More People, Places and faces of my Canary’s trip.

There was a nice article in the Honolulu advertiser about me today written by James Dawson an HPU student. I thought he did a very nice job writing it you can view it online here. http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081211/GETPUBLISHED/812110376/-1/neighborhoods07 Also I got a new You tube clip that will be featured in a Flipper magazine DVD that was [...]

Here are some more photos from my last trip. These are all from the contest site at Confital. As you can see the contest site was happening and had a sick organizational structure. It has the potential to be one of the best 4 events on tour if the waves cooperate.

I took bunch of photos while in the canaries here are a few to enjoy of the Fronton scene and my host and local ripper Richard Diaz

My Exam is done. I just finsihed and did pretty well I thought despite having major jet lag and a bad case of food poisoning I must have contracted on my way home. Hope to start feeling better tomorrow and get on with life.

On my way home to Honolulu on the last leg of my 42 hour journey. Can’t wait to see my wife and to get to the warm sunny islands. London had ice on the ground last night and was below zero. Got a economics final tomorrow and I will be done school till jan 18 [...]

Last day in the canarys and we hit up El fronton this morning. New swell arrived and some heavy 6-8 ft slabs were on offer for the crew. Tide was dropping quick and the wind was up a bit though it did not some of the boys driving through some big pits. Hardy Stewart gt [...]

The final day of the final event of the IBA world tour finish today in 1-3 foot surf. The morning saw small weak 1-2 foot inconsistant waves great the competitors. Early upsets saw Myself, Local favorite Richard Diaz,and Guillerme Tamega all lose out due to poor wave quality. The quarterfinals started to see a small [...]

Today at the confital contest the Drop knee final went out in the morning in inconsistant 1 foot waves. The finalest tried their best to put on a show and it was local favorite Ariel jimminez who took the win from David Hubbard in the dieing minutes of the final. Ariel caught the largest wave [...]

The swell was pretty small today so the drop knee heats were thrown out amoungst it. Fun clean contestable waves saw the big names find their way to the final after three long rounds. Favorite David Hubbard was in form as well as Local Ariel Jimminez. Dave Whinchester scored the wave of the day a [...]