Already a couple of people in water when I took this pic from Makorori hill this morning
Thanks Griz
Beautiful dawn patrol for sure!
Bob
Another early Makorori Moment.....would you believe some people don't get to the beach until about 10am?
The swell that rocked Tahiti has made its way here to Oahu.
My partner sizes up the inside bowl on the way out to our hideaway outside reef.
The takeoff required some commitment.
On a fast track and needing every bit.
The wind started to step up later on and made it more challenging.
Lots of carnage...
Take care everyone and keep it safe!
Not allowed to Sup in Griz today.....lockdown....here is my lockdown project....Sup trailer for the e bike. Nearly ready for a road test
Not allowed to Sup in Griz today.....lockdown....here is my lockdown project....Sup trailer for the e bike. Nearly ready for a road test
LOOKING at getting a fat tire Ebike - couple of long beaches here that are not accessible by car - looking at Leitner, Progear EBlast, Matrix GTR. what do you have Gizzie - good on beach? thanks Steve
Not allowed to Sup in Griz today.....lockdown....here is my lockdown project....Sup trailer for the e bike. Nearly ready for a road test
Interested in setup attachment piece that you have on the back of the bike. Could you take a few close ups and maybe share how it works.
I'm thinking of doing something similar so I can get a spot at my local without driving the car.
Ripper day but broke a paddle
Looks like more than a paddle breaks there
Riding Giants today on the 12' Point Break... so fun
no broken paddles.... sorry Dude
looks fun creek ,i got a 12 search coming ...paddle weird ..the blade broke ,wave hit me and the board sideways ..stuck my paddle in ,it went sideways across the board and the weight of me and board plus wave ,broke the blade in half ..so it was a bit flappy ...flapped back in shore ..and flew home ..fixable but will end up heavier ...looking for a new one now ..
Not allowed to Sup in Griz today.....lockdown....here is my lockdown project....Sup trailer for the e bike. Nearly ready for a road test
LOOKING at getting a fat tire Ebike - couple of long beaches here that are not accessible by car - looking at Leitner, Progear EBlast, Matrix GTR. what do you have Gizzie - good on beach? thanks Steve
Is an ancient e bike.....very heavy and 48v 1000 w.....you best to look at more modern bikes
It definitely wasn't Chicama in Peru......me being taken out by boat to the beginning of the break......but it is Laird so is perfectly ok :)
Tiny Town Beach two days in a row.....using e bike shoulder sling to get the Laird surrator there. Board also has the Terry Chung name on it so suspect it more of a Terry board than a Laird board surfsplendorpodcast.com/324-terry-chung/
First clean session of Hurricane "Larry"
It was raining, so only Kook Hat Cam last night.
Doesn't show waves well when riding, but ok catching others on the paddle out
Bigger today... hoping I can use SoloShot to film
No pictures or video, but had two great surfs Wednesday and Friday, each 3 hours long and 30+ waves. Lots of head-high-plus waves. With the lockdown I haven't been out as much, but I was so fortunate to have two days of great conditions, very little competition (yesterday I had the break to myself most of the time). There is nothing like having powerful waves, flying along at 20-26 kms/hr, top to bottom surfing, prettending to be a real surfer (not just an old dude with little skill). The batteries are fully charged and I am still smiling!
Mexico this week with the GenRation crew who are putting on a retreat for SUP VETs.. a very special group of elite warriors. today was the first day some of them had ever been in surf. and the surf was serious beach break
heres a shot I took before we went out.
these guys didn't hesitate.. magnificence to witness!
My first wave back from my Mexico trip almost killed me.
The board shot right at my face, but my paddle and hand stopped it.
It happened freakishly fast
video coming!
My first wave back from my Mexico trip almost killed me.
The board shot right at my face, but my paddle and hand stopped it.
It happened freakishly fast
video coming!
I've broken a paddle doing that ,but it went straight through the paddle ,broke it in half then winded the crap out of me ..not a good feeling .
My first wave back from my Mexico trip almost killed me.
The board shot right at my face, but my paddle and hand stopped it.
It happened freakishly fast
video coming!
I did something similar a few months back on a really innocuous looking 2ft wave, tripped a rail, board got sucked up under me and I went down hard on my ribs. I came up gasping for air and thought I had a.) broken some ribs and b.) broken the board. Fortunately a couple of minutes floating around in the impact zone sorted me out and I continued with the session with some extra bruises. Board was fine!
My first wave back from my Mexico trip almost killed me.
The board shot right at my face, but my paddle and hand stopped it.
It happened freakishly fast
video coming!
I've broken a paddle doing that ,but it went straight through the paddle ,broke it in half then winded the crap out of me ..not a good feeling .
I was super stoked that the paddle didn't break.... not a mack on it
Wow. Good you avoided a whack. I swear we get lucky most of the time.
Definitely lucky... but the video shows my reflexes are still functioning... kinda surprised me actually, because I had no idea I did anything.
My first wave back from my Mexico trip almost killed me.
The board shot right at my face, but my paddle and hand stopped it.
It happened freakishly fast
video coming!
I did something similar a few months back on a really innocuous looking 2ft wave, tripped a rail, board got sucked up under me and I went down hard on my ribs. I came up gasping for air and thought I had a.) broken some ribs and b.) broken the board. Fortunately a couple of minutes floating around in the impact zone sorted me out and I continued with the session with some extra bruises. Board was fine!
Seems like it's always the little waves! Glad you didn't break any ribs... they take you out for a while!