Day Two is bombing and headed straight into Round Three. Stay tuned as DaHui’s Backdoor Shootout In Memory of Duke Kahanamoku goes next level.
Round 3 Heats
Heat 1
Japan: Guy Sato, Jin Suzuki, Kenshin Matsunaga, Riaru Ito, Sasuke Kawatani, Shinpei Horiguchi, Sogo Harada
Heat 2
A New Earth Project: Kai Lenny, Jamie O’Brien, Carissa Moore, Koa Smith, Shayden Pacarro, Matahi Drollet
Heat 3
Nave: Bruno Santos, Guilherme Johann Peter, Ian Gouveia, Kona Oliveira, Lucas Silveira, Joey Johnston
Heat 4
96712: Eli Olson, Ivan Florence, Jose Angel, John Florence, Nate Florence
Heat 5
Snapt5: Benji Brand, Clay Marzo, Josh Moniz, Mason Ho, Parker Coffin, Seth Moniz
Heat 6
North Shore Boyz: Eala Stewart, Kala Grace, Legend Chandler, Makai McNamara, Makua Rothman
Heat 7
Tubos: Alonso Correa, Sebastian Correa, Gabriel Villaran, Cristobal De Col, Billy Kemper, Martin Jeri, Kalani Rivero
Heat 8
Volcom: Balaram Stack, Makana Pang, Moana Wong, Makai Burdine, Noa Deane
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ABOUT THIS UNIQUE EVENT
Teamwork isn’t the first word that typically comes to mind when talking about Pipe. But that’s exactly what’s happening, as the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout in Memory of Duke Kahanamoku returns to the Banzai Pipeline with their tried-and-true, non-elimination team format.
Surfers are entered into eight teams, either by sponsor, neighborhood, peer group, or some other affiliation. And competitively, it’s definitely on. But, say event organizers, the whole thing is intended to “foster a sense of camaraderie, teamwork, and community spirit among the participants.”
The event “emphasizes traditional Hawaiian surfing style and places importance on style, power, and respect for the ocean. Surfers are judged not only on their technical maneuvers but also on their overall approach, wave selection, and ability to navigate the tuberides and come out with control and style.”
The holding period is from January 4th-16th, and in addition to the main team comp there will be individual Duke Specialty Events with men’s and women’s divisions in longboard, SUP and bodysurfing. There’s also heaps of cultural activities on offer: hula performances, traditional Hawaiian music, local food vendors…
It’s basically Aloha Incarnate.
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Two minutes one minute one minute 30 [Applause] [Applause] w [Applause] [Applause] Aloha Kaka with a double Shaka and a big moaka moaka means smile gang we are live for day number two of the 2024 the hoie backdoor show shootout I’m Rocky Cannon got Dr Isaiah Walker with me here live for the start of heat number one day two
Team vulc in the water Isaiah Aloha you guys how’s it gang Isaiah who we got out there oh yeah we’re starting off in reverse order today so we’re going to have uh Team vulc out there in the water they ended our event last night and the
Surf was pumping so yeah super cool we woke up this morning and it’s even bigger than yesterday evening it’s bombing pipeline right now uh I’ve you know almost seen no back door if you will uh because of the westly direction and the size we talked about that a
Little bit yesterday how uh when it gets to a certain size and Direction pretty much it’s not all right it’s all lefts and so um when we um see these Surfers position themselves it’s going to be mainly for the pipe uh you got the the goofy Footers that’ll be obviously uh
The little bit of front side Advantage but we’ve seen so many regular Footers able to stall a little better sometimes get a little deeper yeah we saw some amazing waves yesterday and this heat I looking forward to it we can see balaram stock bam had some really good ones
Yesterday late in the evening he was waiting all day for his turn once he got out there he got some sick barrels he was pacing waiting M Pang got some great ones last night Moana Jones Wong didn’t have many opportunities yet but we’re going to see her this morning yeah here we
Go that looks like bam right there just uh taking off on a close out they didn’t have a chance to set his rail um and looking at the opening shots uh that we saw in introduction right there all of the you know the standup paddle we had some long board we had the
Body surf airdrop we’ve had uh oh see B just getting donuts right there um but that little reel of the opening shots just have shown as a you know a compil compilation of the last few years and the quality of waves and barrels and the production shots and the angles we’ve
Been getting super just topnotch and uh grateful to be a part of it um and those of you that have been watching and chiming in um it is uh going to be another great day right and um you know uh just a full disclosure Isaiah has to jam over to BYU
Hawaii for a little bit I got a jam down to uh M uh you know just uh to be full disclosure it’s a casting call for a a show that’s coming out here and I’m considered to be one of the doubles for the actors so we’ll see but I got to
Step away for a little bit Isaiah does but we’ve got ULU boy napah from Big Island and uh theie member and uh and Surfer and then Cliff Bello’s here again Ezra Rodriguez so we’ve got a good lineup of uh broadcast and announcers to keep you guys entertained and informed
So we appreciate that we do have a full day scheduled so um we’ll definitely be back in the booth till for a long day today we’ve got looks like we’re running rounds two and three yeah so uh that was the word so far we’ll keep you updated
On that but stay tuned today is going to be an awesome day of surf we’re going to run two rounds um hopefully today and uh so a lot of action you know um yesterday we saw a lot of it worked out really perfect I think in in my opinion the way
That it started a little on the smaller end but it enabled us to run our Duke specialty events we like you said Rocky we had the standup division we had the longboard Division and the body surf divisions and then as the day progressed and the waves got bigger it just seemed
You know very fitting the way that we’re running this the events um based on that Rising swell mahalan to surfline.com for um forecasting this and it was spot on uh that the surf did rise and we’ve got some incredible waves this morning we saw some third reef sets taking a look
Here got a paddler I think that’s that’s M Pang M woo oh that one just got a little bit of uh had a little shrinkage on the end of that one there and a little too got little too tight towards the end so unable to squeeze through the exit
But a valiant effort nonetheless but yeah yesterday it felt like it was U like we had a machine that somebody just kind of turned the dial for the wave pool and um started with really manageable conditions for uh paddle board body Surf and long board and then
As the short board is went out they turned the dial up a little bit and it was um just a perfect day the way it worked out and it was it was a gradual rise us often times on the NorthShore you get a real quick jumping rise right
But I think in many ways for the competitors it made it a little more fair cuz sometimes you know if you’re in a heat that the waves are small and then a few hours later the waves are pumping uh may not feel so even and we did have
A couple of Heats where it was a little slower uh the the heat that the Florence brothers were out in seemed to um it wasn’t until the end of their heat that they all started to get waves but they did eventually get all um each of them
Caught a wave but it in this event the cool thing about this event is that we have opportunities uh to to acrw your top scores over a period of several different days and several different rounds so if if one of your Heats isn’t really you know firing it’s okay you’ll have more
Chances and those uh those points that you acrw travel with you throughout the entire event uh until we pick the top Surfers that will surf in a final yeah and um we have uh the ability to uh communicate with you guys as we did yesterday um nsog Hawaii Gmail is uh
Where you can send your questions and messages we had a few uh good ones yesterday as we see there’s a back door opportunity I think that is noine he scored a few of those yesterday he was kind of waiting on that end of the peak where he wasn’t even thinking about a
Left he wanted to uh make it all right and and so scored a couple yesterday right you know there’s a lot of Mana to this event and a lot of it has to do with the waves themselves producing a lot of MAA MAA is a a ho term also throughout the Pacific
That term is pretty common refers to like an energy the the power power sometimes like a kind of cosmic or spiritual kind of energy yes and we’re seeing a lot of energy this morning um oh wow look at that right there that spit could have been U something that would
Provide a great opportunity nobody was really I think they’re a little too far out you know obviously this kind of day it is bombing second Reef so you got to be a little further out that might require you uh to have to forego some of those ones on the inside that could have
That opening though you know the bigger ones might not be as open but you got to sit out there so you don’t get super super donuts oh and then you end up being a little too far out the tide also is a little high right now so you see
That backwash effect too which adds to the difficulty and the danger of what this place can do to you if you’re in the wrong spot so Hawaiian water Patrol uh vigilantly on duty today watching every moment and um we’re uh hoping and praying that everybody stays safe today
Yeah we’re watching here from the Drone shot Surfers paddling for this ball stack trying to slow it down going a little too much speed from that massive drop that he had to take uh it looks like you’re saying Rocky this morning kind of a bit more West in the direction yeah definitely uh
Westerly here’s oh myy birine that was a keeper nice job oh see that backwash just onload on the inside but mikai berine he gets one that will uh improve his team scoring for sure oh that’s great yeah if you guys got questions uh Dr Isaiah Walker is
Here uh history professor at BYU Hawaii uh specializing in in Hawaiian and Polynesian history we’ve had a lot of good questions come in over the the first day that we were on online here yesterday and um we enjoy the different questions about surfing about pipeline itself about you know historical references and uh
Obviously uh you know we’re we’re pretty um you know uh casual and comical we don’t mind some of the the silly ones but we’ll try to keep it focused on stuff that’s you know a little more uh directly relative to what we’re doing here got some yesterday like you know
Who would win between a fight between like a tiger shark and a and a monk seal you know just like come on we got to keep it uh keep it re relevant all right look out the out the back here you can see those lines coming in one thing uh
About pipeline I was talking to Rocky this morning when it’s this size there isn’t much of a safe Zone like a a CH right but and this really um is Testament to the courage of our athletes that you have to resist the urge to paddle out to safety when the big waves
Are coming because in this competition you want to get those ones that are barreling right on this reef and we’re seeing here paddler doing precisely that oh my gosh oh that was M Pang I think getting hung up right there they just got a uh little bit of you know the wave
Wasn’t letting him down the face and he popped right up thankfully and he’s right back out there but what a valiant effort you saw that backwash too right that was uh part of that little extra effect today that you got to take into consideration everything everything is difficult when
It’s perfect and then you add a little maybe a little wind blowing up the face or some back wash and that just like sprinkles in a little extra degree of difficulty we got a question coming in from Rob Carr uh joining from Arizona Cliff motello is related to Emily Botello
That’s his sister and I believe star Botello is um uh daughter Cliff’s mom what’s that no is it the are sorry go ahead I interrupted you star Bell um and uh Uncle R he coached them in in soccer that’s cool man so we got uh some uh relation to our announcer Cliff
Mello he’s a Hawaiian water Patrol Honolulu fire department you know he’s got uh incredible uh first responder uh experience and a great guy to have on board he’s also a a clever Hawaiian that we love having part of our team no I enjoyed when when we had him in the
Booth with us yesterday able to really ask questions about you know the Hawaiian water Patrol and what it’s like being there yeah in the lineup as we’re seeing here the camera in the lineup noine late drop drags his leg slows down gets out of that Barrel yeah he was able
To uh control the speed you know that’s like you almost have oh here we go we’re going to watch Mike my Kai Bine and M Kai oh Standing Tall in the backwash slaps him down on the end but he got uh the bulk of that scoring right
In the zone another Rider going back door this looks like is that was that maybe we have somebody surfing for Moana okay we’ll uh try to get an ID um we’ve got a roster but you know this event is uh known for um being you know loose around the edges
And a little Flex ible uh to the team’s advantage and and um the Surfers have so much control over their uh their own destiny if you will and that’s what makes this event so unique and so special right in so many ways um but my Kai gets a good one Noah
Dean it’s almost like you’ve got like a uh you know if you’re driving a a boat and you’ve got that little throttle control that’s very sensitive a little touch here a little touch here and uh kind of using his knee and everything as a way to like slow down that he lifts it
Out when he wants to get more speed right so great and almost like a jet ski with a finger finger grip throughout of control so good job of noad deine having the uh direct controls there for the speed control that enabled him to kind of maximize his tube time but make sure
He could make it out too yeah beautiful drone shots here we’re looking at um this you know toward the beach and this is the one of my favorite things about these drone shots it gives you Advantage where you feel like you’re in the surf and part of the experience and of course
Our water shots as well in the water uh beautiful you can see a little bit of eh clay in fact eh Clay is a term uh not only is it the name of the beach okay but it comes from um that Misty reddish color in the air on the NorthShore very
Known for this because of you know when we get the big waves and it puts that mist in the air and uh the sun shining through in kind of a reddish yeah there you see noine with the throttle control and you know turned a little bit of a uh
Not much into something and then Standing Tall and then the backwash up ends there and then yeah I think uh that might be Jake maky yeah that that is a a good observation there Isaiah we’ve got um no Jeff Hall um chiming in how did the Kahuna alert the other folks on the
Island that the surf was pumping um we we I know my initial uh wild guess is that you know you have the um either the OIP poo or the the K shell that you blow maybe there’s a certain amount of times you blow and it’s like Al everybody the surface pumping
Get down here drop what you doing yeah I mean first of all most Hawaiian especially in kaako and our our our older times um we’re you know very in tune with with the ocean and the conditions and I mean we see this from today you have the poian voyaging
Society and Nakai VA and these groups that are really big into um teaching navigation um it’s been really cool my oldest son has been a part of that Community recently uh going on voyages and learn learning uh about how to to understand the um uh you know the read
Weather patterns from clouds to stars to all the conditions so it wasn’t like there was only one person that that knew these things um a lot of people in fact I mentioned yesterday a reference to a very famous Hawaiian Surfer wah named kalea if you read her story and I
Recommend U the David kakawa version of that story it tells of how she she was abducted from Maui on this canoe uh by a chief named Kalam makua and along the way he was trying to trick her like oh there’s a storm coming so we have to go
Out to see and then it got dark and he’s like oh we’re just going to wait here and uh and then she approaches him and says you know what um I’m I’m not stupid like I can read the Stars I know where we are we’re like near Koh like why are
You why are you trying to trick me and he’s like in fact it’s at that moment that he falls in love with her cuz he’s like my goodness not only is she amazing Surfer and beautiful but she’s incredibly intelligent I think that’s something that uh really stands out to me too in
These molo uh especially of women it really you know highlights their agency as uh as as intelligent people and as you know agents in their own story but um the point of that is just to say that like that there was a a lot of knowledge of a science a native indigenous science
Of understanding the elements now there are also some stories of that there were times when the surf was pumping that they would fly a kite so Pacific Islanders and Hans um would fly kites and so apparently when the waves were big there there’s at least one story in
Wy Kei where they would fly a kite high up in the air to alert maybe people live mocha who weren’t close enough to the ocean that would be like oh that’s our surf us over that like hey it’s over here it’s pumping come check them out right
Oh I never thought I never uh considered that but it’s like they had you know sales right so it’s almost the same concept it’s like and they had miles of rope obviously using the coconut husk and and braiding it together oh my gosh look at that right there that is I think
That is Jake I just heard our Uh current Beach announcer Ezra Rodriguez uh call out that was Jake maky so good good eye on that Isaiah but the fact that uh you do have a kite that you can put out and it’s like this um almost like the bat
Signal the bat signal you shine up in the sky H it’s kind of like those notifications surf line gives you these days on that exactly a the water angle Jake behind the peak such a good line climbed over that first foam ball y then
It pinched on the end oh he just had a like a speed bump you know and uh great great effort right there as you see them get launched out the back sometimes you get that that boost and you like end up like two feet in the two feet in the air
Like shot out of a cannon out the back it is a just a phenomenon of what can happen when you’re going under a wave like you get lucky and you get spit out through this little Wormhole and you’re like oh I’m still alive and then other
Times it just like you’re like oh you hold and then it’s like a WWF wrestler just comes and tries to grab your board away from you and you’re like ah you know and and you have no chance and it just gets ripped out of your hands immediately it’s a crazy uh a crazy
Experience man to be in waves like this and uh the things that can go in your favor and the things that really uh put you in a tough spot where you are legitimately scared for your life right and it looked like makana is filling in for Moana Jones Wong and uh uh Jake
Sorry Jake mocky Jake is a really cool kid uh grew up over here on the NorthShore also uh on the big island uh and his younger years had the privilege of um coaching High School surfing for several years uh Kam schools I coached there for about eight years uh shout out
To the program there and Mahal big Mahalo um to to everyone who was part of that um Leia RC of course uh ran that program for years but anyway after that uh I coached uh Kahuku for for a couple years and Jake was on that team and it’s
Funny you know these kids like right before they hit that grow spur seems like Surfers too and I was the same way I was like you know Late Bloomer okay and uh Jake was kind of like that he was always kind of the the little guy and
Then all of a sudden he’s now like taller than 6’2 well always a good kid um Red Raider for life real big into supporting koku and the football program there and so kind of cool to see Jake out here charging he was here u in this
Event last year and also was in the Eddie which you and I had the privilege and honor of comment he had the the invitation and um had been putting in a lot of time out there so you got the the peer respect and recognition and you
Know to get invited to that event you’ve got to put in some quality time you know be charging on the big days on the big sets you can’t just be like out there like oh yeah I was out you know you know maybe catch a midsize one to get invited
To the Eddie you got to be out there putting it on the line and really impressing mostly all of your peers you know right and uh the folks in the media that like oh you seen did you see Jake you gota kind of be the talk of the
