CROSS ROADS

The world sometimes works in mysterious ways - top British wave sailor, Adam Lewis discusses how Covid ultimately led to him quitting the World Tour after relocating to Maui where he met his wife, Lydia and now shapes for Goya & Quatro.

- Adam Lewis

THE COVID ERA

The last time I competed on the PWA was back in 2019, which was the last full year of the tour prior to Covid. I competed on the whole tour that season, which was my last year competing. Then Covid happened! I had come to Maui for the Aloha Classic in 2019, at that point I was doing a lot of the research and development for Duotone. My plan was to stay and work with Kai Hopf and work on the new wave and foil sails for the next season. We actually went to the Canary Islands in December 2019. For whatever reason, my mum who works in healthcare, called me and said that if myself and Kai needed to get back to Maui, in the next month, you might want to leave soon! She reckoned travel could be weird for a month or two! I spoke to Kai, and we both flew back to Maui straight away, just to continue our workflow. I fully intended to do the whole tour again the next year and was enjoying working on the wave sails. I was excited for the 2020 season. A couple of weeks after we arrived, everything closed down. I have been home a few times over the last year or so, and some surf trip here and there, but since 2019 I basically stayed in Maui.

LEARNING HIS CRAFT