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John Zaptocky, probably the oldest stand-up paddler on the planet, at 91, with two new knees and a new hip was our special guest at C4's Demo Day at Sand Island. Along with John, about 50 paddlers showed up and tried out our paddles and boards.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 08 February 2010 )
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The Ultimate Wave Tahiti - IMAX 3D |
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C4 team rider Raimana Van Bastolear stars alongside 9-time world champ Kelly Slater in the new IMAX 3D film The Ultimate Wave Tahiti. The world premier is in Los Angeles February 8th and also in Sydney Australia Feb. 18th.
See the ultimatewavetahiti.com website for dates and theatre locations near you.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 February 2010 )
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The Honolulu Advertiser Sunday Jan. 31, 2010 |
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From realization to visualization
Isle inventors like Todd Bradley face long, costly road to obtaining patents for their creations. By Rick Daysong
Todd Bradley spends so much of his free time working on new,
high-performance stand-up surfing paddles that friends have taken to
calling him "MacGyver."
Read the article online.
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The 3 x 3 meter square or 4 x 1.5 meter square sized rafts can be used for many things... anchor it as a raft... attach it to the back of your boat...or just rest on it on the beach. Built of military grade heavy duty vinyl the iMat comese complete with multiple stainless steel D-ring attachment points. The iMat is also finding other uses in the film industry and even in fitness training. Malika Dudley features a story on SUNRISE January 25th on KGMB9. Click here to buy an iMat now.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 January 2010 )
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RAIMANA VAN BASTOLAER JOINS THE C4 OHANA |
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Tahitian
waterman Raimana Van Bastolaer has been riding his original iconic red
C4 SUP board at the breaks around his home, including the infamous
Teahupoo, for three years.
While he has been offered many other
boards to ride he has remained loyal to the one that has got him in and
out of so many critical waves. You'll see it featured in the upcoming
IMAX movie ULTIMATE WAVE, directed my Stephen Low, where he shares
center stage alongside long time friend Kelly Slater.
Raimana
is often referred to as the unofficial Mayor of Tahiti, not for his
incredible talents in the water, but for his efforts in the local
community and his 'service with a smile' to the many pro events, movies
and visitors that visit his home every year.
C4
Waterman SUP shaper Dave Parmenter made Raimana that magic red board in
2007 with no strings attached. In 2010, Raimana officially joins the
inner core of C4 Waterman.
"First it's the people, then it's
the products that make C4 special to me," says Raimana on his decision
to team up with C4 on upcoming product design.
On the slate for 2010 is a 'Raimana World' pro model unlike anything on the market.
"My
model is going to be special, somewhere between the BK Pro and the
Sub-Vector. I trust Dave Parmenter to make the boards because he has
already made me the only board I trust at Teahupoo."
With a
mission to make the waterman lifestyle attainable for everyone, C4's
founders sees Raimana's inclusion in the team as another leap toward
achieving that goal.
"You have to remember that we are about
the Waterman's Lifestyle," says C4 Waterman CEO Todd Bradley. Brian
Keaulana adds "When you have a guy like Raimana, who has such good
energy, spirit, and has pushed the boundaries on what an SUP can do,
there is a wealth of knowledge to share. He has much to bring to
watermen and women of all abilities and we want to help him share that.
That is what C4 is all about. It's not about selling products as it is
promoting a lifestyle."
So what Does Raimana plan to do with that magic red board now that he will soon have his own pro model?
" I will always keep that board, but for now, the Red Board will be getting some much needed ding repair!"
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 January 2010 )
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The 2010 QUIKSILVER KU
IKAIKA CHALLENGE
Presented by C4 Waterman
Holding Period Begins Jan 15th; Invitees Announced
(Makaha, HI) - January 15, 2010 --- A record-setting winter of gigantic surf
continues in Hawaii, and Quiksilver is proud to announce the third annual
Quiksilver Ku Ikaika Challenge, presented by C4 Waterman. This event is an
invitational big-wave stand up paddle (SUP) surfing competition that will run
on one day between January 15 and February 28, 2010, when wave face heights
exceed 15 feet at Makaha Point, on the west shore of Oahu. "Ku Ikaika", a Hawaiian phrase
that means stand strong, was derived in reference to the sport of
stand up paddle surfing and to upholding a healthy and positive approach to
wave riding.
In a similar vein to the recent Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau
that ran on
December 8, 2009, the Quiksilver Ku Ikaika Challenge is a one-day
big-wave
invitational that features 30 of the sport's leading experts. The
inaugural event was staged on Valentine's Day in 2008, and was won
by well-known Hawaiian waterman Aaron Napoleon.
Above: Aaron Napoleon en-route to victory in the inaugural event in 2008.
Photo by Sarah Towner.
The 2010 list of invitees features a mix of legendary and rising SUP
proponents
that includes defending champion Napoleon, Jamie Mitchell (Australia),
Raimana Van Bastolaer (Tahiti), Ibon Amatriain (Euskadi), Robby
Naish (Hawaii), and Gerry Lopez (Hawaii).
