February 23rd, 2012 by evan
Here are some pictures of Kevin Seid SUP surfing at Jocko’s on Oahu’s North Shore. He rode one of the custom Everpaddle boards he shaped and designed specifically for the north shore of Oahu. The board is around 8′ but I’m not 100% sure on that. Set waves that day came in around double overhead.
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February 18th, 2012 by evan
Here’s a video and some pictures of Robert Stehlik surfing with the new Blue Planet inflatable SUP board at Jocko’s on Oahu’s North Shore.
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February 9th, 2012 by evan
Here are some pictures of my friend Kekoa Mau surfing at Maili Point. 10-25 foot NW swell hit Oahu and left 6-15 foot waves at Maili that day. This was the first day he tested the Tropical Blends Surf 8′1″ surfboard.
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January 20th, 2012 by evan
Here is a quick video of my friend Kekoa Mau surfing at Leftovers, North Shore Oahu on a custom Joe Blair surfboard. He’s over 200 lbs so this is a good example of how Blair’s boards work in overhead surf for big guys. I also got video of a few other surfers out there. See below.
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January 13th, 2012 by evan
If you follow the SUP race scene here in Hawaii, there’s a guy that is a fixture at most of the races. His name is Ed Wheeler and he’s an all around nice guy. Ed and I were at the North Shore Paddle Challenge at Turtle Bay Resort in October 2011. I was fighting bronchitis/walking pneumonia so I was limited to taking photos and Ed just got back from a Tahiti trip and was taking it easy. The waves were good so in between the surf heats, he went surfing with Robert Stehlik and I got these shots. I also included a few from the Duke’s OceanFest in August.
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December 30th, 2011 by evan
Here’s a short video of Mark Raaphorst and young Mo Freitas riding the S.I.C. Bullet 12′ SUP race board on some waist to chest high waves at Turtle Bay North Shore Oahu. The second clip with Mo in the video shows him catching the wave on the outside break and riding it all the way to shore. Check the time on the video and see how long he rides…pretty impressive. You can see in the video how easy the Bullet 12 catches waves and how well it can surf in the pictures below.
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December 28th, 2011 by evan
I shot this sequence between race heats at the North Shore Challenge in October 2011 of Zane Schweitzer and his sister Shelby tandem SUP surfing on Zane’s Starboard Surf Race. I give Zane a lot of credit. He didn’t rest between race heats. He was surfing because the waves were pretty good. I didn’t know it was his sister at first but that makes this sequence even better. If anyone is worrying about the stability of Starboard race boards, this should ease your mind.
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December 25th, 2011 by evan
Here’s a video sent to us by Robert Stehlik. This was shot during a morning SUP surfing session. The board is from Blue Planet’s new stand up paddle board lineup.
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December 13th, 2011 by evan
Blue Planet Surf just launched a signature line of SUP and surfboards. Here’s a few shots of Robert Stehlik SUP surfing the new Blue Planet 10′6″ SUP stand up paddle board at Turtle Bay. Waves that day were shoulder to overhead and it was fairly windy. The 10′6″ looked pretty stable and judging from Robert’s surfing, it turns pretty well for a wide board. I think most of these were sold already so check with Blue Planet to see when the next shipment arrives.
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December 7th, 2011 by evan
C4 brought out their Supzilla in full force at the Duke’s Oceanfest here in Honolulu earlier this year. Here’s a video of the C4 Waterman crew as they try to set the record for most stand up paddlers on a wave. This was taken during the 2011 Duke’s OceanFest.
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November 15th, 2011 by evan
Dan Gavere surfs the wake of a sternwheeler traveling thru the Columbia Gorge in Oregon/Washington on a Starboard Big EZ and the 2012 prototype Ace 14′x25″. This goes to show you can find waves in very unique places.
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April 13th, 2011 by evan
Here’s a video of Zane Schweitzer having an awesome stand up paddle surfing session on Maui Nui. The clip was sent to us by Pure Digital Maui, thanks guys.
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April 6th, 2010 by evan
Here’s a short video of a SUP surfing session I had with Jason Kauhane and Lance K at Tonggs. Check out Lance ripping on his 7′2″ Starboard. I got to try it out and it was very challenging. When I tested it I was 210 lbs but surprisingly, I was able to stand on it and paddle around. For a smaller, more agile rider, this board may be just what they’re looking for.
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March 1st, 2010 by evan
This is a session that I went to a while back with Kekoa at Puena Point. It’s supposed to be huge, about 12’-18’ Hawaiian scale but then it turned out to be 3’-5’ Hawaiian scale. I guess it picked up that afternoon but at that time that we were there, the conditions were really nice: no winds, glassy water but the waves were a little smaller. So I ended up taking pictures and video shots of Kekoa while he was surfing. Check out this video that I got.
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