In the mid-to-late 1940s, Russ Takaki became the first Asian American big wave rider. Of course, in those days it wasn’t looked at like that. Russ was just one of the half dozen Hot Curl surfers who were challenging the waves all over O‘ahu; nothing more, nothing less.
Unfortunately, the first two volumes of the LEGENDARY SURFERS series are out-of-print. Volume 1, covering 2500 BC to 1910 AD, was originally published in 2005 as a paperback. Volume 2, covering the life of Tom Blake and the surf world of the 1910s and '20s was published in 2007...
Aloha! And welcome to this chapter of LEGENDARY SURFERS covering the life and aloha of legendary surfer Woody Brown!
This fifth chapter of LEGENDARY SURFERS: The 1940s, originated over a decade before his passing (in 2008)...
Earlier this year, two long standing companies announced a new distribution partnership that results in Paddle Sport Performance once again expanding its Stand Up Paddleboard line in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada region.
A Canadian review while in Hawaii of the SIC Maui FX12'6" and the Fish 9'5"
Every day I am blessed to be able to be on the water and share it with people. The best thing about Stand Up Paddling is that is can be anything to anyone. Laughter and great memories with friends.
THE SHARK MENACE SINKS THE ANNUAL LENNOX LONGBOARD CLASSIC – BUT THE BARBIE WENT AHEAD! Unfortunately, last weekend the 18th Lennox Classic was called off on Friday evening at 5.30pm, with the water safety personnel...
Over the weekend we heard some sad and really scary news. A diver was killed in a shark attack off the Tasmanian coast. The news comes just a couple of weeks after surfer Mick Fanning's dramatic brush with a shark during his World Surfing League final in South Africa.
Welcome to this chapter in the LEGENDARY SURFERS series, on John Kelly!
Welcome to this chapter in the LEGENDARY SURFERS series, on Wallace "Wally" Froiseth!
This is an updated version to the original chapter that remains online at: http://files.legendarysurfers.com/surf/legends/ls10.shtml
(Wally...
Fran Heath was the oldest of the Hot Curl surfers, but only by a couple of years. His family moved to O‘ahu when he was an infant. The Heaths lived in the Kahala section, a coastal strip just on the other side of Diamond Head crater from Waikiki.
When people first get into SUP they often buy an all-around board and adjustable paddle. What they don’t think about is the increased drag you get with an all-around board, and the increased torque on the shoulders from a larger paddle blade.
(beginning section to Chapter Four of LEGENDARY SURFERS Volume 4: The 1940s - currently in draft stage)
The most influential Hawaiian surfers of the late 1930s through the 1940s were...
