good evening. went down to watch my nephew’s final heat at the NSSA REGIONAL CONTEST AT KEWALO’S….
i was watching some heats and the level of surfing is so high now. the kids are just going off now days….
the waves were 2′ and really good. long lefts with high scoring waves. a perfect day for a contest today….
it was pretty cool to see all the support. after every heat, the competitors would come in and hear it first hand from their coaches or parents. i had an awesome talk today with my former coach, ben aipa….
i was cheering for the moniz clan. i’m so proud to see them all do good. josh and seth were in the same final for the menehune division. i think seth won the whole thing….. he caught 2 really good waves and ripped it all the way to the inside. and i heard that kelia and the rest of the boys are ripping it up. i hope they kick some ass this year at the nationals in california…. they all qualified and are going in july….
here is billabong team rider coach “uncle rainos hayes” and seth. i use to surf contests back in the 80’s with rainos so it’s so cool to still see him around passing on his knowledge… and plus, uncle rainos rips….
**anyway, the waves came up today in town. should be getting bigger throughout the week. as for the north shore, it’s still good too. i think everybody on this island is surfed out…. i sure am…
