Local Motion Surf into Summer Dates - T&C Grom contest website - Thank you all the Novus Swell supporters! - Congrats Mahina Yamaya!

Sorry i've been lagging on blogging this past couple of days. i got slammed by tons of work so i haven't left my house in a while... i'm almost done so i'll be out and about starting this weekend!

Local Motion's Surf into Summer dates are set! MAY 29, 30, &31 at Ala Moana Bowls!

I love this event, it's super fun and the goodie bags are unreal with really good prizes inside!

T&C Grom contest website is up! so check their site for all the info!

http://www.tcsurf.com/grom10/

I want to thank all the Novus Swell supporters. I've been getting way more emails everyday now then a month or 2 agao. If i haven't get back to you, hold on tight. i'll email you back as soon as my schedule is not so hectic. thank you everyone for the support!

One the winners from RVCA/NSSA giveaway sent me a photo!

Thanks Ka'imi'ola for the photo!

oh and tons of people are hitting me up asking me "who won the watch?!?!?"

The winner of the watch was Mahina Yamaya from Japan! So yes, Mahina won Mahina's watch. ha ha. so Mahina (Yamaya), your watch is in the mail!

I got some SICK giveaways coming up!!! i can't tell you what they are yet, but make sure keep checking back, cuz you are going to want to win these giveaways!

i better get back to work so i can get some sleep tonight... it's 3:25am and still got some stuff i want to finish up before i call it a quit for today.

Kaz

Novus Swell

North Shore

I'm chilling in north shore today. Chuns got some fun size waves!

Zeke eats 3 days old Spam Musubi - Quick photo shoot with Kaulana Apo - Vana!!

You probably know about one of the rules i have in my car, aka Kaz's Surf Shuttle. If you leave your rubbish, you need to eat what you left in my car OR do a 30 minutes beach cleanup when we get to the beach.

well, it was Ezekiel "Zeke" Lau's turn today. He bought a Spam Musubi Saturday morning but only ate half of it and left it in my car. Yesterday, Monday, i picked him up to go surf so he had to make a decision... eat 3 days old Spam musubi or do the beach cleanup.

I made a quick video, so check it out!

Click here to check out the video!

I finally got to surf again today! i was at home all day working on my computer and i was so tired of it so i drove down to the beach for a quick session.

The waves were good! actually it was too good for me to be surfing so i grabbed my camera and went shot Kaulana Apo right before i lost the day light.

Kaulana was ripping out there as always. He's one of the groms who you need to remember cuz he's going to be huge in the industry!

When people come surf for the first time in Hawaii, i always tell them not to stand up on the reefs when they fall. it's not the reefs that's going to hurt, it's vana (sea urchins)!

You don't want to step on one of these! it's rare you get just one or two thorns, usually you get like 50 thorns in your foot. those thorns release venom too so it's super painful. the worst part is, when you try to pull them out, they break off! So you need to cut your skin and flesh open around to ply them out. in some cases you need to go to the hospital to take care of your foot.

so be careful and DO NOT stand on the reefs!

I felt like a bait for sharks in the water once it was getting dark so i was done shooting in about 20 minutes. ha ha.

at least i got surf today!

Kaz

Novus Swell

New webisode, Freedom Surf Contest at Queens

The new Novus Swell video webisode is up! Surfing the Nations had its annual surf contest, Freedom Surf Contest at Queens, Waikiki. There were some really fun size waves offering kids to show us what they can do. Great people, weather, surf, prizes... It was a great weekend! Enjoy the video!

www.NovusSwell.com
Sponsored by www.AlohaArmy.com
Novus Swell supports "Not Even Once" www.HawaiiMethProject.org

Day 2

Day 2 of Freedom Surf Contest at Queens!

Contest

At the Freedom Surfing Contest at Queens!

