By Kyle Metcalf
Bud Browne Night 2024 Honolulu Surf Film Festival Closing Panel Discussion
The 2024 Honolulu Surf Film Festival has drawn to a close. Theatre manager and programmer Sarah Fang delighted us with over fifteen surfing films and even more when you add film shorts. The Honolulu Museum of Art’s Doris Duke Theatre has proved to be the ideal setting for this festival for the last fifteen years.
Hawaii Paipo Designs
The HPD Paipo XL was born on the North Shore beaches of Oahu during the early surfing days of the 1960s. And ever since, riders from around the world have sought us out looking for the fastest bodyboard on the planet.
HPD paipos are a modern version of the ancient Hawaiian pai po (or pae po’o) surfboard. Ancient pai pos were smaller than their cousin, the Alaia. Paipos were usually carved from Koa or U’lu wood, and did not feature a skeg. This is how we made our first boards back in the day.
Mark Cunningham on Pipeline, Bodysurfing, and His Heaviest Experiences As a North Shore Lifeguard
"Mark Cunningham, aka "The Human Fish," is hailed as one of the greatest bodysurfers of all time. He grew up in Hawaii, became a lifeguard in the mid-’70s, and for nearly 30 years guarded primarily at Ehukai Beach Park, with a view straight into Pipeline’s barrel. Through the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, Cunningham won nearly every bodysurfing event he entered. But, as Cunningham would be the first to tell you, bodysurfing is not about winning or losing."
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