Tag Archive for 'glassy'

The 2016 Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge – Recap by Connor Baxter

Connor Sweeps The 2016 Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge The 2016 Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge was a huge event with heavy competition. It was the largest contingent of elite competitors getting together at one event for this entire year – in both the men’s and women’s fleet.

Surfing Diamond Head Oahu Hawaii In The Winter

We got an out of season hurricane that sent some waves to Oahu’s south shore. We’re used to the north shore pumping out huge waves in the winter but the south is normally small. Add in the light winds and we had glassy conditions. The surf was consistent and even with a large crowd there […]

Magical second day of action as we now prepare for the ultimate finale in epic surf

Epic action on day 2 of action at the 2014 Location X in Morocco, as the swell delivers The swell delivered on cue yesterday for an epic day of action here in Morocco for day 2 of the Location X Main event.

Connor Wins Gorge Event – Clean Sweep!

Connor Wins the Gorge Event – Clean Sweep! RECAP BY CONNOR: The 2014 Columbia Gorge Paddle Challenge was an epic event. It was an action-packed two day weekend with three races. Day one started with the flat water technical course race. It was about 5 miles – 5 lap course with a lot of buoy […]

Surftech Jay Race Hits the Water in One Month

Surftech Jay Race Expects Record Number of Entries With the 13th Annual Surftech Jay Race set to hit the water in just one month, excitement is building for one of the best paddleboard races of the season. Competitors from all over California and as far away as Hawaii and Australia are in the midst of […]

Blue Planet Surf Fun Stick SUP Board Review

This is written by Darin Leong (http://www.hawaiiguitar.com/), my brother and a local attorney in Hawaii. I’ve been giving the Blue Planet Surf Fun Stick a try for the past few days. Stable, surfs well, glides, and makes for a great “if-you-could-only-have-one-SUP” board. I’ve posted a few pics and a GoPro vid, so feel free to […]

Zane Schweitzer secures an emotional win at the Hawaii Island Finals

Tuesday 29 November Zane Schweitzer secures an emotional wind on Big Island After a great year of competition, 18 year old Zane Schweitzer charges his way through to the Final and puts on a dominant performance to secure an emotional win at the Hawaii Island Finals.

The Big Island turns on for the Main event of the Hawaii Island Finals

Tuesday 29 November Honoli’i provides the goods for an epic final showdown The day dawned glassy, with clean 4 – 5ft surf at Honoli’i providing ideal conditions for start of the prestigious Main event of the Hawaii Island Finals. With 32 of the very best athletes in the world now battling it out for the […]

SUP at Puena Point with Kekoa

This is a session that I went to a while back with Kekoa at Puena Point. It’s supposed to be huge, about 12’-18’ Hawaiian scale but then it turned out to be 3’-5’ Hawaiian scale. I guess it picked up that afternoon but at that time that we were there, the conditions were really nice: […]