Session right to be considered for the Eddie so good good SE I’ve seen Jake doing that I’ve seen footage of him recently going left at way may yeah and uh Uncle Marvin Foster pioneering that and um mark key getting a few of those too wow yeah that that takes uh some nerves
Of Steel for sure Co is as they yeah I’m glad you brought that up like Marvelous Marvin Foster like yeah you know him going left at at at wame I remember that when I was a kid watching that just being blown away of course Brock little back in U in our generation just
Charging waya in ways that like no one had ever seen before yeah um so there a I mean what that’s what’s cool about surfing history especially here in Hawaii is you can talk about the keas and the Surfers of ancient times but then there’s all these cool like stories
Of of modern era that are just as relevant and I mentioned yesterday a story of of K IA and listening to the turtles to where he he won the event and um it’s just like modern day moolo yeah and it’s cool that we’re making those stories here at the back door shoot out
With Surfers like this charging this wave it looks like perhaps Mak Pang in and out M Pang had some Great Waves yesterday looks like he’s backing his his scores up today with some other fantastic rides man looking out the back more waves in the Horizon five guys at
Pipeline uh this is a pipeline Surfer dream look at this water Ang see how late that is Jake maky pumping getting that extra speed oh that was really well done bro oh that was spectacular oh I see him really uh pumped up with that paddle and uh feeling good
Yeah uh super humble young man uh loads of talent uh here we go check out the replay it’s drawing the perfect line pumped it at the perfect time and then as the wave peels off down the line it kind of bends a little bit to force a
Little higher line exit and he just read that perfectly also teaches surfing for the Jamie O’Brien surf experience at Turtle Bay Resort so I get to watch him in action work with uh guests and um you know is uh one of the best guys to go out with beginners too he’s so humble
He’s got so much knowledge and experience about safety and uh I you know whenever I’m working alongside I let our guests know like hey you know this guy he doesn’t you know I know he doesn’t like talk to the guests like like you guys have no idea who you’re
With right now he’s incredible and they’re they’re really appreciative of that it’s a replay of M Pang gosh another just perfect positioning yeah Malana getting some good waves I mean talking about safety also saw a shot there of our Hawaiian water Patrol Nolan brother Nolan kolana I was mentioning earlier about the
Polynesian voyaging Society he’s been very active with hokua look at this Jake deciding to go back door grabs the rail oh no hopefully uh was able to get over the ledge cuz he might have got sucked over backwards you see him try and jump over and then he thought maybe he’d make it
Then the his board ends up going the opposite direction toward the beach okay he’s back on his board he’s right in oh he’s standing see how shallow bro he is standing right there jumps off the bottom so and he’s not was deep yeah and he’s right in the Impact
Zone not close to Short at all we had a lot of questions about you know depth uh where that wave is breaking and uh handles the backwash well didn’t get super deep oh live action looks like noine coming out of this Barrel going back for a
Twofer and an Ariel oh wow noan he does uh do a lot of great above the lip surfing does no de no shame to go up above the lip high in the air Noah’s got some serious uh aerial skills we’ve got a comment coming in um someone’s at Kiki
Beach bungalows that’s our uh that is our main sponsor and uh El Elon has ordered wave of resistance uh for the Bungalow guest so right on El uh thank you so much for that it looks like um she’s one of the uh uh has ties to the K Beach mongalo
Which is our sponsor we want to thank them so much they’re like right down the road here and um one of the most amazing experiences to be able to stay ocean front here on the NorthShore very cool yeah have a little hopefully have a maybe a little library or bookshelf area
For the guests to read uh I brought a couple extra books today I’m trying to think of I mean I don’t you know want to sound too presumptuous or anything but I was thinking maybe we could do something to where we could give away a couple of
Books yeah yeah maybe there’s a little trivia maybe there’s um something we can think of later when we’re uh when we’re both back up here uh and um uh be able to get some information to like okay you’ve just you know won a a signed copy
You know uh which would be so cool I don’t know if this signature brings up or down the value but oh it’s got to increase you know but you know I don’t know if anybody’s going to try to go on the on Pawn Stars and say I got an
Autograph copy of waves of resistance that uh I want to want to my birine gosh you know the courage to go backside on a bomb like that with a minute remaining is uh truly taking a lot of skill and a lot of U lot of nerves man a lot of Courage for
That you I was saying uh we often have to be careful it seems like we’re talking about Mana there’s a lot of Mana in this commentary oh man because sometimes you’ll say something and then like yesterday for example we’re talking about um you know sharks
Never come the PIP yeah and we’ve got I swear I saw one yesterday uh and also you said no one’s going back door today that heat was mostly back door waves so you never know what going to get here at pipeline especially at the back door shootout but um stoked on that first
Heat yeah um and with under a minute remaining uh we’re gonna have ULU boy napah join us uh we’ve got Ezra Rodriguez again and Cliff Bell uh myself a rocki Canon and Isaiah Walker so we’ve got a a great lineup for you guys to take you through this day’s action
Isaiah and I got to step away for uh some other couple Heats couple Heats yeah for a few Heats so we’re going to see you guys back a little bit later but we’re leaving you folks in super wonderful capable hands and U great great knowledge that uh we’ve got lined
Up for all of our announcers today so super special to have all of them here all right we’re going to take a break you’ll be back here and stay with us today it’s going to be an awesome day of a lot of action at the hoie back door shootout oh yeah thanks so Much The hoie back door shootout 2024 Aloha this is senior forecaster Jonathan Warren with your forecast up update for dahi back door shootout the new Northwest well filled in yesterday and topped out last night which will hold solid energy for this Friday morning look for sets in the double to the
Triple overhead plus zone for pipe and back door which will be strongest this morning and simmering a little through the day surf will ease further into Saturday but still plenty of sizable surf to be had and for the icing on the cake we’ll continue to see great wind conditions with offshore winds [Laughter] fore Hey good morning gang what’s up I’m here with the legendary Surfer and pipe Surfer ULU boy my name is Ezra rodriges and we are in to the next Heat day two um welcome everybody to pipeline and we got a lot of waves on hold for today and
I’m super excited to be here it’s an amazing show and the Dey back door shootout you can’t say anything less of this event mhm just after that last Heat I was really tripping oh man got some good waves you got team uh Peru out there tubos you got Mr Billy keer out in
The lineup so wow you got alono strer to pipeline oh yeah these guys Alonzo Korea Sebastian Chan Korea Gabriel villin Crystal bald decal and Mr Billy keer I’m be completely honest I’m going to need that list of names CU got I know is Billy but I’m pretty sure I know all of
Them yeah so what you been up to what’s the latest with you lately um I just been working on the on back at home on the big island lifeguarding surfing a little and uh yeah just trying to live the dream yeah much surfing lifestyle Surfers Union baby being back here just
Yesterday and today and seeing you know the camaraderie of all the Surfers and all the friends get together from throughout the state of Hawaii you know this is a very special place and I think um pipeline definitely brings that group of humans together that really put it on
The line and you know big time I feel like all these guys uh are a little special in their own oh yeah it’s like a honor like the hoie back door shootout honors those Surfers that put in their time day in and day out not just local
Comma AA these other guys that came and showed us Aloha for so many years you know what I mean you know the drill it’s a very prestigious event and you know you’re invited you got the teams separate teams and if you look at the
List of these names I mean you can go on and on about all these guys they’ve all put in their time um dedication sacrifice everything to this specific wave and it shows it really does because on any given day you can paddle out the pipeline and Within These Heats and
These names in these Heats they’re the guys catching waves for sure big time yeah and look at this ULU out the back more waves and you know ever since team uh tubos Peru has been involved we always joke around even makua Kai rotman it’s team Japan and Team tubos every
Time they touch the water pipeline back door starts acting up I mean there’s all kinds of action look at out there on our beautiful Drone footage I’ll always say it pipeline picks you I mean it it to me it really does and you know they definitely bring that energy and there’s
You see it throughout the years right of this event running you’re like how come those guys get the best he I’ve seen you get picked as well just in a free surf session you know what I mean well put hey what’s up gang good morning good
Morning rodrig and ULU boy na good to have you thanks for having me I mean it’s kind of nuts I was a little nervous coming up here but it’s good to talk nervous it’s good to talk about my friends cuz they’re amazing and they’re doing their thing living the dream
Unreal and uh we’re here doing ours second floor of the pipe house it’s a dream cultural event going right into 2024 with the huio hinalo Surf Club this uh thing was founded in 19 96 um this contest so that’s 27 years now in the making so much Rich history you
Know and uh got to respect these whoie Founders they raised not just my generation yours the generation from the past and you know like to pay homage to you know the past and the present and you know huio haalo members that are no longer with us those uncles have taught us so
Much and you got team Peru out the back and these guys had some amazing waves as they were the second to the last Heat of yesterday and uh crystal ball definitely has some on the Highlight Reel along with Billy keer You’ seen that back door one what’s your um what’s your take on
On that Wave It’s just amazing how they can position themselves I mean obviously yesterday was a bit more West and uh the north Direction started kind of lingering in towards the end of the day and you know to position yourself on the reef for that back door wave or that
Pipe wave it’s like cat and mouse you’re constantly chasing it so the level and skill that these guys have and to ride the waves that they are riding it takes a lot of skill and a lot of effort and um yeah these guys are amazing uh crystal
Ball and Billy those were two amazing rides and we’re going to see a big mix up in scores today CU I’m sure there’s going to be some really high scored waves out there today oh we might have some action maybe yep we’re still waiting to see these guys usually it’s it’s it’s really
Uncharacteristic of watching Team tubos Peru uh wait this long but you know what like you said pipeline picks you I’ve heard that saying a few times from all of you and amazing stuff I’m excited to see what the next Heat has to offer cuz normally it’s like
One heat will go slow not many rides and then if you’re the next Heat you’re stoked because it probably will fire but everything seems to come together I mean every year there’s always great waves for this event andh it’s a blessing and I’m I’m so happy for
All of these guys who are in the event all of them are waiting you could be in the event and win it too that’s why we have you up here I’m just happy boy pipe Surfer you got some amazing waves out here in your career as we just had to tell some of
The life uh the some of the amazing photographers that weren’t hired by huio H analo we had to tell the ones that did get permission everybody you know there’s also with the Surfers there’s also a photography pecking order and that’s why I just like to say like you
Know growing up around Larry Haynes I’ve watched him snap and I love it you know what I mean it’s just like what you guys are coming into my office getting your helmets and stuff in the way I get it man human cattle it’s how it goes you
Know like so they were told identify danger and know your limit because that’s very important you don’t want to be that guy that uh Nolan Kellan or some of the hawaian water Patrol got to go scoot away from what they’re watching but like I said yesterday on the live
Mic the hawaian water patrol all our Cowboy friends on those skis they’re not just watching the Surfers the photographers to stay watching your kid running down by ehukai Tower the Hawaiian kanaka peripheral vision of a waterman is ridiculous hands down there he is there he is Nolan carolana and H
Foster Bloom legacy two massive legacies one from haliva and one from makah I mean they are the best in the world y hands down there’s no questions about it these guys are absolutely amazing and the operation that they run are such a tightnit communication is on they don’t miss ever
And um I’m so thankful for them over the years watching over so many Surfers uh even for myself uh my heart goes out to each and every one of those men with the hawaian water Patrol thank you guys for all that you do yeah they’re like a Syndicate organized Waterman thing not organized
Crime organized Waterman they’re the best in the business yeah and here we go team Peru tubis uh they taking some time with 1931 remaining on the clock ULU boy they they’re shopping I like the name of that team huh tubos Peru yeah they’re definitely looking to get what is it
Tubed tubed yeah Sebastian Korea Alonzo Gabriel villin crystal ball and Billy keer these guys have always been super cool and like respectful humble in the water yeah yeah they they charge why they’re in the event yeah and that’s the biggest thing out here at pipeline you’ll see you’ll hear it all
The time and even from the older guys who’ve been surfing out here forever it’s like you know being humble acknowledging everyone being respectful paying your respect and uh that gets them a long way and look at them they’ve been a part of this event for many years
Now I want to I haven’t you been in this event on a team for sure what year was that um I was going through my my rod deck trying to speed up and pull that ticket know you know like maybe 2016 17 18 Goa the year that Kima Henry won
Maybe yeah I was that was a really good year I every day was firing for the hoing period I mean we always get different moods of pipeline in back door like in 2022 it was just brackish huge you know you see that footage of Eric Apple I mean that was some real good
Cinematography and you know here we’re here making history with the Zone media the guys from Ocean paddler TV Hawaiian extreme sports they’re also offering the Surfers I don’t know if you heard this ULU is um they’re offering the Surfers um if they want to they can take a GoPro
Out there in their mouth and we as broadcasters can talk about their wave and as they drop in we can go live in the barrel that’s so I’m waiting to do this in this next five days yeah Jake mck and I have been talking about it but
I’ve been trying to spread the word so when you’re down there at the houses tell most of the boys the peanut gallery all the talent because you know you know what’s funny is uh surfing with a GoPro is crazy like you don’t think it would
Be too much to press a button and go but when you’re paddling for a wave you’re whipping under it you’re not even thinking about anything yeah so like you have to be a certain individual to be like okay I’m going to film every ride right right cuz it’s such a natural
Thing you know it’s Instinct and when I go for a free surf I get a little embarrassed like oh I just look like I’m having my private photo shoot I’m I’m not that vain kind of guy I like to think surfing is just a memory after you
Know what I mean for me in the purest form but I know what you mean that’s that’s so a lot of a lot of these guys would probably look at me and be like so yeah but it would be super cool and I would love to see that but for you as
Being a pipe back door Surfer you feel it would hinder your performance this is all good good news yeah I think it’s just a natural reaction and having that little extra thing to do is so that extra thing to do and you know a lot of guys that
Are really really good at it you know lick the thing then press the button I would just say have the thing running the whole heat you know what I mean would be the best so there is no press and stuff wow here we go I want to say that might be uh Gabriel
Villin I don’t know who that was but that was a quick up and out for him I don’t think it’s going to be the factor into the the lot but it was a very nice ride I mean it was a ride he he had to do it it’s
Amazing that he found that wave out there yeah because there’s not much of those mediumsized waves that offer that form it’s either you’re going for a bomb or you’re not a tad bit too I seen in that ride is as a for it felt like the
Way he was standing too he never had his feet totally correct and on the wax you know that first wave when you get yeah you kind of like really tentative really light and fluffy toe heel Edge kind of thing so that’s just getting your feet
On the board and kind of you got to get the momentum right that’s that’s what it’s all about especially surfing out here once you have that momentum you can’t stop you have to keep pushing chasing doing anything you can but oh the beach is filling up Lulu I like to
Focus on fun how was that Drone footage just right there I mean we got we got the beach but the beach just changed overnight right in your backyard right there oh yeah I mean there was a huge Sandbar Nook right on gums right and now it’s no longer there after I just seen
Uh Zone media’s uh Drone footage pipeline the the beach and the wave itself and The Sandbar and the way the reef is structured it has so many faces to it and you know as these swells come throughout the winter season it’s constantly changing and I think that is
What makes it so special is it’s never the same people see reels or videos of just perfect pipeline waves but it’s not every wave that’s perfect right being out there I mean as for anyone who surfs it especially all of these guys cuz they’re my
Heroes it takes a lot to be in the right position to catch the right wave it’s so easy to judge from the outside but when you’re actually out there the current everything the pull you can get exhausted real easy you make one mistake and then they’re the best Surfers in the
World so not only are you dealing with your own like positioning but you’re also dealing with everyone else and like playing the craziest game of chess but what’s really cool about this event is every team is basically they’re all friends so yeah it’s not like a normal surf content it elevates you guys
Everyone’s pushing themselves to the limits 30 minute Heats yeah and these guys look like they see something so I think we might have an exchange right here as you know it’s amazing everybody’s tuning in from around the world and thank you guys what’s up UK
Ben Skinner you guys are all tuned in up there in the UK the United Kingdom how you brother oh they just back huh hopefully they just uh let one slide SL through this looks like a pretty interesting Tepe yeah there’s a little burm in front of it look how heavy some of these
Things are I’m really surprised oh they are going here we go just a quick up and out I think the Tide’s dropping all day and it’s kind of doubled up on each other from the existing swell and Rising overnight um so what are we going to
Look to expect in the next two hours you feel I I can’t tell you honestly CU it is like 17 seconds I mean it might subside a bit maybe at two two o00 but yeah I just hope that it turns on for these guys I want everyone to get perfect wave
You know yeah so dropping down I think this is Gabriel villin right here and he doesn’t like what sees yeah he’s a veteran out here he’s been coming long time I’ve seen him in free serve Magazine two-page spread he spent spent some time here he’s not just uh uh a
Barrel Chaser but the guy shreds medium in kind waves too you know what I mean that’s what the surfing lifestyle is about but this is the mecca of where you want to test your skills and if you like to be a barrel Hunter like you guys are this is where you got
