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NEWSLETTER MAY 2020 Surviving the Surf Shutdown How the Surf World Dealt Withthe COVID-19 Quarantine It has been a rough couple of months for the world, with COVID-19 infecting millions and effectively shutting down the economy. Andalthough our troubles might pale in comparison to those who have lost family members and friends to this pandemic, it’s been a prettyrough couple of months for the world’s surfers. Here in Hawaii we were allowed to surf throughthe quarantine, but in most areas of the world lineups have been empty, due to government bans on surfing. As you can imagine, people have been...

Summertime is here, which means sunny days, warm water, and south swells. Unfortunately, it’s also ants’ time! I hate these little pests, which always seem to descend on my house in mass whenever I drop a crumb on the ground or leave food out. But the other day, my wife turned me onto a new way to keep ants away: rubber bands! Apparently, during the monsoon season in Japan, ants can be a real problem. But as the monsoon season approached, her family would wrap rubber bands around the legs of chairs and tables—and just like that, their food would...

Taylor Jensen - TJ Pro Model in Thunderbolt Technology Taylor Jensen has won three longboard world championships, with back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012, and a third in 2017. Throughout his career, he has competed on his signature model, the TJ Pro shaped by Dan Mann, which is available in Firewire Timbertek, and will be available in Thunderbolt Black (carbon fiber) and Red (Xeon fiberglass) starting in April. To get us hyped up for the release of this high-performance longboard in Thunderbolt, we invited Taylor Jensen himself to come into the shop and talk us through the dimensions and design....

Harley Ingleby: A Journey Through Waves and Time Harley Ingleby, born in the serene coastal town of Coffs Harbour in 1983, has not just surfed waves; he has ridden a journey that many in the surfing world look up to. From his early days, under the watchful eye of his surf-enthusiast father, Mark Ingleby, Harley was destined to leave a mark in the world of longboarding. A Legacy Cemented in Championships Harley's foray into the world of competitive surfing saw him quickly ascend the ranks, with his unique ability to blend the agility of shortboarding with the grace of longboarding....

NEWSLETTER APRIL 2020   A Busy and Exciting Month at Hawaiian South Shore It has been a pretty exciting month here at Hawaiian South Shore, with a bunch of new arrivals, some celebrity visitors, and lots of stoked customers! The month started off with a big shipment of new Firewire models, including the most anticipated El Tomo and Sci-Fi 2.0. The staff here was super excited to get our hands on these boards, and so were the store regulars, who quickly came in to check out the new models. Right around when the boards were delivered, Chris Grow from Firewire...

A Busy and Exciting Month at Hawaiian South Shore It has been a pretty exciting month here at Hawaiian South Shore, with a bunch of new arrivals, some celebrity visitors, and lots of stoked customers! The month started off with a big shipment of new Firewire models, including the most anticipated El Tomo and Sci-Fi 2.0. The staff here was super excited to get our hands on these boards, and so were the store regulars, who quickly came in to check out the new models. Right around when the boards were delivered, Chris Grow from Firewire happened to be stopping...

Taylor Jensen’s TJ Pro Good surfers win the contest, but good boards help—and Taylor Jensen’s TJ Pro has helped him collect three longboard world titles. Designed with shaper Dan Mann, the TJ Pro is Taylor’s go-to competition board, and comes in a stock size of 9'0". Originally available in Firewire Timbertek, the TJ Pro will also be available in Thunderbolt Black (carbon fiber) and Thunderbolt Red (Xeon fiberglass) starting in April. The Thunderbolt Red provides a bit more flexibility and responsiveness, whereas the Thunderbolt Black is stiffer and provides more control in larger, more powerful waves. Regardless of the materials...

Know more about him and his Revolutionary fin! Who is Donald Takayama? The Surfing Legend Donald Takayama Hawaiian South Shore

How to Prepare for a Big Swell Matt Rott at Waimea By now you might have heard that the Eddie is on yellow alert, and that’s because the biggest swell in the past year is currently bearing down on Hawaii. Whether or not the Eddie ends up running, Monday and Tuesday promise to be exciting days in the water, with a 16 foot at 18 seconds swell filling in Monday night and peaking early Tuesday morning. Waimea should be 18- to 20-foot+, and the outer reefs even bigger—and as of now we have stellar ESE (offshore) winds forecasted for the...

The Sci-Fi 2.0 - A New Daniel “Tomo” Thomson Shape With Input From Shane and Jackson Dorian Now Available at Hawaiian South Shore Honolulu Surf Shop

Daniel “Tomo” Thompson’s Futuristic Quiver   Daniel “Tomo” Thompson has been one of the world’s best surfer/shapers for over a decade. Growing up near Byron Bay, Australia, with a shaper for a father, he has known George Greenough since before he could talk and started surfing the right-hand points of Lennox Head and Broken Head before he could walk. The influence of this childhood had a massive impact on Tomo, who quickly became a pro-level surfer, a skilled shaper, and an open-minded advocate of speed and hydrodynamics. After revolutionizing the fish design in the Australian points—both as a surfer and...

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Hawaiian South Shore March 2020 Newsletter is now out! Check the latest news on Surfing in Hawaii Island. Are you visiting Hawaii and want to have a surfboard? Visit our physical store at 320 Ward ave #112, Honolulu, HI, US, 96814. Hawaiian South Shore is a local surf shop in Hawaii since 1996. Mahalo!

The Halo Fin Advantage   While Donald Takayama’s contribution to surfing and surfboard design runs the gamut from longboards to short, and even includes a storied career as a professional competitor, perhaps his most futuristic and visionary invention is the Halo Fin.  Drawing on the theory behind the pivot fin, Takayama sought to create a fin system that allowed larger wave riding vehicles such as longboards, SUPs, and shorter hybrids to turn with ease and efficiency.   When he finally nailed the science and perfected the design, it was quintessential Takayama to give it the simplest name possible—Halo, which means “fin” in Hawaiian.   First of...

Hawaiian South Shore February 2020 Newsletter is now out! Check the latest news on Surfing in Hawaii Island. Are you visiting Hawaii and want to have a surfboard? Visit our physical store at 320 Ward ave #112, Honolulu, HI, US, 96814. Hawaiian South Shore is a local surf shop in Hawaii since 1996. Mahalo!

The Story Behind The El Tomo Fish

Hawaiian South Shore January 2020 Newsletter