In this yarn, I was invited to sit with Larry Fisher (aka Lazza Fish), Teacher and Surf Coach at Raglan Surf Academy, and Luke Hughes from Hughes Surfboards as they went through the motions of designing a new custom board (or three). A fly on the wall with a fish on the couch, shall we say. While I may have omitted most of that in this first part – and a few other gruntings from Mike the Builder about a new paddle-tracking app on his Apple Watch – I did find out a bit about how the world’s biggest grommet became generations of grommets’ favourite role model.
Meet Leroy Rust–a tea connoisseur, big mountain adventurer and an even bigger wave hunter. Unbeknownst to most, he was the first Kiwi to paddle surf Pi'ahi, a mellow 25-foot wave in Hawaii. And when it comes to the waves, a Hughes board has been his go-to since he was a kid. In this week's yarns, we find out more about what pushes this southern gem of a man ...who also happens to be the driving force behind Dunedin's Hydro Surf.
We've set out with Hughes Surfboards to have a yarn with a few of the surfers who have picked a Hughes board as their weapon of choice on the waves. This time, we’ve decided to yarn to Jake Gibbs, co-founder of Workshop Brewing. We talk about brews, boards, barrels - and the importance of not dropping in on your mates.
We've set out with Hughes Surfboards to have a yarn with a few of the surfers who have picked a Hughes board as their weapon of choice on the waves. Whether it's a custom design or a board from the lineup that we have in-store year-round, we catch up with them to find out more about their board (or boards), how it impacts their surfing and a bit about what they do when they're not in the water.
