launch before Christmas, t shirts, stickers avaiable in Jan

look for some amazing photo’s and interesting podcast style profiles

go check the facebook page – Totem-Brand

there are waves about – get out there

This is GOLD – check the paipo hull bodyboard being shaped in the other vimeo clip. A lead into the new site I mentioned in the post below….

The paipo board is the most ancient of the Planing Totems. There are historic accounts of these boards being ridden prone and while kneeling from West Africa to Tahiti and of course Hawaii. The paipo’s main function was as a small board to swim and bodysurf with. In Hawaii the paipo was the first board kids rode when they began to surf. In Waikiki during the classic beach boy era from the 1920s through the 1960s paipo riding blossomed on plywood boards made from the surplus scrap wood of Honolulu’s 20th century construction boom. The Kuhio beach groin, known locally as “The Wall” became the epicenter of the paipo scene in the 1950s and 60s. Standing on a paipo was the considered the ultimate at the Wall, and Hawaiian surfers like Valentine Ching mastered the art of stand-up paipo in the fifties. From the Waikiki paipo school emerged some of the most influential surfers of the 20th century: Rabbit Kekai, Wally Froiseth, Donald Takayama, David Nuuhiwa, Reno Abellira, Eddie and Clyde Aikau, Jeff Ching, Buttons Kaluhiokalani, Larry Bertlemann, and many other Hawaiian surfers cut their teeth on paipo boards. This familiarity with short planing boards helped these surfers played a major role in the development of the surf/skate style that became prevalent in the 1970s.

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Stay tuned, more current SOLID SHOP news at their facebook Page

thanks

Dan

The water shot was Henny, this one is Blake Parker

Thanks to anyone who has shown interest and clicked on to see what was going on in Newcastle as far as bodyboarding goes.
Newcastle has such a strong scene with many passionate and dedicated people who manage to juggle life and bodyboarding no politics, no bullshit. Thanks also to Damo who has put in some fine work with his “Dope boys” series and various articles for the blog, he’s gonna be coming out with some amazing stuff in the future after finishing film school in Byron. Remember, it’s only bodyboarding…… but it’s amazing!

Out

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SOLID is at 180 pacific highway Charlestown.
ph: 40230090
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You can ride the forefront of board technology! Will Black, Newcastle legend, former HB pro and good friend of Mez, has been on these for a year and rates them. More info to come… Go check more details for now at Fluidzone

Click this link, you won’t be upset – bro’s in NZ doing it for the love

Mike Stewart – Arica Chilean Challenge 2011 from IBA on Vimeo.

Ewan Dannarchi writes this column thing for FLUIDZONE. http://www.fluidzone.com/news/1684-danarchist-dispatch-3

In it he supports Stewart being on the tour and talks about how others in bodyboarding have said Stewarts riding isn’t HI Fi enough etc etc. I kinda disagree, Stewart should be on tour not cause he is MIKE STEWART but because he rips and has amazing style and poise…. proof are these 8 or so clips of him in Arica this year…… lots guys out there doing flips and shit and bouncing all over the place, looking scared in barrels – get a grip fellas.