Hauser sets Guinness World Record Maui resident’s Peahi ride last year deemed largest wave windsurfed by a woman
There is no dream too big, according to Maui’s Sarah Hauser, who last week was awarded the Guinness World Records title for the biggest wave ever windsurfed by a woman, a previously undocumented feat.
The 31-year-old North Shore resident caught the 36-foot wave on New Year’s Eve last year at Peahi, the surf break also known as Jaws. She hopes her record-setting feat will inspire the next generation of female windsurfers to “aim high.”
“It’s pretty special to leave a trace of history in windsurfing,” said Hauser, a professional big-wave windsurfer who’s also a hydrofoil and wing rider, stand-up paddler and surfer. “I’ve dedicated my life to this sport, so it would be really nice to have more women and more people in general to create their own history and follow their dreams, whatever it may be.”
