How Social Media is Changing Surfings Sponsorship Chances
There’s no two ways about it but social media has clanged the shape (no pun) of how groms are getting sponsorships. Much like how one would send in a “reel” of a young football player to a university coach, YouTube has become the vehicle to…
NEW Dick Brewer Epoxy Surfboards
Dick Brew is a legend beyond reproach. Years of amazing shapes have come out of his shaping room and has forged how surfers perform to this day. HSF is stoked to announce an exclusive release of Dick Brewer Surfboards made from epoxy with a choice…
Pyzel and Chronic Ripping Into Summer 2014
So here it is – just a taste of what’s coming out of the Hawaii Surf Factory for summer 2014. Newest into the Hawaii Surf Factory mix are surfboards shaped by North Shore shaper Pyzel. Yep, Pyzel of John John Florence high flying and sic…
Team Chronic at the Longboards Championships in China!
Massive shout-out going to Rodrigo who got 2nd at the world champs and Keegan got 9th at the Riyue Bay ASP World Longboard Championships in China! All of us at The Hawaii Surf Factory and Chronic Surfboards are real stoked for the guy who were…
Australia’s Adam Melling Wins The Vans World Cup Of Surfing
Australian Adam Melling has won the Vans World Cup of Surfing, taking home $40,000 and re-qualifying himself for his spot on the ASP World Tour for 2013. Read below for the ASP press release: Australian Adam Melling, from Lennox Head NSW, has won the US$250,000…
Dave Parementer – “Don’t look for that slidey shit at Sunset.”
“Don’t look for that slidey shit at Sunset.” Commenting on the decidedly anorexic surfboards of the Momentum Generation, former professional surfer-turned-cultural critic Dave Parmenter denounced this new, gymnastic style of riding (tailslides, reversals, aerials) as foiling the ergonomic essentials of power, speed and flow —…
