Donald Takayama 9'3" IN THE PINK.wmv

[@macanudo12345]

Glasses raised in honor of Donald's life and his massive contribution to surfing/shaping,clink!

[@oahuforjustice]

Dino miranda will make any longboard look good and easy to ride

[@Bromar01]

I am sorry for my ignorance, I am from Florida and just the thought of surfing on a big day with a longboard is ludicrous. In Florida there are only beach breaks no point breaks so there is no paddling around the break to get to the waves. Thanks for putting it into perspective

[@William-Bill-Munny]

Nobody noticed the grab rail foot drag??? Bizzaro to say the last, and after reading the posts below I cant believe nobody mentioned it

[@kronk5265]

Just another way to lock the rail in because the trash can lid nose will dig into the steep waves if you don't set the rail right away and cause you to pearl or catapult.

[@elliottpatch9810]

Also notice he does it switch stance ! He switches back to regular at the end of the ride

[@-gosurfinghawaii3133]

The ITP is my all around board. Great for rolling town waves but on these North Shore waves you have to take off sideways. I use a Takayama Halo fin withe the halo sidebites.

[@kronk5265]

haha true, when North Shore is firing, you gotta come in sideways and paddle in hard while praying at the same time. I'll drop in Haleiwa on my ITP on 8-foot sets.

[@oahuforjustice]

The takayama is a good investment but the performance aspect is the low point, try puting in a smaller center fin with two small side fins

[@Nosetotail]

Check out the Dino Miranda model.

[@stefano11111]

track title and group?

[@highplainsdrifter842]

I need to know what song this is!

[@Nosetotail]

Yeah, sorta. You need an all around type of board. I just suggested the Dino due to the comment that SurftechHI left regarding it. Some performance boards are high performance and present there own problems for beginners. Your best bet is to find a good board salesperson who isn't just trying to sell you a board. Look for someone who is willing to discuss different board types and is trying to put you on the right board.

[@barclaysauers255]

Yeah. Sell those tasty 9'6" DT-3's. Just a thought!

[@YOUMADEU]

R.I.P. :( It's a Very Sad day for all

[@WDux]

The man could rip. RIP

[@davidanderson8469]

Is that a Surftech or a hand shaped foamy?

[@roninplaya1]

That is a Surftech. I had one just like it.

[@KaimanaTakayama]

Takayama*

[@jfashner]

At least spell his name correctly. Takeyama?

[@jfashner]

This board has rounded rails, a thin nose and is very versatile. But surf techs suck; they have zero flex, they are too light, and combine that with the smooth plastic-like finish, they bounce and skip across any surface texture on the wave. Plus they aren't "shaped", they are simply "pop-out". It's rumored many are made in Asia. The poly In The pinks are arguably the best performance nose riders out there, but I'd rather ride a boogie board than a surf tech.

[@barclaysauers255]

Now there's a popout for ya!

[@Martinique-surfing]

RIP

[@hwn8088]

Honolua bay

[@Bromar01]

I looks like he really struggled with riding in those big swells. I know Those kinds of longboards are not meant to be ridding in that type of swell to begin with and this is just trying to prove that the board "Can" be ridden in big surf, but isn't really meant to. Can some one put some input about this?

[@kronk5265]

Big wave riding was done on longboards first, then changed to guns, and shortboards etc. All the seasoned riders out in Oahu still bomb huge waves on longboards.

[@bubba25151]

dont think so much its surfing

[@Nosetotail]

NNNOOOO!!!!! This board has a pretty flat rocker which is not very forgiving on takeoffs and choppy surf. Look for something with more rocker. The low rocker helps on takeoffs and noseriding but make this a board for intermediate surfers or better. This is actually a larger high performance longboard that was designed specifically to be nose ridden, or the other way around...a nose rider with crisp rails and narrower tail for performance surfing.