TORPEDO

THIS IS A FUN BOARD FOR SUMMER WAVES. IT'S EASY TO PADDLE AND RIDE. THIS IS A GOOD BEGINNER BOARD TOO. SURFING IS A LOT MORE FUN IF IT'S EASIER TO CATCH WAVES. HAVE A GREAT DAY!

P.S. YOU CAN SEE THE MAGIC DUST FLYING AIR

KEIKI O KE KAI

KEIKI O KE KAI (CHILDREN OF THE SEA). HERE IS THE NEXT GENERATION OF HAWAIIAN SURFERS. THIS IS IN KAHANA BAY AND IF YOU GET THE CHANCE TO GO THERE IT IS ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL PLACES ON THE ISLAND. ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS NAMED HIS DAUGHTER KAHANA BECAUSE OF IT'S BEAUTY.

THE KEIKI'S HAD A BLAST IN ANKLE HIGH WAVES! IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE STOKE IN SOMEONES FACE WHILE SURFING. IT COULD BE YOUR FIRST WAVE OR MILLIONTH WAVE OR IT COULD BE ANKLE HIGH TO 35 FEET ALL SURFERS HAVE THAT SAME STOKE! I HOPE THAT WE ALL CAN ENJOY GOD'S GIFT OF SURFING AND TO MAKE THE BEST OF ANY TYPE OF SURF CONDITION. WE SHOULD CONSIDER IT A PRIVILEGE TO BE HEALTHY AND ABLE TO SURF! HAVE A GREAT DAY!

ENEKO ACERO

THIS IS ENEKO ACERO FROM SPAIN. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST TO COME OUT OF EUROPE. HE HAS A BROTHER KEPA THAT IS ON TOUR WITH HIM AND THESE SPANIARDS ARE REALLY NICE GUYS! THEY HAVE A GOOD FAMILY AND I WISH THE BOYS ALL THE BEST!

COACH

HERE IS COACH ON A BOMB AT PIPE. THIS DAY WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND THICK!
IT WAS 10-12' WITH BACK WASH, WARBLE AND WINDY! COACH GOT THIS ONE AND IT'S AMAZING THAT IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GLASSY AND SMOOTH. IF YOU LOOK GOOD IT REALLY THICK ALMOST LIKE TEAHUPOO. HE MADE THIS WAVE AND WAS HAPPY TO MAKE BACK TO SHORE IN ONE PIECE. COACH AND I ARE GOOD FRIENDS AND WHEN I WAS GROWING UP I LOOKED UP TO HIM AND HIS SURFING. THANKS COACH FOR TEACHING ME ALL THE SECRETS! ESPECIALLY YOUR SIGNATURE MOVE. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY SEAN DAVEY PLEASE CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE
WWW.GREENFLASHPHOTO.COM

P.S. CLICK ON THE PHOTO AND GET A BETTER LOOK.

BEAUTIFUL HAWAII

WHEN I LOOK AT THIS I AM AMAZED AT THE BEAUTY THAT GOD HAS CREATED! WE NEED TO APPRECIATE LIFE AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT. SEEING THE POSITIVE IN THINGS AND STAYING AWAY FROM NEGATIVE INFLUENCES IN LIFE. HAVE A GREAT DAY!

MR.THOM

ALOHA
THIS IS MR THOM HE REALLY HELPS WITH MY BACK WHEN I HAVE PAIN. HE USES SOME SORT OF ANCIENT CHINESE MASSAGE AND MANIPULATES THE SPINE IN PLACE. HE OPENS UP THE MERIDIANS OR SOMETHING. ALL I KNOW THAT IT WORKS!

PICTURE PERFECT

THIS IS A PICTURE RIGHT AROUND KAHANA BAY ON THE NORTH EAST OF OAHU. WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF HAWAII THIS IS THE IMAGE THEY PROBABLY SEE. HAVE A GREAT DAY!

