to pack my board bag and catch a plane taking off at 11:30 a.m. ... which would be fine, except it was already 10 a.m. Fortunately, Casey, my husband, was at home that morning. We rushed to pack my gear and Casey dropped me off at the airport. I begged people to let me get ahead of the lines, I ran to the boarding gate and prayed that my 2 board bags had been put on the plane in time before taking off.