good evening. gosh, what an awesome day!!! we had our 1st annual go-naminori contest down at kewalo’s all day today. the groms were stoked, the parents were stoked, and everybody that came by were stoked. 18 top grom competitors going man on man heats all the way to the finals…. here is tony moniz briefing the kids in the morning…
top hawaii judge uncle mike shimooka was heading up the judge panel. it was a great idea to let the kids judge each other so they could learn how to get a good score. all the kids did a great job judging and they all learned something today for sure….
my brother was manning the barbecue grill. hamburgers and hotdogs for everyone….
darren tatsuno, ronnie yamada, and so many others came out to support the kids. tony moniz took video all day so the footage must be awesome. going to take the tape with me to japan and make a DVD. can’t wait…
doing a contest like this ain’t easy. but when you get the support from the locals along with the parents, it’s much easier. we even had a permit to do this event. check it out….
**gosh, i’m too tired to post more photos. you’ll have to wait till tomorrow. shun and i are super tired so lights out. good night……
**oh, just wanted to take this time to thank EVERYBODY who made this happen. thanks to our sponsors: GO-NAMINORI, FAITH SURF SCHOOL, DOVE WETSUITS, TSSC SURFBOARDS, CONTEST DIRECTOR SETH MONIZ, VERTRA, RIP IT ENERGY DRINKS, IN4MATION, NICK MITA, AND TODD MITSUI. AND WANTED TO THANK THE PARENTS, MIKE SHIMOOKA, HAYATO MAKI, PAKANA, RONNIE YAMADA, BOBBY HIGA, DARREN TATSUNO, TRINKO, DEREK WONG, MOM, MY BROTHER, THE MONIZ FAMILY, FOR ALL THIER HELP. i hope i ain’t missing anybody. if i am, sorry, i drank too many of those sports drinks. oh, and thanks to the people who read my blog and came down to watch the contest. if it wasn’t for all of you, this couldn’t have happened… next year? not big plans, HUGE PLANS…