BULLY PULLING IN!

ALOHA IT'S SUMMER TIME FUN IN THE ISLANDS. THIS IS TEAM RIDER BULLY GETTING BARRELED AT A UNKNOWN SPOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST TUBE RIDERS I KNOW, HE WOULD BE RANKED UP THERE WITH THE TOP PROS. BULLY HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD FRIEND FOR MANY YEARS AND WE HAD MANY CLASSIC SESSIONS TOGETHER! PEOPLE THINK THAT THE SOUTH SWELLS ARE NOT POWERFUL, BUT CHECK OUT THE SPIT! THANKS BULLY FOR ALL THE EPICAL CLASSICAL SAGA TIMES!

MICK IN THE LEAD

MICK FANNING HAD A GREAT RUN YESTERDAY WINNING THE FINAL TILL THE LAST 30 SECONDS. ABOUT MID WAY THROUGH THE FINAL HE BROKE HIS BOARD AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE TURNING POINT. DAMIEN HOBGOOD BEAT MICK BY LESS THAN HALF A POINT. WE WERE STOKED THAT MICK DID SO WELL AND HE IS IN THE LEAD IN THE RATINGS. GO MICK!!!

OFF SEASON SWELLS

WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH MANY OFF SEASON SWELLS. THIS IS A SHOT OF AN EARLY MORNING SESSION AT A VERY WELL KNOWN RIGHT HANDER. THERE IS NO ONE OUT AND JUST TEAM RIDER RAZAMATAZ AND MYSELF OUT FOR A WHILE. YOU CAN SEE US PADDLING OUT IN THE CHANNEL. LUCKY WE LIVE HAWAII. ALOHA

AUSTRALIAN SHAPERS

GDAY MATES
THIS WAS TAKEN AT KIRRA POINT AT FARLEY'S. WE HAD BREAKFAST WITH THE LEGENDS. FROM LEFT IS JOHN CROSS WHO IS THE MAIN MAN BEHIND THE SCENES. NEXT MURRAY BURTON WHO SHAPED PIPE DREAMS FOR YEARS, DARREN HANDLEY WHO SHAPES DHD AND SIMON ANDERSON WHO INVENTED THE THRUSTER. THESE ARE REALLY GREAT GUYS AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO MEET THEM AND TO TALK STORY. THEY HAVE MADE BOARDS FOR MANY OF THE TOP PROS AND THEY HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE. I AM INSPIRED BY THESE GUYS! CHEERS!

SUNNY GARCIA

HELLO
I'M SO HAPPY FOR SUNNY THAT HE'S A FREEMAN AND SEEMS TO HAVE A NEW ZEST FOR LIFE. HE CALLED ME A FEW DAYS AFTER HE GOT OUT AND HE SOUNDED IN GOOD SPIRITS! I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR HIS VOICE AND THAT HE MADE IT THROUGH THAT TOUGH JOURNEY.

I HAVE KNOWN SUNNY FOR YEARS AND PEOPLE MAY KNOW HIM AS A TOUGH GUY AND HE IS, BUT PEOPLE DON'T SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF SUNNY. HE IS A FAMILY MAN FULL OF ALOHA. I CAN SEE HIS LOVE FOR HIS CHILDREN, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE TO STAND UP FOR HIS OHANA.

AS A SURFER HE HAS DONE A LOT IN HIS CAREER, WORLD CHAMP, 6 TIME TRIPLE CROWN CHAMP. HE IS THE GREATEST SURFER TO COME OUT OF HAWAII AND WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE HAWAIIAN! I WISH HIM THE BEST AND GOD'S BLESSINGS IN HIS LIFE!

