Showing posts with label Swaylocks Hawaii pipeline challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swaylocks Hawaii pipeline challenge. Show all posts
Donald Bunnell rides the Future Primitive 13 footer at Ali'i beach Haleiwa Oahu Hawaii
Here are Donald's comments. Donald is building a 13 foot Blake era wooden surfboard at present"I surfed the FP today at Ali'i beach, Haleiwa.It was awesome.I was apprehensive about the weight and narrowness in the tail, but as soon as she went in the water and I was paddling out I could feel the balance between the weight and amount of flotation.The waves were shoulder high and there was an adequate amount of power to let the board work.Turning was very easy, much to my surprise.In these days of potato chip pop outs, it is nice to feel the real soul of surfing.Mahalo Nui Loa !Donald "
The 13 footer pipeline challenge: an answer to Bill Thrailkill
Legendary surfboard shaper Bill Thrailkill has been following the 13 footer Hawaii project with interest since the beginning. Bill made this comment on Swaylocks regarding the criteria for success at pipeline:" So, there will some challenge involved. Survival, is not the goal, but the superior performance, that was touted. Absent superior performance, it's a failure, IMO."My response:Hi Bill,I just wanted to remind you of what I said in the beginning : that the board will be an exceptionally good longboard for pipeline.. . . . I did not mention the word 'performance' which in surfing is an emotive term and implies more than just riding the wave successfully, it tends to imply shortboard trick surfing. Riding the wave successfully is all the claim is about and is all my surfboards have ever been about.. . .. no tricks, just survive and make the wave as easily and as often as possible. Keep in mind also please that we are specifically comparing this board to other longboards.So what constitutes "an exceptional longboard for pipeline ? My opinion has always been that it is such if at least one pipeline expert says that it is after riding pipeline on it. Exceptional means that the board is better than most, and allows that other board designs can also be exceptional . . .. it means "one of the best"Just wanted to make it clear. . . it IS about survival, something that the Jim Phillips wooden hotcurl board was not so good at. Regards,Roy
Surftech manager threatens to sabotage the Hawaii Challenge board with a chainsaw, then says that he was joking weeks later !
******************************** Update 3rd November 2008:OK SWAYLOCKIANS so OTAY says that he was joking, thankyou for that message Sir O.The board is packed up, and is ready and waiting to be shipped, so it's just a matter of the necessary freight money. Anyone willing to shell out to see the great event should check in with the NZ crew at http://www.snow.co.nz/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=8 ( either Beano, Spud, FatherTed, Hunty or TheRealGroovn will know how to proceed. I'm not collecting funds myself although there is still $100 in the fund from previous donations.The estimate from Air New Zealand to get the board from Auckland Airport to Honolulu is NZ$670, plus freight to Auckland the total cost will be approximately NZ$800ThaR she blows ! 
PS Thankyou to OTAY for his offer to buy the board for US$2000 plus freight, but we are unable to accept.*****************************************************************************This statement was posted today on Swaylock's surfboard design forum by 'OTAY' who is known to be a surftech manager : "in memory of the Kauai activists keeping the super ferry off their island I wanted to do the same on Oahu by keeping imported super large vessels off Oahu. Word on the street is Roy's board is arriving on pier 17, so lets meet there with our signs and chain saws to stop the imported large vessel influx in America. Help keep our surf breaks safe and say no to royboard."Here's a screenshot of the post to prove it:
We are taking this threat seriously. It is clear that some members of the USA surf industry feel that their business and mana is threatened by the arrival of the radical 13 foot 'Future Primitive' surfboard in Hawaii.The bottom line is that in spite of the fact that they constantly publish statements saying that the board won't work in Hawaii, they know in their bones that it is a truly exceptional and revolutioanry longboard, and it will take the wind out of their sails if it gets loose on the North Shore this winter. This threatens them, and they don't like it. Sabotaging the board would be easy to achieve and is par for the course for unscrupulous and demonic toads of big industry
PS Thankyou to OTAY for his offer to buy the board for US$2000 plus freight, but we are unable to accept.*****************************************************************************This statement was posted today on Swaylock's surfboard design forum by 'OTAY' who is known to be a surftech manager : "in memory of the Kauai activists keeping the super ferry off their island I wanted to do the same on Oahu by keeping imported super large vessels off Oahu. Word on the street is Roy's board is arriving on pier 17, so lets meet there with our signs and chain saws to stop the imported large vessel influx in America. Help keep our surf breaks safe and say no to royboard."Here's a screenshot of the post to prove it:
We are taking this threat seriously. It is clear that some members of the USA surf industry feel that their business and mana is threatened by the arrival of the radical 13 foot 'Future Primitive' surfboard in Hawaii.The bottom line is that in spite of the fact that they constantly publish statements saying that the board won't work in Hawaii, they know in their bones that it is a truly exceptional and revolutioanry longboard, and it will take the wind out of their sails if it gets loose on the North Shore this winter. This threatens them, and they don't like it. Sabotaging the board would be easy to achieve and is par for the course for unscrupulous and demonic toads of big industry
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