Author Archives: billb

My experiment with a paper-magazine style format is unsatisfying. I intended to update Ke Nalu (www.kenalu.com) on a monthly basis, but i found I was sitting on a lot of feature-quality stories that had a timeliness element. So from now … Continue reading →

Paddling through the Blue Caverns at Catalina I like this article a lot–plenty of great pictures. I have a few more to finish before I can call the second issue “complete” but it’s shaped up pretty well Ernie Johnson (of … Continue reading →

I’m feeling pretty good about this second issue. Yes, it’s staggering to it’s feet a little, I still have numerous articles and features to finish up and add to the mix, But it’s not April 1st yet–I’m about a week … Continue reading →

Diane and I went to Kihei this morning to paddle some. When we got to Kam 1 beach the horizon was lined with Paddlesurfers–janitors, in surfer parlance, because they all look like they’re sweeping up. And they are–when the surf … Continue reading →

I’m losing my marbles. The wind has been excellent for the last week, and the surf sucks, but I’m doggedly trying to Paddlesurf. Why I don’t just go windsurf is beyond me, normally I’d be happy as a clam about … Continue reading →

I joined Sol Morey and a few of his friends in their weekly WOW (walk on water) paddle this Sunday morning. They’ve been doing it for a while and generally have eight to twelve paddlers, leaving from the Canoe hut … Continue reading →

I know a fair number of people read Ponohouse that don’t read my new e-magazine: Ke Nalu. I’ve been writing a daily column in the magazine for about a week when I realized “this column is a ponohouse column!”–same style, … Continue reading →

I’ve had a few folks asking when the showcase is going to be posted. It’s already up, but it’s on my magazine website–www.Kenalu.com. You can read all about the showcase in the lead story, and if you click on the … Continue reading →

Wow, we had it all. Blue skies, soft wind, waves (small, but fun) a great bunch of people, fifty boards, 35 testers (growing to 50 as the day wore on) and lots of aloha. On the downside, we got too … Continue reading →

I had to clean the garage yesterday–just had to, and I washed the mud off Diane’s Xterra (but not my jeep–mud looks just fine on it). By 2:00 I was ready to hit the water, but we were having dinner … Continue reading →

Are here. Very cool We didn’t get the usual skin-tight ones–they aren’t really necessary for Stand Up, and they make me look like a walrus. these are super comfortable, fast-dry and darned good lookin’

I sat down with Diane this morning to plan out the editorial calendar for the first three issues of Ke Nalu (I told you folks she’d keep me focused on the tasks). The first issue is obviously the Showcase issue. … Continue reading →

Man it’s been cold in Maui. I had to put a sweatshirt on today for about ten minutes, then I got too hot and took it off. but it’s just hell being stuck somewhere between shorts/T-shirt and shorts/long sleeved shirt. … Continue reading →

I picked up a whole bandoleer of Jimmy Lewis boards for the showcase on Tuesday. Most of them are for much smaller or much better Sup surfers than I, but there are two in the edge of my range. I … Continue reading →

Strange day today on Maui–windy as heck with an odd swell from the northeast. I thought about going windsurfing, but my arms are still killing me from yesterday, so I decided to go over to the south side to see … Continue reading →

Freestyle video Freestyle sail handling by a pro in Bonaire named Ceasar. Unbelievable.  Even if you care absolutely nothing about windsurfing, this is jawdropping.

So I took a look at Kanaha today and said (ka)Nah. No one was out, though the parking lot had lots of people coming in and people getting ready to go out. But the waves were confused and sloppy looking. … Continue reading →

Starboard has an interesting new catalog out–it focuses on the flatwater aspects of Sup. It also introduces two new boards–A 14’8″point-to-point board with foot steering, and a kid’s Sup board. I posted the full catalog at Ke Nalu