Loch Eggers at Kuau Pipe last night

Quick lesson from Loch Eggers, one of the best SUP rider on Maui. How to get a barrel on a SUP.
We went out last night for a sunset session, we just got 10 minutes before the sun went down, and Loch found the time to pull out this move. Loch's SUP is a Milkman model, 10.0 x 27.5 x 4.125

Melanie Bartels on the front page ofthe Maui News

Melanie Bartels is known as one of the best women tuberiders in the world. Honolua bay is the perfect spot for Melanie to show off her skills.

Melanie Bartels advancing to the 3rd round at the Billabong Honolua contest

Congratulations to Kazuma rider Melanie Bartels for advancing to the 3rd round of 2009 Billabong Honolua contest. Melanie was on fire throughout the day getting standup barrels at perfect honolua. Check the videos at http://www.billabongpro.com/maui09/videos-vid/139/round-2-heat2

Awesome footage for sure. Melanie was riding her 6'6'x 18" x 2.125" round pin step up. It was a little small for the waves but she still killed it.

Ian Walsh at the 2009 Eddie Aikau opening ceremony

Here is Ian Walsh at the 2009 Eddie Aikau open ceremony. Tomorrow may be the day that they run the Eddie at the bay. Ian has a good shot at winning as he has been warming up in all the swells that we have been having and his timing has been spot on. Ian is my top big wave protege, I have spent 15 years grooming him for this day. Good luck Ian.

Ian's board is 9'6" x 19.5" x 3.25" classic and is based off the Jaws paddle in boards we have had for years. We ride them smaller and narrower than most people because we get much better control and the boards feel much more comfortable taking off late and inside the boil.

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

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.

Hana contest last week end

Joao Marco on fire lately. He made 3 final in a raw.

2nd place NSSA Kauai explorer boy.

3rd place Has Hana 12-14 div.

6th Has Hana open man division.