Kazuma Kids surf the Maui slab

JoaoMarco Maffini Kaimana Kinimaka

Kaimama Kinimaka

Chaz Kinoshita

Joaomarco Maffini

The Kazuma Kids score perfect waves again on Maui. This right slab is one of the kid's favorite spots when the waves are big. Kaimana, Chaz and Joaomarco caught at least 20 barrels each. Pretty amazing considering these kids are still too young to drive.

Kazuma kids Jaws session 1/2/2011

Check out the home made video of Chaz Kinoshita and Joao Marco Maffini tow surfing Jaws on January 2nd 2011. The conditions were terrible and the wind was crazy strong but the kids are always waiting for Jaws to break and won't miss an opportunity to surf it. We ended up surfing it till dark, another beautiful day in paradise. It is nice to have such an amazing wave in our back yard, I hope the kids know how lucky they are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM139clftQ4&feature=email

Chaz Kinoshita and Joaomarco Maffini score perfect Jaws

Chaz Kinoshita and JoaoMarco Maffini score perfect Jaws on the 1st swell of the season.

When we arrived at Maliko Tuesday morning, the entire bay was closing out and it looked almost impossible to launch. We decided it was worth the risk and launched between sets, Chaz and JoaoMarco did a great job getting clear of the ramp but we still damaged the trailor and one of the skis. Only about 6 ski's managed to launch so it was the least crowded we have seen Jaws in years. We towed for over 4 hours and the kids got some of the best rides of their lives.

Thanks to Mike Neal for the awesome pictures. Check out the whole collection at www.mneal.net

Chaz Kinoshita Hookipa training day on his 5'5"x19"x2.125" Piglet

        

Chaz Kinoshita doing his daily training this morning at Pavils.  Chaz has been riding his 5'5"x19"x2.125" Piglet and has been killing it.  I know the board sounds huge but it is so fast and loose that he can do just about anything on the wave.  The pictures show how easy it is to break the tail out. Most of the team has new Piglet boards and all agree that it makes small wave surfing easy.

Secret spot on the east side of Maui today

Baker Grant, Chaz Kinoshita and Joao marco Maffini scored a sick secret spot today on the East side of Maui. The boys surfed it all alone and pulled some of the sickest turns.  Baker Grant was amazing (and crazy), he would go for air to reverses on the shallow reef shelf and pull almost everything he tried.  I have to say, Baker is one of Maui's hidden talents and I think he might be only 16 yrs old which is simply amazing.  I am glad that I brought my camera to document the session.  Lucky we live on Maui.

Matt Kinoshita

Baker Grant throwing tail

Baker Grant backdooring a thick one

Baker Grant air to reverse

Baker grant on an unmakable one

Joao Marco Maffini cutback

Chaz Kinoshita cutting out before the rocks

                                        

Chaz Kinoshita takes 3rd place at the Ulitmate Boarder competition

Chaz after his final Chaz and Matt getting ready
Matt and Chaz waiting for the final results
Congratulations to Chaz Kinoshita for taking 3rd place at the Ultimate Boarder competition in Cardiff California. Chaz surfed well in the 16 and under division catching his high score in the last 3 minutes to take the bronze medal.

Hookipa HASA contest pictures

Chaz Kinoshita 1st place Boys Open division Chaz Kinoshita 1st place Boys Open division

Imai Devault 1st Place Boys division

Imai Devault 1st place Boys division

Joao Marco Maffini 3rd place Open Mens division

Photo's by: Pat Devault

Chaz Kinoshita wins Neil Pride Hookipa HASA

Chaz Kinoshita won the Boy's Open division of the 2010 Neil Pride HASA contest yesterday at Hookipa. Pavils was 2 to 4 feet and very difficult to surf, Chaz used excellent wave selection to pull out the victory.

Chaz Kinoshita and JoaoMarco Maffini score perfect huge Jaws today.

