A Gift of Speed for Christmas; The Science of Paddling Faster
Everyone dreads getting caught inside. Increase stroke efficiency using Science/Physics Water is cohesive, it sticks to itself. Water...
Costco Wave Storm for Christmas, Flexible Soft Top Surfboard Performs Well in a Poke at Jaws, Not?
Nakoa Decoite rides a soft top at Jaws. Flexible rocker saves a poke. This is a good lesson in surfboard design. Flex displaces water....
An Epic Ride Viewed from Kai's Go Pro WSL Peahi Challenge/ The Bow Wave
Revisiting an epic ride. Kai Lenny and Ryan Hipwood take off together under the lip in the WSL Peahi Challenge Final, for an exciting...
The Final Poke Part V/Danger Lurks
A nose poke is very dangerous, a surfer is vulnerable to serious injury when he is catapulted down the face of a steep large wave. In...
Nose Poke Part IV/High Surf + High Nose Rocker = High Risk
The WSL Big Wave Tour Peahi Challenge featured innovative performances. In the final, Ryan Hipwood and Kai Lenny together, took off late...
Nose Poke Part III/Gravity Force
Surfing is a gravity sport similar to skate boarding, skiing and snowboarding. Surfing differs in that the mountain changes and moves. ...
The Nose Poke Part II
Let’s take a plunge down a very steep wave. As you struggle to keep the nose up, you lose control. The surfboard free falls to the...
Nose Poke
WSL Quiksilver Pro France What really happens in a nose poke? A nose poke is a shallow pearl dive. The nose or tip of the surfboard...
Duke Kahanamoku, Father of Surfing, Standup Paddling and Surfboard Design
The great Duke Kahanamoku spread surfing around the world, He also was an early stand up paddler with knowledge and wisdom of surfboard...
Extreme Nose Rocker
The Caballitos de Tatora is an ancient Peruvian fishing and surfing boat. The hull is constructed out of thousands reeds tied together. ...
