From Tree to Mud to Board to Soul

The Tree 

The Tree is the living representation of a living Deity.
First one must find a suitable tree in Wao Akua and ask for permission to cut the tree down from the Deity themselves with an offering from the ocean.

The Mud Is Life

The mud is the source of all Life.  During the creation of the surfboard, one might bury it in the lipo as part of a sacred Hawaiian tradition.  Through the darkness life is created.

What Surfing Means To You?

To the Surf Professor, surfing is riding the boundary of culture and nature.  The Board is the vehicle upon which you express yourself in a body-centric manner.

The Soul

Surfboards are extension of ourselves.  In this way, they acquire our mana and carry our soul into our future.  Mana is the ability to flow with the currents that abound in the universe. Literally, we surf through space and time.

Hawaiian Board Building and Surf Retreat

5 Days 4 Nights	Pricing
Surf in the morning and Carve in the afternoon	Cost based on materials available for Board Building
Learn How to build a traditional Hawaiian Surfboard - Papa He'e Nalu	Includes cost of Activities, Meals 3x day, Ground transportation, and Housing on beautiful Windward O'ahu.  (Air Transportation NOT Included)
Leave with your own handcrafted Alaia	Also included: cost for Wood Slab and Usage of Building Tools
On-site housing on beautiful Windward O'ahu	Private and Group Retreats Available
Meals included: Farm to Table and local favorites	Each participant will leave with own board
Discuss Surf History, evolution of the surfboard, and hear myths and legends of the Pacific Region.	FOR MORE INFORMATION

The Board

-The alaia board, which is 9 feet long, is thin and wide in front, tapering toward the back.  On a rough wave, this board vibrates (flexes) against the rider's abdomen, chest, or hands when they rest flat o it, or when fingers are gripped into a fist at the time of landing.  Because it tends to go downward and cut through a wave it does not rise up with the wave as it begins to curl over.  Going into a wave is one way to stop its gliding, and going onto the curls is another.  - John Papa Iʻi