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The Golden Child Call him a prodigy, call him a wonder, call him a breath of fresh air, call him Keanu Asing. Pick a moniker, any of the monikers listed above, and you’ve got yourself a brief-but-accurate description of the best Hawai‘i surfer under 16 today. It’s a bold claim, we’re well aware, and we’re steadying ourselves to be peppered with a slew of naysayers, but after watching Keanu surf his way from the loser’s round to gold en redemption at the ISA World Games in Ecuador (pg. 68), we became true believers of the Ewa Beach local. Couple his gollactic win south of the equator with more than 10 domestic, national and international contest victories this year and it’s hard to find another Hawai‘i junior that can keep the heart-pounding pace Keanu has set. “Yeah, I’ve had a pretty good year,” says Asing humbly when asked about his current stranglehold on the sport.

That said, there was no way we weren’t going to place him on the cover when this shot—snapped by our own photo kingpin Mike Latronic—made its way through the art department. It’s a turn, (go ahead, you can flip back to the cover to check it out) that oozes primal Hawaiian power and speaks to the strength—both body and mind—that Asing holds with him. We see big things for Keanu in the years ahead…big things indeed. —Jeff Mull

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by Kevin Whitton

Summer is here and I’m not ordering a new board.

My shortboard has miraculously lasted the winter, sans the same pop it used to have. I could use a new board, but I’m waiting till summer fades away like another sunset to lay down some cashola. Besides, I’ve drug my fins too many times along south shore shallow-reef paddle outs, bumped rails too many times with over zealous shoulder hoppers and had too many close calls with runaway longboards—better my board than my face. And sessions at Bowls, boards be damned.

This year, I’m cashing in on longevity.

I think I’ll pick up a cheap, used epoxy board, something that can take a beating in the water and in the back of my truck without losing sleep over. And the little extra epoxy buoyancy for summer surf only helps to power through a cutback.

And for those small days when little lefts are peeling along ultra-shallow reefs, coral heads popping up for a gasp of fresh air, I have this funky yellow board I picked up for twenty dollars from a friend. I call it The Resurrection.

At the beginning of last summer I happened upon this magical, dinged-up egg shape. A friend was showing me a couple new boards

he picked up for summer. Wedged in between the wall and a few other boards he planned to sell on Craigslist to pay for his two new boards was this round-nose, 5’10” rocket.

“What’s up with that yellow board?” I asked, once he exhausted the specs on his new sticks.

“Oh, that board is so fun, but I let my brother take it on a trip to Nicaragua and he just ruined it. The nose has big dings on it, one side of the tail is smashed, the bottom has a bunch of craters and the rails are just worked,” he explained. He pulled it out and handed it to me.

I looked it over, the standard hand across the bottom to suss the concave and the obligatory fondling of the rail. Then I peeled a wad of old duct tape off the tail, a mat of gunk and sand left behind on the board. “I bet this board would go good at a few spots in Town.”

“That board is so worked. If you want to deal with fixing all the dings, you can have it,” he said.

I gave him twenty dollars just so he couldn’t ask for it back once I fixed it. Good trade. Now The Resurrection is standard quiver for all-day beachpark barbeques, waist-high wrappers and any time I want to get into a stylebandit groove.

“I’ve bumped rails too many times with over zealous shoulder hoppers and had too many close calls with runaway longboards.”

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1 Ecuadorian locals have their shakas dialed in.

8 Kahea Hart stays centered after a full day of competition.

2 Ezekiel Lau pulls out all the stops in any language.

9 Aloha. Uh, I mean, hola!

3 A few of the Hawai‘i boys had a tough time focusing on the surf, and for good reason.

10 Kawika Goodale showed up in case there were any problems in the water.

4 Donald Pahia, keeping cool in hot pink under the equatorial sun.

11 Nage Melamed, muy caliente.

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As if Freddy P. isn’t busy enough trekking the globe for most of the year on the Dream Tour and laying down the smoothest power turns imaginable, he’s got his hands in a different type of non-aquatic surf-related venture. Fred’s not hanging up his boardshorts any time soon, but he is putting his fingers to the keyboard on his new website with partner Andrew Oliver.

