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A 73-year-old California man snorkeling off the coast of Maui was attacked Friday by an 8-foot-long shark.
The man was about 40 yards from shore when he suffered cuts to his calf, officials said.
Maui County Fire Department responded to Kaanapali Beach at approximately 7:45 a.m. local time following reports of an apparent shark attack near the Westin Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort. When personnel arrived, they found that the victim had made it to shore and was receiving first aid from the staff at the KOR, the fire separtment wrote in a Friday Facebook post.
Editor’s Note:
Welcome to our new series, Surf History 101, where we look at innovations in the world of surfing and beyond that changed the pursuit forever. In this edition, Sam George looks at the modern longboard and how it inspired the “fun revolution.”
What Is It?
The “modern longboard” is a popular design that approximates the length and templates of surfboards ridden in the early-to-late-1960s, yet has been modified for increased maneuverability through the incorporation of lightweight construction techniques, contemporary rocker and rail profiles and multiple fins.
Who Developed It?
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Within months after the first shots of 1967’s “Shortboard Revolution” were fired there was nothing more worthless than a nine-foot-plus “log”. Yet while the new mini-guns and tiny mind machines being ridden by 1970 were great for exploring crystal cathedrals at rarified test tracks like Pipeline, Lennox Heads, and Honolua Bay, experimentation with the sam
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Santa Barbara s Lakey Peterson and Ojai s Sage Erickson were both a part of history as they surfed in the very first Pipeline women’s contest. Both surfers were knocked out in the quarterfinals Peterson by a mere 3.07 points in a battle with Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia, and Erickson by Brazil s Tatiana Weston-Webb (Brazil).
Beyond the 805-area surfers, many of the pros in both the men s and women s contests were riding locally made Channel Islands surfboards or Pyzel Surfboards, shaped in Hawaii by Santa Barbara-born surfer Jon Pyzel.
Santa Barbara native Jon Pyzel moved to Oahu in 1992 and started Pyzel Surfboards in 1995. (Courtesy photo)
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Surf’s Up.
3. Azores based Nazaré charger Hugo Vau has taken a lower key approach to garage/HQ/base camp at the port, opting for an old shipping container and a rickety yellow camper van.
What classic surf vehicle serves as both Hugo’s accomo and kitchen?
a) Ford Transit
b) VW Transporter
c) one of those Lada truck thingies usualy found in carparks in the Algarve with the chimney pot, proprietor with one long dread and undone clompy leather boots, full quiver of juggling accoutrements.
d) Mercedes Vito
4. Maya Gabeira has paid her dues at Praia da Norte. In September 2020, she beat her own Guinness World Record for the biggest wave surfed by a woman (albeit in controversial circumstances). Earlier in the year,