HONOLULU – March 21, 2010 – Watching 11-year-old Kaulana Apo (Oahu, Hawaii) tackle the largest South Shore swell to hit the Islands this year is a window on the future. Sitting down with him and his parents on shore leaves little doubt that this kid has everything it takes to make it big. A working class family from Ewa Beach, the Apo’s approach to Kaulana’s future is as fresh as the Hawaiian Tradewinds: No hyping, no hovering, no home schooling. A-grades, art and application in a traditional school setting are their formula.
Kaulana was competing in the Hard Rock Cafe Surf Series, presented by HSA, this weekend and won his division. The result was personally gratifying and reinforced that he is … Details
SOME OF THE BEST BIG WAVES RIDERS WERE @ TEAHUPOO ON THIS FIRST 2010 BIG SWELL. RAIMANA, MANOA, SHANE, IAN, POTO, CARLOS, COCO, SANCHO, TEIVA WERE ONE OF THEM.Â
THE FIRST BIG ONES CAME @ THE END OF THE MORNING. THEN TEAHUPOO GREW AND GREW UNTIL THE NIGHT. IT WAS FABULOUS, INSANE AND VERY DIFFICULT CAUSE SWELL WAS DAMNED SOUTH WEST. USUALY GOOD TOW SURFERS GO OUT BEHIND THE PHOTOGRAPHERS BOATS, BUT THIS TIME IT WAS NO END AND FUC DANGEROUS