Want to know what’s on Fred’s mind after a WCT event? How does he feel about the judging? Stuck at home on the Islands and wish you were at Fred’s 6.0 Lowers Pro championship after party? It's all on his new website, www.insurfnews.com.

In an effort to bring surf fans the inside scoop on the world of professional surfing, Fred is hitting the interview track with industry big shots and blogging his heart out. “I wanted to create a platform for my peers to be able to speak about their opinions,” said Patacchia.

“Hopefully I can give people a glimpse into our world, our thoughts and our views." —Kevin Whitton

Vans Triple Crown Gets a Three-Year Injection

The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing gets mixed feelings from the residents of the North Shore. But like it or not, Billabong has extended its commitment to the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing through 2012 as title sponsor of the Billabong Pipeline Masters. The $340,000 Billabong Pipeline Masters is the third and final jewel of the men’s Vans Triple Crown of Surfing and the longest running professional surfing event in the world, celebrating 39 years in 2009. It’s also the final stop of the ASP World Tour and officially crowns the ASP world champion each year.

With crowded highways, crowded lineups and even longer wait times at Ted’s, the tax revenue injection into the local economy is seen as a bonus. “Billabong has recognized that support of the Pipeline Masters brings, without a doubt, the most return of any event on the ASP World Tour. Another three years of sponsorship will help to build this event to unprecedented levels, of which it so deserves,” says Randy Rarick, Executive Director Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. —Kevin Whitton

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By Kevin Whitton

Jamie O’Brien is known for being an outside-the-box surfer with his mind-wringing late backside drops at Pipe and rodeo-flip hijinks on the shoulder. And we all know he’s up for new challenges: entering the Turbo Bodyboards Pipeline Pro just to show he is a man of many talents or working with Vince Laforet where he filmed Jamie surfing Pipe switch with a remote control helicopter.

In early May, Jamie made surfing history by being the first person to twitter from the lineup. Using a waterproof case for his mobile phone tacked to the front of his board, he posted on how his waves were. Unfortunately, he was only able to get a few posts up before he lost the phone off his board. Twittering might not be the most necessary of things to do in the lineup, but who’s going to tell Jamie O what to or not to do when he’s waiting for his next ridiculously deep pit. Let's see what Jamie has to say.

(I) Just got a waterproof casing for the Boost. Gonna surf and twit.

First ever.

(II) Paddling out. Lips are lit up like neon green vegas.

(III) First wave. Took off, pipe, pumped once, up for the rodeo and fucken bailed. The sun is golden. (iv) Second wave, went right…front side air reverse…… (v) Fucken lost the phone in the surf on the way back in. Knocked it off doing an alley oop. Back to computer until Boost sends another. (vi) Or until I find one of the 20 phones they’ve sent me in the last few weeks. http://twitter.com/whoisjob

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Paying rent

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In spring, when professional surfers begin another season anew on the World Tour and Qualifying Series in Australia, North Shore lineups and industry houses empty of their international brethren as the scene tracks its way around the globe over the course of the next ten months. But just because most of the pros are gone, doesn’t mean the waves are on holiday as well.

So Volcom girls Claire Bevilacqua and her New Zealand teammate Wini Paul took advantage of a clean, empty Volcom house to set up shop and surf Pipe, giving a little “Woman’s Touch” to the male-dominated abode.

FreeSurf Magazine: So, we heard you spent some quality time at the Volcom house and it was mostly empty. How did that come about?

Claire Bevilacqua: Just perfect timing I guess. The only guys there were Tom [Dosland], Tai [Van Dyke], J.D. [Irons] and [Dave] Wassel, but those guys live there a lot of the year.

FSM: Did the hordes of male surfers leave the place a mess?

Claire: The old Volcom house is definitely always going to be grungy and a little dirty in some corners, but its not messy. It’s a home so everyone respects it most of the time.