To test your skills The Proving Grounds and Volcom had a great first heat so this is the second heat of the day guys thanks for joining us 1138 left on the clock my name is Ezra rodriges and I’m with ULU boy Napa AI awesome stuff brother good to be in the booth
With you today yeah it’s a pleasure man in memory of Duke Kahanamoku cuz we all take a piece of him every day oh yeah for sure one of my things is you know there’s so much things going on in the world one of the things that this
Awesome Hawaiian did is move around of structures and negativity and things in his way and just move and flow around it like water and just keep it in his heart I mean I don’t know how some cone can do that keep all that history what he went
Through in his heart you know and uh he’s an amazing pillar of our community Not Just Surf Community is everything he stands for he he embodied everything that Hawaii is everything that an ocean man stands for everything that a Hawaiian truly stands for in my opinion um soft-hearted kind after everything
He’s been through he gave nothing but a law shared the gift of Surfing MH swimming to the world um yeah just a never crave the Limelight it’s hard to it’s hard to even say how amaz you can’t put words to how amazing you can just sit and be touched and think about them
In a moment of silence yeah just to be in a pres just you know the Olympic medals are something but really that’s nothing to what this man really is you know and just a piece of metal there he is Uncle Mak you guys thought he was done this guy
Ain’t even done I’ve been talking to him earlier this morning he’s so pumped yeah he got some good rest last night he got some great waves he uh had a double pumper made some yard yardage in his heat and they’re doing Northshore Surf Shop they’re coming up next he did that
One and then he had that gnarly pipe wave uh right into gum so he’s on his way makua Kai is always here to play he kind of tripped me out yesterday I mean excuse me last year uh there was some injuries some Carnage yeah and we’re up
On the third deck of the Eddie iow big wave Invitational and this guy comes light walking out and with his injury his uh I want to say Tor KN guy surfed white May that day that is some stuff bro there’s one thing that I know about makua Kai Rothman is he’s he’s super
Tough man and um he’s a kindhearted man who just loves to charge and he gives his life for this sport of Surfing as he has given but here we got a surfer up in writing here we go Sebastian Korea I believe unreal totally upping the pace from his last
Wave yep oh and then maybe shouldn’t have dropped down into that belly I would have just kicked out cuz now we got to work here Jake maky got caught in there early um I was on the live mic I I don’t know what you guys were seeing up here but uh
He had some work to do and he was standing on hard rock for me personally I would have done what he did cuz I’d rather get blown in by the whitewash okay and then get one straight on the head Oh you mean if he kicked out right there he might have got
That back one on the head yeah nobody likes that that leg I mean beautiful slowmo he got splattered all over over here he goes that feeling of getting spit out of a barrel um that hasn’t happened for me in a long time but that’s the best feeling it has like this
Suction that pulls you in and it kind of like stings your back and your face a little when it releases and uh it’s a very beautiful thing here we go looks like they’re really favoring over onto the back door or this could be a degree of swell
Direction just a little bit more North swell in it I I believe yeah and you know go nuts Hawaii Mahalo to you go nuts Hawaii and Kiki beach bungalows good morning Elon and crew how you guys doing look at these guys yeah here we go another frothing
Team Legend Chandler kalal Grace uh AIS Stewart big time that’s the NorthShore Surf Shop these guys oh it’s like one final Makai magnam and makua but you guys do understand why watching at home this is uh unlike most individual focused surfing contest the whoie backdoor shootout follows a team format
The Surfers are divided into eight teams consisting of cone and W my hats off to you Carissa Moore and Moana Wong always joining us thank you typically representing different surf Brands and communities this format Fosters a sense of camaraderie teamwork but also like me and you were discussing as athletes it
Elevates in this team format you’re not just surfing against your teammates you’re comfortable around them and you’re surfing against all eight teams you just get more out of the athlete Makai mcnamer walking down to the Sands his dad owns uh Northshore Surf Shop along with Louis how’s it
Guys yeah we got 615 to go in this heat um wow it it went by pretty quick this is the slowest in the history for me knowing tubos I mean I can already feel Billy camper just you know the guy is intense he wants he wants action he’s
Hungry and he he’s amazing he trains really hard his dedication to the sport to his family so you know after to his work and everything that he does after a slow heat you train that hard family man and you come in without getting barreled a like reality that it is the reality
You’re working with Mother Nature you know exactly and when you’re a champion like that you just got to suck it up man and I think he does a good job on controlling what he can as far as his physical health and uh exactly he’s been through some stuff his ability to
Compete in uh small waves big waves he’s one of the best big wave Surfers in the world is is and um if the ocean doesn’t provide it is what it is you got it yeah here we go they’re getting a certain angle and you guys all day we’re fueled
By Monster energy drinks mahalo deala II and Loa Chandler Mahalo you guys guts Hawaii Kiki Bungalow athletic Brewing Company odam Hawaii Aaron Kim in the gang Mahalo Waka water haliva juice two thumbs tattoos and Aloha Salads look at that paddle out wow what they mistimed it huh ULU it’s just turbulent oh
Someone got a broken leash I reckon let’s see what happens here thank you guys all for tuning in we got an action pack as we’re only on heat 2 of the day 30 minute Heats 4:30 left to go how’s that you get beat up before you even get to the point
Where you need to catch a wave I know and you know at an event at this caliber you know who H Al all the spectators and stuff you know and you get exhaused right in there of course you got Hawaiian water Patrol but you reach so
Deep and keep pushing you got to know when to say when I mean that’s the thing about the o and I don’t think a lot of people realize it is there’s no referee out there nobody’s saying like hey time out I’m done catching cracks exactly
You’re like no no you got to do what you got to do us and our surf Pride could get you in trouble sometimes you know I think it’s just the adrenaline like the rush adrenaline too just keep it coming I was just canoe surfing at uh mels Waterman championship and in my second
Heat I had the cramps underneath the chest plate I had a cramp in my side and I always learned from Brian K sometimes you just don’t push anymore and I just wanted to get through the heat I didn’t you know you never want to be that guy
But that’s like teaching kids like hey walk away from the fight for sure you know and it’s hard to do walk away from Pure pressure I didn’t want to I got through thankfully but I can’t imagine being you know you got to know pipeline is a different animal back door disapp
Bott of the floor I don’t think any of these guys are willing the walk away without giving everything they got it’s a gladiator pit it’s The Proving Grounds pipeline is Pipeline and there’s no faking pipeline no fake cannot be faked even just around here on the shores
Yeah man I I I really feel for these guys I want everyone to get good waves I know 241 we could see something they did have a a awesome show stunner at the the second to the last Heat of the day uh the waves started to really jack up
Started to look really clean beautiful turquoise blues and here we go another beautiful Drone footage wow a lot of sand everything just moved around as you couldn’t see that Vision that was like a little bit different color yesterday but oh these guys they might get one more shot but a minute 50
I don’t think so ULU that’s too far out there it doesn’t look like the degree of swell they’re looking for but the sun is coming over the hill it’s starting to shine a little bit more on the beach and that’s when it always turns on yes I
Like that style oh man with your smile and your smirk I felt that I felt that we’re in for a treat I believe and I’m super happy to be here and I’m super happy to be watching this contest and sitting here with you big time brother
Um it’s a very special thing look at this beautiful place and these amazing Surfers it’s uh hard to bring it to life what you’re watching for all of you viewing out there it’s it is being at the Jerry Lopez house so much Rich culture and history course oh man so many amazing athletes
Have come through but now this is the Volcom Zone The Proving Grounds thank you for having us always affiliated with the the brothers and sisters at huo hitalo always you know Surfers Union everybody worked together to make everything go good this is a very Prestige event the only Hawaiian ran of event in
At this caliber so we’re stok scoring criteria the hoie back door shootout emphasizes on traditional Hawaiian style surfing places importance on style Power Respect of the ocean and Surfers are judged on technical Maneuvers but mostly the overall approach and wave selection is key to get barreled and yeah man man like you said
I I feel bad for Peru tubs but they got so much more Heats to Surf and hey that’s the end of the Heat this is Ezra Rodriguez and UL boy go grab a snack and come back and join us because we got another amazing team for you it’s the
NorthShore surf shop Aloha gang Aloha you guys got a large long period SW heading towards Islands this weekend 40 to 60es and exposed oh my yeah Buddy Allow us to help you grow your brand and expand your business by reaching Hawaii’s giant Outdoor Sports and ocean Enthusiast demographic Zone media advertising specializes in television commercial production and campaigns social media content production and distribution drone and video production Cutting Edge live productions and more with over 25 years leading Hawaii’s
Action Sports Market give us a call to find out how we can help you grow your Business [Laughter] foree spee foreign Fore what’s up everybody welcome back to the duoi backdoor shootout 20124 we’re along our way and while we’re on break I believe we had a few looks at some amazing rides here we are vibration yeah look at this Drone footage Zone media one of the first guys to do Drone footage for professional
Surfing so super l right there Dre good morning timl they took us from nice shirt Z to Hero all right always looking sharp in the OG I also wear these things surfing and it’s happy Aloha Friday so let’s go it is Friday H yeah it is I’m excited I do carpentry Monday
Through Friday so to be here with my huyo H ALU family I am psyched always taking off to go surf but this is a very uh important event we’re on Spectrum 1020 Mahalo for watching Mahalo Spectrum also on surfline.com brother Jeff and the crew at Surfline here we go we got AA Stewart
Kalal Grace Legend Chandler Makai mamera and makakai Rothman oh man um yeah stacked do we need to speak for these guys or they kind of like sit watch but hey I think they’re pretty legit you guys have this uh you know the pipe and back door has these long laws I
Reckon these guys are locking right into the Apex uh stuff that’s going to go right through it’s about time Pipeline and back door swing through I know that Legend Chandler rode a wave while we were on break and I I just got the end of it but here
We here we go receive Legend Chandler I believe he’s the youngest one out there right now mhm he’s just got the smoothest style these these boys Legend him on on Alo they’re from the island of kawaii um their mom Auntie Coro she’s a very beautiful soul and um as long as
Well as moku BR awesome oh they just have that style and grace in the ocean and that deep understanding of being one with the ocean I’m super proud of Legend and mananalo for who they are becoming as matured Surfers at such a young age yeah um they you know they grew up
Idolizing guys like Andy Irons Bruce irons oh you can see it in their surfing and you definitely see it in their surfing you know what’s interesting is mananalo for the Duke Kahanamoku specialty event absolutely went out there um made it into the finals on his first heat and um I believe he might
Have won the event so we’ll see during award ceremony time but Manalo Chandler beautiful back door beautiful pipe waves he was out there this morning yeah driving Uncle Eddie nuts he’s a little small to be out there dude he got gassed on three waves he still paddled out and
Then with two minutes to go he just paddled over to oh he broke his board and came in the kid is radical and they’re comfortable with it and that’s the best thing about it you give them a door they’ll surf the thing you know it’s so good to get to know know um
Those two boys cuz I grew up on a brand I’m not going to mention with coral and we got to go all over the place and she’s an amazing Surfer so is Dad and they’re raising them right here this is their second backyard like you Big
Island Boy Throw It Up to the big island and you spent many times in part of the huyo healo family since day one and then we got’s pumped you see him out there he’s talking to his team but remember guys this is team format but they’re also surfing individually you
Know you know so as France you know what I mean there’s there’s always that competitive element too um every Surfer has different relationships you know you can also be like Unstoppable but then you go surf against this one friend and you get under your skin and you know can
Surf again we’re all friends at the end of the day but I think uh when it comes to surfing especially pipeline everybody wants to get the oh yeah it was hard to get the guys out of the water this morning yeah and all of these guys are out there super friendly cheering each
Other on it’s pretty much the best Vibes that you could ever have while surfing an event M but don’t be mistaken you know once sets come rolling through nobody’s talking you know that that face changes your mind changes and it’s gold time it’s gold time and whoever’s in the
Best position obviously gets the wave and I can guarantee you each and every one of these guys have spent enough time out there to know and to go and they’re not going to hold back um AA Stewart has been around forever being that Uncle Liam took care of him from a young
Kid and he’s got one of the best pipeline Styles amongst everyone that I see and these are all Hawaiian Surfers you know we got kala Grace oh man kala Grace he’s one of my favorites because I’m biased and I’m a goofy footer right and he’s a good BR and hey I’m goofy
Foot too that’s not start this brigade congratulations to him he’s a new father and he’s surfing pipeline doing his job oh he just made Uncle Willie grce When papa congratulations and after all that he’s been through I’m just super happy to see him strong healthy back in the lineup
Doing what he loves pushing the limits of Surfing pipeline you know because the community and the viewers you know you all see him what he went through through and you guys what you guys went through you still face your fears at the end I seen him post that you know the day that
We’re were going to go on and he’s like okay ready to face my fears but I mean when you he’s out there you guys his Bloodlines you can you can’t even tell you already took the drop what do you mean face your fear you just dropped
Into your fear and look what you they come out this ecstatic these guys are warriors the energy here at this beach and just the surf community I’m super proud of each and every one of these guys for who they are you know the the limits that they’re pushing yala was
Raised in white Kiki yeah um knew I know the family well the steuart Ohana I watched the Dad push yala out at baby Queens out at queens and he wanted the best for his son and I said on the live mic yesterday hey man you made Papa Earl
Proud look at maku’s Family sitting there watching you got hiana Leah uh KO El beautiful and all the other nieces and nephews and oh yeah they know Dad is absolutely pumped he’s been marching around fro and I watched him prepare yesterday an hour before his heat he
Watched team Japan get in the water a little bit late so he un wax his JS put it right there front of the vcom house and just uh he he was pacing they know Dad’s out there to do business and um he’s an amazing father amazing
All of these guys good friends also got a new album coming out makua Kai rotman this guy just he doesn’t you know everything he does he does 100% and uh he’s kind of got his hands everywhere and he does a really good job of you know finding the time for everything in
His life oh busy man and you know just knowing maku Kai growing up with him uh you know he’s got priority right now even though there’s no priority in the heat he’s the way he’s Apex sitting up he’s waiting it don’t matter yeah but these guys that’s why
The team format these guys are just going to elevate and we’re only on heat three of we might have a good look here waves coming out of the West it’s got a weird little double up on it that’s why I think no one opted to go
Plus there’s all those ribs up the face of the wave it just makes it really hard with that current pulling off the shoreline and ripping straight through the channel as you can see the the photographers in the right hand corner are actually getting pushed out of
Position yeah you can even see the Rings ringlets but it does look a little bit more groomed out there we’re going to we’re going to see some amazing rides today and cuz there are a couple waves with war and heavy ruts but you know these guys are so good they just got to
Reigate and it’s a sensitive toad to heel Edge on rail contorting your body in the tube you put all your trust in your equipment and your physical fitness and ability to be out there but trusting your equipment is hands down the most important thing and I believe these are guys with Team
Snap five we got Connor coffin or Wait Parker coffin Parker my apologies and brother Josh brother Josh mon so uh yesterday I guess Josh Mon and Seth mon are switching out we had it on our paperwork uh as uh Josh mon yeah but it was Seth and Seth got some two amazing
Waves so sorry about that Seth you and your brother you guys are like twins but you guys do surf the uh very different and there’s the man himself Mason yeah yeah 2022 uh backdoor shootout winner I believe and snap 5 has been always getting up in there arguably the most uh entertaining Surfer
To watch he makes surfing look so fun on any given day his stance his whole vibe you know Benji bran is like a guru yeah he’s just always in the right place at the right time and he absolutely charges and he’s been on fire now for Seasons
After season so you I was talking how he charges he charges like he’s his own thing but there’s this CJ hob goodes of just Hellman in him the way he contorts in the tubes he gets huge pipe cones and he’s been surfing the back door Sandbar
Amazing he just uh he keeps himself so composed and I don’t know it’s amazing to see he’s real humble and calculated I watched him walk by this morning like a young kid he just telling his friends about his board there he is they say they say pipeline picks you and and that
Is very true but I think Benji actually creates his luck and he just has a really good understanding of this wave yeah and he’s been playing with it for a long time is uh the movie is very entertaining go check out snapped gets everybody pumped to Surf and uh I believe
Um yesterday they had uh claym marzal in there he didn’t you know so this format all these guys they in this format they get to Surf a few times so if they had a slow heat they get to make up for it even though they just want to go for the
Gusto in every heat but what a great design yesterday was 35 minutes they got 30 minute Heats today and we just watch the conditions those guys are pulling it apart behind us over here at the scaffold in my opinion it’s it’s the best format to run an event because it
Really does give the Surfers the opportunity to showcase their skills but not only that push the limits get the best waves and at the end of the day the surfer who got the best waves wins the event right it’s not based on two-wave score strategy this and that right like
If you look at the pipe Masters this year they ran with the same similar format to the back door shootout and I think it’s genius like yeah this is the real deal like the best surfer gets the best waves and that’s how it should be de yeah how it’s designed yeah not go
Out there get two fours one guy gets a seven but a really nice regular contest you can get and I’m not you know everybody’s there competing but then you get the sometimes you don’t get the best athlete or you know the the even the athlete of the day the way it’s designed
