If you have ever thought that your surfing sessions and/or style could benefit from a cross-training regimen, then you more than likely have heard of the original Carveboard. To call this thing a skateboard would be an insult to both boards … so let us get the fact that this is NOT a skateboard out [...]
It is seldom that an American retires from business to enjoy his fortune in comfort. He works because he has always worked, and knows no other way. – Thomas Nichols
Surfing is very much like making love. It always feels good, no matter how many times you’ve done it. – by Paul Strauch … Leonard Lueras’ Surfing Hawaii
I pray to be like the ocean … with soft currents … maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows. – Drew Barrymore
On a good day, the surf break known as “cliffs” at Kuilei Beach Park is glassy, clean, and chest to head high. On a typical “Diamond Head” day, it is windy, choppy, and knee to hip high – but not crowded. Either way, it’s home, and it’s good to be home!
If you are not a [...]
Did someone teach you how to surf? If you are like me, my friends, and most surfers, then no one taught you how to surf. You may have paddled out with someone who knew how to surf, and they gave you a few pointers, but for the most part you figured it out on [...]
Location check? Australia. Surfing at Bondi Beach during this particular visit was a “hit or miss” situation. Maybe there are waves to ride, and then again maybe the wind decides it will create a mushy mix of the pitchy waves … resembling melting marshmallows oozing down towards the sand.
Perhaps the almighty sun will come out [...]
What is it about surfers? Relaxed, easy-going, they seem to be the epitome of “chill”. Although movies have streotyped surfers as lazy and as hapless potheads, the surfers of today are all but stereotypical. Look at today’s line-up and you will see doctors, lawyers, professionals, teachers … all kinds! The thing that makes them surfers [...]
You are sitting there minding your own business, merrily going about your daily routine. Your schedule is full, your dinner dates are all lined up, and your dance card is overflowing with too many activities as it is … and then, out of the blue, the surfing bug bites you right smack in your busy [...]
The 10 to 16 foot waves that pounded Maine’s coastline as a result of category 1 Hurricane Bill seemed to serve as a beacon to surfers from all over the Eastern seaboard. Although there were unfortunate casualties that resulted from nature’s romp through the east coast, it seems that the old addage that a silver [...]
