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SUP General / Re: Tomahawk Ad Banned From Standup Journal

« on: June 18, 2009, 07:03:43 AM »

I think i'd rather see a hot chick deftly weilding a sharp weapon while standing in front of a mackin' wave...

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SUP General / Re: Stoneaxe Surgery

« on: June 17, 2009, 07:28:11 PM »

Axe,
   Best wishes...
Did pray for you at the Nauset bowl today.....it was good....a good omen for you
see you soon!

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SUP General / Re: What is the strangest thing that has happened to you in the line up?

« on: June 15, 2009, 06:14:31 AM »

Axe,
   I think it's the season.....the fish are in, Sat nite in the fog, the seals were hitting schoolie bass basically under my board....glitter from scales everywhere, and not far off the beach.
   Plus, babies are on their way....
   There is a monster bull who hangs out at our  Sup-er bowl at Nauset.....he comes close, doesn't seem as friendly, and has zoomed me a few times....hope he doesn't think i'm his girlfriend!
 
   As far as re-bound, always worse closer to high tide....i don't find it as much fun as you unless it hollows out the drop, or makes a hop

   Lobsterman 2 years ago showed me an picture of an old one with a 50 caliber shell grown into his claw..

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SUP General / Re: What is the strangest thing that has happened to you in the line up?

« on: June 14, 2009, 06:28:07 PM »

Sam,
  on Cape Cod we see choke ducks in the fall just sitting in the waves.
Not outside, but in kai po'i   
alotta Buffleheads.... but saw a mallard too... thought he was gonna die on a head high day, just stroking for the shoulder, and he didn't make it......swear he went over the falls, but came up rosey....guess that's where duck diving comes from.

  we are in a migratory path, and i think they just rest in the waves as the safest place to be?
foxes/hawks get em on land, and who knows (....i don't want to) what eats em outside.

  As for seals, they're everywhere...they just stick their heads up like honu, but they stare at you, and somebody got me into the game of staring em down.....kind of gets weird for both of us after maybe 10 fifteen seconds...only problem is seals are good eating for the landlord....population soaring here, fishermen don't like too much either

  Best weird thing happened to me in the lineup was sitting outside with one big local boy...30 guys inside.....water boils next to us,  and somebody inside yells "FIN!" and the big guy next to me bails ....everybody inside sees the hawaiian guy leaving, and idiot haole staying so they all go bolt.  It was only manta rays making love or something, but i got 1/2 hour of solid solo time.  I was sure the brudda saw it was rays,  and i saw him a week later, asked him why he left.  It was his aumakua and he didn't want to mess.....i thanked him profusely!

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Gear Talk / Re: Most Versatile SUP Board For 2009 IMO

« on: June 14, 2009, 05:39:52 PM »

what kine idea?    GPS tracking so we can follow the travels of the 12 footers across the Pacific on individual wave rides?   man those things like to go!

Whats with the black hole sun?  i think it was in blanes vid too.... does the gopro block it or something?.....

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Gear Talk / Re: Cutting down a kialoa methane

« on: June 14, 2009, 05:29:13 PM »

the shaft extends thru the handle to the top glass (at top maybe 1/8 inch)
kailoa recommends cutting the shaft with tile saw not hacksaw to avoid splintering

i agree you can heat it, but shaft ring remaining in handle foam pretty thin, and you should be able to dig out and repoxy with filler

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Share the Stoke / Re: surf cams and you

« on: June 11, 2009, 12:37:23 PM »

And if you are lucky, might even get your picture taken
Hard to do, as only 1 picture/ minute
 

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Gear Talk / Re: Most Versatile SUP Board For 2009 IMO

« on: June 11, 2009, 09:20:10 AM »

Wow!  that was off the hook!.....love the exhausted splash right at the end.

Looks like the extra board keeps it fast and makes some serious connections.

I was guessing that you were close to our Marines....secrecy of course being in the national interest

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Gear Talk / Re: Windsurfing SUP; box install

« on: June 10, 2009, 08:54:29 AM »

oh yeah.....2-3 layers of glass over
wear a mask when sanding, and gloves with the poxy.....don't breat microballoons!
good luck, not hard

fiberglass supply  has boxes

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Gear Talk / Re: Windsurfing SUP; box install

« on: June 10, 2009, 08:50:20 AM »

I did it to a munoz 11 softop

Boardlady.com great resource

Similar box issue:
http://www.boardlady.com/jppowerbox.htm

Point is, build up the mastrack with divinycell  ( i used 1/2" all around)

tape over the track so you don't poxy it

then route to fit the bigger box....

bottom dept should be 1/8" shorter than the box so you can sand down
i used sharp chisel on the EPS to get the depth just right

then poxy in with plenty o microballoons.

if you dont reinforce with the divinycell, you'll rip the box right out

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Technique / Re: fastest way to catch a wave

« on: June 09, 2009, 12:35:09 PM »

guess its a style thing, right now, i just dont have the finess for a one paddle drop.........more practice!

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Technique / Re: fastest way to catch a wave

« on: June 09, 2009, 08:00:11 AM »

so, i've been trying a few things to get as tight to the pocket as possible.

 One is to come in under the peak, cause that lets me powerstroke frontside hard,
(switching for me goof to standard easy)....but that just seems like a lame excuse for my pivot turns which suck.

 It seems like you can pivot turn into a drop with one sweep if you time it right.

Preferences of the above and any tips appreciated

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SUP General / Re: What about the hate??

« on: June 09, 2009, 05:58:52 AM »

Thats why you're Pono Bill 

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SUP General / Re: FLASH: Big feature on sup in Time Magazine, features Blane also...

« on: June 09, 2009, 05:05:08 AM »

Blane, you  Paniolo?          

only way i can figure to get one Hawaiian Drawl

anyway, glad you got some credit       

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SUP General / Re: strangest thing in the lineup....

« on: June 07, 2009, 07:07:10 PM »

I know Daphne!  from when i was stationed down thata a way
you guys got hit pretty hard with Katrina sorry  Frank and Joyce had a trawler by that name.....blanking on their last name

no stranger to the Flor a Bama lounge myself....

should try feeding those  gators with a little bit a chicken on your $300 paddle