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The Museum of British Surfing has asked me to make a board for them that commemorates that day, so here is a picture of the first coat of oil on the board. I used an actual photograph of the Prince riding a wave in Waikiki, and with some computer art tools, placed him on a very nice Queen's surf grinder!<br />
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I tried to make it exciting for his highness to let him be on his own "Wave of the Day!". The client plans to use this board in some of its events at the beach, letting the people try their luck at historical surfing first hand. I hope that Prince William will get a chance to ride it too, wouldn't that be so cool?<br />
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I am so proud to help continue to spread Hawaii's Aloha the way Duke did, in making surfboards and letting people ride them.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201931532771349104.post-1964200827456688402011-03-07T20:56:00.000-08:002011-09-26T18:05:31.905-07:00Found: Koa Hot Curl, Owner please claim!Some strange sounds were heard in the Koa Forest. Sounded like woodwork, sawing back and forth, tapping, crackling, chipping, scratching, a sandy sound, then little running footsteps, giggling. High pitched! Menehunes were heard in the forest today.<br />
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Leaning against a great tree was a ten foot long koa surfboard! The proud Hawaiian Alaia, no, a Hot Curl!<br />
Who made it? Who owns it? There is no name, no decal, just the shape of something that goes fast! It looks brave, daring, like it wants to challenge a power much greater than itself.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Who will take this board, born from the high valleys above Waimea Bay, down to the sea, and out to surf?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Here is a link to some of the boards I make http://myfirstsurfboard.com/myfirstsurfboard/petroglyph-surfboards<br />
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Aloha,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201931532771349104.post-57513473674375047312010-08-02T16:22:00.000-07:002011-09-26T18:09:56.384-07:00New Alaia movies and a new baby Honu (seaturtle alaia) is born for the North Atlantic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHfD3xMP0bczGKdcWzOMSFw1jzYJlyl6X3e7F5QjldvPZPlDA4g6qAGVZlXQDxeIw116reua5YixoCBmECIGA1pOuwwqD-lU69WzFgZmG9aLUjSRH07cxTxB7s25CtYIPlpK97Okl-WQ/s1600/Alaia+ad+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="400px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHfD3xMP0bczGKdcWzOMSFw1jzYJlyl6X3e7F5QjldvPZPlDA4g6qAGVZlXQDxeIw116reua5YixoCBmECIGA1pOuwwqD-lU69WzFgZmG9aLUjSRH07cxTxB7s25CtYIPlpK97Okl-WQ/s400/Alaia+ad+detail.jpg" width="300px" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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First primary Tung Oil coat soaking in. The final coats will have a high gloss finish.</td></tr>
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Interested in surfboard making? Me too! Call me and let's talk! Greg 407-222-9944Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201931532771349104.post-68362357746903984262010-06-10T04:51:00.000-07:002010-09-16T11:29:42.385-07:00Another Hot Curl Surfboard is born!<div style="text-align: left;">Here are some pictures of Richard's Hot Curl I finished and delivered last week! It is 8'4" long x 20". It weighs about 70 pounds...</div>I have a beautiful Koa Wood Plank that is 13'long and am going to make a big Duke Alaia out of it. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIMEXGXO_eqBKCVhb23Y1z8zz4QPcgc36Pxyn0FQa0daRTn5lT2MQsZyFVZYQXDum9V1ReuUaZWzHckwdvkhfPMXOczNC0nyZgneqGq1nMk4aapFmdvW9w8Vo9h3GnEGdOrT3HJceyxs/s1600/BLACK+HOT+CURL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIMEXGXO_eqBKCVhb23Y1z8zz4QPcgc36Pxyn0FQa0daRTn5lT2MQsZyFVZYQXDum9V1ReuUaZWzHckwdvkhfPMXOczNC0nyZgneqGq1nMk4aapFmdvW9w8Vo9h3GnEGdOrT3HJceyxs/s400/BLACK+HOT+CURL.jpg" width="300" /></a><br />