CHECK OUT THIS ARTICLE ABOUT HIS LIFE

http://www.surfingthemag.com/news/surfing-pulse/champs-interview-sunny-garcia-042406/

http://www.surfingthemag.com/news/surfing-pulse/sunny-last-days-prison/

MICK FANNING

GDAY MATE

THIS IS MICK AT TEAHUPOO GETTING READY FOR THE MAIN EVENT. HE IS LEADING THE RATINGS AT THE MOMENT AND THIS COULD BE HIS YEAR! WE HAVE BEEN MAKING HIS BOARDS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND HE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY VALUABLE FOR FEEDBACK. HE REALLY KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS AND IS DETAILED ON EVERY ASPECT OF BOARD DESIGN. THIS IS GREAT FOR ME AS A SHAPER TO IMPROVE ON BOARD DESIGN. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT MICK HAS DONE!

RECENTLY REDBULL AND MICK LAUNCHED HIS WEBSITE. THE SITE HAS THINGS LIKE HIS JOURNAL THAT IS PRETTY COOL. CHECK OUT HIS GEAR AND HIT ON HIS SURFBOARD AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HE IS RIDING. CHEERS

http://www.mickfanning.com

MANOA DROLETTE

IORANA
THIS IS MANOA DROLETTE GETTING SHACKED AT TEAHUPOO. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST SURFERS TO COME OUT OF TAHITI. HIS BACKHAND TUBE RIDING ABILITIES ARE SECOND TO NONE! HE JUST WON THE TRIALS IN EPIC SURF. THIS IS A 6'8'' WE MADE HIM AND HE LOOKS VERY COMFORTABLE IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION! THE WAVES HAVE BEEN SMALL FOR THE MAIN EVENT AND WE WISH MANOA ALL THE BEST! MARURU

JAMIE OBRIEN SHAPING

HELLO HERE IS AN ARTICLE I FOUND IN SURFING MAGAZINE. THIS WAS DONE A FEW YEARS AGO WITH JAMIE O BRIEN. SURFING WANTED TO HAVE THE SURFER SHAPE HIS OWN BOARD, WITH SOME GUIDANCE FROM HIS SHAPER. JAMIE CAME OVER TO MY SHAPING ROOM AND I GAVE HIM A QUICK RUN DOWN OF TOOLS, BASIC BOARD DESIGN AND LEFT HIM TO CREATE. I POPPED IN TO CHECK ON HIM PERIODICALLY AND GAVE HIM SOME DIRECTION. HIS APPROACH WAS LIKE HIS SURFING FEARLESS! ANYWAY IF YOU READ THE ARTICLE IT'S PRETTY FUNNY! ALOHA

http://www.surfingthemag.com/surfing-magazine-features/surfing-currentissue/feb05_genesis/

SAME DAY MALIK'S PASSING

THIS IS A SHOT OF MY LAST WAVE THE SAME DAY THAT MALIK PASSED AWAY. HERE IS A WAVE DAVE WASSEL AND I SHARED. DAVE IS A PRO SURFER AND A CITY AND COUNTY LIFE GUARD ON THE NORTH SHORE. HE HAS HELPED SAVE MANY LIVES. WHAT A ADMIRABLE JOB! DAVE IS A REALLY GREAT GUY AND GREAT SURFER. HE GOT ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAVES THIS WINTER OUT AT LOG CABINS. IT WAS PROBABLY 35 FEET!

THIS WAVE WAS ONE OF THE SETS THAT MORNING AND I KNOW THAT DAVE DID NOT SEE ME BECAUSE I SAW HIS HEAD DOWN AND PADDLING HARD FOR THE WAVE. I THOUGHT THAT HE MAY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ON THE WAVE, THAT'S THE REASON I TOOK OFF. APPARENTLY DAVE GOT THE COVER OF SURFER ON THIS WAVE AND I WAS SO STOKED FOR HIM! I THOUGHT TO MY SELF THAT I'M GLAD HE GOT THE SHOT BECAUSE THAT IS HIS JOB BEING A PRO SURFER. ANYWAY DAVE CALLED ME BEFORE I GOT BACK TO THE OFFICE AND APOLOGIZED ABOUT THE WAVE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HIS SINCERITY. I'M STOKED TO HAVE FRIENDS LIKE HIM!! ALOHA

P.S. I HOPE HE LETS ME GO ON A GOOD ONE!

