and the WSL Taiwan Open World Longboard Champs in Taiwan Dec. 1-7. While the upcoming first-ever surf competition at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will be shortboard only, Hawaii longboarders will ...

File (June 12, 2024): The 2023 WSL Longboard Champion Kai Sallas (HAW) looked unstoppable at Ala Moana Bowls last year, ...

That’s the question reigning WSL Longboard World Champion Kai Sallas has had to answer, making boards for world number two and fellow Hawaiian ... for a 9’2” pin tail for the season opener ...

founded his own company — Lance Carson Surfboards, which specializes in pintail longboards. Fletcher started surfing when he was 10 years old. At age 15, he moved to Hawaii — where he was paid ...

His longboards encouraged a renaissance in surfing in the 1980s. Takayama, 68, died Monday from complications due to surgery, Hawaiian Pro Designs, the Oceanside surfboard-making company he ...

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Jud Lau ... who was riding her mother’s longboard through the crowded break. But before Gladden showed her daughter how to navigate this new surf spot, Gladden had to ...

Hawaii’s Honolua Blomfield claimed her third World Surf League World Longboard Title at the 2021 Jeep Malibu Classic presented by Havaianas. Blomfield, who won the Cuervo Surf Ranch Classic last ...

From fishing to canoeing, the ocean was the epicenter of ancient Hawaiian culture. The ancient surfboards of Hawaiian royalty, or alii, differed greatly from the 7-pound shortboards made of ...

4-inch vintage longboard design was created for prolonged and controlled nose riding, and featured distinct slots and a scoop in the tail section. Friday afternoon, prior to the close of the Surf ...

a throwback to the original wooden boards once made in Hawaii but built for modern performance. In May, he opened the Bizia Surf shop in Wahiawa, a town in central Oahu, offering longboard and ...