Stephen Koehne lives on Kauai, but has been a fixture on the North Shore for quite a few years now. He'll pack some of the biggest bombs of the winter at Off the Wall, in hot pursuit of "the shot". He's a proud new father, and is looking forward to a prosperous winter getting tubed. We found him on the steps of the Oakley house at Off the Wall, checking the surf and chatting with da boyz.
"This board is a 5'7" x 18 5/8" x 2 1/8". It's a Jason Kashiwai shape, and is kind of his version of a CI Flyer. Definitely a small wave board, good for these nice days when the swell is down. I rode it at Backdoor yesterday and it felt good in little barreling waves, so that was cool. I am using the Yu fins in it. They have the right mixture of drive and hold, and with the smaller center fin you get good release off the top. I buckled it yesterday in front of the fins, but it's not too bad, so I'm hoping I get a few more sessions on it before it breaks."
