My buddy Duane, who lives on Oahu, went over to watch the In Memory of Eddie Aikau Waiamea big wave surf contest after work yesterday. He was only able to see the last heat, but if you were watching online, you know that was probably the heat to see with Greg Long’s insanely successful heat…
Slowly coming out of my illness cocoon. One of the high points about getting sick is that all I could for for about 36 hours was lie there and watch surf movies. So now I have a slew of reviews for you. Up first – Chasing The Lotus: The Lost Reels of Weaver and Wills….
Stylemasters is the Roger Clinton to Bustin’ Down the Door‘s Bill Clinton. Still on my 70s kick after Bustin’ Down the Door, Pipeline Masters and my recent day of awesome, memorable waves on the Spherical Revolver, I saw that Stylemasters was on Fuel TV the other day and gave it a watch. At the beginning…
You may remember us writing about Duane’s broken board recently. His replacement board just came in. It’s an 8’5″ x 19″ x 2.75″ gun, very similar to the one he broke. More interestin though is what Duane wrote to me: It’s an 8’5″ North Shore gun made for double to triple overhead surf. One thing…
My buddy Duane lives on Oahu. We exchange emails about great surf sessions regularly, and I often use him as my surf guru when I need advice. He’s been surfing for 20 years or more and in Hawaii, so I trust his knowledge. This past winter when things rockin’ here I emailed him and said,…