On the cover:
Jason Polakow doing a laydown forward loop is ranked Number 1 in the world for 1997. Photographs taken by Doug Hollenbeck at Ho'okipa, Maui.

New Country Profile
A Look at our International Subscribers

Contributors
Windmaker's from Around the World

Forecast
Over 1000 photographs in this issue...
visualizing windsurfing and ourselves.
by John Chao

Portfolio
DOUG HOLLENBECK

MAUI'S
Excursion Extraordinaire

AirMail
Personal Choices,
Poetic Intentions