Jason Stone's Blaaaaaghhh!

Maui is the bomb!

Stone — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:14:51 +0000

Just a beautiful morning ruined by some sugarcane burning. Gotta love Maui.

Dorothy got shoe-jacked!

Stone — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:47:19 +0000

Just scored these new DC shoes. Ruby red. You’d think I beat up Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz to get them. Fully mesh and vented. Only bummer is they bleed red everywhere. Small price to pay for style I guess…

Productive Day

Stone — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:35:01 +0000

Had a pretty good photoshoot today with Tracy Kraft. We waited for some sick lighting and then slammed out about an hour of photos. The wind crapped out about half way through but it was still productive and we got some good shots out of it. I’d post them here but they’re getting sent out to mags, so I’ll just throw up a nice sunset pic instead.

Camera Angle Fail

Stone — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:34:03 +0000

So, a few days ago I had the bright idea of hooking a GoPro camera to the end of a windsurfing mast (490cm) and hanging it out over the inside of Kitebeach. Long story short, it filmed for an hour and I got zero usable footage out of it. I think it was a combination of a tiny filming window (probably about 10-15 visible feet of water) and the fact that it was crowded. In fact, I think I only passed in front of the lens maybe 5-10 times in an hour. Talk about frustrating. Anyway, here are the “highlights,” if you can even call them that.

Winch – Part 2

Stone — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:19:32 +0000

So, after a bunch of research and question asking I’ve come to the conclusion that a torque converter is the only way to build this thing. I’m ordering the part today which should give us a week or so to get the frame and the spool built. I’m that excited about this project! Here’s a link to the part, incase anyone else is interested:

TC2 Torque Converter

UPDATE – 8/2/10

The part is ordered! The shipping was 1/3 of the cost, but this is Hawaii so what did I expect? Haha. Can’t wait to get this thing going!

Winch!

Stone — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:54:14 +0000

So Mathias (Dibu22) and myself have scored a 13hp, 1″ horizontal drive Honda motor that we’re going to turn into ‘s only winch. Actually, I scored the motor but that’s not the point. The point is we’re building a freaking winch!!

So, we have the motor, we’re going to use an old dolly as the frame and all we need is the clutch (torque converter or centrifugal) and spool. How hard can it be? Haha.

Here’s a few pics of the motor and dolly along with Mathias measuring out what we need. Stick around for the latest updates.

Tarp It!

Stone — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:52:51 +0000

Just saw the sickest video. You gotta check this out, it’s the future:

Pressure?

Stone — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:58:36 +0000

The past few weeks we’ve been trying to bag some footage to go with the launch of the 2011 Cab Skate. I don’t know what it is but when there is a deadline and you HAVE to get footage it makes it very hard. Anyway, me and Phil have knocked out some clips that should be dropping here and on the Cabrinha website shortly.

Tracy and Elliot’s Wedding!

Stone — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:09:20 +0000

Okay, this one is about a week late but still pretty big news. Tracy Kraft and Elliot Leboe finally tied the knot. It was a sick night from what I remember. The last thing I saw was shots of tequila. I woke up the next morning with my wallet $100 lighter and a hangover from hell. You know those hangovers that are 2+ days long? Yea, that was me. Best. Wedding. Ever.

The photos are pretty blurry, partially cause they were taken from my phone and partially cause I was drunk. Deal with it.

Mental session

Stone — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:50:54 +0000

Well, it was a completely insane session today. Steady 9m weather with consistent kickers and onshore winds. Oh yea, there were like 3 other people out at Kite Beach. I’m not complaining, though, it was epic! No photos or video to back it up, but I figured I’d post a hot chick because everyone loves those!

Stomped all my tricks unhooked, regular and switch. Locked in FS 3s in the flats. Still haven’t gotten BS biggies dialed yet, but had some really close ones today. It’s still at the hit and miss stage. A few more sessions should lock them in place. I was super stoked to land a few switch shuvs and regular fs biggies as well. Those are definitely my weaker moves.