NSSA held event #8 at Pinetrees, Kauai.
The contest was held in loom of a giant Eddie Aikau status swell on the way come Sunday evening. The waves on offer at Pinetrees during the weekend was 4-5 feet with highly contestable conditions.
Rusty groms Barron Mamiya, Hunter Johnson, Austin Vicente, and Mahina Maeda were on hand for the event in hopes of improving their rankings going into Regionals in late March.
The kids surfed great and made a bunch of finals in their respective divisions. Barron came away with the win in the Open Mini Groms Final. Hunter placed 5th in the Open Boys Final. Mahina was a 3 Division Finalist, placing 5th in Open Womens, 4th in Explorer Womens, and 5th in Explorer Girls Finals.
After the event, Hunter and his Dad Ron took us to surf a secret spot on the Westside of Kauai. The drive from our hotel to the break was about an hour long. The conditions along the coast looked marginal at best with onshore winds and shoulder high surf, but we still had hope that the point we were heading to would be firing.
We arrived at the beach and were stoked to find offshore winds, great surf, and no crowds! We scored some great double overhead pointbreak surf with only a few guys out! So Stoked! Can't wait til our next trip over there. Thanks again Ron and Hunter! Good call and epic waves!
More photos to come. Stay tuned!
