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New Products from C4 Waterman – Sub Vector 9’3″ SUP Board

By Clarise: Here’s a video of Dave Parmenter presenting the new C4 Waterman 9’3″ Sub Vector. The board was designed to be a no-fail board for intermediate surfers and above, starting around with a max range of around 240-250 lbs. It has a lot of very potent short board features: flat bottom, really hard crisp […]

C4 Waterman 9-9 Stand Up Paddle Surf Board

Here’s a short video of Dave Parmenter giving us the scoop on the new C4 9’9″ SUP board. Check it out. (click thumbnail to launch video)

C4 Waterman Sub Vector 9-3 SUP with Todd Bradley – Video

Here’s a video interview of Todd Bradley introducing the latest from C4 Waterman, the 9’3″ Sub – Vector, shaped by Dave Parmenter and Brian Kelana. Todd demos here their current short board offering for stand up paddle surfing which he said took most of its features from Dave’s original board design called “stub vector”. It’s […]

Dave Parmenter in UK News

Local surfers were left awestruck this week when Hawaiian surfing legend Dave Parmenter made a long-awaited return to the resort since 1980s. The pioneer waterman, who introduced stand up paddle boarding to the US, spent ten days in the resort paddle surfing some of the beaches he used to compete on during his long competitive […]

Sam Pa’e C4 Waterman Vortice SP

I saw Sam and his Vortice SP 14 footer at the Duke’s Race a while back.  Here he is to show us his creation that was shaped by Dave Parmenter and glassed by Sam Pa’e.

DVD Release: Stand Up Paddle Surfing, Volume 2

Stand Up Paddle Sessions at Outdoor Retailer

C4 Waterman Announces: “Learn to Stand Up Paddle” Sessions at Outdoor Retailer Salt Lake, UTAH (August 5, 2008) – Here’s a chance to learn Stand Up Paddle from three of the world’s premier watermen, from Hawaii. C4 Waterman founders Brian Keaulana and Todd Bradley, and noted shaper/surfer/journalist Dave Parmenter will be “on the water” tomorrow, […]

Circular Saw Meets Paddle – C4 Diamond E

Disclaimer: This is not a production C4 paddle. What happens when you mix a C4 paddle and a circular saw? You get the Diamond E model paddle – named by me. I have to say that I love this paddle for surfing. So far, it has the best ‘feel’ for me personally. This paddle has […]

Short Paddle Experiment

After seeing Blane out with his 48′ short paddle I decided to give it a try myself. I took out a 60″ C4 Waterman paddle that I have and decided to give the knee paddle method a try today. The conditions were windy, 10 to 20 mph and small waves but I need the exercise […]

C4 Guys Stand Up Paddle Surfing Big West Side

Check out this video of Todd Bradley, Brian Keaulana, Dave Parmenter and Tiare Lawrence surfing double and triple overhead waves. (click thumbnail to launch video)

C4 Waterman Vortice XP Karel Tresnak built carbon race stand up paddle board

Dave Parmenter’s brief run-down on the new C4 waterman VORTICE XP Karel-built Carbon race board: I took out the C4waterman VORTICE XP board, the CARBON 21-pounder. After paddling about 6 miles in light winds and flat small seas, I ended up with the following impressions:

Stand Up Paddle Surfers make a stand in Glenwood Canyon

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — Desiree Powell had never seen people surfing down the Colorado River. Not kayaks or rafts or boogie boards. Surfboards. She was at work, driving fish to Sylvan Lake for stocking when she spotted the four surfers somewhere not far east of the No Name tunnels.

The beginning of the stand up paddle surfing explosion

I asked Todd Bradley over at C4 Waterman for some pictures from when Dave Parmenter, Brian Keaulana and Todd were building the first stand up paddle surf boards.  (Picture from left: Todd Bradley, Mike Fox and Brian Keaulana)

Retail Stores

  www.BluePlanetSurf.com Our shop is also known as: “The surf store with sand on the floor”. We offer the complete Blue Planet clothing line as well as select products by other brands, including slippers, bathing suits, bags and lots of accessories, including one of the biggest selection of surf wax anywhere. Some of the brands […]

C4 Waterman team up with Tropicsurf

On a recent boat trip to a secluded corner of the Maldives world renowned watermen Brian Keaulana and Todd Bradley teamed up with Tropicsurf ‘s Ross Phillips to experiment with the latest developments in ocean technology. Their goal was to brainstorm future plans for a series of waterman courses in Australia in 2008. The Waterman […]