March 2011
CYPHER
THE DHARMA The Dharma blends modern surfing with the subtleties of riding a retro fish. This board was designed to catch a lot of waves, supplying endless amounts of fun to wave riders alike. Matt and I set out to design a board that was not only fast down the line but also turned with laser sharp precision and could pivot in the pocket. The beveled rail and concave deck concept allows us to keep the volume of the board for glide while maintaining the board’s sensitivity in rail-to-rail turns. The outcome of this quad finned, butt-tail wave whip is hands-down the most fun fish I’ve surfed. This design works great back-side and front and has a perfect blend of front foot speed and back footed shredding. Suitable for clean lines, barrel riding, full rail turns and a perfect platform to take your aerial antics to the next level. Enjoy the ride and share the stoke. –Chris Del MoroIII
Future Fins FEA Lightweight foam hex core glassfin that has the look and feel of a glass on fin. Engineered with a medium flex pattern. -Great for all conditions.
FCS FG-5 Best all around fins for all types of conditions. Optimum weight range: 55kg - 70kg.
New surfing technology like this Quiksilver Cypher PS+ Heated Vest system is the first ever battery powered heat vest that can be worn and operated under any wetsuit. This new surfing technology utilizes Far-infrared heat technology and delivers hours of heat (129 degree on high and 116 degree on low) to your vital organs to maintain your core temperature and extend your session. The Quiksilver Cypher PS+ Heated Vest system comes with a rechargeable battery that will last 2 hours on "High" and a car charger and wall charger with adaptors for different countries. A couple of the many ideal uses include extending your session for another hour or two when you'd typically get cold, surf trips to colder climates and/ or in use in the lift line or on the chair lift when you are snowboarding. The Superkini is a technically advanced new bikini by O’Neill. This bikini will empower you to hit the beach this summer with the utmost cofidence-no matter what the ocean waves bring your way. A revolutionary and super comfortable material called NANOFRONT with 200% more grip than standard lycra works its magic for the Superkini by generating even greater frictional force when wet. This will ensure minimal bikini slippage and movement in rough seas. Pure summer style and total peace of mind never felt so good!
NEW ARRIVALS AT HAWAIIAN SOUTH SHORE
Superkini
This is the suit that sticks with you. O’Neill has created a new technically advanced bikini with a revolutionary grip material. NANOFRONT has 200% more grip than regular Lycra. When wet, it generates even more frictional force so there is less slippage and movement both in and out of the water. We are one of the few shops in Hawaii to have the Superkini. O’Neill made a limited run, so hurry down and get one for yourself. It comes in two colors Red and Black, sizes Small – XL. The Superkini is going to be a hit for sure! New material that has 200% more grip and is softer than other Lycra materials. Oh yeah, this is going to be big. I have a special offer for Royalty Rewards® members. For the first 25 people that come into to Hawaiian South Shore and purchase a Superkini, you will get an O’Neill prize pack. As a bonus I will give you an additional 50 Points if you send an email on how you like the Superkini
Hyperfreak 1.5mm Glide
Thinskins Hyperfreak series is engineered with our gooey, Ultraflex Neoprene. Super stretchy for comfort. Solid thin and soft rubber will not let wind through.
Roxy
Roxy back zip light weight wetsuit (pictured on the right).
Roxy
White Rash Guard Hawaii limited edition design (pictured to the right).
Roxy
Roxy Rash Guard just came in (pictured on the right).
O’Neill Limited edition Rash Guard
Once a year O’Neill has us preorder styles, several months in advance, and they only make a certain amount. So once these are gone, that’s it!
LCD BacPac
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Relive reality instantly. The LCD BacPac is a detachable LCD screen for your 1080p HD HERO camera. As a removable accessory, the LCD BacPac keeps your camera as small and light as possible, yet provides the convenience of an LCD screen when attached. Fits current HD HERO & HD Wrist housings when used with included LDC backdoors.
Enhanced Convenience:
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Removable LCD screen for HD HERO cameras. Instantly preview and play back videos and photos. Easy visual control of your camera settings.
• Framing complex scenes; see what you are shooting. • Play back video and photos directly on your HD HERO camera. • Use your HD HERO camera as a powerful everyday camera.
LCD BacPac Features: • • • •
Attaches to 1080p HD HERO cameras featuring the rear HERO port. Simple one button design allows for easy on/off and playback control. Normal speed, fast forward, and fast reverse video and photo playback. Integrated speaker with volume control.
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Coming soon: 3D GoPro, pictured to the right.
1 LCD BacPac screen. 1 Waterproof LCD backdoor for HD HERO housing. Waterproof LCD backdoor for HD Wrist housing. Non-waterproof LCD Skeleton backdoor for HD HERO housing. Non-waterproof LCD Skeleton backdoor for HD Wrist housing. 1 Year Warranty.
NOTE: May require a firmware upgrade.
