HAWAII'S FUTURE - THE EXPLORER GIRLS FINALISTS.
NSSA HAWAII CONFERENCE
OPEN AND EXPLORER EVENT #1
OAHU’S SOUTH SHORE “STRAIGHTOUTS”
MAY 23-24, 2009
CONDITIONS: BEAUTIFUL WARM WEATHER AND GOOD 2-3 FOOT SURF TO BRING IN THE 2009-10 SEASON!
By: Miko Parker
NSSA Hawaii kicked of their 2009-2010 season with a perfect event. It was a hot and sunny the entire weekend and the waves were a fun 2-3 feet. The contest was held on the south side of Oahu at a break we call “Straightouts.” On Saturday we ran all of our Open Divisions. We had a lot of newcomers to our Open Mini Groms which was also won by a “newbee” named Kaunoloa Ng. Kaunoloa is a Big Island boy who also took an impressive runner up placing to Kalani David in the Open Boys. Kalani was destroying it scoring a perfect 10 in the Open Boys and he also taking the victory in the Explorer Boys.
Alessa Quizon took a double win in the Open and the Explorer Women’s. Mahina Maeda started her season off with a big FIRST time win in the Explorer Girls division. To no-one’s surprise Kiron Jabour ripped his way into the Open Men’s final and took the win.
On Sunday Keanu Asing was running back and forth between the NSSA event at Straightouts and the “Surf into the Summer” event at Ala Moana Bowls. He had back-to back-heats in both contests. Keanu surfed his NSSA HAWAII Explorer Men’s final and at the end of the heat, a Jetski picked him up and drop him of at Ala Moana for his Surf into the Summer heat. Keanu Asing is NSSA HAWAII’S very own 007! Keanu is off to another fantastic start to the 09-10 season winning the Explorer Men’s final and making the Open Men’s and Explorer Juniors finals.
In this first event of the NSSA HAWAII 2009-10 season all of our surfers had a great time and a terrific warm up to what they have worked so hard for all year: The big showdown at the NSSA NATIONALS!
THE SCOREBOARD
RESULTS
NSSA HAWAII OPEN AND EXPLORER EVENT #1
STRAIGHTOUTS, OAHU
OPEN DIVISIONS
OPEN MENS
1. Kiron Jabour
2. Lahiki Minamishin
3. Dylan Kowalski
4. Tanner Hendrickson
5. Ezekiel Lau
6. Keanu Asing
OPEN JUNIORS
1. Ka’oli Kahokuloa
2. Isaiah Moniz
3. Joshua Moniz
4. Ian Gentil
5. Kaito Kino
6. Makai McNamara
OPEN BOYS
1. Kalani David
2. Kaunaloa Ng
3. Imaikalani DeVault
4. Lucas Angulo
5. Seth Moniz
6. Kaulana Apo
OPEN MINI GROMS
1. Kaunaloa Ng
2. Finn McGill
3. Barron Mamiya
4. Devin Brueggermann
5. Conan Gentil
6. Makana Pang
OPEN WOMENS
1. Alessa Quizon
2. Nage Melamed
3. Keilia Moniz
4. Dax McGill
5. Brianna Cope
6. Shurti Kartik
OPEN/EXPLORER LONGBOARD
1. Nelson Ahina III
EXPLORER DIVISIONS
EXPLORER MENS
1. Keanu Asing
2. Tanner Hendrickson
3. Kyle Galtes
4. Nick Falbo
5. Ezekiel Lau
6. John Florence
EXPLORER JUNIORS
1. Tanner Hendrickson
2. Kyle Galtes
3. Keanu Asing
4. John Florence
5. Ezekiel Lau
6. Austin Vicente
EXPLORER BOYS
1. Kalani David
2. Kalen Galtes
3. Ka’oli Kahokuloa
4. Landon McNamara
5. Makai McNamara
6. Ian Gentil
EXPLORER MENEHUENE
1.Seth Moniz
2. Imaikalani DeVault
3. Kaulana Apo
4. Lucas Angulo
5. Kalani David
6. Dylan Lehmann
EXPLORER WOMENS
1. Alessa Quizon
2. Nage Melamed
3. Keilia Moniz
4. Mahina Maeda
5. Dax McGill
6. Hana Harrison
EXPLORER GIRLS
1. Mahina Maeda
2. Dax McGill
3. Cayla Moore
4. Maluhia Kinimaka
5. Honolua Blomfield
6.Moana Jones
EXPLORER SUPER SENIORS
1. Gilbert Perea
2. Raymond Shito
Surfco Surfer of the Event: Honolua Blomfield