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FSM: What was left in the fridge?

Claire: Beer, energy drinks and heaps of sauces and dressings. I added my organic gear, of course.

FSM: Did it smell like a locker room or roses?

Claire: It has its own special smell of love, blood, sweat and good times.

FSM: How long were you there for, who were you with?

Claire: My boy let me share his room upstairs. I’ve graduated since the days of the dungeon when I first started to visit. Wini [Paul], my Volcom New Zealand sister was down there for her first time though.

FSM: Did anything scandalous happen while you were there?

Claire: Not really, there’s always someone getting a little naughty and creepy, but nothing I’m going to be claiming.

FSM: Did you try out anyone else’s board that was left behind?

Claire: Dusty Payne is a legend. He lets me use his old boards.

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Whatevas FSM: Did you throw a few parties during your tenancy?

Claire: When I’m in Hawai‘i I’m there to surf and train. I want to get the best waves I can and surf 100 percent, so that means my health has to be my main priority. I love to celebrate life with the boys, but I don’t really party and most of the boys just want to chill at this time of the year anyway.

FSM: Are the guys rough and tumble, always trying to put you in an arm bar?

Claire: The boys are such lovers. They always look out for me. I think having us girls there who are sisters to them just balances the energy out. Things are a little more calm and it keeps the house smelling sweeter then usual.

FSM: Did you cook at all, get gourmet?

Claire: I cook a lot, but I love doing the bike ride to Foodland everyday to eat fresh poke and kombucha.

FSM: How were the waves during your stay?

Claire: We had a few days of big swell and one day had a few 10-footers, but I wasn’t really ready to get into that after four months away from the big stuff. I paddled out and got a few, but when I’m scared or intimidated, I’m more than happy to sit back, appreciate learn and watch the show. My boys are amazingly talented and strong and I don’t mind being the spectator sometimes. All the other days were small and rippable. I surfed small, fun Backdoor and Pipe with no one out almost everyday.

FSM: When guys came over, did you make a new house rule to put the seat back down?

Claire: Ha! I don’t make the rules in that house. Boys will be boys, if I let those things bother me I would never be able to stay there and enjoy myself like I do. I just suck up the pet peeves. I’m in their domain so I like to keep the peace.

FSM: Did you have to regulate on anyone getting out of hand?

Claire: No, the boys are very respectful and understanding of a normal girl’s needs. I don’t have to say anything. As for the strangers or freaks that try and walk into our house or garden to take pictures, groupie out or use the bathroom, I’m allowed to tell those kooks to beat it.

FSM: Is there any pressure being responsible for the house?

Claire: Not at all, the house has its own protection going like Borg, ghosts and the Volcom ‘ohana. We all do our part in looking after such an awesome home. I just made sure it was clean every morning.

FSM: Did you prance around the house listening to Cyndi Lauper?

Claire: No way, I pranced around booty-poppin’ to electro dance music and gangsta beats.

FSM: Did you have any different rules because you’re female?

Claire: They are the same for everyone: clean up after yourself and put away your shit, otherwise get a hotel room.

—Kevin Whitton

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Hawai‘i’s new guard of competitive surfing

by Jeff Mull

The Hope

They call him Tank for good reason: the man’s built like a wrecking ball. That’s Mililani’s Kekoa Bacalso for you—an open-handed slap in the face to all of the yoga-ball toting and CHEK doing pros on tour. Give this man a katsu plate, two scoops of rice and some open face and he’ll put on a display of rail work, finesse and power unseen since the likes of Sunny G. years past. Fitness buffs and surfers that can touch their toes, eat your heart out.

Truth is, we’ve always been a fan of Kekoa Bacalso. But when the Tank qualified for the tour, we had our doubts. Yes, he’s ridiculously talented in all things surf, may it be 2-foot Huntington or 12-foot Backdoor, he’s dropped our maws on more than one occasion. But the ’CT is a road littered with the broken dreams and dismantled aspirations of many a talented rookie. We’ve seen it time in and time out: No matter how much talent and savvy, some guys just can’t hang at the elite level. Kekoa Bacalso—praise the heavens—is NOT one of those guys.