And here we go hopefully we’re looking at something that’ll hit the reef perfectly the mix between the North and the West right now has kind of got it long and drawn out meaning a lot of these waves can either run and it doesn’t help because there’s a lot of
Sand on the inside but these guys are so good I hope they find a corner um this is a beautiful shot it looks a bit big the way the swell is coming in it doesn’t seem like they’re going to get potentials unless there’s an A-frame Tepe that forms but I wanted to also
Make a mention what I’m noticing while watching here is uh the element of it being big and picking up I know how hero this heat is they’re not really taking as much as they did yesterday so there’s there’s an element there it’s big it’s large they know exactly what they’re
Looking for yeah yeah so they’re going to wait and they’ve seen so many waves out here and they put in their time year after year they know exactly what they’re looking for and I don’t think anyone’s going to take chances cuz they’re not looking look for five six sevens you can’t
Even yeah you can’t even afford to paddle into a a junk lemon wave over here the thing will just Crush you it’ll just be a rber oh rber duck you could be a rubber duck floating over here on the sand all that foam don’t want to be that
Guy so the photographers definitely have their day cut out for them too as uh a few photographers out there have jety a missed by Hawaiian water Patrol but uh we’ll see you can always tell it’s Christa Funk out there cuz she she puts her ponytail over her helmet like a like
A mohawk okay that’s what she does okay so I could look out there and be like Oh Chris is out there today it’s definitely a name that comes up a lot one of the wahines photographers putting in her time out here really proud of her um because she’s dedicated everything to
Her photography and you know as a friend she would talk about it all the time how she had doubts like how am I going to make this work or what what am I going to do and she just stuck to her passion and her love of Photography and being in
The water and we can see I think that’s ipple yeah you got amazing cinematography you got Mike ETO putting in a lot of time with John hook they were one of the five photographers that were swam out to the Eddie I Cal that’s the other guy John hook yeah John hook yeah
Good stuff these guys got good energy they got a narly lineup for the camera guys D they yeah that that’s yeah so there’s like you know what I mean there’s the pipeline posy cameramen that are invited by the Surfers and stuff cuz you see that thing going on on
The web with Zeke and stuff yeah butchering clips and all that stuff but at the end of the day as a surfer and a father I just say I’m happy with the memory that’s the real way I wet my guilt I connected with the kai I did my surfing
Genealogy and I’m going to go home to my family glowing mind you glowing we’re all you know all our wah know I mean I don’t know if you get wahini but they they know when you when you get a few waves and you come home and you rinse it
Off everyone’s happy at the end of the day I mean there’s no bad time in the ocean as long as you get in and you get home safely and and you know as broken White Water see all these white water CL creates these salt ions and it flies all
Around as you can see all that ehukai mist it goes up into grp evil Karen’s noses and it makes them super happy they start running and down the bike path with a different kind of energy I’m no doctor but it’s like a natural saline treatment it is it is
Well it could be negative saline there could be too much saline when you get flogged out there but I know what you mean you get hit hit pretty hard out here at pipeline that’s you guys you guys always hear me say this but you know you could uh totally get fogged and
Donuts and then be injured too injured to go to work but enough you could go surfing again that’s how awesome surfing is now babe I can’t make it to work today my ankle’s sore but I’m going to catch one session down the road I uh just make my ankle more
Sore yeah and uh shoot these guys are sitting another heat where we’re getting stuck in a little law they paddled over some but like you said they’re Specialists they’re looking for this certain maku’s way out there he’s going to drift into the Wako Bowl the Randall pulson
Bowl the days of uh brings me back when I talk about that yeah pipeline posy days Braden Das if you’re watching what’s up kaai in the house man you’ll never forget those amazing days Wolfpack pip blame posi it’s all All Sons of the Hyo hitalo what a Wild Bunch everybody was we were
Just crazy times we all got kids we all grown up oh here we go we got a look Makai mcnamer taking off beautiful form beautiful hand drag hasn’t used the knee dad whistling backside down carve for me it’s really hard hard to talk about um how perfect that was and what a great
Job he did navigating that wave because it’s maai mnam yeah he it like he does that mm on a daily basis any day at pipe yeah like you could see the boil he’s taking off 15 ft behind the boil got in early grabbing his rail picked the perfect line perfect
Line and you know it it takes a lot for a surfer out there to do that but he does it with such ease yeah like that that that was a Makai is always on really good waves and uh that showcased a lot of maturity and experience that was a
Mature ridden wave you know if you guys don’t know and you guys are new to the surf industry or the surfing lifestyle his dad Liam mcnamer when me and ULU were just babies I probably wasn’t even a thought oh yeah you weren’t born yet yeah I’m 46 you’re way younger than me
So uh he was uh helmet down the gath helmet and he was pulling into he was one of the most intense guys out at pipeline the mcnamer Legacy and what’s up Landon I’m sure you’re watching your brother brother another amazing Surfer and music Entertainer talking about music Entertainer Mr makua Kai
Rothman amazing yeah making all trades making music running for counsel doing great things for his community not just that always got all of our backs checking on the east west raising South yeah raising kids they’re like they’re they’re right below us just frothing at dad getting away dad is
Shopping with socer Dad 620 oh you know those soccer dads I’m not a soccer Dad yet I got three girls but it must be so hard Kicking and Screaming to leave the beach when it’s epic but I watch plenty families do that and I like to Pat them
On the back like hey that’s it’s awesome yeah keep them busy keep them going but hard for leave the beach you know what I’m saying even your own kids but Dad I don’t want to leave the beach yeah but you want to play soccer right baseball
What let’s go nah but not today but no you committed let’s go kind of support them in any which way they want to go you know I don’t have kids yet but I see a lot of my friends who do and oh youever whatever they want to do that’s
What we’re going to do and we’re going to put 100% into it it’s awesome and um I could speak for all of these guys in the water all they ever knew was probably surfing running away any chance they got to go surfing I know hey but
The game you know if they got W and kids yeah there’s a structure you got to kind of follow but when they when the W knows they get their best man walking through that door after he’s been Barrel at pipeline I mean you know what I mean do
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Right now to be honest cut I don’t think I could sit here I’ll be like well we can stand up you know when they put us on camera we just got to sit back down do couple jumping jacks K scratching his head out there he’s like where’s my
10-footer um no I know right this guy is a definitely scoring 12 12s this guy knows how to pull into the depths of pipeline Beast I paddled out yesterday evening just for a couple waves and you know I ran into him on the beach and I was like yeah go get him br
You’ll get a couple and he’s like I just want one easy or like I mentioned him or something like that I was like yeah go get like a easy one and he’s like no way I want a nuts one I was like bro I kind
Of want to ease my way into things he’s like no I want to go out there and get the nutest one right off the bat which is a good strategy it is yeah it is but you shop too long and uh we’ll see I know colad Grace is he’s not going
To gravel you know what I mean yeah and one guy that was like that always around he could compete on you know any size waves but when he was here at pipeline was a guy like Bruce irons where you at Bruce the guy doesn’t want to catch No Junk
Waves you can sit out here on a free surf session for four hours five hours if you wanted to not catch a wave I mean I’ve done it no but in a regular contest format yeah some of these athletes they’re not not going to go inside and
Gravel into one just to make the Heat and that’s honorable yeah it is Honorable it is Honorable because at the end of the day you’re a surfer you know what I mean we’re honoring the true form of pipeline surfing I we’re not these guys are and uh I got a lot of respect
For each and every one of these Surfers yeah this team right here is around your age and you guys all grew up together huh me and kalal Makai Anda definitely spent a lot of time Legend is the younger one and makua was always the Big Brothers all of us I
Don’t know that information but I got to be about 15 16 and his performances are radical so then Legend’s probably like 16 or 17 he’s giant maybe on the cusp of I don’t even want to say he’s 18 maybe he is or he could be older I don’t know but they surf like
They’ve he looks like a junior and just you know on his first wave of this heat you can just tell how smooth and Powerful he is it’s crazy cuz like these waves look so they don’t look that big no on the TV screen and you like turn
Around and you look at that thing and you’re like right off the balcony no it’s giant out there that wave breaking is no joke 17 seconds 10 to 12 ft no joke Hawaiian extreme sports ocean paddler TV Zone media allinone these guys are here with us bring in our the live
Action and Wow way outside as you can see from the Drone mean Muses oh there is some fourth Reef sets coming outside of Rocky Point are way out there yeah so the heat should be coming to an end shortly not much action out there but we 21
Seconds remaining we got a long day ahead of us oh yeah y Alla Stewart kala Grace Legend Chandler Makai mamera and makakai Rothman all Hammer all Hamas but in uh 3 seconds it ends but mamera got the best out of that heat so he is now on a scorecard with that wave
And uh these guys are going to surf again so thank you guys for joining us we’re going to move on into the next Heat so make sure you guys come right back commercial breaks are about 2 minutes so ULU good to have you in the
Booth with us brother and here we go on the replay Makai mamera just like you said unreal so hey you guys will be right back Ezra Rodriguez and UL boy we’ll talk to you guys soon h h Snap too bringing a B The hoie backdoor shootout 2024 is presented by go nuts Hawaii and Kiki beach bungalows special Mahal to the members of the H oal Monster Energy athletic Brewing caloa tortillas Odum water Waka water salt water Society Hal Eva juice this live presentation is produced by Zone media creators of ocean pader TV
Hawaiian extreme sports TV and in the [Applause] zone what’s up everybody uh welcome back to the beautiful Pipeline on the North Shore of aahoo and we are here at the D back door shootout I am ULU napi and alongside me is a good BR Ezra what’s up guys all
Right how you guys doing oh there’s Legend just taking another stroll he is just a stroll go up into the yard take a hot shower and uh kick back with all his family and friends after his heus p and we got another heat along the way yeah
Team snapped with the champ from last year Benji bran Josh mon this time switching out with his brother Seth Seth has some amazing scores on the board then you got Mason ho Parker coffin oh and Seth in here two Mon oh I like their style Josh and Seth oh good
Stuff wow snap F the snap family surf if you guys ever need to get pumped after where work you’re feeling a little down log on to snap 5 and watch the clips right off the GetGo absolutely amazing at pipe doing his thing and that’s last year’s Champion they’re competing as a
Team ULU but they’re also going for a massive prize purse individually how much money are they what what is it say like 50 Grand but I got to go double check I don’t want to speak too soon I don’t want to speak too soon uh I’d be I was looking for the suitcase
Of money when I was if you find it let me know throw me throw me a bone somewhere in this Jerry house I know it is it’s hidden in the walls Jerry Lopez if you’re tuning in what’s up Uncle Jerry absolute Legend I’m sure you’re shredding the snow that is absolutely
Amazing Mr pipeline I mean I watched his documentary and I mean Jerry Lopez is so his style and his grace Jerry es it’s a kind of why I wanted to Surf pipeline oh here we go we got Josh mon from you looking at this backd door wave his
Positioning was perfect on that wave mhm um these guys are so good at finding that inside double up rights really good at surfing the pipe wave if it is offered but you know Josh and Seth are to me anyway are the kind of Surfers that can take any conditions and uh
Produce something out of it they can take nothing and make something I got to watch these little two little boys they had big head small little bodies they were like miniature and they were doing little Wiggles at baby queens and now look at them they’re men doing massive
Carbs surfing waves all around the world and they’re also aerialists very very um uh I pride them here in Hawaii as some of our amazing aerialists and acrobatics just a quick pocket ride for br Jo go they surf similar but they have differences they both square up with the
Lip a little different but they both have that Mones in them too oh yeah very powerful like Dad some of my favorite Surfers when we when we were kids growing up surfing in the amateur events or at least for me I’d be like oh my God
It’s Josh and Seth M mon what’s up Isaiah I always I I love those two goofy Footers talking about goofy Footers they’re on the other side of the tracks from these other two the younger brothers it’s always a family affair what a great old H and then there’s Kia
Mon oh yeah two time longboard World Champ gave her a shout out yesterday and just said good for you I got a lot of respect for her and doing that she’s very empowering and uh gave me the the the the chicken skin when she said hey it’s not real anymore you can’t recreate
But I think we’re going to head down to maku on the beach for an interview oh nice perfect yeah Maka back down to the beach there hello everybody I’m here with my dad Mak I love this and Dad how was it out there I mean it’s such a beautiful
Day there’s super good waves but in our heat there wasn’t very many waves to catch I think maybe two waves were rid in and uh Makai got the better probably the best wave of the Heat and it wasn’t really that good for shootout standards and it’s just kind of the luck of the
Out here sometimes you get one you don’t but just like soccer just because the first half isn’t good doesn’t mean you can’t win the game in the second half right yes well thank you very much baby I love you and um thank you guys all for tuning in apologies for uh not being
Able to perform out there right now but like I said it’s only halftime it’s only the second round we got a few more rounds to go and um I guarantee you we put on the show after that love you guys H well thank you Dad oh I love that guy that was awesome
Thank you so much here give me next real good this guy always has words of wisdom man look at his beautiful daughter right on M kyman your performance was excellent yesterday and like how this format is designed you know also we go off Mother Nature sometimes you know get fed the waves
Like if you think about a standard Surf Contest you rip from the first round all the way to the semifinal think about it once you get in the final you’re going to get the short end of the stick because you’ve already got into that balance mother ocean a’t going to so the
Way this is designed you get to Surf a few times some people might get the short end of the stick and others will rise above and every heat is different so team sna out in the lineup as they got waves approaching aside from that what I really love about this event
Uh we might have a look oh no we don’t but aside from that being the structure of the event what I think is the best is uh all the marketing that these Surfers companies can use for whatever it is that they want cuz obviously they’re out
There doing their job but they can take oh what was that a ghost ride Seth almost got sucked over he was looking at it and then pulled back and almost pulled them over the falls wow positioning right now positioning key over here se’s probably sitting there like
Yeah I could have guarantee I could have made that exact somehow oh man oh I love every different uh camera angle here as we’re watching there’s a COA in the background every different perspective just all the angles of play plan so yeah we going to be calling up so Seth
Monice they got some rides oh excuse me Josh M snap five you got the champ Benji Grand so you guys just stay tuned yeah from uh 20 20 minutes left in this heat there is a wave approaching what do you think ULU it’s not going to
Materialize or you going to see a taker here I got to look behind me I don’t think so I know you’re L natural you got to look off the balcony and yeah it’s hard to read um by for the viewers sitting at home looking at this like you know it’s nothing like seeing
The raw elements the currents the direction yeah so we’re going to get some live GoPro footage from the surfer perspective off Nolan kean’s jet ski under the watchful eye of Uncle Terry aou from the Hawaiian water Patrol look at that view that’s the Controlled Chaos and uh what we’re letting you guys
Know right now is some Surfers are going to take the GoPro and pull into some barrels so when me and ULU are talking about the situation and they’re and they’re pulling in we can go into the barrel with them first time in history we’ll have a virtual reality y virtual
Reality it’s like how uh Nate Florence he’s coming up in later Heats how he took us around the world on with his GoPro amazing I mean I’ve never and I would never paddle out to some of those spots this animal went out to but thank you for getting me barrel with you bra
The technology nowadays I watch is amazing can be NE a negative thing or a real positive thing like this it’s amazing what uh the Hawaiian water Patrol can do with these jet skis um that is one of the beasts the kelana Legacy very talented brother that guy
Jumped off off his rig to save kalag Grace and he had to make a split decision these guys innovate and create and just try to make water safety water rescue just boom they’re right on you taking care of you I I’ve watched this guy save a few
Lives and uh him and his brother Brandon Keon they don’t give up all these guys and you know one of my favorites and he put on an outstanding show yesterday is pay they’re very heart uh they’re very giving humans you know they’re they’re very selfless they’re always thinking
About everyone else and uh throughout the day in the event of Surfing they’re constantly operating at a high level of stress thinking worst case scenario always being on top of it yeah and that’s a hard thing to do for eight hours a day the guys there yeah here we go about a
Josh looking at another back door double up on around he’s pumping down the line on the impossible but you never know here we go is that maon that’s his dig Mason are we going to see a switch oh oh that was a beautiful butt drag just for
What he was given yeah that’s how he wrote it he might he definitely took advantage of the time that he had in the barrel by stalling that extra to where he almost was riding up high in the barrel and normally you know your Tails give out but you could tell that he’s on
A longer board I believe he’s probably on like a 69 6 there’s other Surfers that need to do this and but I just can’t tell them like hey man I’m a fan of yours you look way better on a bigger board learn to ride some foam big butt
Drag got him up the face but that helped him exit you see all these like the the Mason hle elements it’s all these little details oh he’s got some DET very very skilled Surfer how’s BR Josh doing no fun duck diving in there I wonder what happened he’s not
Moving as fast as he normally does I hope he’s okay yeah but just driving in a back door barrel uh back door is by far in my opinion the the most dangerous wave but the best case scenario for him is it drops out from under you but it
