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Something I have been noticing lately when talking to some of the talented surfers who come through the shop is the importance of the leading edge on fins. This is especially noticeable with twin fins, which often have a foiled outer face but a flat inner face, as this can create a very sharp leading edge. A great example is the Mark Richards twin fin. This is a good design for adding looseness to your turns, but if you want a fin that sits in the water better and holds through turns, providing more control during carves and power maneuvers,...

Your New Surfboard Delivered To Your Doorsteps Hawaiian South Shore is now offering door-to-door delivery on all OAHU area in 3 easy steps.   1.Order your surfboard online. 2. Choose DOOR-TO-DOOR OAHU on the shipping  3. Complete your order We will be in ouch to let you know when your board will arrive at your door.    

INTRODUCING ENDORFINS Kelly Slater has always been excited about board design and performance, and his signature fins have been a staple of the surf industry for over a decade. Slater’s K2.1 fin set the standard for maneuverable, high-performance, off-the-top surfing, while the K3 was slightly deeper and had less base, as well a smaller, more raked tip, which was ideal for line-up walls and big, arcing turns, such as what Slater does at spots like J-Bay.   Now Kelly Slater has combined the templates of the K2.1 and K3 to create the perfect all-round fin set that can be used on...

AUDREY HARRER Hawaiian South Shore Member of the Month When and why did you initially get into surfing? I have always loved the water.  As a child, pools and beaches were my playground. I was involved in all kinds of water sports and it wasn’t until my freshman year of college when I started really getting into surfing.  I played water polo in college at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and it was actually one of my best friends and teammate (Darcy Scott-Hosaka) and her mom that would take me surfing all the time.  Playing water polo made my...

Hawaiian Islands Surf Forecast From September 14th 2022   Enjoy this week's surf forecast for the Hawaiian Islands. Our surf forecaster Mark Sponsler discussed it in details. Watch the video below.  

...LOST GLYDRA New Surfboard 2022 - A glider-style, mid-length version of the Hydra …Lost’s Hydra is a wildly popular hybrid fish design surfboard, but if the recent trend toward longer surfboards tells us anything, it’s that the average surfer loves a mid-length. Thus, Matt Biolos figured he’d give us the best of both worlds by making a glider-style, mid-length version of the Hydra. More than simply a stretched-out version of the smaller fish design, the Glydra integrates a number of important changes that make it a legitimate design in and of itself. The snowboard-inspired, side-cut “Pelagic” rails are maintained, as is...

Throughout the summer, you may have noticed box jellyfish warnings for the beaches in Town. This is something that those of us who have lived on Oahu for years have become used to, but many of us don’t actually understand why these warnings exist or why there are times when there are more jellyfish in the water than others. Obviously, we know that the east side gets inundated with Portuguese man-o-war when the trades are strong, but why does the South Shore get hammered with box jellyfish? As it turns out, it all has to do with the moon phase....

It was a nonstop day of action at Lower Trestles today as the WSL sought to finish the Rip Curl World Surf League Finals before bad weather from Hurricane Kay impacts Southern California.   In a pair of marathon displays of athleticism, both Steph Gilmore and Italo Ferreira surfed their way from match one all the way to the final, contesting three heats each to earn the right to face off against top-seeded Carissa Moore and Felipe Toledo in a best-of-three showdown for the world championship. Gilmore beat Brisa Hennessey, Tatiana Weston-Webb and Johanne Defay on her way to the...

Photo Credit to WSL After nine months of waiting, the WSL World Championship event is finally here. The waiting period for the 10-person event (top five women and men) at Lower Trestles runs from September 8-16, and the event is already on yellow alert to run tomorrow, September 8 (the first day of the waiting period). With Hurricane Kay bearing down on California and likely to bring adverse wind, it is likely that the WSL will want to get the event done as soon as possible, so we expect it to run tomorrow. We have discussed the format for the...

Ben Skinner SKINDOG OVA Review    John got the 7'0" OVA and he uses a Harley Ingleby Quad on it and uses the board on the biggest swell we had this year. He is taking it to Queens, Canoes, Rockpiles and at Barber's Point.  Watch his review on how the board works for him 👇     Big Mahalo John for giving us a feedback on your board. See you in the water!

Hawaiian Islands Surf Forecast From September 2nd 2022   Enjoy this week's surf forecast for the Hawaiian Islands. Our surf forecaster Mark Sponsler discussed it in details. Watch the video now.   

Hawaiian South Shore Member of the Month - Kaleo Amadeo   When and why did you initially get into surfing? I was born and raised in Pa’ia on the island of Maui which is a beach town on the north shore side of Maui. My older brother surfed and my dad fished a lot . We lived about 5 minutes away from the beach so we played in the shore break and rode morey boogie body boards and then my older brother gave me his hand me downs from single fins to twin fins then thrusters. Did you have a...

"TJ PRO V" Surfboard Review by Ron Ron demoed the TJ PRO V Red and he took it out to POPs and the board was working like a charm. So loose and responsive, Ron couldn't believe it and is totally blown away!! Watch his review here 👇

The world tour is finally in Tahiti, and the final event of the season is ready to kick off at Teahupoo. Unfortunately, a lack of swell and weird local winds have resulted in a week of lay days, and it’s still uncertain when the event might start. There is swell today and tomorrow, but the wind looks weird, so we are currently on hold and awaiting the call. In the meantime, there are three new Kelly Slater Lost Tapes films to help satisfy our hunger for world tour action. In episode 8, Golden Opportunity, Slater travels with team USA to...

The WSL tour schedule ended this week, and the final event in Tahiti was exactly what you’d want for a season finale. After a long, frustrating week of lay days, Teahupoo turned on for the WSL on Thursday, providing flawless 5- to 8-foot reef pass slabs for the crew to go bonkers in. Between Kelly Slater’s run to the semifinals, Nathan Hedge’s return to form with a near-perfect airdrop to spit storm, the solidifying of the final five for the WSL Championship event, and Matthew McGillivray’s perfect 10 for an impossible drop to barrel, spectators were rewarded for their patience...

Episode #26: Hawaiian Islands Surf Forecast From August 19th! Out Now!!   I hope we will have a busy week. Enjoy!!    

Biography John John Florence, also known as "John John," is a professional surfer from Hawaii. He was born on October 18, 1992, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and was introduced to surfing by his mother, Alexandra, who is also a surfer. Florence started surfing when he was just three years old, and he caught his first wave on a bodyboard. Since then, he has become one of the most dominant surfers of his era, winning back-to-back world titles on the 2016 World Surf League and 2017 World Surf League Men's Championship. Early Life  John John Florence grew up on the North Shore...

Next-Generation Dominance With Dan Mann’s Dominator 2  SHOP NOW  Forget all the hippie hoopla about dancing with the waves—when you are out in the water on a shortboard, you want to dominate. You want to paddle with confidence, take waves from behind the peak, and tear the heck out of them all the way to the shoulder. That’s what Dan Mann designed his original Dominator shape for—and the new Dominator 2 is no different. It’s just better The original Dominator was an easy board for Dan to design—it virtually leapt out of his mind and onto the foam. It featured...

Made By Hawaiian South Shore   We surfers are often very protective of our surfboards—and for good reason! Not only are they a substantial financial investment, but they are also a very personal and prized possession. They each have personalities of their own, riding differently and thriving in different waves. And each surfboard has memories associated with them—session with friends, surf trips that we took them on, and specific waves that we rode on them that we will remember forever. For all of these reasons, it is important to treat our surfboards well—to wash them in freshwater after surf sessions, keep...