Tag Archive for 'vortice'

Downwind Insight 8-5-08

I was waiting for the south swell that didn’t show up today.  Since I’ve been having fun doing downwinders and making decent improvements my new personal rule of thumb is that if the waves are less than chest high and the wind is 10 mph+ then I’ll do my best to go on a downwinder.  [...]

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 [...]

Big Sur Run 11-Jun-08

Here’s an email from Ted of C4 Waterman on their Big Sur Run last 11-June-08. Looks like everyone had a good time.
Hello All,
Here is the preliminary debrief/after action report from the events of the 10/11 Jun 08; Dave is going to write a much more entertaining and articulate field report. Dave and I did not [...]

C4 Waterman Vortice XP Instructional Video

Check out the new instructional video on the C4 Vortice XP directly from C4 co-founder Todd Bradley.

(click thumbnail to launch video)

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 [...]

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 [...]