Aipa, Ben
Innovative surfer-boardmaker-coach from Honolulu, Hawaii; a top competitor in the 1960s and early '70s, and creator of the swallowtail and sting surfboard designs. Aipa was born (1942) in Honolulu, the son of a sugar plantation worker, and didn't begin riding waves until his early 20s, after an ankle injury ended his semipro football career. He trained for surfing with the single-mindedness he'd d...
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Ben Aipa
Ben Aipa, 1969
Ben Aipa, 1976. Photo: Art Brewer
Ben Aipa, Sunset, 1970. Photo: Art Brewer
Ben Aipa, Kaisers, 1976. Photo: Warren Bolster
Ben Aipa, Sunset, 1967. Photo: LeRoy Grannis