I woke up early today to go shoot some photos of Nick Mita and Joel Centieo at Big Rights because the swell supposed to be here already in the morning. i know, i know, they aren't kids but surf photography is still good part of my income and these guys are type of guys i want the groms to be looking up to.
the waves were... not really here yet in the morning. ha ha. it was loooong wait between sets. We were out for 3 hrs and i think there were only 2 sets we were stoked on.
Just like yesterday, i can't post any good shots which might be used by their sponsors so here are some throw away shots.
Joel
Joel is just all around good guy. He always got a huge smile on his face, just makes your day better by just talking to him. Hard worker too. Not only he's a pro surfer training and competing year around, now he is a Hurley team manager too. i see him all the time by coming to contests supporting Hurley riders like Kaulana Aop and Elijah Gates.
Nick
JPSA Pro surfer and one of the hardest working guy i know. Ever since i met him some years ago, everytime there are waves i get a call from him to go shoot. (when he's here in Hawaii and not traveling the world.) he trains hard on land and in water all the time, when waves are good he arranges photogs to be out there shooting.
he's fluent in Japanese now too and he is like a glue connecting japan and hawaii surfers and industry people together for years now. often times i see him with japanese surfers driving them around to the best sopt to surf and introducing to local people.
i love working with these guys. like i said before, guys like Nick and Joel are kind of surfers i want all the groms to be looking up to. so kids, if you haven't met or talked to them before, next time you see them, talk to them! there are tons of stuff you can learn from these guys and they are so nice i bet they'll take their time to talk to you and answer any questions you might have. (specially now that i said that. ha ha.)
Ronnie Yamada was out surfing too.
After his first wave, he was sitting waiting for the perfect wave for like an hour! He got the perfect wave after waiting! I was totally out of position since it was the wave of the session and broke way outside than where i was set up but that thing was sick! He took off, stalled and was in the barrel the entire wave!
Ronnie is an amazing tattoo artist and surfer. Don't let the scary looks fool you. he's a super nice guy. well, as long as you don't drop in on him. ha ha.
he's a prime example of a person doing what he loves to do for living. because he followed his dreams and never quit, he became THE guy to get tattoo from here in Hawaii. so kids, don't let anyone tell you you can't be what you want to be. with hard work and dedications, you can become who ever you want to be.
FITTED is realeasing this summer's MUST HAVES this weekend!
you know FITTED got the sickest hats in Hawaii. This weekend, they are releasing 3 limited edition hats designed by their young riders: Ezekiel Lau, Keanu Asing and Nelson Ahina!
Zeke
Keanu
Nelson
Go to FITTED's site (www.FittedHawaii.com) for the details, video and great write up on these guys.
I don't know about you guys, but i am definitely getting all three of them!
i think i'm gonna try to wear Nelson's hat when i see Zeke, Keanu's hat when i see Nelson, and Zeke's hat when i see Keanu so they can all get mad at me. ha ha.
all joking aside, i seriously think these are MUST HAVE before all of you kids go back to school. so get your sleeping bags ready and camp out to get these super limited hats from FITTED! (i am not kidding, i know people will be camping out to get these hats.)
i'm just hoping i get mine before they all sell out... seriously!
Kaz
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