Surfing

REAL Watersports celebrated our 8th year anniversary this past weekend aboard the Crystal Dawn with Dub Island Sound System of Charleston, SC jamming out the tunes all night long. Delicious food and drinks were served by Kylie Simpson and the staff of The Outback Kitchen. The party was sponsored by Naish Hawaii.

We just received a 6 pack of the new Rawson “Impalas”, ranging from 5’8 up to 7’4. All of these boards are PU/Poly construction, clear, with FCS boxes. The 6’2 has already left the rack, on it’s way to Peru on Friday. Right out the box, everyone who sees them has been drooling! Here’s why ….

We just got back from an 8 day Nicaragua Surf trip with Surfari Charters and we’re all smiles! What an epic trip! We scored so many waves, met really nice people and were totally taken care of every step of the way. Here a quick wrap up about the trip with an amateur slideshow at the bottom to show you what it’s like down there.

Special THANKS to all that attended the 1st REAL Alumni Retreat in Montauk, NY June 26-28!

When Stretch was here in Cape Hatteras last Summer he seemed to be a man possessed with this new surfboard he was talking about called “The WHAT”. Every day we were at the beach, it didn’t matter what the waves looked like, he was claiming a What would be a good board for the day

REAL Watersports in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina has everything a traveling surfer could ever need, including a 21,000 sq ft retail and rental shop, surfing lessons and camps, a restaurant and bar with live entertainment, and also Watermen's Retreat luxury condominiums located right onsite!

Villa Session is located at Shacks Beach, in Isabella, Puerto Rico. Located only footsteps from the sands of this famous watersports beach, Villa Sessions is the perfect island getaway for world class kiteboarding, windsurfing, surfing, standup paddleboarding and snorkeling/diving.

The Stretch It spans the size gap between shortboards and longboards, with a blend of performance from both. Available in sizes 6’8 up to 8’10, The IT can be the workhorse in anyone’s surfboard quiver with excellent performance in a wide range of waves and surfer size and abilities. This category and size range of surfboards is normally reserved for “recreational shapes”, such as funboards, mini tankers etc. The Stretch It breaks out of that mold with high performance surfing in a size that mere mortals can paddle, catch waves on and enjoy!

The Fletcher 4 Quad was the board and shaper/surfer relationship that helped bring quads back into the high performance limelight and won Stretch Surfing Magazine’s “Shaper of the Year” award.

The 2009 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing is underway on the North Shore of Oahu. Last week saw the completion of the O’neill World Cup of Surfing: Sunset Beach, HI in maxing conditions! Three separate solid NW swells hit the North Shore perfectly between the November 24th opening day of the contest window and the December 4th Finals heat. The cleanest and most organized of the three swells occurred on the final day of the tournament. After spending the morning surfing just up the reef from Sunset at the Backyards I pedaled to Sunset Beach to catch the final few heats of the event.