Probably dropped him out and slammed him right down on sheer Rock I mean that happens a ton we always fall different but yeah not not his characteristic paddle unless he’s going to get um sucked around by gums but we do have jety Assist if the surfer is stuck on the
Inside Uncle Eddie and theie wants these Surfers to get get more um more uh save their energy and more performance so that’s awesome too and you can take that off of your plate we want the viewers to see an exciting show you know cuz that’s what we want to see oh
Yeah big time and watching guys like Mason ho do what he does that’s exciting and and that’s stuff that I want to watch we got 14 minutes and 40 seconds remaining and uh oh plenty time as Josh is still making his way back out there and we got
All kinds of currents and they’re dealing with so much out there and they’re making it happen yep I can see uh Ivan Eli and John getting ready to paddle out for the heat Josh is still making his way out wow huh I wonder what’s going on with the assist oh but the
96712 like ULU said they stay walking down the beach as Josh is still fighting the white water here on the inside that’s Relentless he probably got dragged about 150 yards from where he started and then that white water that didn’t look like much pulled him back 10
Yards yeah some days the current’s so bad like along the shoreline at pipe you got to like walk down the like just before off the wall or the end of back door jump in and within the matter of seconds like 10 seconds you’re already getting pushed and hopefully you can
Time it right to where you get like a little Keyhole through the channel and then when you get into that blue water you’re like oh I finally made it yeah but if you don’t get there you’re going to get suck down the Rockies I mean the
Fight is not fun when it lets you up it lets you up and you never want to do the walk a shame right get out on aukai in front of lifeguard Tower walk back yeah everyone’s on the P if you keep fighting the current our fellow lifeguards and
There’s Legends in that Tower will come down with the bullhorn and go azra don’t fight the current just let it take you and then come in over here okay we’ll do Team snap five excellent film excellent athletes the best of the best these guys are on there some heavy entertainers out there
In the lineup and we got a paddler ulu looks like Benji bran here we go that is Benji bran just kind of feeling his way through things um I didn’t see much in that wave I think he was probably just wanting to ride something you know get the ball roll sitting long time
127 Al had a little bit of Reverb up the face of it too he wasn’t going to get much out of it look at these guys Ian had an excellent performance last year you were here yeah he he was getting very close to taking the lead with his uh
Goofy flip surfing we got the trio got John Ivan and Nate yeah Ivan being the youngest and uh I believe Jose Angel might be in this one yep Jose Angel and Eli osen their brother Eli true Northshore crew right there Big Time watch all these guys here we go Parker coffin
Taking off that pipeline classic style Standing Tall gets blown out and a little fly away oh man Parker from Monster amazing athlete man this kid definitely all world class Surfers but Parker coffin is a very smooth Surfer as you can see put on an amazing performance double hand Dr Stand Tall fights through
The chandelier and just gets blown out kid charges I mean none of these athletes out there want uh schmedium waves but sometimes they got to take it and put some scores on the board yeah I would be so stoked with that wave kidding me oh we got water Patrol going in the
Lineup and here we go another beautiful drone shot here here we go as um Zone media is us we got a little bit shaped to this wave right here they’re going to frame yeah somebody’s going to get it looks like Seth if I’m wrong but that is
Here we go beautiful Drone footage gets spit out thank you Seth oh Seth monque you on fire what a way to open up this heat at 10:09 remaining thank you Seth for that beautiful display of amazing pipeline surfing we got to watch it from the sky
With Zone media and then turn our heads off the balcony and watch him get spit out this is amazing you could see how that thing was forming into the Tepee with the corner we’re going to take a look at it right now just a very beautiful pipeline wave classic pipeline
Wave late drop pulls in heavy spit and he’s happy with that he’s just like I’m going to do a couple turns yeah nice little bonus snap got himself right all the way over to The Sandbar that was Coffin kicking out he’s doing some hunting cuz you never know what you’re
Going to get yeah hunting season yeah hunting sometimes you just got to go to see also sets you up and puts you in position for the next one sometimes and like ULU said pipeline picks you you never know where you’ll be loitering in the lineup paddling out like oh you got
To be ready always got to be ready yeah you got guys like Bruno Santos Ian Goa Kona um Olivera from na they’ll be coming up along with Team Japan so man we’re getting through some awesome Heats and these guys are going to definitely I didn’t hear the exact
Call because every heat they pulled apart Pipeline and and back door and making sure that it’s still doing its thing cuz this is the back door shootout yeah so you know um we’re going to see if they’re going to want to run the third round I just love the format and
The care that goes into this event I love how Surfers have a say in the event oh yeah and then early in the morning in the dark the B the you know you show up you pull names of teams out of a hat draw the draw the
Order and uh but they pick it apart like um uncle Kika Stan amazing man right oh yeah oh I just like his energy right away like when I’m around him the way he touches you and and and he just like you know I love working with him and he’s
Just I’ve watched him surf all his secret spots deep northeast side when I was a little kid and there was always these these myths and stories about him from my elders like it’s just not somebody you mess with as a little kid we just admired him and uncle Daryl St
And he was down there and he asked crystal ball hey what you think about the waves your opinion and uh he didn’t really say and it was just super funny I said no you got to tell Uncle your professional opinion about cuz he’s asking you cuz
This is a family affair he wants all you Pro Surfers to be super happy so please answer you know don’t be scared to answer like it’s perfect don’t say that if it’s not perfect tell them he’s that’s how we all work together down here Uncle Kika is he’s a beautiful
Man and uh I’m very fortunate that I had them in my life since I was a young kid and yes being brought up around their family as well as you know Uncle Eddie and everyone who puts on the event everyone who is a part of H and all
Um definitely back to what you were saying about Uncle kavika he he’s an intimidating person so when he asks you a question sometimes you don’t really know what to say yeah or he’ll ask you a trick question and he’ll whack you and he’ll be like I just joking he he has
The softest heart oh yeah and uh I watched him younger than he is now just surfing the the this left and I’m not going to tell you where it is bro that was his spot you know I mean and we knew as young Surfers you would hear it all
The way down the coast hey watch out for Uncle Kika my dad always told me as hey go say hi to all your uncles make sure you know it’s all about respect if there’s no respect Paradise doesn’t work you got to give respect to get respect and I I I I
As a local boy got to wake up and remind myself and hit myself in my Meridian and tell me bro I’m this wake up in Paradise super thankful grateful grateful to be a part of this and have all these amazing like I can’t even express on this headset mic
How awesome these individuals are that we’re surrounded by in your life in my life to have the Gratitude right for everything that we have and being in this beautiful place surrounded by amazing people and the community that it comes with the surf Community you know it’s not just uh Northshore it’s a North
Shore is a big part of the hugest World Community the giant Surfers Union you’re either in or you’re out and that was many people think they’re in with the touch of buttons on their phone but that’s not how you get in man no there’s FaceTime on a phone but FaceTime of
Putting in your time yeah that’s oh exactly that goes a long way yeah Seth just taking a cruise showing brown nosing just Ruffles feathers oh bro going for the backside straight h SE Mon Mon family surf here goes Mason Mason you never know what to expect from
Mason you don’t when he tail drop floer that thing and then did his uh his his uh Papa Michael ho swing but nah he knows what he’s doing been watching him and Sheldon score some amazing waves we got four minutes and 20 seconds looks like we got some lines stacking up
On the out Surfers catch a wave hopefully yeah I’d really like these guys to get an opportunity to put up some scores and get amazing rides a that’s a Mason’s got to be on like a 72 just guessing by the way he’s paddling so we’re jamming on by yeah we’re
Jamming on by we’re going to go on to heat four and we got eight teams total as you know they’re getting scored on their speed power and flow but in this event they’re getting scored on their respect for the ocean their positioning their strengths it’s all
Being dissected by one of the most uh judging panels I’ve ever seen I mean these guys could make a team and win the back door shootout oh yeah different Generations up there on the scaffolding is it a I know Flynn Novak’s up there Flyn Novak Barton Lynch Barton Lynch um
Cahart is an alternate judge we have love hodell and Jon T that’s a that’s that is a heavy panel that’s some good judges right there cuz uh they have all surf Pipeline and Flynn Novak is you know still bronzing that’s a joke between him and I
Yeah yeah runs I mean I go he’s still there and he’s been there for years I go out to Rockies and I I I expect to run into him and all those guys like Ezra sit and stuff but when I don’t see him I was like what’s going on with what’s
Going on over here there’s a there’s a group of guys you know and you just look at them nod your head paddle up to him give him a big hug big time cuz we all grew up together around here goes Mason floating in floating in roll in for mace
You sure see what see what a big board does he never jump off Uncle Terry ski cuz that was just a floating look at him now he’s surfing having fun negotiating foam still makes it past the Clipper almost where the two waves wave from a little ship that was nothing out there
And that’s that’s the beauty of having a longer board with volume everybody’s lucky didn’t come over him and just give him a square pipe cone look at him go everyone sees did a backside snap barely nuts drops take off but Jason will just take off and do a couple
S car look fall uh flying over that foam as well too I mean that’s not easy when that uh turb L is going through your fence he’s going to take one on the head ooh his board got this beautiful Mayhem board hand yeah you know last year
Um uncle Michael ho was in a heat pumping through back door that was Radical man TP secure absolute Legend I hope I age like that cuz he’s amazing guy does it all guy won um you know talking about duk koku he won he won um uh the Legends division at the
Duke Kahanamoku ocean Festival that’s beautiful yep he bored my long board he went out with his killer team it was one of our sponsors w k water he borrowed my toll her surfboard and he just rips on the thing the guy’s got that that that’s why I call him TP secure man
He’s unreal Legacy um you know who also talking about duk kanamu and the specialty of Derk ho Legacy his son mcoo made it into the longboard finals yesterday and did a hell of a good job my heart goes out to that family uncle Derek was a very
Special person um in all of our Lives as well as pipeline but uh we’re going to hit a short break and we’ll be back with more action from the deoi back door shootout yeah thank you ULU for being here with us Mahalo gang see you soon h I W The hoie back door shootout 2024 is presented by go nuts Hawaii and Kiki beach bungalows special Mahal to the members of the H oal Monster Energy athletic Brewing caloa tortillas Odum water Waka water Saltwater Society Hal Eva juice this live presentation is produced by Zone media creators of ocean paddler
TV Hawaiian extreme sports TV and in the zone hello guys welcome back to the beautiful Northshore of Hawaii here at pipeline Majestic magic I’m ULU Nai alongside me my good brother yeah brother Ezra Rodriguez how you gang thank you for joining us back as we got northshore’s
96712 Eli Olen Ivan Florence Jose Angel Nate Florence and replacing Co Rockman is world champion John John Florence how nice how nice yeah CO’s got a stunt double yep that’s Co stunt double if you guys never knew John Florence he’s not John John anymore he’s just John Florence John amazing
John the guy Florence this heat speaks for itself they are the pack mhm from the 96712 NorthShore of wall W Eli osen uh stunt man uh black belt and Jiu-Jitsu amazing MMA fighter Surfer uh super disciplin super discipline on him he’s Frosty funny super funny guy yeah
Chargers Ivan Florence is Mr Cool oh yeah how’s those handlebars he one of my favorites say goof I love the way he surfs um all kinds of waves but he surfs pipeline amazing and back door Ivan’s been getting a little nuts though with the competitive surfing I heard in the
Other contest him and his brothers had a thing for the pipe Masters and uh he put his head down and he’s like you guys better watch out for me oh man he’s coming I been turning a page with that beard he’s got I mean I’ve been watching
Him turn on over the years I mean he’s always talented but like he’s getting really noted now like BR he’s a definite threat but that’s funny when you come out of the gate and just tell your brothers to get out of your way that’s classic then we got John Florence you
Know world champion one of my favorite Surfers uh probably one are the best Surfers if not the best surfer in the entire world um I agree you can’t say more about the guy yeah but uh he’s doing some really cool stuff aside from surfing running his company traveling
The world in the way that he wants to seen him designing some killer shoes that are just look like next level kind stuff and they’re they’re all so close you know so they’re supporting each other through what they got going on and uh they got a good team and I’m sure Ka
Is on the beach yeah watching his friends surf yeah because you know you know there’s also in that Northshore Surf Shop Boys that’s like part of their pack too you know what I mean so so they had to split the talent up and that’s what you have
Um they should be calling team na pretty soon we got Bruno Santos the Goa Legacy the olaria Silvia and uh Johan Peter they’ll be coming up next these are 30 minute Heats this is the second surf for 96712 uh yesterday they got pretty good waves but I think John John got the best
Out of the team exchange kind of uh there’s like about 3 minutes left um ULU and he he got that like how you were talking about makai’s I would compare it to makai’s you know that traditional drop in butt slide shove the knee adjust and then just come speeding out just
Perfection I thought that was really well ridden um the judges definitely have their work cut out too because all of these guys pull in so good with all kinds of tech technical style contorting their body doing what they feel comfortable with but then they also have
To judge upon the context and the shape of the wave is important you know what I mean so that’s going to make a huge different in the scoring potential of having a champion this year every wave is different every wave hits the reef differently and what stands out
Obviously is the height the you’re positioning how critical the up is how deep you get but speaking of that we’re going to get real deep with the mon Brothers down on the beach for this interview oh good stuff hello everybody I’m and today I’m here with this love Brothers the best
How was it out there all yeah the waves are fun out there it’s definitely tricky today um little Victory LT big northwell so it’s yeah definitely hard but we managed to get a couple WS yeah it was fun um we got to Just Surf with our friends best ever right yeah what
Else thank you thank you thanks for interviewing us thank you what else you got anything else for us good job I love that girl yeah who’s that host down there good job you guys you good job you good job honey the Rothman Legacy if you come to the NorthShore and
You never heard about Rockman shoot she’s so and cute and like she knows she can get away with it I watched her at some manoni contest yeah Dad brought her she’s kind of like the dad in a way really talented at everything she does see I even get to Hype up my friends
Kids no I know awesome is she into music um as well I’m sure she’s going to get into it I’m sure she picks up the instruments and just starts going with Dad has that’s what she’s surrounded by so yeah he she’s raised definitely well because I’ve always liked maka’s post of
Him you know telling you about your kapuna going visit his grandma bring her roses and just you know telling the public come on guys mad respect for that Ohana as these guys have been pushed out by the current you were talking about earlier and now they’re making their way back in as they
Were too far out 96712 Ellie Olsen Ivan Florence John John Florence Jose Angel and Nate Florence Surfer of the Year Surfer Paul stok we also had um Hilton elves on the beach did you get to see him are you familiar he painted a pipeline wave and
That is this is his artwork right here on the t-shirts don’t forget if they’re tell the public hey if you guys are at home and you can’t make join us on the beach and you’re watching us live on channel 1020 or you guys are on surf
Line brought a Jeff guys from surf line Aloha um what you guys can do is go on duo.com and uh we have all the merch over there okay we also have t-shirt sales down the beach they’re $25 $5 posters you guys are going to want to get this iconic
Event to the most uh exciting and entertaining person we got ho down on the beach oh nice hello I’m niia Rothman and I’m here with Mason ho today how was it out there Uncle Mason the waves are big and scary nalah I used to love to
Watch it when it was like I was your age yeah it looked really big how did you feel when you got really wiped out wiped out I was just trying to stay calm and um I kept looking at Hawaiian water Patrol right when when the wave
Would almost crash on me I’d look at the Hawaiian water Patrol and I’d be like don’t panic Mason everything’s okay they’re right there and then I’d come up and there’d be another one and then I was like everything’s not okay Mason but um it was because when I came up right
There and they always keep us safe out there well thank you Uncle Mason you’re welcome nalia thank you we got to somehow get Mason up here cuz he’s so good yeah and he’s Champion yeah he is but nalia is killing it down there you’re killing it nalia good job nalia Rock
Men this is such a family fun event aside from it being the most prestigious pipeline event in my opinion yep that’s my opinion too I just love it you know you got everybody’s fames kids running around Surfers the camaraderie of everyone getting the together is beautiful as we see the World Champ John
Florence replay during the interview that’s like a throw away for him he’s I’m going just take this ride and just Cruise anyone else would give a limb for that wave oh man right Mr John Florence amazing stuff cuz they’re not going to sit on each other but we did
Have a laugh yesterday their heat was a little slow yesterday so we all laughed because we feel as friends they all have the same lineup out of all the packs in the zone Drone footage they were sitting around this one Keyhole and I thought it was funny watch them do it again they’re
All friends they all line up the same like you said on that boil so they’re they’re playing King of the keyhole oh yeah no I mean and you know this is a team format designed to elevate their surfing trust me no matter how much these guys love each each other these
Guys are ready for battle they’re the best they’re the best all these guys are the best yeah they put in their time they got invited by dualo you kidding me you know there’s so much past history and you know that’s why we honor not not only why but du
Kahan moku it happened to him you know and then his contest after um Duke was no longer with us the Hawaiians couldn’t even surf in his events like that’s massive and that’s why Uncle Eddie and his team designed this it’s like tired of our local boys getting the short end
Of the stick and it’s not just for our K AA it’s for people that surf pipe that are a part of this Ohana right here down on the sand on any given day you know like if pipeline’s firing and they got like a really important event going on if you
