Kazuma protégé, Kai Barger wins the 2009 US Open pro jr

Kai Barger wins another major surfing event the US open pro jr.

Kai has been a Kazuma student since he was 10 years old and is one the reigning world junior surfing champion. Kai and my son Chaz are both goofy footed and have trained in my exact surfing style and technique. It is fun to train these 2 kids that are a mirror of my surfing and it makes it easy to understand the mechanics of their surfing. Now Chaz, who is 12, is riding the exact copies of the boards that Kai won the NSSA Nationals with back when he was 12 years old. Proven product, proven training program.

Congratulations Kai, we are all so proud of you.

Baptiste gossein and Teiva Joyeux in tahiti

Matt Meola's crazy rodeo flip on Surfline.com

Check out Surfline.com and see the awesome video footage of Matt Meola's sweet rodeo flip. The footage was shot be Elliot Leboe.

http://www.surfline.com/surflinetv/sixty-seconds/matt-meolas-rodeo_28876

Kazuma story on ESPN online

Check out the Kazuma Story on ESPN online.

http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/index

ESPN online Melanie Bartels article

" Unlikely Matriarch" the story of Melanie Bartels. This is a must read for all Hawaii surfers.

http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/index

Lucio Ricca, 13 yr old Kazuma Team rider from Bali

This is Lucio Ricca from Bali. Lucio is one of our team riders from Bali. At 13 years old, Lucio is always one of the youngest surfers in the lineup.

Baptiste barrel shots in Tahiti

Baptist is a Kazuma team rider from Tahiti. These are pictures from the last swell, Baptist was riding his 5'8" x 16.5" x 1.75" Kazuma Tow board.

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.