HSA Kakaako Flies and Punchy! Mar 20

HSA ran at Kakaako Beach Park today at a spot called Flies. The south swell kicked in and provided competitors with well overhead surf and offshore winds. Mahina and Austin entered the event and took 3rd in their respective divisions in the Finals. The big surf from the rising South swell made wave selection the magic key to winning heats. Good job Guys! Next event is HSA at Sandy Beach next weekend.

Mahina and Punchy at Kakaako
Girls Finalists Bailey Nagy, Jenna Forti, and Mahina Maeda

Mahina Visits Rusty Hawaii Office Mar 19

Mahina visted Ernie Yagi, Donny Sato, and Wayne Takamure of Surf Stuff Hawaii and walked away with a box of new clothes and Punchy, the infamous Rusty inflatable punching bag. She's soo stoked!

NSSA Hawaii Regional Championships Finals Mar 17

Barron Mamiya and Mahina Maeda made their presence known at this years 2010 NSSA HRC at Kewalo Basin. Barron placed 3rd in the Open MiniGroms Final, 1st in the Open MiniGroms Ratings, and was awarded Freddy P.'s Golden Ticket to NSSA Nationals. Mahina made Finals in all 3 of her divisions, placing 2nd in Open Womens, 3rd in Explorer Girls, and 5th in Explorer Womens. Austin Vicente and Hunter Johnson made it to the Semis in their respective divisions. Austin was awarded the Rory Parker Award and will have 4 Events/2 Divisions comped next season. Hunter received a similar award and will also have 4 Events/2 Divisions comped next season. Congrats to Barron, Mahina, Austin, and Hunter for qualifying for NSSA Nationals! Keep up the Great Work Guys!

Barron Mamiya Gets Work Done
Mahina Maeda 3 Division Finalist

Open Womens Finalists

Explorer Womens Finalists

Explorer Girls Finalists

Rusty HI Team Mid-March Sandbar Session

Mahina's Dad, Yasuo Maeda, snapped some photos of the Rusty team during a recent session at Ehukai Sandbar on Oahu's North Shore. Waves were 2-3 feet with glassy conditions and produced some fun surf for the groms and pros alike.

Kalani Chapman Barron Mamiya Mahina Maeda

Mahina Maeda

Mahina Maeda

Austin Vicente

Thanks for the photos Yasuo!

-Geoff Wong

NSSA Regionals Kewalos, Oahu March 13-15 (Monday Morning Update)

NSSA Regional Championships was postponed today due to small conditions. Contest should resume wednesday. Surfing at Makaha now with Mahina.

Finally at Makaha after a long drive!

NSSA Regionals Kewalos, Oahu March 13-15 (Sunday Night Update)

Rusty Riders Mahina, Barron, Hunter, and Austin are competing in the NSSA Hawaii Regional Championships this weekend. The event has had contestable surf in the solid 1-2 foot Hawaiin Style Scale range at "the Point" at Kewalos Basin. Saturday and Sunday saw the completion of the Open Divisions and the preliminary rounds of the Explorer Divisions. Monday will see the finals of the Explorer Divisions and Air Show and Awards Banquet at the beach. Austin and Hunter surfed solid in their heats in the Explorer Juniors and Explorer Menehune Divisions respectively, but couldn't find a 2nd scoring wave in their heats to advance. Barron made the Open Mini-Groms Final. He surfed his Final this morning and made the most of the inside left reforms, scoring a reeling left hander in the dying minutes of the heat and hacking away. Mahina made the Finals for all 3 of her Divisions (Open Womens, Explorer Womens, Explorer Girls) this weekend! Can't wait to see Finals Heats surfing and hear Results tomorrow. Keep you posted. Photos to come!

-Geoff

Rider Update: Eala at Pipeline (Late February Swell)

Eala pulling into a nug at Pipe.