Journey to Virginia Beach

I've made it to Virginia Beach after a long 2 days of traveling.  I left Maui last Friday morning and arrived in Virginia Beach Sunday morning at 12am.  I flew to Honolulu, then to New York (where i cruised in the airport for about 10 hours), then caught a taxi to China Town in New York City, and caught a 8 hour bus ride straight to Virginia Beach.  On top of all of that, I had a cold and was really sick, but I made it safely and I'm feeling better and I'm with family so no complaints here.  The past couple of days have been awesome here.  The weather is beautiful and it has been sunny everyday.  It's a little chilly though for this hagswaiian guy, but I'm handling.  I'm staying with my older brother Josh, sister in-law Mary, and my niece Alyza.  They live in an awesome neighbor hood.  We BBQed the first night here, ate some smores, and cruised.  My cousin Travis and his wife Natasha and daughter Lily came over to cruise as well.  It's been good times here.  I'll be here till the 30th and then heading off to Puerto Rico.  Today is my brothers birthday so it should be epic times for sure.  Aloha everyone!!!!  Life is good :)

Maui from the sky

Stoked grom came up to me in the airport in Honolulu and wanted to get a photo with me.  He was heading to Maui and I was stoked to share some zones on where to surf and stuff and just talk story.  

JFK welcomed me with allkine smog and beautiful weather.  haha

I guess so, but not in hawaii.  haha

My bus transportation for 8 hours

China town zones in New York City

No.1 Bus tour.  Probably not, haha.  One of the dirtiest bus zones for sure.

Epic sunset in New Jersey 

Bus vibes.

My older brother made sunday breakfast pancakes

Beautiful blue sunny skies with fall leaves almost cruising

Halloween pumpkin hags cruising

Josh chopping some wood in his back yard

A beverage for hags

Fancy hags 

Bottos for dinner.  #nohomo

Roasting marsh mellows

My niece enjoying her smore zone

Evening run vibes

My niece showing me how to do the bridge.  She goes to gymnastics.  I was tripping out that she could do that.  Not even I could do that.  She'll be busting inverts soon

Focused

JENGA!!!

Maui times

Coming home to Maui is the best feeling in the world.  I get to hang out with my family, friends, pets, eat good food, enjoy epic sunrises and sunsets, relax, and re-charge for my up-and-coming tournaments and journeys somehow.  After being away for almost 3 months (Australia, Bali, New Jersey, Venezuela, and Mexico), I needed to come home and cruise Maui zones.  Most of my family is here on Maui and family is everything to me.  I only spent 4 days on Maui, but that's better than not spending anytime at home at all.  Right now I'm in New York waiting to catch a taxi to the bus station.  I'm going to catch a bus to Virginia Beach to visit my older brother Josh, sister in-law Mary, and niece Alyza.  I can't wait!  Should be good times.  My older brother and I will be heading to Puerto Rico right after that.  Stoked!  Below are some photos from my home zones Maui.  Lots of food, family, sunrises, sunset, and cruising photos.  Enjoy.  Life is good :)  aloha

Maui No Ka Oi

Sunset right after getting out of the airport

Came home straight into some fresh Poke zones

Sweet Potatoe zones

Sunrise from my back yard

Visit The Foam Company in the Maui Mall for some fresh gear for the winter season.

Couldn't leave Maui without taking a dip in Iao

Another sunset

My mom and pop enjoying some Thai food.  The best!

Back yard zones

Koi pet 

Kolohe boy

Got fat at da Kitchen

My moms dinner at Ko 

She's stoked!

Family dinner at Ko.   Jonah, Rusti, guy, mom, and pop

Best desert.  

Kolohe hunting

BBQing chicken on zone

Jonah and I with pizza oven in the back

One more sunrise from my back yard

Rainbow, waves, beach, sun, sand, fun surf with friends, what more can you ask for.

More food.  Thai grinds

More  food for hags.

Chile/Mexico 2012 Podcast

Some footage I gathered from a couple of videographers while I was in Mexico recently. No fancy editing, just some wave riding in Chile and Mexico. Enjoy. Aloha!


Chile/Mexico 2012 from Jacob Romero on Vimeo.

Mexico cruising

It's been about 8 days since I last updated my blogg zone, but a lot of good times have been going on for sure and below are some photos of some epic moments captured.  My good friend from Kauai, Hawaii Jeff Hubbard won the Zicatela TURBO pro making it back to back wins in Puerto Escondido.  He was ripping the whole event and I'm stoked that he won again.  To me, one of the most epic heats I ever witnessed was Jerry vs PLC.  They went back and forth taking the lead, but in the end PLC came on top with a great wave in the last couple minutes or so.  After the comp, we surfed and we got some good waves.  Then we went out to celebrate HUBBs win.  It was good times.  My friend Molly flew over from Mexico city to surf and cruise the beach and see Puerto Escondido.  We had a good time.  We surfed a lot, paddled in a lagoon zone trying to find crocodiles(which we never did, haha), ate some good food, saw some insane beaches, and enjoyed laughs and smiles.  I'll be here till the 12th somehow and most of my days consist of waking up at 645am, eating breakfast, boogie boarding(either punta colorado or Zicatela), eat lunch, surf again in the evening, cook dinner, and then sleep.  I've been cooking my lunches and dinners so that I can save some money for Puerto Rico.  It's just Keahi aka pslandersent Parker and I.  Everyone is almost gone and we are just surfing and cruising allkines.  The forecast doesn't look too good, but we are trying to get some footage for some podcasts maybe in the future.  This trip has been amazing.  Good friends, good vibes, and good times.  What more can you ask for?  Life is good :)  Enjoy!  

TURBO zones doing work

Zicatela

Half hagastand.  

Jeff and Dave HUBB.  2 of the best bodyboarders in the world

Pristine beach about an hour and a half down south

The crew with Mago.  Mago is a legend here in Puerto Escondido.  Always taking care of the crew.  Driving all over,  bringing us empanads, and epic BBQs.  So good.

Another Pristine zone 

Hawaiian Pizza zone

Beautiful

Hags in kayak with shirt on head cause going get sunburnt.  No crocodiles in this zone.

Molly enjoying the view from the Kayak.

This is a shot from the plane(molly sent this to me, she left already).  This is the lagoon we were kayaking in.  So big.

Molly cruising after busting allkine 360s in our kayak.

Lagoon zone.

G-string Gopro mount with Jorge Colomer

Mark Mcarthy cooking some fresh Mahi mahi for the boys.  He caught it that morning.  Such a good feed.

Another pristine sunset

Views from the colectivo(public transportation)

Apparently this is how Molly looks when she gets eaten by a shark zone

Good times, friends, good vibes, life is good!

Hags on a pokey stick

Molly dropping in and showing um how for reeeep um

Molly and I

Top chef with hags

Dinner