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Come visit me and see some of these surfboards for youself at the Boards and Waves expo in Cocoa Beach in April. <a href="http://www.boardsandwaves.com/boards-and-waves/exhibitor-info.html">http://www.boardsandwaves.com/boards-and-waves/exhibitor-info.html</a><br />
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Here is an amazing video of going out into the jungle to find the "WILD BOARDS" growing on the the surfboard tree.<br />
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I am hoping the waves get EPIC for the Quicksilver Eddie Aikau memorial, which you can watch the happenings here <a href="http://live.quiksilver.com/2009/eddie/">http://live.quiksilver.com/2009/eddie/</a> Won't it be interesting if a competitor chooses to use this 10'3" Alaia Waimea Bay Gun I created? The ultimate choice for a true champion to show the most respect to the Hawaiians who have come and gone. Will one step up to the challange?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201931532771349104.post-91142279215521523372009-11-23T04:03:00.000-08:002010-09-16T11:24:14.756-07:00RED DOG ALAIAHere is a new 8' solid Koa Alaia I made. This board is a replica of Princess Kaiulani's surfboard from the very late 1800's, now contained in the archaive of the Bishop Museum. . It is shaped from a solid piece of Koa Wood that was harvested from the slopes of Mt. Haleakula on Maui in 1893. The tree came from the mountain named "the house of the Sun" in Hawaiian, and I think it is highly appropriate that this wood now relives as a surfboard in the "Sunshine State".<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;">Enjoy this beautiful movie from George Greenough</span></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201931532771349104.post-87968371043103419092009-10-17T15:26:00.000-07:002011-09-26T18:14:28.778-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSIjibEf86-v1aA973fCSAwUUvz4wCe7TYkWDCmtcI9fMdva3RyGmuF9IzdMIZqEcoIApJ34jrvtClHrTGojpZfhkmYMPihlV1ZLINaqzh20bKZ-77awxJq1YEocxhV3cs5ivr8_-zfA/s1600-h/Jon+Jon%27s+Duke++with+first+oil+applied.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSIjibEf86-v1aA973fCSAwUUvz4wCe7TYkWDCmtcI9fMdva3RyGmuF9IzdMIZqEcoIApJ34jrvtClHrTGojpZfhkmYMPihlV1ZLINaqzh20bKZ-77awxJq1YEocxhV3cs5ivr8_-zfA/s320/Jon+Jon%27s+Duke++with+first+oil+applied.jpg" vr="true" /></a></div> DUKE KAHANMOKU replica surfboards for the Bluebirds are the huge waves within outside sets of Cannons Surf in Waikiki, which can reach 20'+ on occasion.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201931532771349104.post-49912998751958051702009-10-05T19:48:00.000-07:002011-09-26T18:15:21.054-07:00BEACH BASHIn celebration of the DUKE I am posting this picture of my beautiful model Zetta with my board.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeILGOaf9Ykhhkw9b-Lrb8IR1LVGTct3fXxpoY0j5THRtwPHMcChyA7muLQ00_qON57VcqG3AoG4AkECb-e3iLOM-ZwJcGWCSlBEI2Y2fSALCJAl3n3jTmmkOfPY_T4XYrDqh1_MXG9Y/s1600-h/BEACH+BASH+2009+053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img $r="true" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeILGOaf9Ykhhkw9b-Lrb8IR1LVGTct3fXxpoY0j5THRtwPHMcChyA7muLQ00_qON57VcqG3AoG4AkECb-e3iLOM-ZwJcGWCSlBEI2Y2fSALCJAl3n3jTmmkOfPY_T4XYrDqh1_MXG9Y/s400/BEACH+BASH+2009+053.jpg" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201931532771349104.post-83272355767823538182009-05-10T18:34:00.000-07:002011-09-26T18:16:23.291-07:00A NEW ALAIA IS BORN! ALOHA KEIKI HONU!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFd8Zma0MRZRhvj21CR7jYgPdn8l4qkYsj2bzPPguZ5cwqSkpV_nf2ZmuM9FPL6yMSJQwcEXYArxBjdQUtr2TsP9rTy6-hmgtWwRQuVYhMqysh7i_xA2Vq64J_Hm9TZJDb86qS-mNsTm8/s1600-h/Dave+Mowry+Alaia+1st+oilcoat+017.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350318003110453026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFd8Zma0MRZRhvj21CR7jYgPdn8l4qkYsj2bzPPguZ5cwqSkpV_nf2ZmuM9FPL6yMSJQwcEXYArxBjdQUtr2TsP9rTy6-hmgtWwRQuVYhMqysh7i_xA2Vq64J_Hm9TZJDb86qS-mNsTm8/s320/Dave+Mowry+Alaia+1st+oilcoat+017.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></a><br />
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<div>This new Alaia surfboard is 6'9 x 17.75" wide.</div><br />