Were to throw any of these guys in the mix from any of these Heats they would they you know they probably would have made a lot of upsets over the years professional surfing here on the North Shore big time cuz a lot of them never
Had the opportunity to to be a part of even have a chance to be a part of the event their backun how will you ever know you know what I mean and you know Uncle Eddie’s given uh generations of surfers the opportunity to showcase their talent and and give them the the
Opportunity to showcase their skills and you know this this gives them a name and all these guys have been in that position and uh that’s the beauty of this event y I love to see all these bras doing their thing and now they’re all you know I love you joining us in
The comment but I also want to see you in a team I would love to you know like like you said you you honor the guys putting in their time I’ve been away for 3 years now and uh I haven’t put in my time so respectfully I need to sit aside
And watch you know but a part of me is like wish I was out there with my friends part of the surf I’ve surfed uh a heat with uh Mason K gracea Stewart myself and I forget who else but Bo I’m a mhm and some of the best times
Of my life and what’s up guys yeah gang I always say it uh I forget sessions I forget waves but I always remember who I surf with it’s the craziest thing it is crazy as we got some waves approaching here gang thanks for joining us as you
Can see behind me and ULU the waves are going off 10 to 12 feet at 17 seconds thank you to Surf line keeping us updated thank you to Z media thank you to sinoa Monster energy drinks yaa two thumbs tattoo Aloha Salads thank you uh Elon and the Gang our headline sponsors
Guts Hawaii and also Kiki Beach bungalos just a couple clicks down the beach over here beautiful stay at that amazing resort kakei beach hard to stay over there uh it’s it’s so beautiful that the place is absolutely book so if you guys comma AA and visitors you guys are watching and
You guys are planning to come to the S mile miracle that is an amazing place to stay keki beach bungalows and that was a not too bad wave I mean not going to win the back door shootout but that’s how good everybody is I think where he was
At the TP like where he was hitting the wreef he was directly in the middle of it and it’s the back door shootout because you can either back door pipeline or you can back door the back door well said but it’s always good to position yourself deeper in order to get
That good line to drive through the barrel instead of take off at the very top you’ll have to air drop and it’s really hard to like disengage your board and then get back down on the water and make that bottom turn so Eli probably knew that he was just in the middle of
It yeah and it went under him I’ve seen going some stuff oh do but he goes oh shout out to the Coast Guard what’s up gang we also had a Wah in the um body surfing final yesterday she was um water rescue uh Coast Guard um delori so shout
Out to you thank you for body surfing with the men Tom sails was out there doing his thing you know one of the purest Farms of of you know catching a wave is with your body you know what I mean whether you wear surf trunks it’s just
You your fins or your Speedo you know what I mean and uh you you also familiar with aiia you Elia a lot too yeah that’s another pure form of wave sliding I think growing up in Hawaii uh you just kind of ride whatever there is whatever
You can get your hands on and sure your big island roots from where you uh uh come from down there I’ve visited poiki a few times Kaa Kama and all of them I love that whole vibe down there I’m not talking about going to talk about the
Waves I love but there is some amazing uh just uh culture surf culture down there it’s different the energy it’s neat the energy the energy of that very raw and Rule and lava rock I’ve been to spots that are no longer there but I can honestly tell you what amazing place it
Is some of the best there to see yeah I know I know I watched you as a little kid I actually visited the poiki area and I was watching you surf trees and I watched you totally get barrel and you were little man were little and I was
Like oh who’s that and then I started seeing you come over here and I started seeing you put in your time with all your friends I I remember when I first showed up here and I was like whoa look at all this sand yeah like that’s crazy
And then you watch The Wave break and you’re like if I can’t that wave I’m actually going to go to sand not going to go to a cliff or rocks oh yeah that’s right that big island V and then you know it’s up to you if you want to wear
A leash but you know I watched you put in your time and you are a household name over here even though you said you’ve been uh taking you know three years you know we all do our things I stopped surfing this place a long time
Ago I just like to have fun I can’t sit in that long pecking order um but I just love it I know about it I love waves and discussing surfing just being here to have fun yeah being here and seeing all my friends and being with you guys and
Putting in the time this is like family for me you know like big time and I don’t care if I go out there and surf I’m happy that these guys are doing their thing and killing it I just I just like to see my friends and we discuss
And exuberate what’s going into and you cheer everyone on and you know just be happy for these guys who are out here risking their lives they put their lives on the line every day and uh this is only the first half you know this is uh nor Shore boy the
96712 this is their second Surf and this is a very dangerous team and Co Rockman if you’re watching what’s up brother I know you just living and cruising and just take care of that injury but we definitely miss you that’s one of the guys that come to mind all the time I’m
Super thankful that he’s doing okay after the injury that he took uh talked to him yesterday and I think he’s making the right decision to kind of just step back allow himself to heal cuz you know brain injuries are one of those things like you get a concussion and you don’t
Properly heal it you get a concussion again and that’s where it causes uh more damage to your brain and it’s a very serious thing that’s why a lot of these Surfers wear helmets nowadays and uh I think safy is AIG about it yeah to check on himself but how does makul get
Injured and Dad lets him go surf the Ed always trip out on that but yeah Co God speed on healing up super fast we miss you over here brother it’s funny cuz Uncle Eddie used to make them wear helmets when they were kids yeah they’re trying to be as cool
As they possibly could I remember that well for Kaa and he would never wear them but I think he’s considering it because um but we grew up around Jamie O’Brien on the same surf brand and uh yeah I I watched dad put Maka in a helmet on certain occasions
Yeah and I heard a couple guys discuss on the third floor of the uh scaffold saying wow everybody’s really a lot of people now are making the switch to the helmets and stuff I mean that’s a smart decision that the level of Surfing out here at pipeline is so high on any given
Day it’s like they’re pushing the limits so far that it’s it’s inevitable yeah like injuries are going to happen yeah they’re pushing the sport they’re pushing the level at Pipeline and this isn’t like your everyday walk in a park you go surfing have fun kind of way you
Literally put everything you got on the line and it’s it’s amazing to see these guys do what they do year after year this is their backyard they feel super comfortable and uh I’m at all of their surfing and their ability and everything that they’re doing in the water as well
As outside of the water yep in the kai on the land guys are gentlemen they’re making a move for something yeah I just got to look behind me and you know talking about those helmets with you ULU and stuff you know it’s it is funny how every Surfer prepares um you know some
Of us go should I wear a leash should I not wear a leash and then you got that helmet thing should I wear a helmet should I not wear a helmet and then it comes down to what board are you going to ride there’s so much things in
Surfing that we can joke and laugh about because we do become a chure inside the mine sometimes oh sure and yeah um a few waves went by but these guys are Specialists and they didn’t like what they see they don’t want no rubber ducky waves they want to
Get straight up get the Apex Pipeline and back door and like you were discussing earlier to a lot of our viewers that aren’t into the surf culture these guys are trying to sit deep on the Apex middle of the wave to get as deep as they can for the
Direction they’re going so they get that wave to Barrel over their head like a curtain and disappear in front of our judging panel and the technique and the elements that go into actually getting barreled and spat out at back door and pipeline are second to none amazing I
Think what we’re seeing here happening within like the last 45 minutes to an hour is the swells actually shifting a bit more North gotcha good insight and um that’s why that current line is kind of running through exactly it’s running right into our Surfers there so it’s going to be pretty
Interesting carrying on throughout the day I want to see what unfolds and what the Surfers say because at the end of every heat they have a call you know funny you say that because our Uncle Eddie is picking it apart over there with the judges and maybe after this
Heat we’ll see and then after his son coming in makakai he knows the wave good I watch Billy keer everybody just comes into this yard over here at the Volcom house and they you guys are the Surfers you know what I mean look at these names
In this heat we got Eli Olsen Ivan Florence John Florence Angel and Nathan Florence all these guys are the best pipeline Surfers as well as anyone in these Heats and they’re having a hard time finding good Insight brother finding and look at this decent scor from The Zone drone
Look at this I haven’t seen this you’re calling it it is definitely changing into sloy Burgery there’s a lot of chatter hopefully this thing pans out in 15 minutes cuz it looks like a lot of water moving but it is 3:47 on the clock I feel that 96712 is going to try again
In their third round yeah for sure but you know uh will let you guys know if we run the third round because after this heat we have three more Heats to go awesome day we still got na new Earth Project and team Japan we got some action ahead of us
Look these guys just dealing with this current oh man they’re just paddling in yeah Ivan’s like ah yeah I could you know I could can let this one go I got a couple good waves under my belt from the other day he did get a couple but the
Guy got a 12 one year too so yeah I wonder if he’s being intense we’re going to have to ask him I doubt it I love that though that inside like oh cuz he’s definitely stepped it up as the youngest brother right yeah Ivan’s always been his own person amazing I
Mean they’re all amazing skateboarders but Ivan really is you know he really you’ll see them across the street street over here with Grayson Fletcher and stuff another amazing pipeline back door Surfer was uh Nathan Fletcher brought us two boys to watch a few Heats yesterday yeah that
Guy he’s telling me how he just got injured and I’m like your body oh he’s injured that’s why okay cuz he’s been surfing amazing he got injured last summer like broke his anle or something but he he’s still surfing and stuff I just was having a conversation with him
And it’s funny I was like you you’ve been hurt so much and he like he’s an animal though I mean he’s been putting in the work from back in the day yeah and you know he’s taught up people here about board design and stuff like his stretch boards turning on Bruce
Irons to that Tech and stuff like that we’re super happy hey surf crime family thank you for tuning in they’re also uh uh Nathan Fletcher will be also moving on to a a fun soft top company called surf crime check this out the the camera guys are getting pushed to where the
Surfers are oh right into them huh that’s how nuts the current is we’re going to hear the open mic hey get away from the Surfers and you know they’ve all been warned the people that have um the privilege to go out with the the pipe photographers that are hired they
Just need to know their limit and identify danger it’s a massive thing to not be that guy that Uncle Terry and his water Patrol need to go and take a look at you even though they’re there for everyone they’re trying to watch the professional athletes out the
Back oh they’re getting pushed far out the back that was a quick heat wasn’t it yeah and who are we going on a minute Cliffhanger H it looks like Ivan’s got a good look I don’t think any of them do actually see that that backwash is crazy imagine
Taking off on like A8 foot wave and then you got a 4 foot backwash coming at you oh man and some of the times those four foot backlash that ain’t no joke man that’s some heavy water headed towards you I’ve watched these guys ride over ruts bigger than cars but then just boom
Right into it amazing eights and T some nines and this is the only contest they get scored from a one being a way below average score five being an average score and they can go all the way pass a 10 to a 12 but we absolutely dissect It all right gang so that ends this 96712 with Eli Ivan COA excuse me John Jose and Nate and we’ll be right back with Team na this is Ezra Rodriguez and ULU boy signing out h E The hooie backdoor shootout 2024 is presented by go nuts Hawaii and Kiki beach bungalows special Mahal to the members of the Hui oal Monster Energy athletic Brewing caloa tortillas Odum water Waka water Saltwater Society Hal Eva juice this live presentation is produced by Zone media creators of ocean paddler
TV Hawaiian extreme sports TV and in the Zone fore foreign Fore hello guys welcome back to the beautiful Pipeline on the NorthShore of Hawaii we got team nav out there and um believe it’s Bruno Santos Gilham Johan Peter Ian go konor Ola and uh Lucas sea and I was just informed that na is one of the fastest
Boats that are actually in the mental wise and they’re operating down there in the mental wise and if you want to go and get to the surf brakes the fastest as you can that’s your guys Nave it’s a boat business in the mentalize but aside
From that all of that uh welcome back to pipeline where everything matters about the Surfers and the waves who gets the best waves and this is the duoi back door shootout right now I am running this thing solo and I’m happy to be here cuz it’s pipeline what’s not the
Love just hopefully the ocean cooperates out here with us cuz we seen in in that last Heat for Eli oan Ivan Florence Co Rothman Jose Angel and Nate Florence they kind of got skunked as you could see John Florence walking up the beach or down the beach he’s probably tripping that he didn’t
Have much opportunity cuz in the past shootout conditions are a lot different and uh it’s based on the surface so I’m pretty sure going into the third round we’re going to have to make a call and the man who makes the call is Uncle Eddie Rothman alongside all the Surfers who come
Together cuz we want what’s best for everyone especially the event and every individual Surfer a little replay is that I believe that’s Ian go and uh he’s no stranger to barrels at pipeline that was just a nice little casual ride while we were on our
Break and joining me here is the man him self Rocky Cannon boy what’s up M man nice to see you brother it’s so good to see you it’s been a while since I sat next to you yeah really a nice pleasure to have you join us bro well thanks for having me
You guys have been nothing but good to me for many of years and I’m forever grateful for you guys so team na out there right now team Brazil just getting underway this is uh Bruno Santos gy Johan Peter Ian go Conor Olivera Lucas Sila and you know they got
Uh a couple of nice rides yesterday I go yeah put down a couple nice pipe waves had a nice back door uh attempt yesterday so looking forward to see these guys uh get more opportunities thanks for uh coming in and saying their names cuz I would would have butchered
Them sure all respect to those guys K ala good friend yeah uh new father grew up on the North Shore you know that that really uh baffles me and lets me know how old I am because I you know remember him as a Grom yeah and then
When these groms start growing up and having their own groms that uh definitely puts it all in perspective as will say and look beautiful drone shot you know as I was uh coming back to the site there were tons of vehicles both side of the road it it
Was definitely evident that pipe is on and the back door shootout in full effect uh how’s it been I had to step away um it’s been a I I got you know a little bit of uh um other uh pots on the stove if you will got things cooking and went down to
Audition for a a double part for a new show that’s coming out here I didn’t get it I didn’t look enough like the guy looked just enough but there was another guy who matched it better so it was uh just a a quick camera test yeah coming
Back and looking at the scene here it has been uh just a great show I mean no matter what it’s amazing show the the back door shoot out um there hasn’t been much opport for the Surfers out there it kind of went through this north kind of North current pulling through the lineup
Got it shind di but the Surfers are doing the best that they can do they’re navigating you know some some average scores nothing in the excellent range that we’re used to seeing but we still have a long way to go and uh things could spice up for these guys I hope it
Does yeah and we’re you know in Heat number six so we got two more Heats to complete round two and and then we’ll see you know how the conditions develop um over the next couple of Heats I know the Surfers had a have a lot of say a lot of control
In what happens in the event and and what we’re going to progress through so uh we’ll see if it’s going to be continuing in round two or into round three or um you know we have the ability to say all right you know the we want
The best conditions and that’s so cool I love that about this event yeah and you competed out here before yeah it’s like as real as it gets what what uh what kind of vibe I I think we could take a while guess but it’s so cool to hear
From someone who has been uh in an actual heat that on a team that’s been out there it’s and you compete regularly uh you have in you know conventional elimination style events but what has been um some of the the cool features of this event it it definitely takes off
The pressure of Performing and I think that allows a surfer to actually showcase his true ability and skill and um not being so pressured you know you’re surfing with your friends you’re having a good time it’s really relaxed and you’re just out there to Sur but
Then then again it is an event and that’s always on the back of your mind but it’s not so much pressure cuz you know you’re going to surf again you know you’re going to get another opportunity and I think that’s the difference is cuz when you’re surfing a regular conventional event you’re just
Going out there for 20 minutes 25 minutes and you’re looking for your two best scores and having that stress going into the water kind of like takes the fun out of it in a way I still feel like here the the hoie back door shoot out
Every heat that you surf it’s kind of like your free surfing we see this ride from the surfer um just a quick In-N-Out I think he’s kind of just trying to feel it out yeah and and that is uh pretty common here when you just kind of check into one see
What the uh you know the conditions are like and feel it out a lot of times that’s Lucas svette a lot of times uh here at pipe you don’t know what it’s really gonna do until you actually drop in and get your feet in the wax get your
Feet on the board and then see what the wave actually provides you know there are times you can you can spot it as you’re paddling yeah and know whether to go or not go but there are times when you do need to drop in and uh really
Take a swing at it is what I like to say you never know until you go one right there too so it tucks in but you see all of that movement in the wave as it uh well Rocky welcome back all right is had to step out actually today is um our
First day for B hoi where I’m uh currently the academic vice president uh we welcome our new students and we had a over 250 for this semester kind of cool got to say aloh and and share a little bit of uh give like a little speech for
20 30 minutes was kind of cool one of the one of the things I talked about in that speech I thought kind of bring up today too uh you was talking about uh the concept of kulana kulana some we talked about before yes uh the sense of
Stewardship and what you know what do you put into um how do you contribute to your community and uh but really cool one of the ways I told that story was through moonui or giant lizards look at this one oh wow what a great effort there you
