when we arrived early at Pipeline this morning, Kelia told me “uncle, last time Joshua won the Pipe contest on my birthday. today is my birthday so i can feel something good will happen.” happy birthday Kelia! and good happened!!!!
i think this was the biggest heat to watch of the whole contest. some betting websites had John John Florence a 10 to 1 favorite over Seth Moniz. over the past few days, everybody was predicting John John and Kelly Slater in the final. not today! Seth ended up winning that heat and i heard somebody bet $5,000 that Seth would win and got paid $50,000 for that major upset. when’s the party? haha…
i have a lot of stories to share but i just got home from a long day. it’s 8pm and way past my bedtime. i received hundreds of texts congratulating Seth’s performance today. sorry i have absolutely no energy to reply. but thank you from the bottom of my heart. i’m so emotional now that all i can do is close my eyes and fade away into what seems to be a dream. Seth got 2nd only to the best surfer of all time, Kelly Slater. we are all so proud of Seth. he represented Hawaii with an outstanding performance for this whole contest. good job Seth and Happy Birthday Kelia! goodnight to you all…
