The document presents a new technique called C-2PO for retrieving wind speeds from cross-polarized synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data during hurricanes. C-2PO uses the cross-polarization ratio, which is insensitive to wind direction and incidence angle, making it easier to map to wind speed compared to existing techniques. Comparisons show C-2PO provides more accurate wind speed retrievals than existing methods for hurricanes, with lower biases and errors. Reasons C-2PO performs better include existing models saturating at high winds and not accounting for rain and other factors.