The IBA Pipeline Pro starts tomorrow and I am so excited to surf some amazing waves with only 3 other guys out. The forecast looks really great. I surf on Friday and am ready for it. I have been practicing for this contest since the beginning of the year, and the last few days we [...]

I had a great last week in Hawaii before I depart for the IBA Puerto event. The 4th annual Keiki Oceanfest went amazing on Saturday. The kids were ripping harder than ever, the non profit’s were so cool and all the volunteers and sponsors were so helpful. It could not have gone better. Then my [...]

My favorite spot to train in the summer for my upcoming IBA contests is Half Point at Sandy Beach. It has rights and lefts, ramps, barrels, shallow reef and  a strong current. Andrew Rams snapped a few photos of me today during one of my  daily training sessions. It is like this almost every day, [...]

It looks like a fun and busy weekend ahead. We have the USBA Sandy Beach Pro happening and it looks like tons of waves will be in store for all. The Eddie Solomon fundraiser and video premier of  ”V” is happening at Dave and Busters Sunday night. I heard the video is great and I [...]

A heathy spring time swell lit up the Banzai  during the last few days. Surf surf pushing the 12ft mark and washing through on occasion. Crowds were light, conditions clean and many epic waves were had by all.  Skip, BW, Dub, Lau, Stew, GT, Nakana, Kalima, Keahi, Murph, and Dan all got sweet ones and have [...]

The Pipeline contest waiting period has started and we are on call for the event. We had a great promo at Ala Moana mall on Saturday with hundreds of people getting autographs and free stuff. today we had the blessing and opening ceremony. The waves have been fun north swell sand bar action at Ehukai [...]

We had three totally different surfs the last three days. From maxing Pipeline on Monday to playful sandbars on Wednesday with fun Pipe and Backdoor  in between on Tuesday. The IBA Pipe contest starts on Tuesday the 15th – Friday the 25th and they have trials at Sandy Beach on this Saturday and Sunday. As [...]

Pipe has been super fun the last four days, sunny offshore crowded and between 6-12 ft. The crowd has been super intense due to the WQS surfing pipe comp being on, but with so many days every one has been getting there share. I am glad the comp is on today because I need a [...]

Evan Fa was over on Maui too and shot some cool photos before he jumped in the water..   Here  are a few of his shots. Mahalo Evan..Well  The waves have been really tough the last week here in Hawaii so those sessions on Maui have really  helped me weather this down time.  Besides training [...]

Ryan Beppu made the trek from town to shoot the north shore  a few days ago and came back with a few photos of me . Mahalo for the support Ryan.