In old Hawaii the pleasurable and noble pursuit of ocean swell gliding on long olo boards was reserved for Royalty. It was the ultimate in surfing pleasure. After a life time of surfing shorter alaia boards the great Hawaiian athlete Duke Kahanamoku returned to olo board riding, and described riding Castle surf in Hawaii on an olo board as the greatest experience of his life, even greater than winning his Olympic gold medals in swimming. Roy Stewart of Power surfboards is dedicated to a new era of avant garde olo board riding, which he describes a uniquely luxurious experience. Riding a modern olo board like the 'Makaha' 12-9 is about pleasing the physical and emotional senses. It is both a calming meditation and a physical workout, it heals and nourishes the human psyche at the deepest and most subconscious levels while exercising both the mind and the physical bodily systems. It is a return to what Roy describes as 'Pure surfing' . Creating the Makaha model was an exercise in design purity. The harmonious pure surfing glide synergy of wave, surfboard and rider requires a ruthlessly efficient waveriding tool. With such a perfect vehicle one's natural bodily actions are all that is required for success, making the board easy to ride, a kindly guide to the beginner and yet eminently capable of taking the experienced surfer to wonderful new places.Beauty follows perfect form, thus the incredible 'art brut' visual quality of the Makaha with its enticing blend of luscious curves and starkly tangential military shapes is a natural result of achieving the design goal of gliding those waves further, faster, and with the greatest of ease !Empress wood is the surfboard material of choice, due to its high strength to weight ratio, its water resistance, flexibility, and its excellent acoustic properties which enhance the resonance of the hollow surfboard structure. It is curiously appropriate that a wood so beloved of Asian and European Royalty is ideal for the olo boards of the 'Sport of Kings' . Technically speaking the Power surfboards Makaha model is a hollow parallel profile torsion box constructed of over 400 individually crafted pieces of Empress wood engineered into a traditionally planked complex multi directional lattice of internal framing, creating a resonant pretensioned and subtly flexible hull which drives an integral low pressure annular wing enhanced fin system.Specifications:Length 12 feet 9 inchesWeight 30 to 35 poundsPrice includes a custom 'surf tubes' cargo series travel bag by Geoff Perry.
In old Hawaii the pleasurable and noble pursuit of ocean swell gliding on long olo boards was reserved for Royalty. It was the ultimate in surfing pleasure. After a life time of surfing shorter alaia boards the great Hawaiian athlete Duke Kahanamoku returned to olo board riding, and described riding Castle surf in Hawaii on an olo board as the greatest experience of his life, even greater than winning his Olympic gold medals in swimming. Roy Stewart of Power surfboards is dedicated to a new era of avant garde olo board riding, which he describes a uniquely luxurious experience. Riding a modern olo board like the 'Makaha' 12-9 is about pleasing the physical and emotional senses. It is both a calming meditation and a physical workout, it heals and nourishes the human psyche at the deepest and most subconscious levels while exercising both the mind and the physical bodily systems. It is a return to what Roy describes as 'Pure surfing' . Creating the Makaha model was an exercise in design purity. The harmonious pure surfing glide synergy of wave, surfboard and rider requires a ruthlessly efficient waveriding tool. With such a perfect vehicle one's natural bodily actions are all that is required for success, making the board easy to ride, a kindly guide to the beginner and yet eminently capable of taking the experienced surfer to wonderful new places.Beauty follows perfect form, thus the incredible 'art brut' visual quality of the Makaha with its enticing blend of luscious curves and starkly tangential military shapes is a natural result of achieving the design goal of gliding those waves further, faster, and with the greatest of ease !Empress wood is the surfboard material of choice, due to its high strength to weight ratio, its water resistance, flexibility, and its excellent acoustic properties which enhance the resonance of the hollow surfboard structure. It is curiously appropriate that a wood so beloved of Asian and European Royalty is ideal for the olo boards of the 'Sport of Kings' . Technically speaking the Power surfboards Makaha model is a hollow parallel profile torsion box constructed of over 400 individually crafted pieces of Empress wood engineered into a traditionally planked complex multi directional lattice of internal framing, creating a resonant pretensioned and subtly flexible hull which drives an integral low pressure annular wing enhanced fin system.Specifications:Length 12 feet 9 inchesWeight 30 to 35 poundsPrice includes a custom 'surf tubes' cargo series travel bag by Geoff Perry.
