Check out this great vid of Ivan on the Starboard fish..Is he good or what..

DJ

At last a quality vid

that vid ticked all the boxes:

good rider

super sweet conditions

great moves

a proper tripod

awesome landscape

well done ivan!

Great Vid thanks DJ. Great wave for SUPing.
The wave reminds me of La Jolla in southern Mexico. Big long right point. Love to get out in something like that
BWD

LouD said...

Is that Ivan Van Vuuren?
I remember him from another life-Late 80s, windsurfing in Natal and Cape Town. He was an awesome windsurfer sailor as well. I think he went to Hawaii and was producing movies there.
Same guy?

Yeah..Same guy.. He's also done a couple of How-to SUP dvd's..and he's also moved back home to SA.

DJ

That is a great vid. Ivan has such style. I have the same board. I'm afraid it will never see that from me...sigh.

What a great board though...I actually bought it primarily for my wife. Just got it last week and took it out for a test last Sunday..was shocked that I was able to surf it at my size. Really rips....supposed to be some messy waves tomorrow...we'll see how it is in that.

I'm surprised he's riding a Starboard BTW. Didn't he start a board company? coreban.com/

I wondered about that also.. I wonder if Starboard have signed him up like the way Naish have signed up Dave Kalama.

DJ

I heard it was the 9-8 but i'm not sure if that was a guess or not. I just bought the 9-8...mostly for my wife since from a previous ride on it i thought it was too small at my size. I've lost a few pounds and added a little skill i guess because I was shocked to ride it so well. I had just dropped down to my 11-2 from my 12-6 so the 9-8 was a big jump.

Caught the 1st wave I paddled for and ripped it up...by my standards anyway. I don't think anyone would have been saying" holy crap look at that guy" but it sure felt good to me. Harder turns than i've ever made and a nice long floater off the lip. Only got to ride 4 waves since it was the end of the day and the boss was waiting for me. Can't wait to try it on a big clean day. Absolutely going to change the way I surf.

I got an email from Ivan the other day and he had a link for me for this new Fishy vid that I had already posted..

I replyed saying that I had beat him to it and sent him a link to our Breeze forum and asked about any new DVD's in the pipeline.

This was his reply...BTW..What a cool guy.. I love his coment about all the sharks in SA helps you improve your SUP'ing..

DJ

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Man Dave

You guys are on it- love your website- well done. I’ll keep you posted on new developments and DVD’s- filming a lot so planning on doing a full action DVD in 2009-

Question I saw on your site- Re: Ivan riding Starboards and other brands plus owning Coreban SUP Gear. If you want to place an answer….

I established Coreban in 2005 and I also own the video production company called Premier Hawaii- which has been producing Watersports movies from Maui for the past 15 years- through this we have established strong relationships with many of the worlds top companies, some that have recently started SUP ranges- eg Starboards, Jimmy Lewis, Surftech, C4 etc. So at times they hire Premier to film, promote or test their products- even though we have what I believe to be the best and most advanced SUP gear, we have always been about promoting the sport rather than trying to make a little SUP empire… but with that all said, keep your eyes out in Feb 2009 for the launch of the full Coreban range that will revolutionize SUP… keep on rippin’ , aloha Ivan van Vuuren.

Cool Dave, hope you are getting out there a bit- when ya coming to SA- some sic spots here… lots of sharks here so you can get good real quick…

All the best

Ivan