NOT compatible with the HD HERO 960 camera.
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EPS and POLYURETHANE Constructions. Hydrodynamica Test Pilot Series planing hulls are available in EPS foam with epoxy resin or polyurethane foam with polyurethane resin. Most of the project boards have been EPS foam with epoxy. This is to acknowledge Simmons’s early work with Styrofoam and for the lightness, buoyancy and performance characteristics this foam provides. EPS enhances the planing and paddling performance of the boards through buoyancy by keeping them up on the surface of the water. Conventional polyurethane performance is excellent as well, giving more of an “old school” ride and helping the board to penetrate the surface in carves and turns. Polyurethane resins can take all the traditional resin tints with gloss and polish for those who want a classic look. The choice between EPS and Polyurethane is really up to the rider.
What To Expect. Novice
Planing hulls are excellent boards for beginners during their first or second year of surfing. They paddle very well and are far more stable and forgiving than other boards, especially shortboards. Their buoyancy and quick planing speed help familiarize novice surfers with trim, planing, and basic maneuvers like climbing and dropping, bottom turns and cutbacks. They can also be ridden shorter than other beginner boards, which allows for easier maneuvering.
Intermediate
Intermediate surfers will find a whole new world of speed with the planing hull. Sections that were previously unmakeable on other boards can be floated over or traversed with ease. Wave count goes way up compared to conventional boards. A new learning curve will present itself as the planing hull draws new lines with speed to burn. The fun quotient goes through the roof!
Expert
Advanced surfers will discover an entirely new approach to riding waves with the planing hull. Some may want to go very short for the addicting experience of performing long, drawn out carves and drifts on a tiny board. The speed generated on short planing hulls is a unique thrill, with aerials, 360 degree rotations, and controlled slides all part of the mix. The planing hull offers rail-to-rail surfing as compared to the more tail-oriented surfing of a typical shortboard. This is because the extreme rocker combined with the tri-fin cluster gives shortboards a sweet spot on the tail. With the planing hull the sweet spot is the entire rail line. For relaxing, having fun, and experiencing new sensations, the planing hull has plenty to offer experienced surfers. Photo: Scott Sullivan.
Planing Hull Quad: The
Fourke
The Fourke features a quad keel set up with single foil Gephart front keels, backed with basey double foil trailing fins. The moontail pin points work with the trailing fins for drive and pivotal control. Fluted wings add maximum planing width for leading keels, giving the Fourke intense bursts of speed off the bottom and off the top. The ten-inch moontail meets Simmons minimum planing hull requirements but is narrow enough for tight snaps in the pocket or in the lip. This board grips like crazy and will go as far as you can take it. The Simster was inspired by Simmons’ attempt to build Bev Morgan a short, tri-finned planing hull nearly sixty years ago. Morgan stubbornly insisted on a single fin and the short tri fin was never built. The Simster has the planing speed of a dual keel Mini Simmons but with more directional control because of the small trailing fin. It features side fin keels that are designed for drive and long carves. These are placed next to a set of wings designed for maximum planing width. The Simster is an extremely versatile design and can be ridden shorter than a contemporary thruster. While this is a tri-fin board, it has evolved from a fish and Simmons lineage. It has far more planing and paddling speed than a typical shortboard.
Planing Hull Tri Fin: The
Simster
Comparison of planing hull design and typical modern boards.
White line = conventional shortboard. Black line = planing hull. Note the increased area and flatter bottom of the planing hull as compared to a conventional shortboard of the same length.
The planing hull is a high aspect ratio design. When compared to conventional surfboards, the planing hull is wider, shorter, much flatter, and has a more parallel outline. The front third of a planing hull is a wide, rounded spoon that is lifted with camber before it blends into the planing surface of the back two thirds. The rails are round and neutral, giving way to a hard edge in the tail which ends with a 10� minimum width for clean wakes and minimal drag. Fins are set as far out on the rail as possible to maximize planing surface and give the board directional stability and drive. Many of the Test Pilot Series boards have wings where the front fins are set for maximum width before the tail tapers to the 10� minimum. Conventional boards use rocker, outline curve, and a fin cluster that causes them to be maneuverable from a sweet spot on the tail. Planing speed and trim are sacrificed to achieve this. The planing hull turns off its rails without sacrificing planing speed and trim, two of the most pleasurable aspects of surfing. Since planing hull can be surfed very short with a minimal rail line, radical turns, floaters, and aerials are still possible. That being said, planing hulls are more oriented towards fast, horizontal, carve based surfing than they are for vertical turns in the lip.
