good morning. wanted to sleep in today but couldn’t. just got too many things to do before i leave so better start now. waves came down in town. looking cloudy and windy so i’m not too excited to go surfing. maybe get wet this afternoon. check out some of the photos from yesterday. have a nice day…..
when the finals started, it was all business. judges mike shimooka, hayato maki, and derek wong made sure the right guy got the right score. great judges and nobody was complaining….
i’m still tripping out on how fast this contest was put together. it’s incredible how when people pitch in, things get done. it would take months to plan something as big as this. but when you have everybody participating, things get done fast. and right….
girls finals. kelia moniz 2nd, alissa quizon 1st…
under 12 grom finals. joshua moniz 2nd, shun murakami 1st….
under 16 finals, eala stewart 2nd, and isaiah moniz 1st…
we had a trophy and prize money for most inspirational surfer of the contest. cassidy kuakini won it hands down. why? because he lost early but still held his happy face up and supported his friends that were still in the contest. that’s class man. good job cassidy…
seth moniz won the trophy for best ride of the contest. in round 1, he took off, got a super long deep barrel, came out and did 2 huge turns… i gave him a perfect 10 point ride…
seth became the youngest contest director in the world 3 days ago. he worked hard to put the get the groms together, make the heats, get the trophies, and pretty much run the contest. for all that hard work, he won the prize of “outstanding surfer” donated by todd mitsui. it was the DS guitar hero. anybody would be happy with that….
**once again, thanks to everybody who helped out with this contest. the vibe was so awesome and i’ve never seen the kids happier….