The Ku Ikaika Challenge will offer a total prize purse of $10,000, with $3,000
going to the winner. The main
event will consist of 30 invited surfers plus six trialists. (Invitees listed
below.)
The concept for the event was developed by C4 Waterman co-founder Brian
Keaulana, who wanted to showcase SUP surfing at the historic venue of Makaha --
home of the very first international surfing event in 1963 -- while also giving
back to the local community. It was embraced as a natural fit for Quiksilver, a
brand built upon adventure, commitment, endurance and style - key components of
SUP surfing and the waterman's lifestyle.
Stand up paddle surfing first surfaced on the shores of Waikiki back in the
1940s and '50s. The original Waikiki Beachboys blended their favorite sports of
outrigger canoe paddling and surfing, utilizing a canoe paddle to both paddle
and surf while standing. It was an adaptation made for convenience as it
afforded the Beachboys a better view of the Waikiki surf lineup where they
assisted tourists in learning to surf and took their photos while doing so.
The sport has enjoyed an incredible global rebirth in recent years and has been
given a high-energy, modern-day spin: big-wave riding. Utilizing a paddle that
is today specifically designed for SUP, surfers maintain an upright position
while paddling out to the lineup, paddling into the waves, and then surfing
them to shore. The paddle is not only a tool for navigating the lineup, but is
also critically employed throughout the surfer's maneuvers on the wave.
For more information on the event and to see photos from last year's
competition, go to
About Quiksilver
Quiksilver is committed to providing tools for uncovering, expressing and
expanding your personal style. Our aim is to foster the sense of individual
expression and excitement - the stoke that is the essence of boardriding*.
We're also here to spread the word because the only thing better than
finding stoke is sharing it.
* Boardriding is about timing and style. It's youthful, active, casual, and
free flowing. There is no wrong way to ride a board. The goal is simply
to learn, progress, improve, and give it your own interpretation.
About C4 Waterman:
Through its founders, C4 Waterman brings together over 100 years of ocean
experience to create the C4 Waterman brand of wave-riding tools and equipment.
Sharing a passion for ocean sports, the drive to excel and a desire to share
the waterman's spirit, C4 Waterman's state-of-the-art paddles, stand-up boards,
paddleboards and accessories are the modern evolution of the ocean-based
lifestyle that originated in Hawaii.
INVITEES:
Aaron Napoleon (HAW)
Antoine Delpero (FRA)
Alex Salazar (BRZ)
Didier Tin Hing (TAH)
Archie Kalepa (HAW)
Bonga Perkins (HAW)
Brian Keaulana (HAW)
Chuck Patterson (USA)
Craig Davidson (HAW)
Dave Kalama (HAW)
Dave Parmenter (HAW)
Duane DeSoto (HAW)
Gerry Lopez (HAW)
Greg Carson (PR)
Greg Pavao (HAW)
Ikaika Kalama (HAW)
Ibon Amatriain (EUS)
James Watson (AUS)
Jamie Mitchell (AUS)
Kamu Auwae (HAW)
Kekoa Auwae (HAW)
Keone Keaulana (HAW)
Leleo Kinimaka (HAW)
Mel Puu (HAW)
Noland Martin (HAW)
Raimana Van Bastolaer (TAH)
Robby Naish (HAW)
Rusty Keaulana (HAW)
Titius Kinimaka (HAW)
Todd Bradley (HAW)
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 17 January 2010 )
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New C4 Pohaku SDK Soft Decks |
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 Samples of C4's new Pohaku SDK soft deck SUP boards at the Surf Expo tradeshow in Orlando, Jan. 14 to 16, are creating a buzz.
These boards have an Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate (ASA) skin on the bottom up to
the widest point of the rail. Deck and rail are glassed over. The soft deck eva, or Croc Skin, is vaccum bagged onto the deck. The boards are 32” wide with plenty of thickness throughout.
ASA
(short for Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate) is a copolymer based
material that has excellent properties for outdoor applications with
its remarkable resistance to prolonged exposure to sunlight, heat, rain
and common chemicals, and with its ideal mechanical properties: the
actylate elastomer has an excellent resistance to discoloration and
degradation from UV sunlight and as a laminate sheet, provides high
scratch and impact resistant protection.
We will have pricing available soon.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 14 January 2010 )
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Archie Kalepa, Dave Parmenter, Liam Wilmott, Charlie MaCarthur, Slater Trout, Noa Ginella, Greg Pavao, Tiare Lawrence, Brian Keaulana, Todd Bradley and crew head inter-island for an
SUP adventure. Liam said, "Riding on the downwind bumps, we had a killer time
friendly racing the vortice xp race boards and catching fish."
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 January 2010 )
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Mark Richards Video Testimonial Part 1 & 2 |
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Four-time world surfing champion Mark Richards praises C4 boards and Dave Parmenter's shaping in these two Youtube videos by Simon Dodd of C4 Waterman Australia.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 January 2010 )
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A couple bombs captured by photographer Vince Cavataio on the morning of January 11th. See if you can see the two wave sequence.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 11 January 2010 )
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