Going into his debut year, Kekoa drops two solid results on us straight out of the gates with a 17th at Snapper and 9th at Bells in some Iron Man-type conditions. He follows that up with the most candid and likeable of post-heat interviews we can recall. With a calm demeanor and more aloha than your favorite auntie, Kekoa is giving us a reason once again to sing the praises of the new breed of Hawaiian surfers.

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The Rising son We dare you to find a surfer on the tour more liked, respected and admired than Hale‘iwa’s own Freddy P. After all, what’s not to love about ol‘ Fred? Since coming up as a North Shore grom, he’s forged himself into Hawai‘i’s favorite surfing son with his prowess in the water making him the stuff of legends. Over the years, since rising the ranks of the star-studded Hawai‘i’s junior surf scene, Fred is one of the most well-rounded contenders alive today—proving himself equally lethal at 3-foot Lowers or scrotum-shriveling Pipe— all the while garnering props for his good nature on terra firma.

After spending his time grinding it out on the tour, it seems that the gods of 2009 have smiled favorably on Fred as he’s currently sitting comfortably in the top 10 on the World Tour with solid results at Snapper and J-Bay. Recently, perhaps for the sole reason of surfing Lowers virtually crowdless, Fred went to town on the Queen of San Clemente and earned himself a big win at the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro. A worthy notch in his belt to say the least and a goliath boost to his already beaming confidence.

Going into the remainder of the season, Fred’s never looked so polished and serene in all of the years we’ve been watching him. Ask any seasoned tour vet: confidence and rhythm are everything on the tour, and right now, that’s something Freddy P. seems to be oozing.

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The golden one

There are a few, undeniable truths in this life. The sun will rise, the night will fall and Dusty Payne will rip the living hell out of any wave presented before him. This year, Dusty has risen from the relative obscurity of many an outer-island surfer to prestigious position of holding the distinct title of being one of the most progressive surfers walking the planet today.

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In the past year, Dusty sent shivers downs the spines of some of most established and esteemed athletes in the business, nearly claiming the Triple Crown title by posting ridiculous performances throughout the Seven-Mile trifecta. In the end, Dusty would fall just short of Parko in the hunt to wear the Triple Crown, but would cement

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his name in the surf world as a legitimate spoiler and future world title contender worthy of the media hype that surrounds his name.

Never content with good enough, Dusty followed his breaking performances in Hawai‘i with another spike straight to the forehead of his counterparts by claiming $50,000 for punting what was deemed the most soughtafter aerial of the year and winning the Kustom Airstrike

Event in the process. It was a damn fine year for Dusty Payne indeed.

Like an enraged Nordic enemy at the gates, Dusty stands poised to reshape the sport of surfing from the ground up. He’s a slayer of ’CT greats, has a stranglehold on all things surf celluloid and will father the next generation of tweaks and rotations above the lip. Be warned world: Here comes the Payne.

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The new Guard

With what is arguably one of the greatest dynasties in the history of our sport standing tall in her corner, Coco Ho has become the latest heir to the Ho throne. We’ve been following the trials, tribulations and rise to fame of young Coco since the lass was in diapers, but to see her join the ranks of the women’s ’CT this year and hold her own against the likes of the best in the business was a visceral experience that left us wide-eyed and beaming with pride.

As one of the premiere members of surfing’s 21stcentury femme fatale movement, Coco—along with the likes of Carissa Moore, Steph Gilmore, Alana Blanchard and a host of others—are redefining how women are viewed in the sport. The days of the term “surfs like a girl” are as dated as the buya haircut and chop-hops. No

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longer stiff-legged and spastic, the modern femme fatale movement surfs with a poise, grace and cohesiveness never before seen by the sport. It truly is the dawning of a new age with Coco Ho fervently leading the charge away from the old and into the new.

