Thanks Mike for your pics at V-land. Looking good on your new board.

Mike Schultz is from the north shore of Oahu and is one of the hard core V-Land regulars. Here is Mike riding his 7'6" x 22.5" x 3.125" custom fish.

With his second place at the quicksilver king of grom, Joao Marco is selected for the Europe king of grom final in Spain in August.

Planet air

Don't miss this video. And be ready to fly with your next Kazuma board. We are working on a full DVD for you guys by the end of the year, stay tuned. This is a preview of it.

Video here

Anna fry, Oahu north Shore

Thanks to Mana for the pics.
Mana Photo 92-1219 Hulukoa Pl. Kapolei, HI 96707 (808) 382-3715

Welcome to Josh Stone

Josh Stone is a windsurf legend. His dad was (still is !) a ripper on the north shore of Oahu.
Josh has been retired from the competition where he had a few world champion titles, but still windsurf and surf every day, here on Maui.
He loves SUP and i really wanted him to try our range of products. Matt and him had this crazy idea to make a supersize SHIBI, as a SUP board.
What a result. The board is insane and will revolution the way people ride a stand up paddle board.

Welcome Josh.

Thanks Matt for your hard work

The new Shibi SUP open doors to a new level of performances. It's a new era in the sport.
The board is just insane. You ride a shortboard, you can hit the lip, carve, accelerate... It's so much fun.

Josh Stone has some good things to say about the Shibi:
"The shibi is what I've been waiting for in Stand up! I love that it turns like a short board, but still has lots of volume and stability, without being sticky going down the line. Its the future of SUP for sure!"

16th annual Pohai Keiki Nalu contest

The waves were firing at Launiapoko on Saturday June 13th for the 16th annual Pohai Keiki Nalu Menehune contest. Head high waves and smooth water made for some of the best waves this event has ever seen. The level of surfing was amazing and everyone had a great time. Thanks to Hi-Tech and Honolua Surf Co for putting on this great free event for our kids.

Sweet south swell yesterday, i took a few pics from break wall, in Lahaina

As good as it gets. Rosanne hodge, double page Surfer mag

Kazuma students take top honors in the 2009 Quiksilver Jr Pro at Kewalo's

Bernie Baker photo

Kazuma students take top honors in the Quiksilver Jr Pro at kewalo's. Past kazuma rider Albee Layer won the event with a perfect 10 ride taking home the $2000.00 check. Billy Kemper and Granger Larson placed equal 3rd. Matt Meola and Tanner Hendrickson placed equal 5th. Impressive results from the Maui Boys and this shows the dominating success of the Kazuma training program.

Secret spot

Well, today was suppose to be firing on the south side, we took our chance and went to Lanai.... Side shore wind, bumpy, not the best really....We had a lot of fun anyway, 3 foot sets and alone in the water, far from the crowd on Maui.
francky

Nice south swell the last 2 days

I went to Dumps yesterday with my friend Michelle, she had a blast on a 6.0 shibi we have for test at the shop. francky

Imai Devault wins the Hawaii State Championships

Imai is the new Menehune state surfing champion. There is a long list of Kazuma team riders that have held state championship titles and we are proud to have our youngest team rider bringing home the gold. Next week, Imai will travel to California for the NSSA National championships at Trestles.

MATT MEOLA SET PACE AT DAY ONE OF ARNETTE PRO JUNIOR

San Juan Capistrano, California (June 6, 2009) – The Arnette All Day Antics Pro Junior presented by Jack’s Surfboards kicked off the third of 10 stops on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) North America Pro Junior regional series today with explosive early round action. Matt Meola (Kuau, HI), 19, led the competition when he issued the event’s first perfect 10-point-ride while advancing through his tough heats.

The ASP North America Pro Junior Series acts as a qualifier for the ASP World Junior Championships, with the series’ top three finishers at year’s end earning a berth onto the coveted event held in Narrabeen, Australia in an attempt to claim the title of ASP World Junior Champion.

Meola earned his perfect score with only one maneuver. The high-flying Hawaiian punted a critical air reverse on a Newport Beach wedge to earn the score and tacked the amazing performance onto his previous high scoring ride to claim the top heat total of the day as well, a near perfect 18.25 out of 20.

“Lately, I’ve just been trying to go big,” Meola said. “I think it’s boring to see a bunch of small turns, so I try and do what I like to watch.”

The variety of surf available to the Maui native allows him to prepare for anything the ocean offers him and his ability to capitalize on today’s fast beachbreak conditions paid off.

“I live on Maui and there are so many different types of waves,” Meola said. “I go out to Hana and there are beachbreaks over there and where I live is mostly reefbreak. There is a ton of different terrain to surf, so I’m kind of used to it.”

Meola is also hoping that a good showing here at the Arnette All Day Antics Pro Junior will help his cause towards qualification for the ASP World Junior Championships. Now that Hawaiian surfers earn points towards qualification for the prestigious event while competing in mainland America, the ASP Grade-3 status of the Arnette Pro Junior will play an equally significant role in the Hawaiian’s qualification hopes as mainland American competitors.

“I’m super psyched, because in the past we have only had about two contests,” Meola said. “That made it really hard to qualify for worlds, which was really frustrating. Now that we can earn points towards our Hawaii rating over here, it’s so sick.”

Matt Meola crushes the competition at the Arnette Pro Junior in California

Check his footage http://www.arnetteprojunior.com/photo/matt-meolas-perfect-10/

Matt Meola crushes the competition at the Arnette Pro Junior in California. Matt posted an 8.5 and perfect 10 to easily advance out of his 2nd round heat. Matt is riding his new Cali Milkman models, 5'9 1/2" x 18' x 2.125" We designed these several weeks ago specially for this competition and it looks like we got them perfect. Matt said " I couldn't have done it without my magic board"

Check this out ! New Shibi SUP. 9.6 x 29.75 x 4. How good does it look ?

It will be on the water next week, stay tuned for the review.