Can see the little seab breeze that is is affecting you know the uh the hollow just a tad you know pipe and back door pretty resilient and being able to handle some of that little seab breeze and still be productive but you could see that one right there just a little
Shandelier that came down and uh a difficult exit there right still looks good though it’s pumping out there yeah size and energy David saying like so these are the professionals yeah some big conditions here out at Pipeline and um that’s why we have the best out here
In the water and the heaviest conditions yeah so in in in hawan uh folklore and and mythology before humans dominated the islands they were ruled by these giant moonui they’re kind of like dragons okay it’s kind of cool um and mountainous like really large like Godzilla by the way
There was a new Godzilla movie that came out recently and it’s from Japan and you know you think like how many Godzilla movies can you make right but this one was really good I don’t a chance I have not seen that one yet yeah but um but
Anyway Hawaii has the same sort of like stories of these giant like massive Mo call them Moi and um and in and where I where I teach it at BO Hoy is in LA and La has a a legend of a of a of a mountainous
Dragon named lonni LA and lonni La was um initially was a good you know one of the street names over there too right too y uh but eventually Lon law starts to eat all the people in the village the humans and it becomes you know not so friendly and then there’s this giant
Titan another massive Creature from the big island named kanana and con of walks through the deep water he’s such a massive um figure walks walks to LA and ends up having this epic battle oh wow with Lon La between Conor and L that’s Hollywood movie Material right there I’m
Telling you our Hawaiian stories are like ripe for like movie yeah movie productions but um and after this battle Kan ends up defeating Lano chopping the the moo into five different pieces and throws the body parts into the ocean and so you go to uh La it’s kind of unique
Actually there’s there’s five little Islands out in the bay and each of those islands signifies a different body part of the giant lizard Lani La wow and and I think you know what kind of messages can we take from this here we go we have dragon slayers of today this is Dragon
Slayers of modern time Jamie O’Brien out here battling these monstrous beasts of waves make it look so easy he’s got his primary board and backup board Carissa Moore right there getting set to join the new Earth Project and there’s the lineup for that team Co Smith Shan
Picaro matah jol rounding out our next Heat there and checking in with Uncle Manny doto our beach Marshall down props props to Carissa there are not any other wah or women who surf today um my understanding this is this is some like you see out there outer Reef waves
Breaking out there this is not your typical friendly uh de at back door or small pipeline this is look at those waves challenging stuff and really uh breaking far out Carissa out there props to her for sure at some mono right there so we do have uh a few cool
Questions coming in at NSO G Hawaii oh at gmail as Lucas Silva really sticking to that back door section being regular foot almost able to thread through that one super late drop good job of just getting in there but quite turbulent once he was inside and unable to find the exit we’ll see
How he does on the paddle back out always uh really dicey on that section there on the replay takes off late he actually travel through that’s something cool about these bright colored helmets you can see through the you know through the through the barrel of the wave their their
Distance traveling through the through the barrel as you can see way out there these waves coming in from way out on the outer Reef now making their way to our competitors see if any of these have the right direction so it doesn’t just shut down and close
Out now most Surfers this is like your nightmare right you paddle over one wave you look out the back and it’s already breaking yeah your heart starts racing the butterflies start fluttering in your stomach and uh you know that imminent destruction is on the way and our photographers trying to get that
That in the barrel shot sit in a very precarious place where the waves detonate and so when these big ones come in boy they often have to take the brunt of that wave right on the head hopefully uh they’re all doing okay but we have of course the Hawaiian water
Patrol always here with us at the back door shootout making sure our competitors and our photographers are safe I know we did have some questions coming in about uh the opening ceremony oh uh we did see quite a few clips of um how that was conducted here uh here on the
Beach and maybe tell us a little bit of the reasoning for that um and uh you know the content of of what’s involved there so yeah in it’s very customary to to open a significant event with some sort of ceremony and that’s of course pretty Universal we see that in a lot of
Different cultures worldwide uh you have some sort of protocol to opening so an event of significance and so at the back door shootout uh they do an excellent job of of utilizing Hawaiian protocols uh in Hawaiian there’s you know there’s a word called pulle pulle is kind of a prayer
Uh and you also have oie or chant and a combination of all these and then hoola is usually mixed in with it as well so hoola is uh is of course our a dance but it’s also a way of of celebrating um story so most hoola are accompanied by
Um an oi or melee that tells a story and the hoola dancers Express that story through their their gestures and so forth so protocol to opening usually is a combination of those things oi pulle and um and hoola and so we have seen you know the backdoor shout Opening
Ceremonies um evolve a bit over the years and I think a lot of that has to do with just within Hawaiian the Hawaiian Community we have seen you know the proliferation of of more protocols being U being done and a lot of that I think we can attribute to
Uh the Mona movement so few few years back uh there were some uh protests to protect Mount AA which is the world’s tallest mountain if you account the fact that the mountain starts at the sea floor yes it’s uh the tallest mountain in the world um from sea level it’s 14 a
Little under 14,000 ft but um you know recently there are some uh you know proposals to to develop a uh a very large structure on on the MAA and uh the Hawaiian Community many of them in the Hawaiian Community um you know were not too happy about it and so they for for
Months uh there was thousands of people that gathered at monaa at the access road uh to voice their uh kapu aloha kapu aloha is a term that means like to it’s kind of I I think could be compared to um saag graa which was U mandes Gandhi’s okay uh strategy for it’s
Called nonviolent resistance right so this taking a stand but in a way that’s Pono so kapu aloha is to stand for something but with Aloha and and and with that those months that there was um all that activity of of of the Hawaiian Community kind of galvanizing there was
A lot of protocol that would take place on the Mona and because there were so many thousands of people going there um that it really I think upped the standard okay for for Hawai protocol and and it also is an educational tool where a lot more people were able to learn
Some of these protocols so anti Pua case and others that um were part of the monoa uh protocols have come to the back door shootout in in in several of the recent years to also um you know perpetuate that component of of hawaian culture so so so yeah at the back door
Shootout you’ll see a combination of of these types of uh of ceremony that involve again and pulle which is prayer hola and and also oi a chance but really cool is that surfing um is so integral to hawaian society uh currently but also of course in in
Ancient times uh kaako so it’s it’s really cool that um that we do have specific protocols in our hawaian history and culture dedicated to surfing um for example there’s one oi uh that involves a PO Vine which is one of the uh the vines that grows along the
Shorelines in Hawaii and on the NorthShore and uh there’s a whole story of how you take the poou whip the water and chant this K po it’s basically calling the waves to to rise and we’re seeing these Wes waves Rising right now trying to summon you’re summoning The Sur the ocean the Mana
Yeah the the waves to please come and I don’t know if my little oie there caused this surge oh man everybody is getting destroyed right now you see all Surfers bailing off their boards with four minutes remaining and just kind of getting a little bit caught inside you
Know that’s what happens when you have these long lows and big spaces of time between the sets coming in start to lose your place in the lineup a little bit or or try to move in and see if there’s something you can snag on the inside woo but then next thing you
Know the big ones come and you are far too inside to even have a chance of paddling through and it is a what we call the leash test well call to our competitors if that only did summon that wave to break on their heads my bad
We’re only trying to help you know uh their positioning uh is up to them but we definitely want the waves to continue to move in toward Shore and that one was a was a beast yeah so um there’s a story of this of this chat that I just shared with you
In um in in Pelle sister Haka so Pelle is the goddess of of of fire of is the volcano and she there’s all these epic stories of her and her sisters and uh so she she sends her one of her sisters Haka to go and and find this uh
Attractive Hawaiian man that Pelle had interest in nam looh anyway so as Haka is going searching for this uh for this gentleman she’s she’s coming through the island chain and she comes onto Wahu and around the East Side the Northeast side where I live at Kahana Bay and when she
Enters Kahana he yaka uh gives a oiah which is basically a a permission to you know when you come into somebody’s space you ask permission and just be polite so she says it’s oah to the the chief of Kahan at that time Palani and his wife
IAL but he was surfing at the time and he gave a rude response he basically was like why are you chanting to me he already had a wife too yes yes that’s classic no no but this wasn’t this wasn’t the one that Pelle was searching
For okay oh here we go back woo clean nice attempt there it is going to stretch out down the line not give him a chance to come out but quite the Valiant effort and another one that just not able to find that exit point it is a lot of
Entries but the key to the big scores is being able to make it out the other side you know I believe the swell is slowly tapering down today so maybe it that’s the forecast uh is to mellow out a little bit we’ll see what the wind uh does we see a slight
Onshore seab breeze just starting to feather um ever so slightly on on the tops of the waves but like we said pip it back door pretty resilient as being able to still provide barrels even with a a slight LLY unfavorable wind but water Patrol going to check on this
Surfer there that was at pipeline for team Brazil team na so I have 50 seconds before this heat ends so I hope to quickly finish this story but uh so Haka enters this Kahana Bay gives a chant or oi the response is negative she’s she’s offended uh because you know she’s a
Goddess of sorts and and then so she responds by doing this this oie where she summons these massive waves these waves that come in after she does the oie are so big that they are like tidal wave sized and uh swamp both Palani and IAL in the surf uh um drowning them
Essentially so this kind of Mana of the ocean and these chants um definitely a part of of Hawaiian tradition and culture and so for sure uh it’s it’s really cool that’s one of my favorite things about our our histories in Hawaii is that they integrate surfing into their lived experience just like this
Surfer experienced right now trying to stay alive in that massive wave of whitewash so the heat has ended for team Brazil team na that is their uh round two that they have surfed and new earth project will be up next we’re going to take a short commercial break and we’ll
Be back with more action from round two of the hoie back door shootout will’ll be right back oh Got a large long period while heading towards side Islands this weekend 40 to 60 foot B and exposed oh my yeah buddy allow us to help you grow your brand and expand your business by reaching Hawaii’s giant Outdoor Sports in Ocean Enthusiast demographic Zone media advertising specializes in t telion commercial production and
Campaigns social media content production and distribution drone and video production Cutting Edge live productions and more with over 25 years leading Hawaii’s Action Sports Market give us a call to find out how we can help you grow your business hoha and welcome back it’s day number two 2024 the hoie back door
Shootout Rocky cannon with Isaiah Walker on the call for this new Earth Project deat number seven of the morning here and all teams will be surfing their round two also got ULU boy napah Cliff Bello and Ezra rodriges on the broadcast team and there you see the lineup C some
More Jamie O’Brien Co Smith picaro and matah jol good mix there of you know Jamie o’ri being the ultimate pipe specialist Karissa or wah being five-time World Champ and then local boy shayen pararo toishan matah jle and Kaa Smith from Kawai who’s always a huge Force at uh back back door and Pipeline
And a great talent so this new Earth Project team had a couple of nice rides yesterday y you know they were uh getting everybody in the mix I think Carissa was the only one that was was kind of navigating the lineup trying to um find something to work with we’ll see
How she does today but Jamie had a couple nice ones COA Smith shayen and and matah kind of similar Styles there was a couple times yday was that Shaden was that matah and um looking comfortable at pipe yeah and and their Heat yesterday was you know when the it
Was still like building and I think there he kind of started the swell started to pick up uh a little bit more and so it you know was it was a little slower but yeah they all like Jamie got some great waves um you know there was
One that he did the no grab Barrel ride interesting he was I saw on on his Instagram he was talking about how he was like Kelly Slater had I don’t know if you remember last year Kelly had a similar no grab in the back door shootout and uh and and since j o
Replaced Kelly in this event he was like ah that was my you know homage to you thanks for for the spot um but yeah so Jamie had some good ones and you know I am excited to see uh matahi and out here because you know matahi spends most of
His time and we got a lot of amazing clips of him uh in Tahiti at Cho where he’s from and um you know that’s a heavy wave also and and so big pipeline he should feel pretty comfortable and it’ll be exciting to watch when these mountainous waves come our way hopefully
They get some sick Barrels in and outs we’ll be on the edge of our seats hoping for it yeah and uh you can reach out to us at nsog Hawaii Gmail and speaking of uh you know Pipeline and Choo different places that offer these really incredible barrels the Mexican pipeline
Over in Porto Escondido uh we’ve got Louis chiming in and just uh just curious if there are any uh direct uh historical Mexico and Hawaii ties um I’m not totally sure about that uh historically speaking but I know we’ve had so many uh Surfers and water safety
Personnel come over to Hawaii over to the NorthShore from that particular area too PTO escano it’s nicknamed the Mexican pipeline right albe it it’s a sand bottom but still a heavy wave and has produced so many amazing Clips photos and um you know Great Moments over the years yeah Porto is a heavy
Wave um and there there are some historic connections most of the most of the connections that I’ve studied are are older okay um and but I have a good friend that I went to graduate school with at UC Santa Barbara his name is Rudy Gava uh his his dad is is Mex from
Mexico and his mom is uh Filipino so okay he talks about what it means to be mexipino but he also talks about um the history of of Mexico Mexicans in Hawaii and one one of the most prominent stories is you know back in the 1800s when uh Kam receives a gift in the
Early 1800s from uh from C George Vancouver and that gift is cattle or cows and uh they needed some help learning how to manage these cows and so they brought these uh vakos from Mexico to come and to be some of the first to train Hawaiians how to be Cowboys and that’s
Where we get Pano in fact the word Pano is a Hawaiian IED version of the word espanol which is referring to the Mexicans who spoke Spanish I think we have some some uh interview down on the beach is that what I’m I’m being told yeah we’ve got some
Live action on the beach and we’ll hear from uh one of our Surfers from the previous heat take it away all right we’re here with Cora Olivera who is an MMA fighter owns his own gym and is a pro aete and Surfer so how are you feeling after those waves
Today conditions were tricky but I mean anytime you get the surf pipe with five guys out it’s a blessing and so we stok the whole team got you know got a couple waves like I said it was a little tricky the conditions but all in all blessed to
Be out there and getting to Surf with five guys out at pipe yeah so as an MMA fighter how is uh the training to leading up to such crazy waves like this today I think the training definitely helps but I mean here you’re dealing with Mother Nature and I like to tell
Everyone that like oh yeah when you’re fighting it’s it’s you know there’s at least there’s a ref in the cage so someone there to stop it when you’re getting pounded at pipe and back back door ain’t no one there to stop it you know so you kind of got to hold your
Breath and and pray for the best and that’s the only I think that’s the biggest difference they’re both gnarly sports but I definitely think surfing big waves you know the unpredictable conditions and everything make it a little bit gnarlier yeah especially today with it being a little messy out
There absolutely absolutely like like I said the conditions not being the greatest but still offering a lot of potential for high scores and a couple waves I think as the afternoon comes in the swell is going to line up a little better and I think we’re going to see a lot of
Good waves and a lot of scores are going to be swapped you know I think there’s going to be a big mix up in scores very soon as soon as these waves get get going and get a little better awesome thank you awesome thank you guys all right thank you very much Casey
And Kona just nailed it right there with uh his description of you know how MMA and surfing big pipeline are uh both gnarly things to do uh but in MMA you do have a ref to step in and stop the pounding uh at pipeline when it’s pounding you there’s nobody to
Step in and tell the waves to uh chill out back off so a spot on description I’ve never heard it described like that and Kona that was priceless and uh awesome job and I think you know also he’s right about you know the conditions as it tapers off a little bit could line
Up a little better we’ll just kind of have to wait and see but uh right now we’re seeing just Monster lines of waves kind of stretching out all the way across not offering those nice angles for uh the proper barrels but it’s interesting is I was talking earlier
About how when watching this event when the waves are big like this at pipeline there’s not a lot of like safe zones and Carissa during that interview if you saw she paddled way out over to what you would think would be the shoulder while her competitors were staying in the spot
To catch the waves and this that set came in and broke right on her head even though she was way out there in a place that you would assume would be the safe zone so she just made her way back to these guys who didn’t get caught by that
Set and is joining them now so um it is a very volatile lineup uh the the the lineup uh out here at pipeline it can swing to the you know to the west to the north and white can come from Every Which Way in Direction so man these uh
Surfers are definitely Brave and uh going out there and and surfing these beautiful but challenging and big conditions for sure I want to say thank you to uh Auntie Mar Auntie Beth tuning in sending us a message uh on nsog Hawaii Gmail and um liking the the
History that uh we are delivering and you in particular Isaiah and you know um back a moment to the you know the U telescope project and mounta and that was a such a u uh testy moment for so many in our community especially our our Hawaiian community and and you know just
So everybody is aware there are currently already telescopes and things up there there have been for for decades and I appreciate the science and the um the discoveries that are available and uh and attainable through some of those um pieces of equipment but I do know that
