Do you ever feel typecast by your invention of the thruster?

You possibly, I've had Wayne say to me, you're more than just a three fin.

So it made me think about it a little bit, but as the the years go on and guys on the tour are still surfing

my performance thrusters and it's kind of design I was responsible for. It's a good thing and it got me to

be able to do boards for Kelly and Andy probably at critical times for them and for me. I've been

wrecking my brain and working hard to come up with something groundbreaking and new,

and I guess we all are, and those sort of things don't come along too often.

When I bought out the thruster, it wasn't accepted as well.

So if I have bought out a new design and it hadn't been accepted, well, you know, I'd be prepared for that.

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Jeff Timponi, are committed to the cause on Maui. They're building Maui

leaf light construction boards from renewable and recycled materials and we're actually giving

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