By Kyle Metcalf
Laola Lake Aea on Surf Stories
Tonight on Surf Stories we have a very Special guest calling in from Kauai. She embodies everything Hawaiian. She is a Surfer, a Paddler, Waikiki's first Wahine Beach Boy, a Hula Dancer, and a mother. Her name is Laola Lake Aea and she shares an important slice of Hawaiian history you will remember for some time to come.
The Art of the Nalu
The North Shore Ethnographic Field School, Departments of Ethnic Studies and Anthropology, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has created a brilliant ArcGIS "StoryMap" tribute to Jock Southerland titled The Art of the Nalu.
to visit this wonderful presentation.
Inter-Island Surf Shop Recommends “My Paipo Boards and… More”
All the links below take you to the "My Paipo Boards and... More" website - REALLY worth the visit!!!
The Moto of the "My Paipo Boards and... More" website is:
Paipos in the Media
Magazine Advertisements (future)
Your Paipo History Survey Form
They Built Paipos (early working draft)
Histories of Paipo Riding and Belly Boarding

SH&CC Caption: One of Laird Hamilton's hydrofoil boards, a Dyno kneeboard, a '70s Victoria Skimboard, a '60s "Paipo" bellyboard, a Hawaiian plywood, fiberglass and resin paipo, a balsa twinfin bellyboard, some swim fins (including 1 of Mark Cunningham's), a McDonald's tray, a canvas mat (good for rashes from neck to knees), an early Boogie Board, a Hawaiian bellyboard (popular with visiting tourists in the '30s, '40s & '50s), and a Peruvian Caballito de Totora. We'll be adding a handplane soon as well. On display ca. October/November 2015. For more information, visit the Surfing Heritage & Culture Center.
Photo Credit: My Paipo Boards and... More


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