http://www.kenalu.com Stand Up Paddle Surfing's Online Journal Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:17:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have the new site pretty well built. Now I need to tune the load times--it's pretty awful right now. But I think everyone will find this a much more accessible site. You can take a sneak preview at http://www.kenalu2.com . Please let me know what you think. http://www.kenalu.com/2008/06/new-look-and-feel/ For those of you that have been following along, the migration to Dreamhost is complete, and I'm working on the new look and feel. I think people will like the new navigation--there will be several feature stories, selectable by tabs according to the topic. Below that will be picture-oriented articles, ... http://www.kenalu.com/2008/06/a-few-more-changes-and-then-back-to-it/ We've changed hosting, thanks to some fast and smooth work by the nice folks at ContentRobot (www.contentrobot.com). Now we'll work on the interface. Should be ready for prime time in a couple of weeks. I'll put a version of the new interface up for your comments soon. http://www.kenalu.com/2008/06/up-on-a-new-server/ You're blissfully riding a shoulder, planning your next turn, when suddenly you see coral heads and seaweed just past the nose of your board--ah, that's why everyone else was cutting out of the wave fifty feet before. As the reef grabs your fin and you sail through the air you ... http://www.kenalu.com/2008/05/how-to-fall-on-a-reef/ I've been really busy with Ke Nalu lately, but it doesn't show much. It's all in the background. I got really tired of slow loading times and lousy customer service so I'm switching hosting companies from Godaddy to Dreamhost. Since I'm doing that I decided to rework the interface for ... http://www.kenalu.com/2008/05/rework/ Regular readers will probably notice the paddle test is back, replacing the Laird Hamilton article. The load times for Ke Nalu have gotten horrific, and I'm working on a new interface to fix that. I think everyone will like this one better anyway, it give quick access to lots of ... http://www.kenalu.com/2008/05/back-to-the-future/ Ernie Johnson (Johnson Big Stick Paddles) is selling a custom van he has on the big island. Why is this in Ke Nalu? Well, its just about perfect for an extended Hawaiian SUP trip. I sure like the looks of this thing. I'd guess you could go about anywhere ... http://www.kenalu.com/2008/05/640/ Tough week, but I'm back home and getting back into the things I do, including Ke Nalu. I'm working on a new set of instructional articles and some fun stuff. Still looking for any and all contributions of articles, photos, great places to SUP surf or paddle. All the best to ... http://www.kenalu.com/2008/05/back-to-it/ Sorry for not being very active with Ke Nalu this last week. I'm in San Diego helping the family of my closest friend, Barney Li, who died last Saturday in a motorcycle accident. It's just kind of taken the air out of me, but I really do feel a lot more ... http://www.kenalu.com/2008/05/funeral-for-a-friend/ I asked Bill Foote to build me a board and asked Diane to design the graphics. I'm delighted with the outcome, except that I haven't had a chance to do much more than paddle it around--the surf kind of sucks lately. Here's some pics (as always, the pictures are letterboxed--click ... http://www.kenalu.com/2008/04/new-toy-foote-kenalu-board/