MALIK JOYEUX

THIS IS MEMORIAL OF MALIK JOYEUX HE WAS A FAMOUS TAHITIAN SURFER WHO PASSED AWAY AT PIPELINE IN 2005. WE MADE A FEW BOARDS FOR HIM AND I REMEMBER HIM AS A VERY NICE PERSON. HE WAS WELL LIKED BY EVERYONE AND WAS A GREAT SURFER. I STILL REMEMBER THAT DAY. WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE IN THE WATER THAT MORNING AND THE WAVES WERE PERFECT 6-8 FEET WITH BEAUTIFUL CONDITIONS. WHEN I WAS SURFING THAT MORNING AND I WAS THINKING THAT THIS DAY WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE DAY THAT MY FRIEND JON MOZO PASSED AWAY. IT WAS THE SAME CONDITIONS, SWELL DIRECTION AND ABOUT THE SIZE. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE THAT ANOTHER FRIEND HAD PASSED AWAY! THE AMAZING THING IS THAT HE WAS A VERY GOOD BIG WAVE SURFER AND WAS ONE OF THE BEST OUT AT TEAHUPO'O! HE SURFED WAVES THAT WERE A LOT BIGGER AND MORE DANGEROUS!

PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER MALIK AS A GREAT PERSON AND FULL OF ALOHA! WE ALL CAN LEARN FROM HIM! ALOHA
http://www.transworldsurf.com/surf/features/article/0,,1137572,00.htm

JOACO

TODAY IS MEMORIAL DAY AND I WANTED TO HONOR JOAQUIN VELILLA WHO PASSED AWAY SURFING THIS PAST SEASON ON THE NORTH SHORE. I SAW JOACO AT THE FACTORY RIGHT BEFORE HE WENT TO PIPELINE AND I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE BIG. THE NEXT MORNING I WENT TO SURF PIPELINE AND HIS CAR WAS STILL THERE AT EHUKAI PARKING LOT AND THOUGHT IT WAS STRANGE. WE SURFED AND WHEN I GOT IN TO THE OFFICE I HEARD THE NEWS! I WAS SHOCKED THAT HE WAS MISSING. THEY COULD NOT FIND HIM AND ASSUMED THAT HE DROWNED. THEY SEARCHED FOR HIM MANY DAYS AND EVENTUALLY CALLED IT OFF.

JOACO WAS AN EXCELLENT SHAPER AND GREAT PERSON. I REMEMBER TALKING TO HIM RIGHT WHEN CLARK FOAM SHUT IT'S DOORS AND I DID NOT HEAR ONE NEGATIVE WORD THAT HE SPOKE. HE WAS MORE EXCITED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT EPS AND HOW IT WORKED AND SHAPED. HE WAS VERY OPTIMISTIC AND POSITIVE ABOUT THE WHOLE THING. I BELIEVE THAT'S HOW HE LIVED HIS LIFE. I KNOW HE MISSED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

http://www.surfline.com/surfnews/article_bamp.cfm?id=6840

ESKIMO FOAM

TODAY WE RECEIVED A CONTAINER OF ESKIMO FOAM. HERE IS THE BOYS BUSTING THEIR BUTTOCKS UNLOADING THE FOAM. THE FOAM LOOKED GREAT AND WE ARE EXCITED TO TEST IT OUT! IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN ESKIMO FOAM YOU CAN CALL PROGRESSIVE SHAPES HAWAII AT 833-7276. CHRIS CAN HELP YOU WITH FOAM AND HE HAS A CUTTING SERVICE THERE ALSO. HE OWNS THE APS 3000 AND CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR CUTTING NEEDS TOO. THANKS BOYS!!!