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Tropical Blends Newsletter 26 August 2008

Hello Everyone,
Hopefully those of you on Oahu got a chance to check out some of the action from this years Duke’s OceanFest that wrapped up this past Sunday. Competition took place for many of Duke Kahanamoku’s favorite water sports on the 118th anniversary of his birthday. The Great Hawaiian 105 KINE Luau went [...]

Tropical Blends Newsletter 31 July 2008

Hello Everyone,
Big thanks to Candice and friends, and everyone who participated in our demo day last Sunday. If you didn’t get a chance to try out a particular board or wasn’t able to make it, please contact us so we can set something up.

Melissa Chang of the Honolulu Advertiser was also present and did [...]

Tropical Blends Newsletter

Here’s the latest from Tropical Blends

Hello Everyone,
Clear skies and light winds seem to be sticking around for us here in Hawaii. The swell is already filling in on the south shore, but after watching the live webcast of the 2008 Billabong Pro, two foot town is a far cry from epic J-Bay. I’m [...]

Tropical Blends Newsletter

Here’s the latest from Tropical Blends

Hello Everyone,
Thanks for all of the replies regarding our trip and new blog section on our website. We’ll try to keep it fresh with new postings. That good run of swell seems to have passed us, so there should be some new stuff on there soon.
Tropical Blends Surf [...]

Q&A - Beginner Board Recommendations

Chris wrote:
Hi, I’m sorry to bother you, but would you be able to help recommend a good beginner board for me? I’m trying to start standup paddling, and I’ve been reading this website as well as other forums, etc. trying to find a good board.
Based on all the reviews you’ve done, I figured [...]

Tropical Blends Newsletter

Here’s the latest from Tropical Blends

Hello Everyone,
It’s been a few weeks since our last update, but we haven’t skipped a beat and are back in the groove of things. Hopefully you’ve all been able to catch some of these little pulses we’ve been getting from the south. I know not everyone is here in Hawaii [...]

DaKine SUP Board Bag

I bought a DaKine board bag for a friend for Christmas which turned out to be the best present he got last year. The bag was for a 9′ longboard but that gave me insight into the quality of these bags. For the first 3 months of 2008 we drove to the north [...]

icon for podpress  DaKine SUP Board Bag [2:25m]: Download
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DaKine Paddle Bag

I got my hands on 2 DaKine paddle bags for stand up paddles. I’m glad DaKine came out with a padded travel bag because it was pretty hard to find a travel bag that offered enough protection to go through the airline baggage process for my Maui trip to Pono Bill’s board test.

The padded [...]

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Tropical Blends Newsletter

Here’s the latest from Tropical Blends

Hello Everyone,
Although the waves have been less than stellar, we’ve been blessed with some pretty amazing weather this past week. People were still eager to get in the water and it was apparent every time I went down to Ala Moana Beach Park with customers for a quick [...]

Tropical Blends Newsletter

Here’s the latest from Tropical Blends

Hello Everyone,
It’s another week in paradise, only this week the waves are down in town. Pray for surf and bring out the SUPs once again.
NEW HAPPENINGS
We recently received samples of the new Mike Casey and Dennis Pang models being added to our fine line of SUPs. Come have a [...]

Tropical Blends on Outdoor America TV Show

Check out this video of Tropical Blends team rider Candice Appleby on Outdoor America TV Show.

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Tropical Blends Newsletter

Here is the first newsletter from Tropical Blends. You guys may want to sign up to get the latest info on their products, specials and discounts.

Hello Everyone,
Thanks for being so patient and signing up with us for email updates. Please bear with us as this is our first go at this, but I’m sure in [...]