<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title> Your Title Here </title> <meta name="Author" content="Bob Green and Rod Rodgers"> <meta name="Description" content="paipo interviews, bellyboard interviews, bodyboard interviews"> <meta name="KeyWords" content="paipo bellyboard bodyboard interviews"> <link type = "text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="C:/Files/Surfing/JohnClark/Interview/paipo_interview_bgv3.css"/> </head> <body> </body> </html> <link type = "text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="C:/Files/Surfing/JohnClark/Interview/paipo_interview_bgv3.css"/> <p class="Question"> 2. I read that Clarence Maki gave you surfing lessons when you were eight. What was his style of teaching and is there anything you still remember from those lessons?</p> <!--Two photos side by side --> <table class="Phototable"> <tr> <td> <hr> <p class = Photocaption>John at Canoes, Waikiki on December 23.1954 </p> <hr> </td> <td> <hr> <p class = Photocaption>Front and back cover of John's 2024 book on Clarence Maki. </p> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="JClark01_w1200.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="JClark01_w350.jpg"> </td> <td> <a href="JClark02_w1200.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="JClark02_w350.jpg"> </td> <tr> <td colspan=2> <center> <p class = Photosource> Photo by Clarence Maki and John Clark</p></center> <td> <tr> </table> <p class="Question">3. When did you first start riding paipo boards regularly? What got you interested in them?</p>