Tropical Blends Rack Pads
March 31st, 2009 by evan 
I’ve been using these car rack pads from Tropical Blends Surf www.tropicalblendsurf.com and really like them.
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Archive for March, 2009
Sandwich Island Composites 2nd Generation F16 by Mark Raaphorst
March 28th, 2009 by clarise 
Sandwich Island Composites gives us a preview of the 2nd generation F16 which is a proven point-to-point racing board by Mark Raaphorst. Check out what’s new with the new generation F16 .
The differences:
Rhino design and CNC cut (true curves, better symmetry)
More boxy rails. (dry feet)
Single concave with small hydro hull side panels (better stability)
Smaller pad (lighter weight)
Contoured deck (increase comfort and stability)
The board is even faster, planes out longer and is more stable
Future construction is autoclave.
Basically a lot of what is going on with the new F14.
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Oahu Championships SUPS results
March 25th, 2009 by clarise
Here is the result of the recently concluded Oahu Championships held last Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Hawaii Kai. Results are for the SUPs Division only.
AGE GROUP: FEMALE Stock 12′6″ & under Standup
1 90 CAROLYN ANNEROD 2:29:15
AGE GROUP: MALE Stock up to 14′no rdr Standup
1 73 RAY SHIRAISHI 1:49:12
AGE GROUP: MALE Open/Unlimited Class Standup
1 70 JEFF CHANG 1:42:48
2 74 JAMES MARTINDALE 1:50:49
3 75 HERBIE TITCOMB 1:52:41
For the complete race results see www.kanakaikaika.com
SUBVECTOR by C4 Waterman is Finalist for SIMA Award
March 24th, 2009 by clarise
Nominated for Surfboard Model of the Year
HONOLULU (March 23, 2009) – Hawaii’s C4 Waterman has been recognized by the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) for its outstanding contribution to the industry by way of its Subvector standup paddle (SUP) surfboard model. The Subvector 9′3″, designed by Dave Parmenter, has been nominated for Surfboard Model of the Year. The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony during the SIMA Surf Summit in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, May 6-9, 2009.
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C4 Waterman Featured by Microsoft
March 24th, 2009 by evan
Congratulations to C4 Waterman for being featured by Microsoft. I heard that this case study will be sent to over 3 million people and only one company in the U.S. is chosen per month. See the case study below.
Surfers Ride the Wave to Success, Use Technology to Double Business in Two Years
“Using Microsoft solutions definitely saves us time. We use the time that we save to do things that we enjoy—getting in the water, spending time with family and friends…. It’s all about balance.” - Todd Bradley, Cofounder, C4 Waterman
With interest in the traditional Hawaiian sport of stand up paddle surfing on the rise, C4 Waterman needed to upgrade its technology to keep pace with increasing demand for its quality products. The company installed 2007 Microsoft® Office Small Business and the Windows Vista® operating system, and credits the use of these integrated solutions with helping it stay connected, save time, improve quality of life, and boost business by 200 percent.
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Touched by a Whale…Almost…
March 23rd, 2009 by evan
This week is looking to be great for downwind runs. East winds are 10-20 mph+ all week and there’s an east swell. I got a chance to do a downwind run this morning in great conditions. I was trucking along and focused on catching bumps when about 20 minutes into the run I heard a super loud blowing sound just to my right. Let me preface that when I get into ‘the zone’ I tune out everything except trying to catch bumps. There can be a boat on my side and I may not even notice it. The sound I heard was loud, close and scared the daylights out of me although it paled in comparison to what made the sound. Continue reading ‘Touched by a Whale…Almost…’
Starboard 9′8″ x 30″ Tufskin SUP Board
March 22nd, 2009 by evan
I took this video last year during my trip to Bangkok, Thailand where I met with Starboard’s Svein Rasmussen and Margareta Engström at the Starboard HQ. While at the headquarters, Svein showed me the 9’8”x30 Tufskin Black Camo.
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Standup Journal publisher Clay Feeter hashes out the mag’s history and the future of SUP
March 19th, 2009 by evan
…and shares Surfer mag founder warning to Standup Journal: “Don’t encourage them”-
We got a chance to catch up with Clay Feeter, publisher of Standup Journal Magazine who is celebrating their 2nd year anniversary. Congratulations! This was a bit different for Clay as he’s normally on the question asking side and not the question answering side. We found out much more than we expected and Clay threw in some surprises. Here’s the interview below.