Freedom Surf Contest Schedule!

here's the schedule for this weekend's contest. It might change so give yourself enough time so you don't miss your heat!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
> SATURDAY APRIL 24, 2010
> CHECK 60 MINUTES BEFORE YOUR SCHEDULED HEAT DUE TO CHANGES
> DIVISION HEAT # TIME
> OPEN BODYBOARD QTR 1 7:00 AM
> OPEN BODYBOARD QTR 2 7:15 AM
> OPEN BODYBOARD QTR 3 7:30 AM
> YOUTH SHORTBOARD QTR 1 7:45 AM
> YOUTH SHORTBOARD QTR 2 8:00 AM
> YOUTH SHORTBOARD QTR 3 8:15 AM
> BOYS SHORTBOARD HEAT 1 8:30 AM
> BOYS SHORTBOARD HEAT 2 8:45 AM
> BOYS SHORTBOARD HEAT 3 9:00 AM
> BOYS SHORTBOARD HEAT 4 9:15 AM
> BOYS SHORTBOARD HEAT 5 9:30 AM
> MENS SHORTBOARD QTR 1 9:45 AM
> MENS SHORTBOARD QTR 2 10:00 AM
> MENS SHORTBOARD QTR 3 10:15 AM
> MENS SHORTBOARD QTR 4 10:30 AM
> OPEN BODYBOARD REPO 10:45 AM
> SENIOR MENS SHORTBOARD SEMI1 11:00 AM
> SENIOR MENS SHORTBOARD SEMI2 11:15 AM
> BOYS SHORTBOARD QTR 1 11:30 AM
> BOYS SHORTBOARD QTR 2 11:45 AM
> BOYS SHORTBOARD QTR 3 12:00 NOON
> MENS SHORTBOARD SEMI 1 12:15 PM
> MENS SHORTBOARD SEMI 2 12:30 PM
> YOUTH SHORTBOARDREPO 12:45 PM
> BOYS SHORTBOARD REPO 1:00 PM
> GIRLS SHORTBOARD FINAL 1:15 PM
> WOMENS SHORTBOARD FINAL 1:30 PM
> YOUTH SHORTBOARD FINAL 1:45 PM
> BOYS SHORTBOARD FINAL 2:00 PM
> MENS SHORTBOARD FINAL 2:15 PM
> SENIOR MENS SHORTBOARD FINAL 2:30 PM
> OPEN BODYBOARD FINAL 2:45 PM
> GIRLS STAND UP PADDLE FINAL 3:00 PM
> BOYS STAND UP PADDLE FINAL 3:15 PM
> WOMEN STAND UP PADDLE FINAL 3:30 PM
>
>
> SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
> SUNDAY APRIL 25, 2010
> CHECK 60 MINUTES BEFORE YOUR SCHEDULED HEAT DUE TO CHANGES
> DIVISION HEAT # TIME
> BOYS LONGBOARD SEMI 1 7:00 AM
> BOYS LONGBOARD SEMI 2 7:15 AM
> MENS LONGBOARD QTR 1 7:30 AM
> MENS LONGBOARD QTR 2 7:45 AM
> MENS LONGBOARD QTR 3 8:00 AM
> MENS LONGBOARD QTR 4 8:15 AM
> SR MEN LONGBOARD SEMI 1 8:30 AM
> SR MEN LONGBOARD SEMI 2 8:45 AM
> LEGENDS LONGBOARD QTR 1 9:00 AM
> LEGENDS LONGBOARD QTR 2 9:15 AM
> LEGENDS LONGBOARD QTR 3 9:30 AM
> GIRLS LONGBOARD QTR 1 9:45 AM
> GIRLS LONGBOARD QTR 2 10:00 AM
> GIRLS LONGBOARD QTR 3 10:15 AM
> WOMENS LONGBOARD QTR 1 10:30 AM
> WOMENS LONGBOARD QTR 2 10:45 AM
> WOMENS LONGBOARD QTR 3 11:00 AM
> MENS LONGBOARD SEMI 1 11:15 AM
> MENS LONGBOARD SEMI 2 11:30 AM
> LEGENDS LONGBOARD REPO 11:45 AM
> GIRLS LONGBOARD REPO 12:00 NOON
> WOMENS LONGBOARD REPO 12:15 PM
> MENS STAND UP PADDLE SEMI1 12:30 PM
> MENS STAND UP PADDLE SEMI2 12:45 PM
> BOYS LONGBOARD FINAL 1:00 PM
> MENS LONGBOARD FINAL 1:15 PM
> SR MEN LONGBOARD FINAL 1:30 PM
> LEGENDS LONGBOARD FINAL 1:45 PM
> GIRLS LONGBOARD FINAL 2:00 PM
> WOMENS LONGBOARD FINAL 2:15 PM
> MENS STAND UP PADDLE FINAL 2:30 PM
> AWARDS CEREMONY

See you all there!