Most notably, the passing of the torch to the new corps is most easily digested by glancing at a single, iconic image of Coco, gracefully bounding above Layne Beachley at the Hale‘iwa event of the 2008 Triple Crown.

It’s a photo that will speak to the ages and can express more articulately the changing of the guard than a few hundred words ever could. Decades from now, we will look back upon that now-infamous-dawning-of-a-new-era image and confidently say, “That’s the moment where women’s surfing changed forever…and that’s Coco Ho.”

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The prodigy

At only 17 years of age, Maui’s Kai Barger has been setting the surf world ablaze with his polished backside attack, competitive savvy and wisecracking attitude. Put Kai in front of a camera—may it be pulling in at massive Pipe or doing a live interview at the beach—and you’re sure to strike gold.

Running with what are quite possibly the most talented and technically aggressive pack in the history of surfing, Kai and the boys from Maui are redefining what it means to be progressive in the sport with every fin waft and massive punt.

Competitively, Kai is standing leagues above many of his counterparts with an enormous win at the Worlds and a recent scalp at the Oakley Pro Junior.

Need some more assurance that Kai is the real deal? At the Oakley Pro Junior at Lowers in May, Kai was halfway through the final heat and in dire need a solid score to take home the win. While many a surfer would have let his nerves get the best of him or fall victim to a rookie mistake, Kai stroked into a set wave and put up one of the most demolishing backside attacks ever witnessed in Junior surfing, going beyond vert nine consecutive times with turns so polished and refined, you’d have trouble believing the kid wasn’t on the WCT. All of this and the kid’s only 17. A future world title contender? You can bet on it.

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ALL FOR ONE

Story and photos

by Mike Latronic

Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships - Salinas, Ecuador

[Malia Manuel]

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[Keanu Asing]

[Nage Malemed]

on a team is good ‘‘Surfing because you get everyone

supporting each other. Surfing is such a selfish sport, so it’s good to change it up. And even if you loose there is someone cheer them on. It’s like you really didn’t loose … eventhough you did.”

—Albee Layer

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More

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once

[Brazil's Jesse Mendes]

[Kaimana Jaquiias]

a rainbow appeared around the sun in Ecuador...

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...In weather related folklore these celestial, daytime solar halos are said to foretell precipitation. Often the veil of cirrus clouds (clouds that are composed of ice crystals) related to this event is the precursor to approaching weather change and certainly this held true for Salinas, Ecuador, where hundreds of the world’s top young surfers stormed the beach for the Quiksilver 2009 International Surfing Associationís World Amateur Championships.

Can the forces of nature that create this upper atmosphere phenomenon also affect the human spirits walking at sea level on the beaches below? With pumping, 6-foot corduroy lines marching up to a remote beach known as the Playas de las FAE, it seemed that anything was possible.

For nearly tens days, all surf creeds and colors of our planet walked the same beach and shared the wonderful common denominator and uniting colors of pure surf stoke.

Chasing the gold medal, the best amateur athletes gathered from the four [Brazil's Miguel Pupo]

contest ‘‘This made me a better

surfer because it’s the first contest I had to go against all the international kids and see how everyone else in the world is doing. It makes you want to surf that much better.”

— Dylan Goodale

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“Having coaches is really good because they see a whole different point of view of the wave.

Where the waves were at this year there were cliffs and they could see sets coming and signal to us.”

—Nage Melamed

[Nage Malemed]

corners of the globe. Touted as the Olympics of surfing, the ISA World Games are the stage on which the best young surfers on the planet perform for top honors. Twelve top surfers from Hawai‘i mixed it up with nearly 270 international surfers over 9 days competition in the hot and dry beach town of Salinas.

Parents, sponsors and enthusiasts all pulled together to help put a solid foot forward for Hawai‘i. Under the guidance of coach Rainos Hayes, the Verizon Wireless Hawai‘i Junior Surf Team prepared for months before hand with physical training, heat strategies and even cues on ambassadorship. Of course, our Hawai‘i representatives were there to surf hard and win the gold, but they were also expected to be ambassadors of aloha, stewards of the legacy of surfing in Hawai‘i and our myriad surfing communities.

