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Stand-up paddling in midst of popular boom

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By Dayton Morinaga
Advertiser Staff Writer
A year ago, there were 40 entries in a stand-up paddle surfing contest at Kuhio Beach, and almost all of them were professional surfers or experienced watermen.
At this week’s C4 Waterman/Honolua Surf Stand-Up Paddle Surfing contest at Kuhio Beach, there were more than 80 entries, [...]

DVD Release: Stand Up Paddle Surfing, Volume 2

HONOLULU - (Wednesday, August 13, 2008) — C4 Waterman, Premiere Productions and Da Kine present part 2 in the action-packed “how to” instructional series from the shores of Hawaii: Stand Up Paddle Surfing, Hawaiian Style, Volume 2: Advanced Instruction, Travel, Action.
Get ready as the world’s top watermen take you step-by-step from basic wave riding techniques [...]

Stand Up Paddle Sessions at Outdoor Retailer

[ August 6, 2008; 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. August 7, 2008; 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. ]
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, August 6th, [...]

Downwinder Insights

I’ve been doing a lot of downwind runs in the past 3 weeks.  I just did the Hawaii Kai to Kaimana Beach (9 miles?) today.  I finally did it under 2 hours and maybe that’s because I didn’t sit down as much as I normally do.  Yes, I’m the lazy paddler and I realize that [...]

Hennessey’s International Paddleboard Championships Results

Hennessey’s International Paddleboard Championships
Saturday, July 19th, 2008

 
********** AWARDS LIST **************
Standup Stock Male All Ages
1   189 BRENDAN SHEA        1:10:02
2   137 MARK RAAPMORST      1:15:45
3   167 MIKE PIETECH        1:16:41
4   136 LIVIO MENELAU       1:23:00
5   185 KAINOA BEAUPRE      1:23:19
6    82 ERIC [...]

1st Annual Race For The Reef Paddling Fundraiser

C4 Waterman Field Report #0037
Where: Maunalua Bay, O’ahu
When: May 25th, 2008
What: 1st Annual Race For The Reef Paddling Fundraiser

The trade winds were light and the bumps hard to find, but after a long week of kona winds and vog, Sunday May 25th saw O`ahu paddlesports enthusiasts greeting the first returning puffs of the northeast tradewinds [...]

Hawaii Based Entrepeneur Purchases Boardworks

HONOLULU (May 12, 2008) — Mike Fox, one of the founders of Hawaii’s C4 Waterman, has announced the acquisition of Boardworks, a global surfboard distribution company located in Oceanside, California.
The business will remain in Oceanside and will be operated by Bob Rief. Rief’s career has included high-ranking positions with companies such as Nike, Reef, Sanuk, [...]

The C4 Waterman Vortice XP Is Now Available

C4 Waterman is proud to present the state-of-the-art Vortice XP stand-up paddleboard.

The hollow, carbon-fiber version of the groundbreaking Vortice board, the Vortice XP is made to be the fastest ’stock’ racing paddleboard available. Brian Keaulana, Todd Bradley, and Dave Parmenter collaborated over 4 years to bring this board into reality, and their decades of [...]

C4 Waterman Eleu

I was at C4 HQ a while back and got a first hand look at the new Eleu production paddle board. Todd said the Eleu has the most wins in races so far. This board is super light. It feels lighter than a 9’ longboard. Todd’s son Christian rode this on [...]