Waves!

Wow, kewalos is actually pretty good. Kids are out there!!

Where?

Where's the swell?? It was better yesterday!

Thanks Neuro, THE wedding photog, flash photo session, Say Anything

The waves picked up today! But before i went to the beach, i met up with people at Neuro drinks.

They got cool drinks for any occasions. They are not energy drink company but lifestyle drinks company.

They want to reach out to surf scene, specially young surfers, so they hit me up. So stoked i linked up with them! They hooked me up with bunch of their drinks when i left and you know what happens at the beach... kids went wild over the Neuro drinks and i had to keep refilling the cooler. ha ha.

Here's Derek stoked on Neuro Aqua.

Here's Keana and Nahe loving Neuro Bliss.

Thanks Neuro! The way kids were loving the drinks, i'll be stopping by soon to steal more from you guys! ha ha.

I jumped in the water to take some stills today. I've been wanting to get some shots of JPSA Pro surfer, Nick Mita, and he is a regular footer. only problem was that in the afternoon, the lighting is just good for lefts. BUT i didn't want bunch of butt shots of Nick! ha ha.

So i decided to shoot with flash. it's hard to shoot with flash because i need to be close enough to the surfer and i can only shoot one shot per wave. (if i had more expensive setup, i can shoot multiple photos per wave but i have a ghetto setup. ha ha.)

Brady Oshiro was there taking photos and video. He was THE surf photographer some years ago but now he is THE wedding photographer here in Hawaii. so if you need a great photog, Brady is the man you should talk to.

I can't post the best shot of Nick yet... so here's one of the throw away shots.

I love how Nick surfs really smooth, yet powerful.

When i'm in the water shooting, kids come out to get some shots of their own too. ha ha.

Josh Moniz

Josh surfs so good. It's like something clicked a few months ago and now he is surfing like a full grown man now.

EJ Mitsui

I think EJ is the least recognized young surfer right now. Better remember his name tho, he's going to blow up soon.

Alyssa Wooten

She was one of the first kids i started driving around years ago. now she's in college, owns her own jewelry company and still find time to surf.

Last time i was in Cali, i ran into my friend Parker who is in the band "Say Anything" and we talked about Alyssa because i took her to Say Anything show here in Hawaii years ago.

Here's one of their music videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exg_b0B-RFs

Alyssa is a big fan of the band and at the time she has never gone to a live show before so i thought it'll be perfect to take her and let her hangout with the band.

Look how Alyssa was a kid still! Oh, and those extremely white guys (far left is Parker) are from Say Anything. an amazing thing is, i took them out surfing the day before so they were whiter than that when they first got to Hawaii! ha ha.

She was so chill when we were at the show, but as soon as we were in my car to go home she was screaming her lungs out. ha ha.

Today I was telling her how Parker was asking about her and look what she was wearing!

That's right, Say Anything shirt she got from the show!

Thanks Parker and the rest of the band members for being really cool to Alyssa when we went to the show. i know she will never forget that.

I got so tired shooting today because the peak kept shifting the whole time i was out there shooting. i think i was swimming the whole time trying to position myself.

See that, that's the look of a guy who's thinking "i better got some shots cuz this is hard work". ha ha.

Kaz

Novus Swell

Getting better!

The swells showing already.

New video webisode, S2W27: Rip Curl Grom Search 2010 at Kewalos, Hawaii

Rip Curl held their Annual Grom Search event at Kewalos. These regional contests are qualifying event for the Rip Curl National Final at the Rip Curl Pro Search Somewhere in Puerto Rico in the Fall. The winners of each division gets invited from Hawaii's event!

There were some fun size waves all day kids were going all out showing everyone what they got. Congrats to all the finalists and winners!

Enjoy the video!

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

Oh no!

Internet is down in all of Hawaii and parts of California. I'll upload the webisode when I wake up.

This sucks cuz I actually finished editing early for this webisode.

Kaz Sano

Nick Mita, I still like the Angels and still think Red Sox sucks! ha ha - Welcome DippedInShoyu.com

I was up late again last night doing graphic design work... but it's all done and now i can get back to my normal daily life with some sleep! ha ha. the graphic design work i do is super time consuming but it pays the bills and i only have to do it a week or two out of a month so can't complain.

the waves got little better today, i hope we get the swell this thursday as everyone's predicting.

it was a great little surf session i had today tho. when i paddled out, Nick Mita, Jason Shibata and Mahina Maeda were out.

I try not to watch sports because i know i'll spend way too much time studying stats and start betting money. ha ha. BUT Nick is a huge fan of Red Sox and my home team Angels were playing today so it was all about smack talking while we were surfing.

Red Sox ended up winning the game tho... Nick, if i get all into baseball and start betting, i'm blaming you for everything! btw Nick, i'm going to vegas on the 10th, who should i bet for? ha ha.

I love surfing with Nick and Jason. They are JPSA pro surfers so they rip at surfing but they never make me feel like a kook that i am. They look at me and talk to me like i can surf as well as they do. (and trust me, i surf at level 1 if they are at level 100. ha ha)

Don't forget to check out Nick and Jason's site, BehindTheWaves.com too. inside look at JPSA and the surfing world!

The waves were alright but had a great session with friends. another good day!

I want to welcome www.DippedInShoyu.com to Novus Swell family!

the site is full of info about what's going on with anything to do with Hawaii in not only Hawaii but Mainland as well!

so if you live in Hawaii OR mainland, check them out!

That's it for now, i gotta go edit the new video webisode!

Kaz

Novus Swell