WTF?

I guess derek's truck didn't come with the instruction explaining how to use the seat. Ha ha.

Surf

Just finished surfing fun not crowde kewalos. I'm done now so everyone come down and surf! Ha ha.

Wow! So many people lined up waiting for the release of this summer's MUST HAVES - I look good! ha ha.-

Today was the release day of FITTED's Surf Pac, Nelson Ahina, Ezekiel Lau, and Keanu Asing's hats.

i took Zeke down there to show support and check out how things are going to be.

FITTED opens at 11am, we got there at 10:40am and this is what we saw!!

30+ people waiting in line to get their hands on the super limited hats!

These hat are New Era's 59FIFTY so they organized the hats in size so everything goes smooth.

Zeke was helping out letting few people in the store at a time to avoid chaos.

Nelson showed up to support too!

How cool is that! you show up to buy hats designed by FITTED riders and they are there greeting and helping you.

Keanu is in Cali right now for a contest but if he was in Hawaii, i know he'd been there too!

I was impressed how everyone was waiting outside until they were called in. i'd been running in the store demanding my hats! ha ha.

see how nice and calm inside and people waiting outside not complaining?
it was little sad to see a person wanting certain size hat and that size being sold out tho. but hey, they should've been there earlier! ha ha.

Kewalos local Travis and Charlie showed up and waited in line and Travis got the last Zeke's hat!

Zeke's hat was sold out around 11:35am and there were only couple of Nelson and Keanu's hats left!
It was such a great experience to be there. A business supporting Hawaii's young surfers and BECAUSE of that, people lined up to buy their products.

the kids (Zeke, Nelson, and Keanu) won because they got great exposures and learned how these hats are designed.

Customers got to get their hands on limited edition hats designed by future surfing world champs. (yes, i really think these kids can become champs, they are that good and they are all good kids.)

FITTED made money (as any business' goal) supporting their riders.

everybody won today. so stoked for everyone!

thanks FITTED for supporting young Hawaiian surfers and giving them opportunities not many can experience!

Remember Brady Oshiro? THE wedding photographer i talked about last week. He was at kewalos testing out his new equipment while i was out shooting Nick Mita and sent me this photo.

see mom, i do work. ha ha.

i guess years of swimming and playing water polo is paying off. i didn't even know i come out of the water that high. i'm behind the wave so i bet my butt was out of the water on this one.

Thanks Brady for sending me the photo. i love it because i look skinny and the photo makes me look like i'm in shape! I look good! ha ha.

Had a great day and the weekend is not over yet!

Kaz

Novus Swell

Kewalos

Checking the waves. Looks alright. Nothing great... But that means I'm going to surf! Ha ha.

Fitted

I stopped by Fitted for Zeke, Nelson and Keanus hats release.
Sold out in 35 minutes!

Fitted!

Did you read my post from yesterday about Fitted MUST HAVE hats?
Well, I talked to guys there and look what I got! These are for Novus Swell give-a-way!

These are super limited because they only made 30 of each!

I'm getting them signed by Zeke, Nelson, and Keanu before I give them away.

I know they will sell out tomorrow when they release them. So if you miss out and don't get them, you have another chance to get them on Novus Swell next week!!

Guys Kids Should be Looking Up To - This Summer's MUST HAVE Hats from FITTED!

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

Novus Swell