Fun quick trip

                  The past 4 days have been awesome!  I went on a quick fun trip to Kauai to surf and cruise with some good friends.  It was nice to see some old friends and spend some time with them.  I love Kauai.  There's good food, nice zones to surf, epic hikes, pristine scenery, and most of my good friends live there.  Below are some photos from my trip.  Hope everyone has been getting some waves and some good times :)  Life is good! 

Flying over Molokai

Got to surf with some stoked fans at their home zones.

Dphils and Tania dog Xira cruising on my lap 

A beautiful sunrise to start the day

Niihau in the background

Epic sleep zone

Kainoa Lum and dphils cruising in dphils yard

Dried mango ono grinds 

Brother and sister cruising.  Xira and Zulu

Best shave ice i've had.  Organic kines lidat.  Green tea

Dphils fancy Hibiscus one

Lazy rainy days

Hiking dat mountain

Ooo da pristine da view

Kauai is amazing!

Getting closer

Amazing!

Dphils and I WOT!

All smiles 

Dphils in the zone

Shrimp zone

Pristine

Cute barrel.  Photo:  Dphils

Cute rollo.  Photo:  Dphils

Cute turn.  Photo:  Dphils

Cute cute.  Photo:  Dphils

IBA Hawaii stop #1, Sandy Beach Oahu

        This past weekend was the first stop of the IBA Hawaii Tour at Sandy Beach, Oahu and it was good times.  I was really stoked that they brought back this tour back to Hawaii because I used to compete in the IBA Hawaii tour about 10 years ago and I always looked forward to competing in them.  The organizers and sponsors put together an awesome and really organized event.  I was really impressed by the structure of the event, the format(priority, prize money distribution to the finalists, judging, etc.), and just everything about it made it good times!  

        I ended up winning every heat until the finals where I was stopped and placed 2nd behind the winner Matt Holzman.  I held 1st place for majority of the final, but Matt got two really good scores in a span of 5 mins under priority and ripped both waves.  It goes to show that having priority isn't always a good thing, but it's all good.  A 2nd place finish in the first IBA Hawaii is a great result and I'm super stoked!  Congratulations to Matt for winning the event!  He was ripping the whole contest and he's a very deservable winner!  Also, congratulations to all of the finalists and riders for pushing the level of riding this past weekend.  It was really awesome to watch the young groms ripping as well as the Maui boys.  Mack Criley a young ripper from Maui won the DK pro and Noa Auweloa also a young ripper from Maui got 3rd in the jr. pro!  

       A big MAHALO goes out to all of the sponsors and organizers of the IBA Hawaii Tour!  Also, to all of the fans that came out to watch the comp and all of you for the continuous support!  Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart!  One more thanks to my sponsors:  The No.6 Bodyboards, The Foam Company, NVCTA Clothing, Da Secret Sauce, Surge Wax, and Reeflex Wetsuits.  Aloha and mahalo!  Life is good :)  Thank you Jesus!

IBA Hawaii stop number one winner Matt Holzman

Warm up free surf flip at half point.  Photo:  Nick Dodge

My 9 point flip during the finals.  Photo:  Nick Dodge

Friday nights sunset from Sandy Beach

Saturday mornings sunrise

Half point

2nd place trophy and a nice board bag from the best boogie shop in the world The Foam Company

Sunset photo #1 from Sunday evening

Sunset photo #2 from Sunday evening

Sunset photo #3 from Sunday evening

Sunset photo #4 from Sunday evening.  I love sunsets

The Open Pro finalists

My sponsors are legends

Focused.  PHoto:  Kristy Barracuda

Cute invert in my quarterfinal heat.  Photo:  Kristy Barracuda

Fip in my semifinal heat.  Photo:  Kristy Barracuda

Round 2 heat draws and results 

Quarter, Semi, and Final heat draws and results

The Declassified Tapes: Part 1-Hawaii 2013

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Waves and good times!

            So we finally got some waves here on Maui and it's been good times!  I Boogied all day Wednesday and got some fun waves with Cordon.  My beautiful girlfriend Celeste took some cool photos of the both of us.  It felt really good to finally get some decent waves to flaunt my new pink JROM bottom board.    

            Also, I've been enjoying good times with my family and Celeste.  Celeste is leaving for college in a couple days so my family and I threw a going away party the other day.  It was good times and we had so much food to eat.  It was nothing but smiles and laughs.  It's been one of the best summers here on Maui spending time with Celeste.  It went by so fast though.  We've been  having so much fun and exploring and adventuring together.  She's going on to college to chase her dreams and I'm doing the same.  It's great :)  She is amazing and is a beautiful person inside and out.  Super positive and supportive and I love her a lot.

          God has blessed me so much and it's because of him anything is possible.  I hope all of you have been enjoying your zones and getting some waves.  Enjoy the photos below.  Life is good :)  aloha and mahalo

Cordon and I with guy paddling out to the line up zone

Flip guy

A nice empty zone

Invert #1 sequence zone

Invert #2 sequence zone

Invert #3 sequence zone land um 

Cordon on a nice one

Beautiful rainbow zone

The locals were cruising

Reverse sequence zone

Bamboo forest

That's my niece Alyza climbing the cliff.  She has no fear

:)

Celeste and Alyza

My love and I

My cousin Bradley and niece Alyza enjoying the waterfall zone

Alyza and Celeste

:D

The whole gang

My love and I 

See when you hike barefoot

Secret zone

Honolua Bay firing

Alyzas first soccer game

She scored 3 goals.  So proud of her.

Celeste and her sign she made for Alyza

Uncle Jake and Zores

Beautiful

Celeste's cake for her going away party

Manning the grill.  Taking over Josh's job.

Ryan, Celeste, and Jonah 

Family and friends

Cordon VS Kimbo

Anu, Celeste, My mom, Mary, Rebecca(Celestes mom), and Alyza.  Girlz Girlz Girlz.

Waihee ridge hike with my love

blowing one dandy lion i think

Celeste on the ridge

We did it! 

Selfies on top the sala

Da Secret Sauce sala

From the Mauka to the Makai.  Life is beautiful

The sunset

<3

I love her!

The moon during sunset