NSSA HAWAII GOES OFF AT TURTLE BAY!
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NSSA HAWAII CONFERENCE - OPEN AND EXPLORER EVENT #5
TURTLE BAY RESORT, OAHU - JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 1, 2009
Since the holidays and huge surf we finally had a contest… We were proud to start off the New Year with an amazing contest at Turtle Bay Resort! It was a warm sunny weekend with 2-3 foot surf. On Saturday we had to run double heats for half of a day with our Open Mini Groms, Explorer Girls, Open Longboard, Explorer Longboard running all the way to the Finals at Middles. We also had to run our first rounds of Open Boys, Explorer Boys and Explorer Menehuenes. For our standouts this weekend we had a big first time win for Kona Oliveira in the Open Mini Groms, Dax McGill in the Explorer Girls and Dylan Aoki-Walsh in the Explorer Boys. As for our Open divisions it was held at the main break POOLSIDE. There was outstanding surfing coming from the Carvalho brothers which both made finals in their divisions. Also Malia Maunel showed her power moves with a win in the Open Womens and second place in the Explorer Womens. With all this surfing NSSA HAWAII and the surfer wants to thank Wahoo’s for the yummy food! Sunday the waves were a bit smaller but that didn’t stop these surfers. Kalani David was impressive in his victory in the Explorer Menehuenes. Dylan Goodale made the finals in all three divisions winning ever heat all the way to the finals, but only taking the win in the Explorer Mens. Our Surfco surfer this weekend was Elijah Gates for always smiling and having GREAT sportsmanship!
