Ben Aipa

Ben Aipa. Self: Bustin' Down the Door. Noted surfer and surfboard shaper Ben Aipa was born in 1942 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The son of a sugar plantation worker, Aipa initially planned on an athletic career in football as a linebacker, but switched to surfing in his early twenties due to an ankle injury. Ben was a finalist at the Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Contest at Sunset Beach in 1966; he went...