December 6-7 looks like a go for Mel Pu'u's Canoe Surfing and Stand-Up Surfing Championship at Makaha.Thisi s the fourth annual event and it dedicated to Brada Leighton Look, the Hui Lanikila steersman who recently passed away.

With a solid swell forecast, there may be as much carnage as last year...

Look for C4's Brian Keaulana, Todd Bradley, Dave Parmenter and a host of other watermen out there.

For contest information call (808) 478-9086.

by Shannon Chang

“The first time I surfed anywhere else but there [White Plains] was Makaha.  We rarely went into Waikiki so that was the next spot I surfed.  I can remember the first time going out there I probably was about 12 or so, a young kid, and I remember Buff coming down a wave and just taking his board as I was paddling out and turning it over in front of me and I was just like ‘Wow.’  It’s wild because he is one of the first great surfers I ever remembered.”  Little did Fox know that he would one day compete in Buffalo Keaulana’s surfing classic, and develop some life long friendships with Keaulana’s family and friends.

Mike Fox in Makai Magazine Nov. 2008

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This is a short narrative of a custom project that came from the imagination of Robert Martini. Robert is a Florida lifeguard, and had told his grandmother that he had wanted a tattoo of an octopus on his arm… His grandmother talked him out of the tattoo, or to at least wait...

This order from Robert for a Semi-custom polyester 10’ BK Pro Stand Up Paddleboard,( a Dave Parmenter/ Brian Keaulana design) that had an unusual request: “…is there any way that an Octopus could be on the bottom of the board with it’s tentacles wrapping around to the deck of this board?” The first thing that I thought of was the illustrated monsters that Melville would have used in some of his 19th Century sea tales. I commenced looking for a suitable kraken that had a fearsome enough demeanor that would have had Captain Nemo shaking in his jack boots. As Dr Evil implied that it should at least be “…ill tempered”.

Rico Leroy & Sarah and Jeremy Boisson fare well in France on C4 Waterman stand-up boards and paddles.

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Caehray Castle Gate: l-r Ted, Adam Zervas, Claudia and Dave, Tim Mellors
On the first of October C4 Team representatives, Dave and Claudia Parmenter and I manned up an American Airlines 777 bound for London Heathrow, intent on sussing out the SUP situation in England, and to visit C4 team rider Adam Zervas and his family in Newquay, Cornwall, the "Surf City" of the United Kingdom. Also during this trip we wanted to see our friends Tim Mellors, owner of the Longboard House and BSUPA's Matt Argyle. We have always had the highest respect for the great seafaring nature of the British people from Captain Cook to Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson on to the modern British watermen and women of today. As a former US Naval Officer, I was made well aware that our service in which I served was modeled after the Royal Navy. So, it was with these motivations that we embarked on this quest to the Old Country. Below on the map of Cornwall, England, yellow pins mark some of the points of interest.
 





 

 Men's Journal C4 C-Mac ATB

A great, short article by Greg Mebel featuring C4 team rider Charlie Macarthur and the new ATB.....

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Stand Up Paddle Surfing Hawaiian Style "How-To" Volume 1 Basic to Intermediate. Learn from Brian Keaulana,Todd Bradley and Dave Parmenter. Narration by Ivan Van Vuuren.

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1. Getting Started
2. Paddling
3. Wahine
4. Water Time
5. Surf Time 
6. Advanced