CHAD VILLARIN Kona,HI
PH: EVAN FA
Name | Chadbourne Villarin Age | 21 Homeland | Big Island Spots | The Point Sponsors | None. Mother nature for the waves. Travels | No where but Hawaii What is life like as a bodyboarder where you’re from? Life as a bodyboarder growing up on the Big Island is pretty reefy. Not too much sand for you to just ramble your board on to. The crowds are epic to none most of the time, and you pretty much know everyone. I wouldn’t have wanted to grow up anywhere else but Big Island. Why did you choose bodyboarding instead of another sport? I played soccer for a while but sorta just blew that off and went for bodyboarding because it was all on me. I like the part of being in the water where it’s just you and the waves. All my friends were into bodyboarding so I just went with the flow of things. Who, or what, influenced the way you bodyboard the most? No Friends was probably the biggest influence for me and bodyboarding. All the boys who will always be there to yell at me and make sure I boost it or pull in thick. And anyone out there that is pushing the limits of bodyboarding to new heights that will always push others to do the same. What do you hope to accomplish in bodyboarding in the future? I don’t know what the future has in store for me, but no matter what it is I know I will always be on a bodyboard. It would be sick just to make a name for myself and earn the respect. Contests don’t amuse me as much as free surf. If you could travel to one place in the world, where would it be and why? Tahiti, for sure. It’s one of those places you travel to and still feel like you never left home. Plus the waves are all time along with the people. Big barrels and endless pads to launch. What do you do when the surf is flat (hobbies, etc.)? When the waves are flat there is still choke to do in the ocean. Fishing, diving, rock run, and skip rocks is just a few. Anything to make the time fly by until the next swell arrives.