Rosie Hodge Honolua pictures

Here is an awesome 2 shot sequence of Rosie Hodge at Honolua bay. Rosie will be on Maui next week doing some training with Matt and preparing for the Billabong Honolua contest.

Thank you to Michael Stephen for the pictures.

Anna Fry on tv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qig9yHRgg3I

Anna Fry was featured on the Triple Crown of Surfing national tv program. Of course she has her trusty kazuma Milkman.

Anna cracks me up.

Kazuma Kids at the 2009 Hi-Tech surfbash

Top shot in blue is Chaz Kinoshita. Next 2 shots in red are of Justice Patao. Bottom 2 shots in orange are Joao Marco Maffini

Kazuma kids at the 2009 Hi-Tech Surfbash

This is Imai Devault, winner of the 2009 Hi-Tech Lopez surf bash. Photo's from Pat Devault.

Kazuma kids training day

Part of the Kazuma training program is the "in water" coaching. Matt will work one on one with the kids on key points like positioning, timing, wave selection and general wave knowledge. It is amazing how fast the kids learn. Check the pictures of Kawai getting pushed into the wave, perfect positioning will greatly improve performance. Kawai can easily catch waves on her own but getting waves at the critical spot will make her improve much faster. Plus it is much more fun for her. Also, Daize Kinoshita is making a nice drop. We can see from the pictures that she is way too far forward on her board and Matt corrected that on her next wave. Imai Devault has the skills of a 17 year old but is only 12. In these pictures you can see the level of control he has and can break out the tail any time he wants. Moves like this can only come from the proper technique. Last, Matt Kinoshita leading by example. Look at the commitment in his cutback turn, Matt is always the top surfer in the water.

Thanks to Pat Devault for taking the pictures and helping us train the kids.

Kazuma kids training day at Hookipa

We had an awesome day training at Hookipa today. The waves were really good but it was super crowded. At about 3pm, an 8 ft shark came through the lineup and the Lifeguards closed the beach for about an hour. When the lifeguards opened up the beach, the Kazuma team was on it and had it all to themselves for over an hour. Amazing day for sure.

Thank you to Pat Devault for taking pictures and getting us the great group shot.

Travis Logie's new Triple Crown quiver

This is the new Triple Crown quiver that I made for Travis Logie. I am one of the SuperBrand staff shapers and I work closely with Jason Koons on the Hawaii boards. Every winter when the tour makes it's way back to Hawaii, I get booked up with orders from the arriving WQS and WCT surfers. Today I will shape Gabriel Villaran, Ola Eleogram, Rosy Hodges, Ry Craike their boards. I will post pictures and more info on that later.

Kim Ball at tavarua last week

Kim Ball, owner of Hi-Tech Surf Sports scored some good Tavarua last week. Kim is riding a 6'6" x 18.75" x 2.45" round tail classic.

Roque Calderon training in Oahu this Sunday.

Thanks to Jorge (jorgeatramiz@hotmail.com) for the pics, looks like Roque is having a lot of fun on his Milkman.