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I stopped in Wet Feet Hawaii the other day to demo some side bite
fins (FCS Vector II) and get a different center fin and noticed that they
changed the store. The ceiling is now expanded and the boards are standing
up. They also have new boards like the Titus Kinimaka Aviso all carbon
stand up board and the Ron House boards.
Doug Lock of Wet Feet shows us the new Jim Terrell hybrid paddle from Quickblade and talks briefly about the blade’s design.
Continue reading ‘9.8″ Jim Terrell Quickblade Hybrid Paddles at Wet Feet’
Here’s a picture from HawaiianWaterShots.com of my stand up paddle buddy out at Chun’s Reef on February 16. I was on Maui for the Pono Bill KeNalu.com big board test but heard the surf was epic on Oahu. I’ve always been amazed at his unusual and unorthodox stance. Yes, he’s standing the same as if he was paddling straight although he’s turning and going down the line of this North Shore beauty. Here’s a guy over 50 years old, staying in great shape and having a blast. My hat is off to him because he will rush double and triple overhead waves that I am afraid of.
Disclaimer: This is not a production C4 paddle.
What happens when you mix a C4 paddle and a circular saw?
You get the Diamond E model paddle – named by me.
I have to say that I love this paddle for surfing. So far, it has the best ‘feel’ for me personally. This paddle has less initial ‘bite’ when first entering the water. Some like that, some don’t. Continue reading ‘Circular Saw Meets Paddle – C4 Diamond E’
This is the video that Surftech played at ASR. It gives a pretty cool view of different ways that people can stand up paddle. I like the river shot and the dude giving the girl in the bikini a lesson.
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I found another video from C4 that was shot with 4 cameras. I guess the full version will be out soon. There’s a lot of SUP promotion these days.
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World’s first big-wave stand-up paddle contest goes off at Makaha
February 15, 2008
CONDITIONS: Pleasant, warm Makaha surf; six to 15 foot Hawaiian. Aloha everywhere.
Continue reading ‘AARON NAPOLEON WINS QUIKSILVEREDITION KU IKAIKA CHALLENGE (Surfline.com)’
Haleiwa Bill found this video on youtube from the big wave Ku Ikaika Challenge. I think Nate got some additional footage at www.SUPSurfMag.com coming up in the future. I’m bummed I couldn’t go to the event but I had a lot of last minute things to take care of before going to Maui for Pono Bill’s big board test which was a blast. I’ll try to make it to the Buffalo contest next weekend instead. Hope to see you there.
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I don’t know how else to say this but I’m scared of big waves. My ‘big’ is double overhead and up. I’m less scared on the South Shore and more on the North Shore because the waves are so much stronger. The part that really bugs me is getting held under the wave after wiping out. It’s not that bad in head high waves but when it gets bigger and especially on the North Shore, I don’t like the flailing motion of not knowing when I’ll pop up to get a breath.
Continue reading ‘Ku Ikaika Challenge at Makaha Enjoys Successful Inauguration’
Continue reading ‘Makaha Ku Ikaika Takes on Big Valentines Swell Tomorrow’
Continue reading ‘Ku Ikaika Elects to Wait for Thursday Swell’
Only one more day and I’m off to Maui to join Pono Bill, StoneAxe and the gang to test out a slew of stand up paddle equipment. More info here http://www.ponohouse.com/ponoblog/the-big-board-comparison/. I think Bill has something like 20 to 30 boards to test in one day. I’m interested to see how this will be done because it’s already tricky to test out 2 boards side by side. Times that by 10 and it will definitely get interesting.
Continue reading ‘Off to Pono Bills Big Board Test Tomorrow’
I’ve been waiting to get in the water for a few days because the rain and weather has been pretty terrible. Along with that, I had a pretty busy week of work. I got some time to sneak away yesterday to the North Shore of Oahu with my buddy Kekoa although I wasn’t sure at first because it looked huge in the online surf cam.
Continue reading ‘Standing Up with SUP SurfMag and Haleiwa Bill’