This morning we hit Jaws at 6:15 am, launching in the dark. Of course we were the 1st ones out and scored perfect 20' Jaws for a while by our selves. Chaz and Joaomarco towed for 5 1/2 hours straight and didn't make a single mistake. This was one of the biggest swells of the year and both Chaz and JoaoMarco caught the biggest waves of their lives, we felt like we were in tune. We came in for lunch, re-fueled our skis and went back out for an evening session only to surf it with Alfredo Villas and Kaleo Amedeo catching perfect bombs. As it got dark and everyone was packing up, a huge formed on the horizon and I told Chaz it was time to tow daddy into one. Long story short, I fell in the barrel and ate crap taking 4 waves on the head then making the trip into the rocks in near darkness. I have to admit I was a bit worried but it is nothing new but kids were in shock to see me get so pounded. Luckily Alfredo stuck around in the dark to come rescue me off the rocks, thanks Alfredo for risking your ski to get me. We all returned to the ramp in pitch dark and celebrated a safe surf session.

Matt Kinoshita

Jaws on Maui is the most powerfull wave in the world

This is unbelievable and I have never seen this before, a tow board totally destroyed by a single wave. Yesterday I towed Chaz Kinoshita into a smaller 20' wave at Jaws and Chaz pulled into a nice barrel. Because it was a smaller wave, it pinched at the end and Chaz got closed out on. Notice the front inserts, they were snapped and pulled out with his foot still in the strap and the tail was broken in 2 places. This tow board was glassed with 5 layers of 6 oz glass and was as strong as a board could be, I picked Chaz up after this wipeout and his board was in pieces next to him so we are sure it was blown up on that single wave. Jaws is no joke and this proves the power of the spot.

Kazuma Kids Jaws session

The Kazuma Kids have been having some amazing sessions at Jaws, Maui. Chaz, Joao Marco, Tyler and Imai caught some of the best waves yesterday. In February alone, we have put on 63 hours on our Jaws ski's so the Kids have been getting tons of rides. What impresses me is the fact that the kids can ride for 4 hours straight before wanting to rest. Chaz and I have been towing till dark every day and have had some of the best sessions ever. I have been Training the kids the same way that I Trained Ian Walsh so I am sure that they will be the future jaws standouts.

Joao Marco on a huge bomb set

Chaz backside on his last wave

Tyler getting barreled

Imai pulling in on a deep one

Matt Kinoshita towing Chaz

Photo's: Pat Devault

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

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.

Happy new year

Powerful turn for Chaz, Sweet barrel for Joao Marco, the Kazuma kids enjoy the last days of 2009 !

Matt Kinoshita and his son Chaz surf perfect Maui

My son Chaz and I surfed some of the best waves Maui has seen in years. One of the local spots was absolutely firing and we were trading off barrel after barrel. Check out the 2nd picture with Chaz in the lip claiming my barrel, I can't think of anything better than taking turns watching each other ride waves like this.

I was riding a 7'6" x 18.5" x 2.5" baby squash classic gun and Chaz was riding his 6'0" x 16.75" x 1.95" classic gun. 6'0" sounds small but is relative in size to my board since chaz is only 95 lbs and 13 years old.

Matt

Chaz Kinoshita's 8.5 point ride in the Kewalo NSSA contest

This is Chaz Kinoshita's 8.5 point ride in the Kewalo NSSA contest on Oahu Last Sunday. Chaz has been competing since the age of 5. In the year 2008, Chaz was the Hawaii State Surfing Champion in the Menehune division. Chaz is following in the footsteps of Kai Barger and you can see they have almost identical surfing styles.

"SHIBI" no sales pitch needed

No sales pitch needed, a test ride is worth a 1000 words. Stop by the shop and grab one for a test ride and see what all the hype is about.

The shibi can easily replace your normal shortboard for everyday surfing, the performance is amazing and the paddling is superior to your shortboard. We are riding them 1-2" shorter than our normal shortboards.

Have you ever seen a fish that surfs magic in 1 to 5 ft Hawaiian surf? The Shibi can, give one a test ride and see for yourself.

Chaz Kinoshita in the pocket !