In the Olympic-style opening ceremony, nearly thirty teams marched down Main Street, Salinas waving their national flags with pride.

The ceremonies culminated with the Sands of the World ritual, a unique tradition where each team brings sand from their homeland and mixes the hometown silica into a single container symbolizing world unity and peace through surfing.

The surf was pumping from day one to the final heat. Arriving a few days before the event gave the Hawai‘i team time to get used to the waves, but

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[Laura Enever]

Opening ceremonies included the Sands Of The World ceremony, where surfers poured sand from their home break into a glass frame, symbolizing unity through surfing.

[Puerto Rico's Eric Torres]

[Ezikiel Lau]

[Malia Manuel]

‘‘

[Ecuador's Carlos Goncalves]

The contest wave is at La FAE. It’s a mushy, long left that gives you some opportunities to hit it a couple times.

It breaks along the rocks on the outside and then it moves further over and back against the rocks again. The best waves are the wide and inside ones.”

—Tanner Hendrickson

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‘‘ [Matty Costa]

[Kaimana Jaquias]

The contest format is different from what we do back home.

At home you’re surfing against all your friends and it's six-man heats. [In Ecuador] it's fourman heats and you’re going up against all different countries and you don’t know how anybody surfs. But at the spots here, you don’t have to fight for waves.”

—Kaimana Jaquias

[Leila and Malia with Salinas Keiki]

[Alessa Quizon]

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[Kyle Galtes]

[Kaimana Jaquias] [Local grom]

[Team Hawai‘i]

think the ‘‘Ihighlight of

the contest was that there was one Hawai‘i surfer in every final and I am stoked to be one of them.”

—Alessa Quizon

[Team USA's Kolohe Andino]

other teams had the same idea. Frothing amateur surfers from around the globe dotted the lineups of La FAE and made finding a solo peak difficult.

Fortunately, that didnít stop the Hawai‘i juniors from cutting loose in a few warm-ups before the event. And with several southerly swells on hand, there was plenty of good action.

The Hawai‘i team performed brilliantly and held the lead for nearly all nine days of competition. Of the four ladies and eight men comprising team Hawai‘i, all four women were standouts and proved to be a crucial aide to Hawai‘i’s overall team standings. For the men, Keanu Asing, Kaimana Jaquias and Dylan Goodale rose to the top.

Keanu charged the boys under-16 grand final completely fired up. Explosive, consistent and fluid, Keanu scored a 9.04 on his last wave. In the end he would take the final becoming the ISA Under-16 World Junior Champion. With finalists in every division and Keanu’s win, Hawai‘i would take the silver medal for second place. Other notable performances were a bronze medal for Alessa Quizon and a copper medal for Dylan Goodale.

The overall team standings saw Brazil take the bronze medal in third place, Hawai‘i bettered last year’s run and pulled in second and for the fourth year in a row, Australia would finish on top, taking the gold.

While there was only one gold medalist per division, everybody in attendance was a winner.

Whether American, Japanese, Costa Rican, Venezuelan, French, Muslim, Catholic, Hindu or Atheist, the real prize was experiencing all the teams showing mutual respect and the common denominator of fun under the sun. It doesn’t matter whether you rest on Sunday or rage on Monday, eat pork or fast for weeks, it is simply human to love sports, the beach lifestyle and camaraderie of the surfing brotherhood.

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a gold medal hasn’t completely sunk in yet. I’ve been on a ‘‘Winning whirlwind lately since winning. It’s almost like I blacked-out once I won and I haven’t really come out of it yet. It still feels really surreal. I can’t even remember the heat really. The last thing I remember is coming into the beach and my good friend Zeke [Lau] and Albee [Layer] were carrying me on their shoulders. Someone bust out a Hawaiian flag and then Rainos threw a hat on me. Since then, it’s really been a blur.”

