Flat Waves

                 I've never seen my homes zones this flat for this long in forever.  This has been one of the flattest summers for sure, but it's all good.  I'm still enjoying being home and spending lots of time with my family, friends, and girlfriend.  Below are lots of photos of the good times we've shared.  Camping, eating good food, enjoying the sunny beach zones, pokey tipping, SUPing, and allkine other activities are just the few things we've been doing the past 2 weeks or so.  Enjoy the photos!  I hope you guys are scoring some waves where ever you are.  If not, then I hope  you're enjoying life with your loved ones. Aloha and mahalo for the support everyone!  Only 3 weeks left and I'm off to allkine zones.  

Shore break cruising.  Photo:  Celeste

Stand up no fins sah

Pokey tipping

We do everything together.   I love her!

My older bro SUPing the deep seas.

My turn SUPing

Honomanu pristine times

Love them

My mom and Paxton sharing a moment up stream

SUP stream

found this nice shell for my girlfriend

JROM and Paxton guy

Grandma and grandpa

My mom can cook some epic grinds.  

Cruising da beach

Found allkine shells

Cruising Waiside bridge lidat

Iao Valley

Sunset times with my love

Alyza and aunty Cessy getting some fishing poles

New haircut lidat 

Upcountry zones

Sunrise from home

Alyzas first soccer practice.  Aunty Cessy showing Alyza some stretches

Moon lit hike

Fitness times

My mom in the valley

Father and daughter

Iao Valley family times

Josh, my uncle Daniel and Celeste fishing for Oama 

Da Secret Sauce

Saw choke dolphins in Honomanu

Da Boys

Epic clip of Da Hawaii Boys ripping all ova da earth.  Edited by Lowen Liberato.


D A B O Y S from Llobes on Vimeo.

Riptide 195

         The new Riptide 195 will be hitting the stores, iphones, iPads, i anykines today!  Make sure you get a copy!  I am very thankful and stoked on the support and the article Riptide and Wayne Shaggy Gardener did on me.  If you want to know more on my ups and downs on 2013, read my article called the "Fighter" in the new Riptide zone.  Also, tons of epic photos and interviews in this magazine to browse through.  Support now!  Mahalo to all of you for the support and my sponsors No. 6 Bodyboards, The Foam Company, NVCTA apparel, Da Secret Sauce, SURGE Wax, and Reeflex USA.

Summertime Fun

         With winter almost here, I put together this cute fast short clip of some moments captured with my Gopro 2 during this summer.  Life is good :)  Enjoy!


Summertime Fun from Jacob Romero on Vimeo.

Hurricane FloSEE!

           This past Tuesday hurricane Flossi or FloSEE hit the Hawaiian Islands and it brought some amazing moments in the water and some scary times.  The day started off nice with a fun cute session at my home break Churches.  It was about 2-3ft and good conditions.  Somehow this lady zone from Honolulu Advertiser stopped us on the side of the road to capture a photo of us cruising to the Churches zone.  It was fun.  After our session, it started to drizzle a little.  Also, my good friend Marcus Rodrigues kept all the boys updated with the surf report and wind condition and was calling that around 3 or 4pm the waves would be going off at our local home zone.  Which is really rare for the month of July because it's a winter time break.  So all the boys were getting amped and ready.  My brother Josh, Cordon Stapp, Marcus Rodrigues, Kahekili Labatte, Sam Mederios, Miles Kauhaahaa, Mikey Mcguire, couple of the Maui boys, and I enjoyed one of the most memorable sessions we had at our local Kahului spot.  We boogied probably for about 4 hours or so until the weather got crazy.  It went from cheering, amping, and screaming for our friends to bust on the waves, to scrambling and rushing to get out of the water and get home to our loved ones.  It was a scary feeling.  Probably one of the most scariest moments I've experienced in my life for sure, but I'm glad all the boys got home safely.  Never mess around with mother nature as you never know what will happen.  Have respect and always be prepared.  By the time I got home the power was out and my whole family was safe and lighting candles.  It was nice spending time with all of them having a candle lit dinner.  Hope everyone else stayed safe and enjoyed FloSEE.  Below are some moments captured durfing Hurrican FloSEE.  

              Be sure to follow my good friend and amazing photographer/videographer Marcus Rodrigues on instagram @dmarxsmauitahiti and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/marcusmaitairoamedia?fref=ts .  

Honolulu Advertiser guys

FloSEE

My older brother Josh getting interviewed by KITV before paddling out at our zone

Cordon Stapp, Josh, and I meking dat walk.  Photo:  Marcus Rodrigues

Potential.  Started off onshore then got offshore and perfect

Last minute thoughts for guy zone JROM.  Photo:  Marcus Rodrigues

Pull in.  lidat.  Frame:  Marcus Rodrigues

More moments during Flossi and after Flossi

DUBB came over to Maui on a layover for about 3 hours 

Epic capture by Marcus Rodrigues @dmarxsmauitahiti

Miles Kauhaahaa shaka guy while Maui legend Mikey Mcguire dropping into a nice one.  Photo:  @dmarxsmauitahiti

Came home to this after our session.

Candle lit dinner with the family

Amen :)

Crazy lightning show. 

The next morning.  FloSEE looking beautiful