Design Team:
Rusty Preisendorfer
Rusty with his Mirandon Twin Pin - 1969
Design Team:
Carl at Windansea - 2010
Rusty Preisendorfer is one of the most experienced and progressive shapers of the past 30 years. Rusty’s first surfboard was made by Carl Ekstrom in the late sixties, his second was an ultra-progressive 1969 Surfboards La Jolla Twin Pin shaped by Bear Mirandon. Bob Simmons heavily influenced both Carl and Bear, and it is fitting that Rusty’s first personal boards came from these two designers. Rusty went on to become a household name in surfing, building boards for the world’s best, from the early 1980’s through the present. His work on the Hydrodynamica Test Pilot Series marks a return to his roots as he brings us fresh, functional interpretations of the planing hull design. Rusty Preisendorfer and Hydrodynamica project director Richard Kenvin have a surfer/shaper relationship going back to the early seventies. In 1979 Richard won the Stubbies Trails on a 6’4” single fin shaped by Rusty. They are now working together on the Hydrodynamica Test Pilot Series, with a common goal of preserving the integrity of the design while blending it with state of the art refinements for maximum fun and performance.
Carl Ekstrom Carl Ekstrom has worked on surfboards since 1952. In the late fifties he teamed up with Al Nelson, building boards under the Nelson/Ekstrom label. Later he worked under his own Ekstrom label. A pair of Ekstrom boards were purchased as art objects by Andy Warhol in 1968. They are still cataloged in the Warhol collection. Ekstrom is a world-class industrial designer and the creator of the asymmetrical surfboard and snowboard. Carl’s asymmetric designs helped inspire Bear Mirandon to create the first dual finned swallowtail surfboard, the Twin Pin, in 1967. Carl has also been on the cutting edge of finless board design for artificial standing waves. The world’s best surfers, snowboarders and skateboarders have put on amazing performances on his finless wave machine boards. Ekstrom was a friend of Bob Simmons and cites him as a major influence who encouraged him to think outside the box. Recently, Carl has been applying asymmetry to the planing hull concept for the Hydrodynamica Test Pilot Series. The result is a board with incredible frontside drive combined with amazing heelside maneuverability.
Design Team:
John Elwell John Elwell is the founder of the Hydrodynamica project. He first met Bob Simmons on the beach at the Tijuana Sloughs in 1949. He was surfing with Simmons at Windansea on Simmons’ last day, and saw him take his last ride. Bob Simmons made a deep and lifelong impression on John Elwell, and John has dedicated himself to preserving the memory of Simmons’ life and work. Without the efforts of John Elwell, Simmons’ work on the hydrodynamic planing hull may have been misunderstood and lost forever, consigned to the dustbin of history as an irrelevant novelty from a dead era. John almost single-handily kept Simmons’s ideas and spirit alive for over forty years. John published his classic piece ‘The Enigma of Simmons” in the Surfers Journal in 1995. In 2002, he began passing his knowledge on to Hydrodynamica project director Richard Kenvin, and the two have worked closely since that time.
John with his original Simmons board - 2004. Photo: Greg Betz
Design Team:
Larry Gephart Larry Gephart has handcrafted marine plywood keel fins for over forty years. He is one of the original riders and innovators of the fish surfboard, and he has surfed fish boards exclusively since the sixties. His expertise in finning wide tailed, dual finned boards is unequaled. Larry’s fins are a unique blend of old school craftsmanship and new school performance. They are a perfect compliment to the modern planing hull design. With this in mind, all Hydrodynamica Test Pilot Series boards are available with premium handmade Gephart keel fins.
Larry - 2005
Design Team:
Hank Warner Hank Warner began working on surfboards with his brother-in-law, Billy Caster, in 1967. In the late seventies he developed a friendship with Australian Derek Hynd, shaping racy twin fins and channel bottoms that helped propel Derek to new heights of performance. Hank and Skip Frye were partners in the legendary Harry’s surf shop. Hank is well schooled in all aspects of San Diego board design, and interprets Simmons design with enthusiasm, craftsmanship and plenty of experience.
Hank - 2010
Design Team:Daniel
Thomson Since 2004, Australian Daniel Thomson has been one of the premier test pilots and shaper/designers for the Hydrodynamica project. His father, Mark Thomson, is a highly progressive board designer and all around renaissance man who has passed much of his knowledge on to Daniel. Daniel has plenty of experience riding Simmons replicas and has taken the concept of the hydrodynamic planing hull into the realm of ultra high performance. Daniel’s Raptor model for the Hydrodynamica Test Pilot Series is an example of a carefully thought out application of Simmons design that allows for state-of -the-art performance in the modern era.
Daniel - NYC 2005. Photo: Greg Betz
”In 2004 I met Richard Kenvin through a chance meeting with my father and the dual fin fish was introduced to me at that point. I really fell in love with the fish as it re-kindled my passion with surfing because at that time, I was burnt out on riding 6’0 thrusters every day. Over time I have studied and modified the design to the point now where I consider it to be a genuine future performance craft. I thoroughly believe that the next breakthrough in surfing will come in the form of an equipment innovation revolution, rather than another extraordinary athlete.”