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(extreme surfing)
After paddling into the wave, then slipping his
oars,
this goofy-foot steersman casually conrols the direction of his
craft with body english.
Photo : John E. Wall.
SURFER Magazine
Volume 18 Number 4 November 1977 page 127
Look closely at David Nuuhiwa's
speed crouch, then look underneath.
That's right, he is in perfect trim with
his surfboard upside down.
Fin up, no wax, reverse rocker : Silly?
Definitely. Dangerous? Could be. Easy? No way.
Attention thrillseekers: Nuuhiwa is a trained,
professional surfer:
Please don't attempt this at your home
break.
Photo: LeRoy Grannis.
SURFER magazine
Volume 30 Number 10 page 34.
Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Boat : Cabbage Tree
1,
Captain : John Windshuttle
Fairy Bower, 27th March, 1966.
Brawley,
page 148.
The boat was destroyed two waves later,
and an inquiry was held by the club into the actions of the crew.
"Shooting the 'Bowl' at Makaha required
that the alma (outrigger) be specially rigged on the right side."
Makaha, circa 1976.
Photograph : Tommy Holmes' collection.
Image and caption : Holmes,
page 108.
"In the aftermath of
a wipeout, an empty 30-foot canoe stands on one end of a Castles wave."
Waikiki, circa 1978.
Photograph : Jim Pate
Image and caption : Holmes,
page 108.
Plywood surfing, Barbados,
circa 1988.
No quite a barn door, but close.
Photograph by Dave DiGirolamo
SURFER magazine
Volume 29 Number 12 page 113.
extreme surfboard
designs
Nat Young’s “Nautilas / Cuttlefish
/ Folly”
8 ft 6”
With Greenough spoon like nose, foam centre
and flex tail, manufactured at
Gordon
Woods Surfboards 1965.
The board is part of the Scott
Dillon Museum.
Extensive warping of the nose section,
the board is in otherwise original condition.
Photograph by Alby Falzon.
Reprinted in Carter1968
#117
Motor
Powered Surfboards
Surf Scooter, Bondi Beach, circa 1935.
Margan
and Finney, Page 159
Surf Scooter in action, Bondi Beach, circa 1935.
Margan
and Finney, Page 158.
Motorized board with its inventor.
That's right folks, the $2,000 surfboard; a 10'6': fifty-pound behemoth
propelled by two expensive nicad batteries.
Neil Townsend, the creator of Aqua Jet honeycomb surfboards,
developed the board for his personal use, because a permanent heart condition
would have otherwise entirely ended the 63-year-old Townsend's surfing.
Neil has ridden the board in surf up to ten feet in California
and Hawaii.
Powered by a propeller, the board is activateded when the rider
lays on the controf pad, and stops when he stands up.
The board moves forward as fast as a strong paddler can paddle
an equivalent-sized board.
At present, the impact of this design is of little consequence
on surfing, but as Neil points out; the power cells being developed are
lighter, more powerful and cheaper than the ones he is using. In ten years,
his extensive research may payoff for you or me.
And who's to say -one day we may see powered boards at Sunset
or Waimea Bay flying through impossible sections on those big, unsurfable
offshore days.
SURFER magazine
Volume 22 Number 3 page 58.
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