—Keanu Asing

[Keanu Asing]

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[All decked out]

[Dylan Goodale]

[Nage Malemed]

[Team and pit crew]

[Under-16 World Junior Champion Keanu Asing]

[Ladies of Team Hawai‘i]

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Surf Art

Ocean

Girl Art Elise Kirkpatrick

By Siri Masterson

It all started with a girl born in Texas. She was curious and creative and soaked up the world around her. She grew up in Houston and made the long drive with her family to Corpus Christi on the Gulf Coast to enjoy the ocean.

Tagging along with her grandfather, who ran a charter business, she spent many hours scrubbing down boats with Pine Sol and developing affection for the ocean. As soon as she was old enough and could swim well, her mother put her on an old longboard tanker and told her to figure out how to stand up while she supervised from the beach.

Since then, artist Elise Nicole Kirkpatrick has done more than figure out the ocean, she has made it her own.

Reminiscent of a young girl’s notebook drawings while stuck in a classroom and dreaming about surf, Elise’s paintings are the bubbly scenes we all wish we could melt into. Warm pastel colors bring to life the soft abstract waves and flowing long hair of a girl watching the ocean, longboard tucked under arm.

Elise found inspiration for starting her business, Ocean Girl Art, when she first came to Hawai‘i as a teenager and fell in love with the islands. At 19, her parents told her to go out into the big world, so she planted herself in Ma- noa, residing in one of the oldest houses in the valley. The house, the jungle, the rain splattering on the tin roof and the freedom to surf as much as she wanted evoked in her a creativity which led her to paint what she knows: surfer girls.

Although a former member of the coastguard, Elise has always considered painting her main job. She is an active member of the Surfrider Foundation and an environmentalist at heart. She is about to make a move to Maui where she will work with the Humpback Whale Foundation and continue to create art for a year. After that, she plans on settling in Kaua‘i with her hubby. She doesn’t know yet where she will land, but she is looking for place that will inspire her like that first house in Ma- noa Valley. www.oceangirlart.com

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Spring Fling The tidal 9 Women’s Pipeline Pro

After running through the waiting period, the ladies lucked out on April 9, 2009 with 2- to 3-foot Pipeline and benefits going to the Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i. The shortboard, longboard and bodyboard event saw an influx of bikinis in the lineup as women from around the world showed up to test their surfing merit at one of the most challenging waves on the planet.

The final day saw Carissa Moore lead the Hawai‘i charge in the shortboard final, showcasing her powerful surfing, only to be outdone by Claire Bevilacqua as she sneaked out of a couple of barrels and took the win. The longboard final saw a run for first between Crystal Dzigas and Cori Schumacher, both girls electing to take a few Backdoor bombs and ride the nose.

Schumacher came out on top. And the women’s bodyboard event celebrated their twentieth year in Hawai‘i with Luz Marie Grande Perez from Puerto Rico taking the win. —Kevin Whitton

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Originally from the Big Island, she now resides on O‘ahu to take advantage of the surf and many diverse opportunities the island has to offer.

Koa and Alex Smith (1) were recently paid a visit by MTV to be featured on “Teen Cribs.” “It was a one-shot deal. We walked them through the house and the cameras followed us. We showed them the fridge, through the rooms and they seemed to take a liking to all of our animals,” Alex stated after the cameras were turned off. “It was a

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pretty fun gig. I hope everyone likes it.”

Primo Island Lager, took the aloha spirit and Hawaiian big “Bruddahs” to California for a 10-day tour of top coastal towns and surfing spots. Dubbed “The Primo Big Bruddah Tour,” two specially outfitted Primo vehicles, a classic VW Double Cab and a custom woody bus, traveled from Santa Cruz to San Diego. Keoni Watson and Rusty Keaulana spread some cheer with Brad Gerlach and acclaimed surfer and filmmaker, Chris Malloy.

Rochelle Ballard (2) recently released “Surf Into Yoga.”

