hilly said...

Repair; no shots of the proto allowed to be posted.

I'll have a pencil and paper ready for you at the Mambo..

Don't tel me that I need to start saving for a new Naish flat water board now..

I knew it would happen though after Naish got their arse kicked by Starboard at that recent river race..

DJ

Go to use some bigger boards yesterday and today hard work with lots of wind.
Bloody water on lens but this AA paddling for a wave.

Diamond Head from the water

Our street

The waves at Diamond Head

Nice bay we looked at when touring around the island

Sandy Beach

With all that wind you guys should line up some downwind boards and do a hawaiikai run! lots of fun

Here is a map.
Blue/black is Molokai finish.
Green is HawaiiKai run.
Red is a paddle race i done on the 29th.



Speed graph can be found here>
http://www.newcastle-standup-paddlesurfing.com.au/myblog/

would be awesome

NewcastleSUP said...

With all that wind you guys should line up some downwind boards and do a hawaiikai run! lots of fun

I hear you Simon!

But we dont quite have the gear for downwinders and even in 15 knots+ we are having fun!

We have been watching the 'downwinders' sliding down the coast whilst we stare endlessly out to sea scoping that elusive set, but we cant help ourselves! Even in 15 knots we are out there surfing!

Cant say I have ever surfed before when the wind is strong enough to affect the blade of your paddle - but we come back with smiles on our faces, so its ALL GOOD!

I am learning heaps about getting the most out of the the 'Perth like' conditions!

BP/NZ - trust me, the Wahine is TO DIE FOR!

Great end to trip had a few beers with Blane and managed to talk him into letting us have the 9 2 and 10 footer

Really humble man with much aloha who is really passionate about designing great boards for himself and his mates.

There will be some excellent boards coming out soon.

This one has him really stoked. He looks a bit confused as I am asking a dumb question probably


5 customs in the store 3 came to Australia with Lummers 8 6 in the foreground; not sure when that will leave Sydney though there was a long line of people 'just looking'.


Stopped off in Sydney had a couple of surfs. Thanks Goatie for the memorable little paddle at Dee Why watching you pull in where no sup is meant to go was inspiring; looking forward to shots of you on the new Laguna custom when it comes and Jas from Balmoral who took me to Manly for a fun session with Homeally, Matt and Trev I think. Much appreciated.
Really good to put faces to names.

The whole meeting on the internet thing is hard to explain especially when sharing a room at a B&B and the 80+ year old owner asks in polite banter "When did you meet?" we say "Er this morning", " How do you know each other?" we reply "we met on the internet" which was followed by a period of uneasy silence.

Mahalo AA for organising a fantastic trip met inspirational people tried a bunch of boards and came back with my dream board. November next time!!!!
Mahalo especially to Jim at Tropical Blends you are a legend for knowledge and sharing your boards and waves with us.
Mahalo to Austin and Blane thanks for your generosity and friendship we are in your debt. This can be repaid when you come to West Oz on a surf trip.

The 10er!!


AA is stoked with the 9 2


Waiting for last leg home at Sydney airport now; been really lucky no charge for excess baggage from Hawaiian or Qantas.

Aloha everyone will not bore you any more with this thread. Pull in Goatie would.

goatman said...

As I said in the other topic, board looks the goods Hilly, you seemed pretty comfy on the ledgey drops and it had plenty of drive and looseness.

Enjoyed surfing with ya, for some reason I pictured you as a penguin Funny the whole internet thing as you say - seabreeze rocks!! Catch ya in the West sometime.

I am the fat penguin greeny is the thin one. He is a bit dark I copied the whole penguin thin but it was driven by my kids. See you over here soon

Was looking at that grip yehaa

I want a bag of shapes now

The boards look awsome, expensive too i guess.

So many different ideas on there site, good to see

I just cant bring myself to cut up a grip.

This is a great thread, loved the photos of the new boards. So much choice now there is a board for everyone in all types of conditions. Where will we be in 12 months, who knows.

Hey guys, how were SUP's accepted out in the break, were there many other SUP's put in the water.

How is the foot AA.

hi matty

i'll post some pics of your new board later

looks great i just gotta fix the dings and crease i put in it this arvo

should look just like sponge bob by the time you get it

nice and yellow and water logged just how you like em

dogman

I wouldn't have been able to leave that board behind either - she is one good looker, bet she goes great too. Not pick'n a fight here but how heavy is she?

Great stories, great photos and great boards. Thanks for sharing boys. Wish I'd made it over there too. Sorry I wasn't around to catch up for a surf on your way through Sydney, Hilly - next time.

Casso said...

Great stories, great photos and great boards. Thanks for sharing boys. Wish I'd made it over there too. Sorry I wasn't around to catch up for a surf on your way through Sydney, Hilly - next time.

look forward to it, you could join the migration over here sounds like a surf trip is in order. Good story for the mag.

Sounds like some great boards on the way. As from what i knew the wide ripper now 9'6 is the only board in the ripper series suited for 85/90kg riders. General riders

But all the new timber boards will be rippers as well, I presume the new boards are for light weights vs the wide ripper now, Being smaller in length for a start.

I guess it will make sense more when the website shows the range.

BP