Kenny Beckstead is a local environmentalist and inventor who is looking out for our coastlines. He brought this product by the shop a few days ago and we really dig it. Depending on where you live there are civil ordinances that levy fines against homeowners who let anything run out of their yard and down [...]
Wow! What a fun day on the water. We had a couple hundred people come by and demo the Hobie Kayaks fleet and the Hobie Standup Paddleboards. It was epic weather with just enough breeze for the Adventure Island to get some speed. The GoPro Hero cams are our favorites again and this video shows [...]
This is part one of a surf launching and landing attempt with the Pro Angler. This isn’t the tallest surf we get here but it was pretty gnarly with the 0 second intervals. I tried to hot dog it too much with the single-blade paddle and paid for it. Nate was on this for the [...]
The new Hobie Pro Angler (not a kayak) presents all new opportunities for rigging. It’s not like anything we’ve seen in this market and the new mounting rails that are on this boat provide lots of room for creativity in outfitting. This situation also leaves us with new questions of cable maintenance and hardware choices [...]
Tommy Gomes of Unigoop and Unibutter is a good friend of ours and by good friend, I mean the inappropriate uncle that your parents didn’t want you to be around. But we still like him. We recently caught up with Tommy at the Fred Hall Fishing and Tackle Show in North County San Diego. Tommy [...]
Famous Drew and Nate headed to the Fred Hall Fishing and Tackle show in Long Beach and San Diego California to document some of the booths and interview some players in the tackle industry. Here’s the first of 4 or 5 videos from the show
Part two of our tour – launched in Oceanside Harbor for some live-action stupidity.
Hi. I’m Drew and I’m a bad parent to my Mirage Drive. It’s worked so well for so long that it’s taken for granted. Payback sucks though and my drive unit picked Sunday morning to exact a revenge. About a mile off shore the first mast came loose and disconnected. Jamming it back in held [...]
Hobie has started shipping their 2009 line of kayaks and there are two major upgrades that are very cool. The “Click and Go” system for holding the Mirage Drive is a huge improvement. The system was first introduced on the inflatable series last year but has been beefed up and made battle-ready for the 2009 [...]