Category Archives: Water Sports

Board Comparison Starts to Gel

I sent an email to C4 asking if they’d like to participate in the board comparison. I got a nearly immediate response from Greg Wunderlich saying that they’d be happy to participate and they’ll hook us up with their newest … Continue reading

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East Coast Breaks for SUP – I know…not exactly a Maui related post!

Sorry for the non-Maui related post Bill. I know the readership of the blog goes far beyond though. I’m looking for some company. Sometime in the next few weekends I’m considering hitting the outside of Chatham harbor if the conditions … Continue reading

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You CAN Do SUP Surfing Anywhere

I’ll shoot some photos tomorrow when I go paddling again, but I realized today (probably for the zillionth time, but with a memory like mine every day offers new insights) that you can pretty much do this sport anywhere. People … Continue reading

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Headed for the wall -My complete newb status exposed….:)

I finally got the paddles completed and was psyched to see Bill’s reaction when he saw them. The whole famn damily went to Lime Rock Park to see Bill race over Labor Day weekend. He was busy racing (and then … Continue reading

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Standup Surf Paddle – just a tease

For those that are interested this is just a tease of the paddle I’m building for Bill. I’m actually building two. This is the handle of the 1st. This is a test post just to make sure I understand the … Continue reading

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Stand Up Paddle Surfing 101(updated)

The updated version of this document is at www.kenalu.com , we’re publishing it there in book form. You’ll also find a lot of how-to articles on Ke Nalu, which has a more magazine-like format and a lot more articles and … Continue reading

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Cold, Grey and Grumpy

Back in Portland. Had a great time surfing the last week, even caught one good day of longboard sailing. The last two days I needed to get the place in order and put my toys away. Naturally the wind came … Continue reading

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Hobie Adventure Island Modifications and Tweaks

Some of these modifications are things that are just handy, some are fairly important. 1. Mast retainer: This is something Hobie really should fix.

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Diving with a Hobie Adventure Island

I used to go scuba diving with my Scupper Pro kayak–I bought a version with a tank well to hold my bouyancy compensator (BC) vest and tank.

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Paddle Handling

I’ve been learning a lot more about standup paddle surfing lately, because I’ve been teaching it to some other people. There’s no faster way to learn than to teach someone else. Most of what I’ve been learning has to do … Continue reading

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Big Day at Kanaha

I started the morning off by taking Diane and Sam to drop off her Xterra for service and then off to Kanaha Beach Park. We noticed as we passed Ho’okipa that the waves were hefty, Ho’okipa was nearly closed out, … Continue reading

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Four Standup Boards Compared

I posted a comparison of the four standup boards I own on the All aluminum Tour site.

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Hobie Adventure Islands and Laird Board

I went to Makena Landing with Diane and Lane Mead, our friend and the caretaker here at Pono House. we took the Hobie Adventure Islands and my new Laird standup board since Lane wanted to try the Hobie and Diane … Continue reading

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New Experiment

I’ve created a social network–like Myspace–for Stand Up Paddle Surfing a http://standuppaddle.ning.com/. A new experiment. I’ll probably build a few more if people enjoy them. You can create your own area on this network, populate it with photos, videos, text, … Continue reading

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Board Modifications and the Funmobile Rolls On Its Back

Well, not really, but it looks like it should have. First the Jimmy Lewis 11′ 7″. Here’s the pics:

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A little more Ding King (Updated with photos)

I dropped by the Ding King today on my way to Kanaha to windsurf (it was pretty good today, light and gusty inshore but howling once you got past the reef). Gave Mark my lovely Jimmy Lewis 11’7″ board to … Continue reading

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Nice standup day and a couple of lifts from Giampaolo

Diane has been enthusiastic about learning to pedal and sail the Hobie Adventure Island, so today I took her over to Makena Landing for some practice, and brought along my standup board instead of the second kayak. First breakfast at … Continue reading

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Standup Longboard Sailing and Surfing 101

I updated some of the content this morning… This is a collaborative article, please either put your insight into the comments for inclusion or email them to me. Pictures can be either links for photos that are already on the … Continue reading

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Ding King: The perfect location for a surf movie

Reposted to get this page into the RSS feed. I’m obviously doing this backwards, I should do pages as posts first and then paste them into pages. We’ll see if I remember that next time. I promised long ago that … Continue reading

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Lousy documentation and tiny print

I’m not the only one complaining about tiny feature print and horrible documentation (see my article on the ATC2000 video camera). Seth Godin complains about it too in this article.

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