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AccessSurf’s a Day at the Beach
March 18th, 2009 by clarise
AccessSurf Hawaii is having monthly “Day at the Beach” Outings.
Join us for a day of adaptive surfing, shoreline flotation and swimming for any person with a disability. Repeats the first Saturday of every month.
Spring outings set for Feb. 7, Mar. 7, April 4 and May 2, 2009. For more information visit www.accessurfhawaii.org
(click thumbnail to launch video)
Meet C4 Waterman Ambassador Ryan Levinson
March 16th, 2009 by clarise
What sets C4 Waterman ambassador Ryan Levinson apart is not the fact that he has spent over a decade competing successfully in national and international level triathlons while still pursuing his passion for water-sports like surfing, bodysurfing, paddleboarding, SUPing, kiteboarding, free-diving, and sailing, it’s the fact that he does all this despite continuously loosing muscle. Ryan can no longer do a pushup, a sit up, or even raise his arms over his head but by modifying his technique and equipment he continues to charge forward excelling in the water and on land. As he puts it, “It was not my choice to have Muscular Dystrophy, but I do, and it is my choice how I respond. This is my life. Disabled or not, I choose to live it.” For more information visit www.ryanlevinson.com
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SUP Surfing with Ekolu Kalama at Sunset Beach – Video
March 13th, 2009 by evan
A few months ago I got in a SUP surf session with Ekolu Kalama at Sunset Beach, North Shore, Hawaii. I got in touch with Ekolu on a Tuesday and he called me to say that he would be in Oahu getting ready for a humanitarian trip and sup movie they are filming in Honduras and El Salvador. He was going to be here from Thursday to Tuesday which coincided with a huge north swell that had come in with I think about 20′ face type waves with really good conditions, light winds and just pristine weather.
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Standup Journal Now in 20 Countries at Start of 2nd Year on Newsstands
March 13th, 2009 by clarise
Standup Journal, now in its second year as “the photographic journal of international standup paddlesurfing,” has just been ok’d for newsstand distribution throughout France and Japan.
“This makes 20 countries that now carry us,” says publisher and former Californian Clay Feeter from his New Hampshire-based Standup Journal office. The quarterly, coffee-table quality publication first hit US Borders, Barnes & Nobles and surf shops in March, 2008.
Since then, via the efforts of their two US and international distribution pros, Standup Journal is at more than 300 Australian and New Zealand news shops and throughout the UK and most European countries.
“We’re predicting this will be the ‘Summer of Sup Love,’” Feeter said as their June issue was about to go to press.
The “Spring” issue, featuring Gerry Lopez on the cover, makes its way to US subscribers, shops and bookstores March 24th; hitting international newsstands in late April.
For some www.standuppaddlsurf.net preview of pages from the “Spring” issue see below.
Sup Adventuring on the River Kwai, Thailand
Australia, South Africa and Maui
Puerto Escondido Tube Contest
Taoroa Point, New Zealand
San Francisco’s Haley Fiske catching the biggest Mav’s wave of the day, last December
For more info: www.standupjournal.com
Kahala Challenge on April 25, 2009
March 10th, 2009 by clarise
The Kahala Challenge is set on Saturday, April 25, 2009, 08:00 am at the
Kailua Beach Park, 526 Kawailoa Rd.
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Sandwich Island Composites (S.I.C.) New F-18 by Mark Raaphorst
March 10th, 2009 by clarise
We have asked Mark Jackson, to give us his views on the F18. Here is the review of his two F18 boards (flat water and a channel board) both of which he is extremely pleased.
With flat water club racing and both coastal and channel crossings becoming popular, stand up race boards are becoming more exotic and user specific. Both my F18’s were designed and shaped by Mark Raaphorst and built by the Sandwich Island Composites (S.I.C ) dream team.
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Surftech Demo Day at Chun’s Reef North Shore
March 10th, 2009 by clarise
Surftech is having a free demo day on March 14, 2009 at Chun’s Reef North Shore
Event will start at 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
There will be SUP, longboards, shortboards, fun boards and skim’s.
Surftech will have a tent on the location and participants need to bring their driver’s license as collateral. Demo waivers are required for people to sign before they go out with the boards. Kids under the age of 18 will need a parent to sign the waiver and give up collateral.
For inquiries, please call Surf n’ Sea at (808) 637-9887 or Surftech at (808)596-8690.
