25 More Photos from the Fantastic Weekend

Brad

Brad

Dolphin in the background

Oops

Dwight

Brad

Surf Machine

Surf Machine

Surf Machine

Surf Machine

Dwight

Dwight

Dwight goes right, Surf Machine goes left

All the following are the same wave

Can I make it around this section?

Can I? Taking bets.....

Not looking good

Don't give up on me

Hell Yeah!

Squeeze a tiny bit more from it

That's what going short does for you. SPEED, a new world for SUP

When it goes wrong! (not from the same wave in sequence above)

Fantastic Surf at CB Pier this Morning (and 24 degrees)

Dwight 7'8 Hokua

Justin 9'3 Sub Vector

Brad 8'0 PSH WR

Brad

Brad

Dwight

Dwight

Surf Machine 8'0 PSH WR

Surf Machine

Surf Machine

Surf Machine

Dwight

Dwight

Dwight

Dwight

Dwight

My new Downwind and Windsurf Board

All in one. The original plan was to build a 22 lb ultra light downwind planing board. Then I obtained some military Harrier Jet carbon fiber some guy had stored in his barn for years. The deal was too good to pass up. The carbon was twice the thickness I normally use. The result was a 28 lb board as strong as a Harrier Jet, so why not add the mast insert and sail it too! Of course now I have to build another one with light carbon to get my 22 lb board too.

With Cabrinha handle. Handle works sick, but may be too risky to have there with a sail onboard. A footstrap may replace the handle when sailing.

14'6 x 27

Hunter's First Surf on his 7'3 Hokua this Morning

After 3 or 4 weeks of waiting, some waves finally hit on a day when Hunter is not working. Sorry about the photo quality. Shot with my iphone and cropped heavily.

The following sequence is one wave

Hunter loves the 7'3. Stable! Fast! 

The Crew Hits a Tiny Hamlet Street

Surf Machine with new miners cap

Todd on his PSH WR

Dwight on the 7'8

Surf Machine gets Wave of the Day

Not - Wave of the Day

Brad

Am I surfing or taking a dump?

Nice Naish Video

This little guys board looks like a smaller custom version of Jacky's 7'3 Hokua. It has to be 6' something. Template looks just like the 7'3.

More New Toys

The new toy is Aperture 3 from Apple. Their pro photo software. Formerly $199, now $79 thanks to the new App Store for Macs. Woohoo, thanks Steve Jobs! A slide show from old photos of my first days on the 7'8 Hokua. Probably weighing close to 200 lbs in all that rubber. Surf is flat today and I have a head cold. Look for more slide shows this weekend as I get bored being stuck indoors.

Downwind board pulled from the bag

Pulling the bag off

Stripping the peal ply and breather

Fresh from the bag, full carbon covered with 4 oz glass