Kaz

NovusSwell

I drive other people's kids around so I need to make sure my tire with
a nail doesn't go flat or blow up! Getting it fixed right now and not
the crappy plug but the right way with a patch!

Oh no...

How did the screwghetto there? I wonder if I can just leave it there
since it got a washer on. Ha ha.

Thanks Christie - Jenna Forti the barber - Kino family bbq

Last night i went to dinner with my ex, Christie, for our annual dinner at Irifune. If you have never been to Irifune, you need to check it out! i love this place. Amazing food, the owner, Toshi, is a surfer, and it's BYOB.

I guess she didn't want me to take a photo of her... she tried to cover her face but i'm too fast! ha ha.

Some kids were tripping out that i was going to dinner with my ex, but she was the reason why i'm here in Hawaii.

Christie told me that she wants to move to Hawaii 7 years ago when we lived in California. I was happy in Cali but hey, gotta do what you gotta do to keep your girl happy, right? So i sold my business and pretty much everything i owned and moved to Hawaii 7 years ago yesterday. We moved here with what we can bring on the plane, we had no plans, no jobs, and no friends.

7 years later we are no longer together but she has a solid career at Colliers Monroe Friedlander (a commercial real estate company) as a project manager and i am still broke doing Novus Swell and surf photography. ha ha.

i owe her everything! we were together for 9 years and she taught me a lot and i think i probably be would have been in jail at least 10 times if she didn't keep me in check. ha ha. if it wasn't for her, i'd have never moved here and met all the great people i've met over the years and doing what i love doing for living working for myself.

thank you Christie and i know all the kids thank you too for bringing me out to Hawaii!

Right outside of Irifune, i saw this attached to a rubbish can.

what a great idea! now people can put the cans and bottles in this and someone who wants to recycle can grab them without going through other trash in the rubbish can.

i love the sign too. it's so Hawaii! ha ha.

Today, i picked up bunch of kids from all over the place! my first pick up was at 12:55pm and we got to Kewalos at 3pm since i picked up kids from their schools and went to their houses to grab their surfboards. you can thank Christie if you ever see her for your rides to the beach all the time. ha ha.

The surf wasn't the best but i can see there's new swell starting to show up a little by the evening time.

after our surf session, Jenna Forti decided to give Kaito Kino a haircut since his hair was long and getting out of control!

it was so funny cuz i don't think Jenna even knows how to cut hair. ha ha.

Jenna did a great job tho. we were all impressed!

this is how Kaito's hair looked like before.

I went to Kaito's house for a bbq for Genki and Takako. (Kaito's brother and his newly wed wife!) Great people, tons of great food (Kaito's dad is a chef at Nobu!), and lot of great conversations. Thank you Kino family!

i'm going to have a long weekend with a contest and other commitments so maybe i'll try to catch up on my work tomorrow. but call me up if the waves in town are fun! i can always take a few hour break since i'm the boss! ha ha.

Kaz

Novus Swell

Post session

Post surf session, haircut! Ha ha.

Kewalos

Time to surf!!

Wow, how much to take my surfboards to Nationals in Cali?

Wow, how much?

We all know all airlines take advantage of us surfers by charging us so much money for taking our surfboards when we fly. The worst part about living in Hawaii is, where ever we want to go, we NEED to fly.

NSSA Nationals and Surfing America Nationals are coming up and i know everyone's trying to find the cheapest tickets to get to California.

BUT WAIT! Even if you find a ticket for cheap on one airline, you might end up spending more paying for your boards.

I made a list of how much 6 of major airlines are charging for surfboards on Novus Swell.

Click here to find out before you book your flight so you can save some SERIOUS money!

Kaz

Novus Swell

New webisode, A Day with Kelia Moniz, Joy Haynes, and Jenna Forti

New video webisode is online! I spent a day with Kelia "Sister" Moniz, Joy Haynes, and Jenna Forti this past Sunday. There's never a dull moment hanging with these surfer girls and their surfer friends. Check out the video to find out what i'm talking about! Enjoy the video!

