Paipo Stokefest About Wood Boards – La Jolla, July 29th

Frank Gormlie July 27, 2012 1 Comment 0 Likes 600 Views

Wooden Surf Boards On Display and Available for Test Rides

by Larry O’Brien

stokefest woodbdsurfer byRyanBeppu — Photo by Ryan Beppu.

People have been riding wood in the surf since before historians had pens and paper. The age of hard and soft plastic surfcraft is barely sixty years old, but it’s far more common than wooden surfcraft.

Unfortunately it also means that these plastic beach toys are more common in our landfills, and litter our coves and sea caves.

The good news is that the old ways are still available to us. Riding wood in the surf has been gaining in popularity in recent years, and the internet has helped proliferate the enthusiasm around the globe.

This weekend San Diegans will get a chance to see and test ride wooden boards at the Paipo Stokefest at North Scripps Pier in La Jolla.

The event is scheduled for Sunday July 29th from 7 AM to Noon. Bring some swim fins if you want to test ride one of the prone boards.

For more info, check out the photos and videos here.

Author: Frank Gormlie

A former lawyer and current grassroots activist, I have been editing the Rag since Patty Jones and I launched it in Oct 2007. Way back during the Dinosaurs in 1970, I founded the original Ocean Beach People’s Rag - OB’s famous underground newspaper -, and then later during the early Eighties, published The Whole Damn Pie Shop, a progressive alternative to the Reader.