We had a nice south swell while we were on Oahu. A steady 4 to 6 feet and off shore conditions. Not as many people surfing this year as in the past summers as the economy has certainly put a damper on travel. I attended the Hawaiian Surf Auction and saw over 100 surf related items change hands with over $750,000 going through the auctioneer’s gavel. A Matt Kivlin board went for $39,000 breaking the bar set 2 years ago for an 11-foot Buzzy Trent Model "Surfboards Hawaii" elephant gun that sold for $33,000.
With 379 registered bidders and thousands of interested viewers, it was the most well received auction to date. In attendance were the legends and the legends to be of our sport such as Joe Quigg, Matt Kivlin, Greg & Jed Noll, Bing Copeland, Matt Calvani, Bob "The Greek" Bolan, Bob "Ole" Olson, Dick Brewer, Mike Eaton, Ben Aipa, Charlie Galanto, Henry Preece, Buffalo Keaulana, Kimo Hollinger, Peter Townend, Bill Barnfield, Chuck Andrus, Mark Richards, Jock Sutherland, Rick Value,Ricky Grigg, Fred Hemmings, Danny Mack, Joey Cabell, Kathy "Gidget" Kohner- Zukerman, Bob Lundy, Dick Hoole, Jack McCoy and dozens of others.
Good times!
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