Duane Desoto riding at his best with the Milkman 9.6 x 28 x 4 SUP

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Beautiful morning at Hookipa.

Tyler and Joao Marco in search of the perfect barrel...

Hookipa, this morning. Let's talk about powerful turns, with Matt Kinoshita and Mike Crowe.

Matt was riding his 6.1 x 18.375 x 2.25 Milkman Hank Gaskell model with FCS MK fins.

Mike was riding his personal model 6.6 x 20.5 x 2.75 squash tail Crowe model with FCS Gam fins.

Kazuma Jaws Tow boards to the next level with Ian Walsh

Matt Kinoshita has been designing and shaping tow boards for Ian Walsh for over 8 years and has some of the most amazing Jaws specific board designs. This year has been the best winter I have seen in 5 years which has allowed us to make a major breakthrough in the 60+ foot wave riding category. Matt and Ian have a few new "top secret" board designs that have been working amazing in HUGE surf. Jaws is no place to mess around and Ian has his equipment dialed in.

Chaz Kinoshita is the lucky beneficiary of Ian's hard work and has boards that are already proven to be magic at Jaws. If you watch the footage of Ian or Chaz, you can see the confidence they have in their equipment.

Chaz Kinoshita crazy Jaws barrel footage

Here is the link to the Surfline video footage of Jaws 1-17-10. At 3:09 into the video, Chaz gets an insane barrel. Click the link below and it will take 15 seconds for the video to start.

http://www.surfline.com/video/featured-clips/jaws-highlights_40323

Billy Kemper places 4th at the Haliewa Sponsor Me Pro

Kazuma team rider Billy Kemper placed 4th at the Sponsor Me Pro at Haliewa. Billy was the only surfer to reach the final from the 1st round and earned $700 for his impressive finish.

Noyle photo.

Imai Devault and Joaomarco Maffini at the 2010 Justin Roberson contest

Imai Devault dominated the Justin contest on Sunday placing 1st in the boy's division and 2nd in the Jr men's division. Imai, pictured here in the bottom 3 shots consistently pulled off the big turns to take the victory.

The top 2 pictures are Joaomarco Maffini who placed 3rd in the boys and 5th in the pro division. Big result for sure.

Photo's by Pat Devault

2010 Jaws tow boards

Here is a glimpse into my shaping room showing the latest jaws towboards. Maui has had the best winter in years which has let me do some amazing r&d on the proven jaws model. These are Sierra Emory's new boards and we have refined them to a whole new level. I can't reveal too much about the boards but you will see Sierra, Ian Walsh, Billy Kemper and myself taking performance to a whole new level.

Chaz Kinoshita got his new ski today.

Chaz Kinoshita got his new ski today. We need to do a few modifications to get it tow ready but he should be getting it on the water tomorrow with his partner Joao Marco. Chaz chose the Kawasaki 1500 4 stroke because he rides Kawasaki motorcycles and loves the brand. In an hour, he will have it all stickered up with his sponsors logos.

yesterday morning, Billy ripping at Jaws.

Kazuma tow team getting ready for tomorrows giant swell

Chaz Kinoshita 13 yrs old (left) Joao Marco Maffini 13 yrs old(center) have been training all last week with Alfredo Villanova, getting ready for tomorrow's giant swell. Alfredo is the Kazuma tow team trainer and is working wonders with the two Maui super groms.

Earlier in the week, Matt Kinoshita and Ian Walsh fine tuned Ian's Jaws boards and redesigned his Future tow fins for "Big Monday" Matt and Ian will be on it tomorrow with the Magic new boards. Joao and Chaz will probably watch but if it is less than 30 feet, they will sneak in for a few.

Charlie Linden, inspiration for the "EGG-O" model.

Maui surfer Charlie Linden was the inspiration for my "EGG-O" model. Charlie needed a board that performed like my Milkman shortboard, had the glide of a fish, the turning radius of a pro's board but paddle like a mini tanker. Yes, he wanted it all. If you have ever seen him surf, you know what the board can do. (Charlie rips) This is a picture of Charlie on his 6'0" x 20" x 2.5" squash tail thruster EGG-O. By the way, Charlie doesn't like the name EGG-O but it is better than the "PEPPERMINT PATTY" Actually, I like stupid names for my board models so if any of you out there have funny name suggestions, please let me know. I may just use it for my new board model.

Matt

Hank Gaskell's 2010 model

I just made the final revisions to Hank Gaskell's 2010 shortboard design. The board is 6'1" x 18.375" x 2.25" and is a modified Milkman model. Hank is 160 lbs. and we added a bit more concave than we normally do so the board will be faster and bite better in the turns when the water is bumpy. Hank and I have been surfing the point and have felt the need for a quicker bite into the wave in hard turns. Kona winds at the point is a challenge and that kona chop is a problem. Actually, Hookipa is always difficult to surf.

Kiter at Lanes today

Mike Crowe's new magic 7'3"

Here is Mike Crowe with his new 7'3" classic. This new board is a copy of his 2009 board redone with a sick new 2010 paint job. Dimensions are 7'3" x 19.5" x 2.75" and has fcs gam fins. You are sure to see this Day-Glo board throwing buckets of spray tomorrow at the point.