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<center><big><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><strong>"Honu", the Sea Turtle, Petroglyph Surfboard</strong></span></big></center><center><big><strong><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"></span></strong></big> </center><br />
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<div>Here is a view of the Bottom showing a 3/8" deep concave that starts about 12" from the nose end and runs throughout the planshape to the tail. Since the board has a convex shape on the deck, its net thickness is really averaging about 1/2 to 5/8" thick. This makes it flex under compression in turns, and a strong snap back to shape, giving you a surprising thrust out of the turn.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSW8Jv9HX7pTVhuPmqtSYxPesxFoRlh1H4dVL8aMTMzn2OlXUif2bNCqYe6mHmDUPZYc8Rg8CaTgtJunonQP-6vrReEgJahh63Jt3ePKSD_tkgofqqybmZrbwBIlIbFvCGS0lcDTpwbw/s1600-h/sunset_1927+JULY+COVER_web.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318806895197784658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSW8Jv9HX7pTVhuPmqtSYxPesxFoRlh1H4dVL8aMTMzn2OlXUif2bNCqYe6mHmDUPZYc8Rg8CaTgtJunonQP-6vrReEgJahh63Jt3ePKSD_tkgofqqybmZrbwBIlIbFvCGS0lcDTpwbw/s320/sunset_1927+JULY+COVER_web.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 234px;" /></a>Sunset Magazine, July 1927, with modern bathing beauty riding an Alaia surfboard in Waikiki.</div><br />
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</div><div>Here is the first replica I made of the Ancient Hawaiian surfboard called an ALA'IA. This was created from a tracing of the template I got from the Bishop Museum in Honolulu in 1980. This one is based on Princess Ka'iulani's board of 1888. It is 7'-6" Long and about 18" wide x 3/4" thk. It has no fin, so it has very fun slide at will character. Being much faster than a modern board, due to a very low drag factor, my appreciation for the Hawaiians who invented surfing has grown beyond measure. I love riding inside the tube, a very temporary space on Earth, each one usually very private, relatively shortlived, and a place where no man has been before, and no man will be after.</div><br />
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<div>I recently been extremely lucky to have found numerous ancient Koa Wood Slabs, Planks, and lumber that was collected from the Hawaiian islands prior to the turn of the twentith century. </div><div></div><br />
<div>Please contact me if you are interested in surfboard making! I enjoy this hobby and look forward to seeing the boards you make!</div><div></div><br />
<div>Greg Hall</div><br />
<div>Sunset Beach, Hawaii</div><br />
<div>New Smyrna Beach, Florida</div><br />
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<strong>© 2009 </strong> GREGORY HALL ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201931532771349104.post-90411769181752147022009-03-20T20:05:00.001-07:002011-09-26T18:19:36.995-07:00WELCOME TO WAVERIDER<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZnpXtMQsGh9LxEbs2nrdDmc2VJVRvVfzIGmVMT0Sk3v2tQq5ydxlSbbq5UnJmdGluT3ccmqwz8yvENotOh7lJnVuQaNvaj1pHJLrXSSMylZboQCnQ3rbXIK5fzkhWOp_VF4ktrgQQ4Q/s1600-h/JETBOLT_SPRING_"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315473427636036274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZnpXtMQsGh9LxEbs2nrdDmc2VJVRvVfzIGmVMT0Sk3v2tQq5ydxlSbbq5UnJmdGluT3ccmqwz8yvENotOh7lJnVuQaNvaj1pHJLrXSSMylZboQCnQ3rbXIK5fzkhWOp_VF4ktrgQQ4Q/s320/JETBOLT_SPRING_" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><strong>Greg Hall ripping... </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><strong>the endless bottom turn </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><strong>on his vintage Surf Bolt 2cyl. Jetboard! </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><strong>35 mph, 50 mile range, </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"><strong>no need tow or paddle!</strong></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 180%;"><strong>Howzit Surfers!</strong> </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1