Poll: What do you do on your stand up board?
October 11th, 2008 by admin 
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C4 Waterman Vortice XP Carbon Fiber Racing Board
October 9th, 2008 by evan 
Here’s a video of Kaipo talking about the 14′ C4 Waterman Vortice XP Carbon Fiber Racing Board. He also gives riding/racing tips in the video. Check it out.
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Kainoa Beaupre Ripping on his 6-10 Stand Up
October 8th, 2008 by evan
Tommy Chorman of Freedom Riding Company www.freedomriding.com sent over this video of ‘The Hammer’ surfing his 6′10″ stand up board. I’m not sure if this is Sandy’s but that’s where he normally surfs that board. You may be thinking, “That’s a small board.”
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Surftech Takayama Thruster
October 6th, 2008 by evan
Here’s a short clip of the thruster I installed on the Surftech Takayama. I used True Ames 4.5″ fins.
For the most part, I liked it. It turns tighter and it didn’t feel like it was gonna slide out. The problem that I had w/ it was that when you get towards the nose, it makes it kinda harder to nose ride. I guess riding this board as a thruster may not make a lot of sense because if I have a smaller board I can ride that one straight off the tail. But the Takayama seems like it wants to be ridden all around the board, the nose, the tail. Actually, after talking to Takayama, that’s exactly what he said.
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C4 Waterman Vortice by Boardworks Impressions
October 3rd, 2008 by evan
Here are a few videos I took from a past demo day where we got to try out the C4 Waterman Vortice.
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SoCal Ocean Racing Series
October 2nd, 2008 by admin
We got this email from Cheance:
Hey Folks!
I come to you by way of Chris Koerner who suggested I give you the calendar for the SoCalOceanRacing series.
We are a 9-race winter series open to all types of paddlecraft. We started about 10 or more years ago- some of us did anyway, hosting races for surfskis, then solo outriggers joined the parade, and then the tandem outriggers wanted to play, then paddle boarders trickled in, and now along comes the SUP brigade! It’s awesome!
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Surftech Infinity 11-0 Stand Up Paddle Surfboard
September 30th, 2008 by evan
Here’s a video clip of Eric Wehner and Teene talking about the Surftech Infinity 11′. The board is 11′ long, 28″ wide and 4 3/4″ thick.
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Know Your Limits – My First Experience in the Kaiwi Channel
September 27th, 2008 by evan
I got the chance to paddle in the Kaiwi Channel last week. This is the channel between Molokai and Oahu where the 32 mile race is held. Let me start out by saying it was way harder than I thought it would be. I got a call from Kainoa B who I will now refer to as ‘The Hammer’ (inside joke). He was excited about taking his boat out into the Kaiwi Channel and doing a mini Molokai downwinder. Tommy from Freedom Surf Company was coming to get some video and photo footage (footage of Tommy surfing) and his other friend Carlos was coming along for the paddle. Kekoa was in the driver’s seat and we were all set. Continue reading ‘Know Your Limits – My First Experience in the Kaiwi Channel’
10th Annual Christian Surfers/Hawaiian Island Surf Ministries Standup Paddle Race
September 26th, 2008 by admin
Here’s some info about the race from Art:
It was rather short, in the interest of safety. It started at about 2:40 pm and launched from the jetty inside the channel where people come and go from bowls. They basically sprinted to the last outside green buoy (approx 1/4 mile), made a turn and came back. We set up 2 buoys near the wall for them to paddle thru for the finish. We decided on 3 divisions. 12′ and under, over 12′, and age 17 and under, so the children would have a chance to win.
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Joe Bark Interview – Board Previews and Tips
September 24th, 2008 by evan
I did this interview with Joe Bark last month over the phone. I just learned about Joe while getting more and more into the SUP distance paddling arena. Joe is famous for his paddleboards and is now expanding into stand ups. He’s got a new 14′ SUP racer coming out from Surftech in the future and we got the scoops in advance. I haven’t gotten any date for the board release but it hopefully will be by Q1 2009.
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Puerto Escondido Exclusive from Duane Desoto – Day 4 Results
September 22nd, 2008 by admin
Drew Brophy
Here are the results from Day 4 from the Mexican Pipeline!
Congratulations to Hawaii’s own Noah Shimabukuro!
Finalists
1 – Noah Shimabukuro $4000
2 – Garrett McNamara $2000
3 – Scott Chandler $1000
4 – Kealii Mamali $800
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Mark Raaphorst Interview – F-14, F-16 and New SUP Race Boards
September 21st, 2008 by evan
Last month I interviewed Maui based shaper and surfer Mark Raaphorst, and he discussed the differences between the F14 and F16’s along with other boards being used for downwinder stand up paddling. I shared with him my experience using the F16 while doing a downwinder and how the board became faster when it filled with water. He also gave some really good insight into downwind racing. I learned a lot.
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Mark Raaphorst Interview - F-14, F-16 and New SUP Race Boards [30:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadPuerto Escondido Exclusive from Duane Desoto – Day 2 Results
September 20th, 2008 by admin
Here are the results from Puerto Day 2!
Format
Day two, round 2 top wave scores added to round 1 scores. Yesterday, I listed the average today is the total scores from all judges which was used to round off top 16 quarterfinalist. Each heat was an hour long.
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Puerto Escondido Exclusive from Duane Desoto
September 20th, 2008 by admin
We got this email from Duane Desoto:
I’m down in Puerto at the sup invitational. My wife was telling me that there is absolutely no press on the event, she was searching online. The contest organizer said that he has been getting hundreds of emails from all over the world asking for results.
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Surf Icon, Donald Takayama: The Talk Story
September 19th, 2008 by evan
I got a chance to interview the legendary Donald Takayama over the phone. At 65, Donald Takayama is still going strong. He started his career of making boards at age 11, became a shaper, surfer and still proves to be the master of style and technique. Continue reading ‘Surf Icon, Donald Takayama: The Talk Story’