After leaving the ASP World Tour in 2007 she began explore her love of surfing and life through her creative sense of inspiring awareness and healthy living. “Surf

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Into Yoga” is intended to encourage its viewers to nurture and discover their own passions in life by experiencing the environment you live in with exercise, healthy and conscious living.

The video can be found in magazines, surf shops and the Internet. The website features in-depth bios, exclusive web videos, yoga sequences and healthy conscious living tips. surfintoyoga.com Dusty Payne snagged $50,000 by winning the Kustom Air Strike with one of the cleanest and most ridiculous air reverses caught on tape.

He stuck the air the day after he won the Oakley Pro Junior at Karamas in Bali. He celebrated that $US20,000 winner’s check by getting smashed, only to wake up and wash away his troubles with a surfing session at Canguu. The lineup was empty. He surfed

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the right that flew into the little left point. And you can watch the rest.

Kiron Jabour (3) eliminated all but one contender as he surfed his way to the final and a second place finish at the Quiksilver Pro Junior, a Grade 2 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Junior event, at Durban’s New Pier in three-foot surf.

Bulky Boy (4) is rolling out some wicked new trunks for summer. “The Mako” and “Off the Scale” trunks are available in sizes 32 to 56. That’s huge.

Analog Clothing recently launched a brand new website with updated spring product, team interviews, photos, videos and more. www.analogclothing.com Electric (5) has a couple new styles of sunnies out. The

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Hurley and model Bar Refaeli (6) introduced the Little Black Bikini with much male excitement.

The Little Black Bikini is the chic culmination of Hurley’s proven expertise in swimwear and globetrotter Refaeli’s experience modeling countless bathing suits for internationally renowned publications. The limited edition Hurley Little Black Bikini by Bar Refaeli will retail for $120, with a portion of proceeds donated to Boarding for Breast Cancer, a youth-focused non-profit that promotes early detection and an active lifestyle as the best prevention for breast cancer.

Hawai‘i takes it to the mainland boys at the 6.0 Lowers Pro

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and Oakley Pro Junior at Lower Trestles, San Clemete. Freddy P. won mainland America’s first World Qualifying Series 6-Star PRIME by defeating defending event champion Ben in 2- to 4-foot surf at the famed cobblestone reef. In addition, defending ASP World Junior Champion Kai Barger (7) claimed the ASP Grade-2 Oakley Pro Junior Global Challenge U.S.A. Qualifier, which ran in conjunction with the 6.0 Lowers Pro. “Man, that final was epic. It glassed off out there and the sets just started pumping,” Barger said.

“I finally got my chance to get a nice open face right and just tee off, which is what I’ve been waiting to do this whole time, so I’m just super stoked.”

A well-attended community meeting between O‘ahu standup paddlers, swimmers and DLNR representative went off on May 1. Crisscrossing

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ocean traffic in the Ala Moana Beach lagoon is the cause of ill feelings between swimmers and SUPs who use the calm water area simultaneously. Apparently, some heavy collisions and near misses have long time recreational swimmers up in arms over safety issues and both communities tried to hash out a solution with some mediation. The tentative plan coming out of the meeting is to install buoy demarcations running the length of the lagoon to separate the two user types, with SUPs taking the makai lane.

Incremental state budget reductions in guarded beaches across the state

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beginning in June are in place. Of particular concern is Keawa‘ula Bay on O‘ahu’s northwest corner. Yoke’s is a very popular year round break, featuring pounding shorebreak slabs resulting in many injuries. This summer, you’ll be on your own out there.

The 2009 Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction goes off on July 17 and 18 at the Blaisdell Center in Honolulu and master organizer Randy Rarick is on the lookout for saleable items for the show.

Classic surfboards, surf art, Hawaiiana and other memorabilia pieces will be displayed and put up for auction. www.hawaiiansurfauction.com

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Jamie Sterling notes the similarities between the Hawaiian and Mexican Pipeline at his home away from home in Puerto Escondido. Photo: Baeseman

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