Category Archives: Surfing

Places to go, equipment, etiquette and where it doesn’t matter.

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

I found this on Playak, a kayak site I visit frequently looking for technique and equipment information: This important and educational article was written by Mario Vittone and should be shared globally. The Incident – The new captain jumped from … Continue reading

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Ultimate Rail Tape: Railsaver Pro

Carles Carrera is a fanatic SUP fan and a motorcycle engineer/designer. He also likes to take care of his toys. When he knocked a chip out of one of his new boards he immediately started looking at options, and didn’t … Continue reading

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Great Standup Paddlesurf Video: Praise the Laird

I found this video on the Standup Zone–a forum I frequent (all too frequently). Its by a guy whose handle (or maybe his real name) is Beasho Free. Hmmm, anyway, what I love about the video is his stoke (ok, … Continue reading

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So here’s how to Roll

This video just makes me want to surf. Bunch a guys having fun, but the bunch of guys includes Kelly Slater, Eddie Vedder, Brian Keaulana, and other lunatics. Kelly is just astonishing. He’s just screwing around and what he’s doing … Continue reading

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Oh. My. God.

You’ve got to see this series. Insane. Click here. The interface is a little confusing–there’s a blue next button at the top right of the images. For the multi-shot images like this one you can scroll forward and back by … 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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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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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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Why Windsurfing On Longboards Will Be the Next Big Thing

I’m going to write three articles that I am wildly unqualified to write. Well, maybe not completely. An article on how to do stand up paddle surfing, an article on how to windsurf a longboard, and this one. I’m unqualified … Continue reading

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Hawaiian Wave Measure

Several people asked me why Hawaiians measure waves in a manner that makes them SMALLER than elsewhere. I didn’t have a clue, so I did some research. People often say that Hawaiian measure is from the back of the wave, … Continue reading

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I blew it–missed a killer photo op

I was driving along the Hana Highway headed for Kanaha Beach park to go surfing. Just as I passed Ho’okipa I noticed three standup surfers and one longboarder out in the waves. The conditions were pretty huge, the channel out … Continue reading

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