No, you can try to learn on a smaller board.  But it will take much longer.  A length of the board equals glide and momentum.  The longer the glide the more time you have to get to your feet.  The more times you get to…

Waikiki is the perfect place to learn.  The waves are gentle, the bottom is mostly sand, and the crowd is friendly. The easiest way to learn to surf is to start on the biggest board possible.  We recommend getting a lesson for the first day. …

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…

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…

This was a custom board made for the Rell Sunn Foundation.

Mike Casey is proud to have just finished this 11’0 chambered, Balsa gun.  The darker wood is red wood and the fin is Koa.  This board has sold for $8000.

Otis is hamming it up for more instructional videos.  Grant from Fiberglass Hawaii has been filming every type of lamination.  Once they are edited down they will be posted on You Tube. Check out the tint lamination video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_73JZE1B730

This is a performance long board shaped from 1.5lb EPS.  The bottom is 6oz opaque lamination with a double 6oz  deck over bamboo veneer.  The gloss finish really makes the bamboo look good.  We were using this construction on kite boards and they held up…

This is a long board with 1.5lbs EPS core with a Bamboo deck.  The bottom is opaque red epoxy lamination and a silver pin line on the deck.  We can vacuum bag a Bamboo deck on a long board for $125 and $75 for a…