My Orbit with Cliff Kapono
Someone like Cliff Kapono runs a tight program. People like him live highly curated lives — between chasing waves, raising families, doing real, scientific research, lecturing as a professor — making sure your gear is in order is a must. Below Cliff broke down what keeps him moving about with style and efficiency.
REEF X MEGA LAB SEASIDE SANDAL
$25
“The MEGA Reef sandal is a style of rubber slipper that I grew up wearing. It's easy, simple and even better that it has a MEGA polypmon on the heel.”
Nocs Monocular
$125
“I've been using the Nocs monocular a lot lately. Big Island waves are often far from shore, so having a bit of help seeing what the waves are doing is always a plus.”
FANNY PACK
$52
Baggu
“Something that I can't go anywhere without is my fanny pack. I’m a real fanny pack enthusiast (bum bag connoisseur). I have a collection of like 15 different ones, each for different trips or errands.”
CAMERAS
“I love making videos and have a bunch of different types of film and video cameras. I've been shooting video and also some stills with my Sony DSLR. I know the FX series is kind of taking over, but I've always been a fan of the alpha series. Favorite lens is my 18-24 Sigma Art f/1.8. ”
HARD DRIVES
“I have way too many hard drives. Probably 15-20 all together just sitting in giant Tupperware bins. Some are from a time when they don't even sell the connection cords anymore.”
DRIED MARLIN
“Dried fish is probably always within reach. I love dried marlin.”
VISSLA X THE MEGA LAB COLLAB
“The MEGA x Vissla collection was made to make sure you can use the gear for both surfing and also other activities that you might want to do like diving, water sampling, long days on the shoreline, etc.”
GLIDER
“Lately, I've been riding my 10'10” Le Sliviar Josh Hall Glider. My good friend Thomas Campbell helped to design it with Josh and it has unlocked so many different parts of the waves for me.”
ZOOM
“Zoom is probably the biggest thing in my orbit right now. Allows me to be nowhere and everywhere at the same time. Can't count how many times I've had important meetings in between sessions.”
