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A couple of upcoming races you may want to check out:
Sunday, April 13
Hinano State Championship
Awards at LuLu’s
Long: 16 Miles — Waimanalo Beach – Rabbit Island – Kaimana Beach (Weather Permitting)
Short: 10 Miles — Hawaii Kai – Portlock – Kaimana Beach
I got a chance to hang out with Joe Blair during his recent trip to Oahu’s north shore. We surfed everyday and had a blast on this new 8′9″ x 30″ x 4.25″ stand up board. I was shocked that at 220 lbs I could stand on it comfortably. In fact, once I got used to the 8′9″ I couldn’t go back to the 9′11″. It just felt too big. So the 9′11″ has been passed on to my buddy.
Continue reading ‘Joe Blair 8-9 Stand Up Paddle Board – Video’
Steinlager Shaka Long Series Results From Sunset
April 7th, 2008
Sunset Beach, Hawaii
The Steinlager Shaka Longboard Series was completed this past weekend in some wild and wind blown surf at Sunset Beach with wave heights reaching twelve foot faces at times.
Continue reading ‘Steinlager Series, Auwae Wins SUP As Kalama Takes Pro Longboard’
Press release: The Steinlager Shaka Longboard Series Opens Up This Weekend At Sunset
The Steinlager Shaka Longboard Series starts off it’s season of five events this weekend at Sunset Beach where surf is expected to be in the eight foot face range. Over 120 competitors should make for a highly competitive event with many of the top longboarders and standup paddle surfers on Oahu here for the event. Continue reading ‘The Steinlager Shaka Longboard Series Opens Up This Weekend At Sunset’
Check out this article from today’s Advertiser on Reid Inouye and Leleo Kinimaka stand up paddling along the lava flow on the Big Island. That looks pretty crazy. Looks like a big old school Hawaiian hot tub. Continue reading ‘Stand Up Paddling near Lava – Article and Pics’
It’s pretty amazing to me how many paddle options there are now. Along with the stock paddles, I’ve been tinkering with shapes and sizes I like. Here’s what I have currently. I also have some Leleo Kinimaka wood paddles but those are with other people currently.
C4 and Tropic Surf have a few spots on their Waterman surf trip in the Maldives. Join Brian Keaulana for a week of surfing in some of the most secluded breaks aboard a new luxury vessel Tropic Breeze.
Doug Lock talks about the dimension and performance of the F-17′6″, and shows the Active Steering System he attached on a 15′ board.
I made a paddle for my 5 yr old son by taking a 2 pc C4 Waterman carbon paddle and cutting down the shaft. This also allows me to change out the top part of the shaft so my wife can also use it if she ever decides she will come out with me.
Check out this super glassy, fun day out at Puena Point on the North Shore of Oahu. I was out with my friend Jeff who is on the other stand up board and my friend Kekoa who’s riding a normal surfboard. The board I’m on is the Blair Quad 9’11” x 29” x 4.5”. The pictures were shot by Jamie Ballenger who owns HawaiianWaterShots.com.
Continue reading ‘Puena Point with friends and Jamie B from HawaiianWatershots.com’
I met up with Joe Blair initially last October at Legoland in San Diego. Joe is a very animated guy and has decades of shaping experience with legends like Dick Brewer and Xanadu. Anytime I hear a shaper tell me how good their boards are I take it with a grain of salt. I finally ordered one and have to say that everything Joe claimed is true so far.
Here are a couple of upcoming events you may want to check out:
Event #1:
Encinitas Moonlight Beach Paddle / Swim
Presented by Nixon www.nixonnow.com (Watches for winners)
May 17, 2008
10 Mile Paddleboard/SUP race from Oceanside to Moonlight Beach
www.encinitasrace.com
Contact: Dan Van Dyck dvandyck@pcfs.net
Day: (760)436-3589
I finally got around to getting these pictures online. I was at Ala Moana Courts the second to last week of February and had a fun but uneventful session. The tide was really low. At Ala Moana you need to walk over a long reef to get to the break and going out the water level was ankle high to shin high at best. The waves were pretty small, maybe waist to chest high at max according to my memory (getting old).
Ok…I know this has nothing to do with stand up paddling but if you’re wondering where I get the music that I add to the videos on this site, wonder no more. It’s original slack key guitar compositions from my brother, Darin. This clip is from his latest appearance on Night Time with Andy Bumatai on the Hawaii NBC affiliate.
Anyone know anything about this? I got this email from Jeff. Continue reading ‘Pearson Arrow Laird Stand Up Board’
