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Jun 2, 2017 · Words by Jed Smith. Reading Time: 8 minutes. If you ask Chris Taloa, he’ll tell you the death of stand-up bodyboarding wasn’t from lack of interest. It was killed off by the bodyboarding core, because it posed a threat.
Mar 20, 2019 · Long before his acting career, Taloa was an accomplished bodyboarder taking stand-up riding to new heights (literally). Then, Hollywood came knocking for a spell and he decided to pick up...
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Cavin Yap, Chris Won Taloa, and Danny Kim were the pioneers of stand-up bodyboarding. They would pull aggressive carves, huge floaters, aerials, and deep barrels in upright boogie mode until the hype faded away between the late 1980s and early 1990s.
May 6, 2023 · Is It Possible To Stand On A Bodyboard? Cavin Yap, Chris Won Taloa, and Danny Kim are names that are synonymous with the sport of stand-up bodyboarding. These pioneers pushed the limits of what was possible on a bodyboard and paved the way for a new form of wave riding.
Dec 20, 2017 · Former boyboarder PRO Chris Taloa says the exact moment in which Stand-Up bodyboarding experienced it’s early death was in Brazil 1996 where Prone, Drop-Knee and Stand-Up bodyboarders all competed under the same rules. Judges fought against each other as there was a bodyboarding civil war.