Kaz

Novus Swell

great job girls, specially Bailey Nagy!

Wow, all the groms surfed really good at the Women's Pipe contest today! I was super impressed these little girls going against older adult women. Great job girls!

Bailey Nagy was surfing amazing! if you don't know who she is, check out her profile video i did not too long ago. click here for the video!

Every grom on the beach was cheering for Bailey!

Right before the awards, Bailey refueling and waiting for the results.

but before she can finish her sandwich, she got called up on the stage for the Rookie of the Year award!

Sweet!

Her coach Pancho Sullivan was stoked!

She got 3rd! Can you imagine that? 14 years old going against older more experienced surfers and coming 3rd!

She's stoked and she should be!

Pancho even knows all eyes were on Bailey cuz she was surfing great and she deserves this from all the trainings and practices.
Great job Bailey! oh and i'm tired of Bailey stealing my wax! if any wax companies are interested, hit me up so i can steal wax from her! ha ha.

Kaz

Novus Swell

Womens pipe contest

Bailey Nagy is in the final! Go Bailey, Go!!

Womens pipe contest

At the womens pipe contest. Good luck girls!

There's never a dull moment when i'm with bunch of surfer kids

There's never a dull moment when i'm with bunch of surfer kids. Today was no difference. I went to AIDS walk in the morning and met up with Kelia "Sister" Moniz, Jenna Forti, Joy Haynes and Rip Curl team.

Kylen and Cole Yamakawa were their helping out at their sponsor, Shark energy drinks, tent when we got there.

We did our walk and were just chilling and one of Novus Swell fans, Keahi, stopped me to say "hi"!

Thank you Keahi for supporting Novus Swell!

After the AIDS walk, we all met up at Kewalos thinking there will be some waves. well, there were "some" waves but they weren't great... the tide was low exposing reefs at Ala Moana Beach Park, so we decided to go for a little lifestyle photo shoot. well, it was more like Ezekiel "Zeke" Lau wanted a "cool" shot. ha ha.

look at that, all dry!

off we go!

I guess the reefs were lot sharper than we all thought. ha ha.

the cool shot Zeke was thinking about... i think. ha ha.

Did i say there's never a dull moment? while i was shooting Zeke, everyone was laughing telling me i need to go over there. i get there and this is what i saw. let me introduce you to the sexiest male model in the world, Kylen Yamakawa. ha ha.

Then, while i was shooting Kylen, Derek Wong was laughing out super loud pointing at something. So i go there to see what's going on... this is what i saw. Wow, Kaito Kino lost his trunks!

We all thought that was so funny, other's jumped in and had a naked surfers group photo session. Cole, Kaito, John Quizon, & Kylen.
nah, nah. they were just hiding their trunks behind their boards! ha ha.

ok, now some serious photo shoot!

Jenna was ready for some photos, so here we were being serious trying to get some good shots.

Now with Sister!

not even 2 minutes into our "serious" photo shoot... Seth found a sea cucumber and thought it'll be funny to scare Jenna. look how he's holding the sea cumber! Naughty boy, Seth!

After a while Zeke was getting all jealous that i wasn't taking any photos of him. ha ha.

How am i supposed to shoot when he's keeping falling off the reef? he's an amazing surfer but can't even stand still on a reef! ha ha.

it's so hard to get ANY photos of Zeke smiling cuz as soon as i point the camera at him, he tries to look all tough. I got some smiling photos today tho! ha ha.

I wanted to get a group photo so i made everyone come up on the reef...

but they are surfer kids, they never listen to me, specially when they see a decent wave outside! some kids just kept walking and ended up going out to surf! so much for a big group photo. ha ha.

while i was shooting Zeke, this "gangstah" group was free styling making up some funny raps. ha ha.

Finally got everyone (except for the ones who took off to surf) together!

looking at these photos, i know you were thinking "nice, that must've been a quick group photo session". well, NO!! They were moving around, yelling at each other, and not listening to me AT ALL. I took like 40 group photos and there were only a few shots everyone's kindda looking at the camera!

like i said, there's never a dull moment with these kids. ha ha.

we went for a surf session after since the tide was getting higher and the waves were getting decent.

another great day, i love my job!

Kaz

Novus Swell