4 years ago today I seen the first SUP surfing with my own eyes in Australia. At Currumbin Alley in good waves. I thought 'wow, it's just like that Hawaiian guy on the Swaylocks site'. The surfers were Jamie Mitchell and Mick Dibetta, fresh from Hawaii I guess.

Long story short in March/April that year after being completely blown away and needing to try it I found someone that could make me a custom 10'.

Before that I used to check a surfboard design forum called Swaylocks and this guy called Blane Chambers (Who???) had posted some pics of himself surfing small Waimea with his own version 'Canoe paddle surfing'. I tried to find that original post he put on that site but it had been deleted with a site upgrade. Anyway he re-posted it some time later as it was extremely popular. This was before he started making PSH, still riding a Surftech!

This is a great post and I thought I would share it with you. For aspiring DIY shapers this site has probably lost more info about production, particularly epoxy than most people will ever know.

http://www2.swaylocks.com/node/1019025#254804 (blane chambers pre PSH)


What inspired you to begin? please limit the crap about the 'core workout'.