Epoxy Surf Presents the new 2016 Blue Planet SUP board lineup

It's been a while since I posted here, time for an update.
Blue Planet has been active in designing and building some of the best Stand Up Paddleboards on the market today form high performance SUP surf boards to the fastest SUP race boards from beginner to expert level Stand Up Paddleboarder, we got you covered!

Check out the new line of 2016 Blue Planet Stand Up boards, re-posted from the Blue Planet blog:
http://blueplanetsurf.com/blogs/news/74663621-blue-planet-sup-models-in-action-2016-blue-planet-stand-up-paddle-boards

This first video is a fast paced look at our 2016 Stand Up Paddleboard lineup in action in less than 2 minutes, featuring our team riders Fabrice Beaux and Robert Stehlik in the surf on Oahu's South Shore and Jenn Lee, Jeff Chang, Sam Pa'e, Tyler Jaggers and Jimmy Martindale on the raceboards by Portlock Point.  Also a quick rundown of the 2016 SUP model shapes and colors. 

For more information on the 2016 Blue Planet SUP shapes, please go to:

http://blueplanetsurf.com/collections/2016-blue-planet-sups-2

This second video features our lineup of 2016 Race SUP's- the 12'6 and 14' Bump Rider downwind models and the 12'6 and 14' Dark Horse models.

Please check out our shop on Ward Avenue for a consultation.  We want to help you find the best Stand Up Paddleboard for your needs and always encourage you to try a few boards from our demo fleet before making a buying decision.  Besides the Blue Planet models, we also carry Stand Up boards from Starboards, SIC Maui, Kazuma Maui, Riviera, and several other brands.  We have the biggest selection of both new and demo boards in the Islands and offer great deals.  We are offering great specials and are currently having a closeout sale on 2015 models while supplies last:  Get a $100 Gift card or store credit with and 2015 model SUP purchase.   Find out why our customers voted us as Hawaii's Best SUP Shop in the Honolulu Star Advertiser reader poll awards.

Available now at:

Blue Planet Surf Shop

Hawaii's SUP HQ

540 Ward Ave.

Tel 808 596 7755

We are open daily from 10 am to 6 pm and now have plenty of free parking in the new lot behind our shop.  

Aloha, Robert Stehlik

Aloha,
Thanks for visiting the epoxy surf blog. Two days ago Clark Foam closed it's factory and the surfboards industry is in turmoil. I created this blog as a discussion forum for new options, including the use of new core materials and epoxy resin. I have been using epoxy sandwich windsurf boards since the mid 80's and epoxy surfboards since they were first introduced and became convinced that epoxy is not only stronger and more durable but also has superior performance to conventional poyester surfboards. The biggest downside of production boards is that they cannot be customized. The surfer/ shapers are crucial to the development of new designs, developing and incrementally improving shapes. I am very concerned that with a blank shortage this process will slow down and many shapers will suffer.

A couple of years ago I talked to a glasser that was glassing a board without a respirator in the middle of a crowded ASR show. He was using epoxy resin with very little volatile compounds, which was just one of the many advantages. It seemed to me like this was the future of custom board production but it still has not taken hold. I guess shapers and glassers were comfortable with the traditional clark foam/ poly resin construction process and saw no reason to change. Now it's a matter of survival to take a more serious look at alternative materials. Does anyone have more information of this production process?

I have been involved in introducing production epoxy surfboards to the Hawaii surf market through Blue Planet Surf Shop in Honolulu and as the Boardworks distributor for Hawaii and more recently introducing Rock Solid Surfboards shaped by Chuck Andrus and manufactured in Brazil. I'm hoping this blog will become a forum for information on new production techniques that will help keep the surfboard industry progessinve and creative. If you have any questions or information on surfboard manufacturing or ideas, tips, etc, please post it here!
Mahalo!

Epoxy Surf: Blue Planet Team at the 2015 M2O race with Carbon/ Epoxy SUP race boards preparing to cross the 32 mile Molokai to Oahu channel.