paddlelight

Simple modification of a powerful & cheap waterproof LED flashlight to this prototype GSI paddle provided great visual floodlighting for night-surfing & insured the paddle would not be lost if we somehow became separated... the flashlight is very light, so it barely effected the swingweight of the paddle!

Night surfing

There were three of us on SUPs & one prone surfer... I had a red/green bow light (that's made for a zodiac) & a white stern LED light that I epoxied onto the tail of the board + a waterproof flashlight on my paddle & a glowstick around theneck... the other guys all had glowsticks too, so we wouldn't hit each other! We also tied a glowstick to a string & anchored it to a rock... sunk it near the take off spot. So disorienting riding in moonlight! Craig broke his leash on a big set & had to swim in with his paddle... then lost all four fins & a massive ding on his rail/bottom... he made it to the beach & returned to the fire to polish off a bottle of wine!?! Super fun night on the water!!!

gliding loveseat testride

This is a swinging sustainable mixed-species hardwood hemp suspended multipositionable loveseat for 2 adults or 3 kids:

...folding/sideways-rolling chairs

All this finless free-thought & finless riding is felt frequently through these sideways-rolling/folding kids-scale chairs... they are fabricated of reclaimed mixed-species Brazilian hardwoods with stainless hardware & rollerblade wheels with preision sealed bearings... the matching scale table is both angle & height adjustable for use with chairs or in a lower position, with pillows... both the chairs & table fold into a compact storage position... they were designed for usage in a treehouse.  ©Jeffrey Kirk Casper 2010:

finless madness...

I'm having a hard time connecting this to the blog regarding finless surfing... this is an absolutely mind bloggling video:  "absolutamente mestre" by Fernando Fanta... cut'n'paste this address to see this brilliant speed slicing acrobatic assult:
 http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=107865479263645

finless SUP surfing

Had an insane session... an oasis of stimulus... broke my fin off on one of the first waves... continued to finlessSUP for over an hour... got some knifey speedy trimmers... sliding like a buttersled... sideways riding... backwards spins... noseride flys... so glad I embraced the loss & endered a gain into a whole new domain... paddlesurfing finless... radecal terrain!!!

stand up paddle surfing

SUP surfing

5th of July paddle testing

The conditions were sweet, but the shoulder-hoppin' kooks were also in fine form... for those who are learning to paddlesurf, there are basic rules of etiquette which one needs to become familar with before heading out to the lineup... rather than having the earned experience of "wave knowledge", often the wave catches these novices, propelling them along with minimal understanding of the reprecussions of their true lack of control... not only is it lame to shoulder-hop onto a wave & potentially agravating to the deepest positioned surfer, but it can also be very dangerous... these sequences illustrate what NOT to do while SUP surfing.  Personally, I enjoy sharing waves with people, taking "party waves" & riding with friends who I trust have a grip on the dynamics... the strangers in these shots are lucky that I take a relatively passive approach to this individual sport (others may not be so mellow)... after all it was the day after independance day... time to be free!!! 

surfing a sailboard