There are some up there that are decommissioned not working and my basic premise with this whole thing is hey pick up your old rubbish first before you add something else you know and like hey and so I’m hoping you know there there’s some kind of balance we can find
Because I I could also the sense of uh you know hey not for ready you’re not good going to um do this here we go Cole Smith nice bottom turn and then the wave really uh folds over together in that last section he kind of did the best he
Could checking in checking out seeing what it was going to provide um lot of skill there but the wave just a little bit uncooperative on that end section there there was something that Co did on that last wave that just really solidifies our our our his Testament to
His comfortability out here in in dangerous surf at pipeline he had the wherewithal to take the GoPro out of his mouth and hold it and then jump off to make sure that he didn’t lose his camera uh yeah bottom turns pulls up under the barel you see him switch the hand go
Yeah the camera yeah very uh multitasking ability by COA Smith in a situation that requires split-second decisions right um and and uh so yeah I just to wrap up on that uh Mona issue I’m hoping there’s there’s a way that uh things can be worked out and
Because you know being U appreciative of like I said you know the education the science can but also the respect of the culture and and that uh balance is I think what we’re all trying to navigate um we’ve got a question coming in from Brother Kyle and uh has a question about
Boards you know um and out here you know you you definitely want something with a in Hawaii in general I feel like there’s so much more water moving the juice and the the movement of the currents always uh helps to have a little more foam before you’re
Paddling yep you won’t uh be riding the same kind of volume I know they kind of they have been measuring with liters now right uh and and I’m not really up to to date on how those get measured I just kind of I’m the more traditional like
Hey how wide how thick and um when you’re out here moving around the lineup it does help to have a little more foam so um that that would be uh my first kind of bit of advice for anyone coming out to the NorthShore to Surf and I’ve
Had so many friends travel from the mainland uh you know doing competitions uh around different parts you you meet folks and uh obviously it’s nice to have them come out and experience our way of Surfing and I tell you nine times out of 10 the board size they would select to
Paddle out on and they look at mine like whoa you know why I’m like you’ll get to see and and we get so used to riding bigger boards around here that we can still maneuver them they’re all you know concerned about how am I going to turn
This and that but it’s like how you going to turn when you’re not even catching waves yeah so uh the volume I think is something you can kick it up a notch when you come to the NorthShore just to be able to catch more waves and
Move around the lineup a little bit more efficiently yeah plus the waves in Hawaii have a lot more energy to them uh and a lot of it has to do with the fact that it’s you know we’re out in what what’s GE geologists called the Hawaiian hot spot where there’s a crack basically
In the crust of the earth that’s created these Island chains that we call one right Loi Loi off the and of course kilo is still producing right and so but essentially what that means is we are surrounded by miles and miles of ocean and deep ocean and we’re located in in a
Really special spot when it comes to the north uh Northern Pacific where we get these storms that come across you’ve seen Surfline tracking them Forest they generally come off the uan islands in Alaska and move towards you know the west coast of the United States and those are the ones that uh that
Generate these massive you can see these swells those swells that you see here on the camera right now are coming to us from a storm that’s hundreds if not thousands of miles away it’s so unbelievable how those waves can travel that far and still contain and retain
That amount of energy right from where they’ve started and as they as they um you know as they Traverse the the the vast Mall or the ocean as it’s coming to us it actually it organizes these swells organize they start to um have space between them so that’s how we know the
Size of the wav is how many seconds are are measured between each of these swells that are coming in and so when it the waves in Hawaii are are are stronger and faster than a lot of other uh breaks around the world because of our our unique location in the middle of this
Moi um and and also so with boards selection that makes a difference too because it’s not just catching the wave but it’s also like if you’re if the wave has more MAA or more energy and a lot more speed then you need a board that can can can handle that uh while we’re
Talking about boards you can see our team Japan paddling out they all you can see their boards most of them were riding pin tails so the shape of the board the the narrowness the tail one guy was on a swallow tail that’s a little less common out the pipeline but
Um you know we have amazing Shapers here uh on in Hawai that specialize in shaping boards specific To Hai and a lot of pro Surfers Will Come To Hai and instead of bringing their own boards they’ll trust the local Shapers and Order boards you know from Shapers like
You know Toro Glen Pang um Chuck Andress so many others manami and so many other Shapers here in Hawaii on the North Shore pisel Jeff Bushman so many others that know these waves and how to um shape boards accordingly yeah and they get the uh incredibly accurate direct feedback from
The Surfers that are here year round and uh kind of help work with the shaper to refine get that ultimate design for uh responsiveness for Speed you know handling certain different waves Sunset pipeline different kinds of waves haliva of course WEA you’re going a huge big gun for that um and uh Kyle
Thanks for your question question and also about other Polynesians you’ll have to watch the replay of day one because we did discuss uh the different regions Kyle did have an intriguing question like how did they sail to Hoy and survive like how did they eat like how
Do you eat when you’re sailing for you know weeks and thousands of miles and uh oh look at this wave oh that was that was uh lawnmower action nice mowing by pipeline right there all Surfers able to hang on to their boards and uh you know some of
These huge white waters are surprisingly duck diable but not that one not that one so Co Smith had the camera still in the mou and then decided uh that duck diving that one was going to be uh fruitless so he oh looks like he broke a leash decided to bail and looks like
He’ll be looking for Hawaiian water Patrol assistance so COA we’re about to see an assist not able to get that leash intact but yeah so I you know I I know uh at least on board one of the the famous hokua voyaging canoe as water Patrol textbook pick up there yeah
Do you see maybe you could explain so so smooth the way they do that that wasn’t just some random give me your hand this is training that they do there you see there’s a guy on the sled guy on the ski reach out the left hand pull the surfer
Around onto the sled where the person on the back is there to handle that yeah and those uh there’s the replay of coa’s demise in the way of a broken leash and uh thankfully he himself is okay just the leash that was damaged and he’ll get a new leash possibly on that
Same board but I believe that was a learner and Hill Foster Bloomfield uh the team there and the smooth transition you know operating between the waves uh in the Rough Waters obviously the whitewash and the bubbles also affect the throttle ability right of how much
Thrust you can get and so it takes a lot of uh just on the dime feeling and thinking of where you’re able to get and safely operate that jet ski to not only uh retrieve the the patient that’s in there but also to take care of your your
Grabber and yourself and the equipment and get yourself out of there safely so really a lot going on that happens so quickly and uh the training that takes place and the there just the feel is very important here we go grabbing j a wave there Jamie O’Brien just didn’t like what he saw
He bailed out early and when you can get the penetration like that to the bottom of the wave most times you’ll just pop right out the back but when you have the first wave of the set you have to deal with all the subsequent waves thereafter
And Jamie right now is also doing a pretty thorough leash test yes he is but I know on board the hokua uh there would be Provisions brought on board uh as you would with any long voyage that you’d be heading out on whether it’s across desert whether it’s across ocean um and
Just checking on Jamie he looks to be okay he’s also got his GoPro intact with the mouthpiece um you know but I would imagine uh you know there were some fishing gear that was brought on board too to hopefully snag something on the way yeah so on these on these voy
Have Uber Eats that as well what’s even more impressive to think about is not only do they bring food to feed themselves on the journey and usually this is where um POI is is basically it’s tarot but it’s processed where you you you pound it and add water
To it and POI can uh can last a long time in fact if you come to Ho uh there’s different types of poi you get like the fresh po or the sour POI sour POI is essentially aged and semi fermented where there’s mold on the top
Of it but it’s still safe to eat it is safe I always uh enjoy informing uh folks that I teach um about Hawaiian culture and the aupa system that that tarot has a long shelf life actually there’s POI has a long shelf life tarot can go bad but there’s a process of of
Pounding the tarot and adding the water to it um that changes I guess the chemistry of it right and Hawaiians were some of the few Polynesians that would do that tarot most other Polynesians wouldn’t um you know turn it into this just cut it and eat a straight yep kalop
Is what we call it there’s also P ey which is like freshly pounded but the Poise when you add water to it oh Jamie O’Brien oh man well you know just got po pounded there yeah pipeline po pounded and to our point we had been mentioning yesterday of pipeline having
The ability to make even the most amazingly experienced and seasoned veterans at this wave look absolutely vulnerable and we all have those moments it’s not a matter of if when you’re surfing here it’s totally about when and Jamie the last two waves looking uh looking human if you will there’s so
Many things he does out at this break that are superhero status right but there are uh moments where you give back to pipeline it also shows you like these athletes um you know they take their licking out here you you usually would just see the the
The good Clips where he pulls in the barrel and comes out and everyone erupts and cheers but you you know these guys put in the time out here and have a lot of waves that they don’t make in order to get those ones that they do make well
And also uh when I’m informing someone about surfing or or about to you know do something in in the form of teaching all of the photos you see of people learning how to surf in Hawaii it’s all standing on a board with a big smile what you
Don’t realize is surfing is 95% it’s not a a perfect bth equation but 95% paddling and waiting y the moment of standing on the board is the very tiny percent of the whole process right and but all you see as you just said are these you know wonderful moments of uh
Elation right and but all the work and the kind of the you know the the less pretty side of what it takes to achieve that um is what you find out when you really get out there and do it right um so trying to wrap up the answer to
Kyle’s question about um you know how would you travel and feed yourself on a canoe uh the Double Hall canoes did have a pretty large platform deck so there is space there sometimes they have a Hol or like they build a little house shelter on the deck of the canoe but um when
They brought foods like POI that could ferment it could last a long time and even if it’s got mold on it it’s still healthy for you they say it’s a probiotic um and very healthy for you but the the to me the more impressive thing is that when you had voyagers that
Were taking these Voyages of settlement right so the First Hawaiian that came to Hawaii the um the plants that lived in the islands before humans showed up very few of them were edible got it and so all of the things that we see there’s difference between endemic plants and
Native plants the native plants were brought by the first humans so coconuts ULU which is bread fruit Tero Koo all those are native plants but they were brought banana though oh yeah yeah banana uh sweet potato so many other the plants that just grew here with bird
Seeds you know or Birds whatever we like the ohia uh you know different ferns maybe they have the light spores that that can blow in the air uh but just amazing there to even know how all of these things got here there is ohello berry that grows on the lava Fields it’s
Kind of cool I was uh this Thanksgiving went to um back home to Moko kave or a big island and took my family walked through um Holly M Mo crater and uh and the eeky crater the smaller one and they had these berries and um they’re edible
I ate some of them they’re not bad but most of the foods that are native plants to Hawaii were brought hundreds of years ago by some of the first Polynesians who came here and so yeah so they had to bring that with them yeah uh on these
Canoes so when they landed they could plant it they would also bring animals pigs dogs chickens yeah and obviously you hope for some a little bit of rain as you’re traversing you know catch some water because even if uh you had to keep some of these plants alive right you
Know you cannot put ocean water mock right there going die so it was a an amazing thing to process they’re the early Pacific island voyagers were the astronauts of the ancient world that that is a no one came close I mean we’re talking about we celebrate Christoph Christopher Columbus
Who went the wrong way around the world to get to India and even though he thought he was India never actually of course wasn’t in India um but that was in 1492 these Polynesians were sailing a much vaster ocean the Pacific is much larger than the Atlantic much earlier
And you know thousands of years earlier so um just amazing we’ve got uh just less than 20 seconds remaining here for New Earth Project this is Heat number seven and we’re going to get into the uh final heat of uh this second round and then we’re we’re going to reshuffle the
Order of the Heats and um it’ll be uh Team Japan getting us started we’re just going to cycle right back through the order as Jamie O’Brien at back door as the heat ended just uh a quick ride on the right-hander and we’re going to take a short commercial break and we’ll be back
With the final heat of round two here at the 2024 the hoie backdoor shootout we thank you for joining us stay tuned cuz we’ll be right back Al got a large long period while heading towards this weekend 4 to 60 B and Expos my yeah Budy Allow us to help you grow your brand and expand your business by reaching Hawaii’s giant Outdoor Sports and ocean Enthusiast demographic Zone media advertising specializes in television commercial production and campaigns social media content production and distribution drone and video production Cutting Edge live productions and more with over 25 years leading Hawaii’s
Action Sports Market give us a call to find out how we can help you grow your business oh yeah welcome back beautiful conditions beautiful day here at the day number two of the hooie back door shootout and a nice pipeline positioning ride there for team Japan we’ve got gato Jin Suzuki Kenshin
Matsunaga riaru Ito sasuki kawatani all in this heat right here for team Japan and I’m Rocky Cannon along with Isaiah Walker we are bringing you the live action thank you to Zone media and ocean paddler TV all the team that is putting together just a stellar broadcast we had
An epic day one yesterday continuing with the flow getting a lot of great feedback and comments from viewers from around the world want to say how’s it to Monica in Chile all the way down there in South America and appreciating uh you know the man the moo
The stories the Eek the knowledge that we’re um just conversing about you know because at the back door shootout these Surfers aren’t going for uh elimination or advancement into the next round they’re not scrambling to get a 2.5 before the horn blows to advance and stay alive in the contest they know they
Have at least four or five rounds to get their best waves the best format uh I believe that we could work with but that means our Surfers are going to be quite patient and there’ll be times where there might not be a wave ridden for a few minutes so it is a perfect
Pontification time for us to perfect to get the two local Brothers on the microph and you know uh we’re so uh you know uh blessed to have Isaiah with all of his knowledge uh to share which um you know I did get a message I’ll show it to you and this
Guy was uh wanting to get his certificate because you mentioned like last year like hey if you’re sitting through this and you’re taking notes you might be able to get you know some kind of uh you know ending uh completion yeah so um the back door shootout degree yeah the back door
Shootout degree oh my gosh use that one at your next job interview they’ll be like oh BR what oh this I mean uh in my role at the University right now I do U confer diplomas on students so that is my my job and Authority there but uh shimpei
On this last one trying to slow down on that inside looks back to the the barrel unfortunately couldn’t slow down enough I think on the paddle back out there he got exploded on I think he was just happy to uh make it to the end of that
Wave uh there was one my first event announcing you know professionally way back when in 2009 I I uh Shinay got a double barrel at Sunset and my comment was holy shinpei Hy Gucci and birdie baker said he almost flew out of his chair cuz he
Thought I was going to say what follows holy and and uh um that was a great Breakin we’ve got uh an interview down on the beach Carissa Moore is standing by so let’s hear from the five-time world champ down there all right everybody knows Carissa Moore she is an Olympian she’s a
Five-time World Champ and she is the only female server that was out there that heat how are you feeling after charging those really scary waves uh I I don’t know if I was charging today but I was surviving um I my goal I was just
Just my goal is just to make it out and so I paddled out and um you know it’s pretty scary I’m not going to lie but just to be out there with all the guys and feel the energy and stuff I think it’s good for me to kind of like push
Myself outside my comfort zone and there the women these days out here like especially with Moana who’s also surfing the event is really pushing the limits of what’s possible and so I just I’m really inspired and want to keep trying and how do you kind of hype
Yourself up out there when you’re body saying no I don’t want to go out there how do you push through that uh I think just making realistic goals and expectations for myself I knew I maybe wasn’t going to get like the biggest wave out there but I was like okay if I
Can like find a little way to feel successful out there then I’ll take it and also just having a good good team a good team that is really supportive and I think someone just got a sick one they didn’t make it out but it was an insane
Drop and pull in but yeah no having a having a really great team with a new Earth Project um they’re all really supportive and Jamie was trying to give me some pointers out there and just trying to say hey calm down breathe you’re good awesome and the best feeling
Is after right you get to go and relax now and kind of award reward yourself after doing that I don’t know about relaxing I think we have another heat today so maybe when it gets dark I can finally relax yes well thank you thanks so wow all right well Isa always uh fun
To catch up with um you know and a great talent but such a uh such a humble individual and very easygoing which kind of lends to I think the island Hawaiian style culture that she comes from and um she’s a beast but man she’s so sweet she’s such a great Ambassador for Hawaii
And for the sport um and we’re looking at this replay yeah we saw uh this Surfer swimming after this that was a just a amazingly Valiant effort and you know being inside that I it’s there’s so much turbulence so much damage that can be done and even uh as Kor Oliva was
Saying earlier uh you know because he’s an avid MMA fighter as well and and a pro Surfer so he’s kind of living this dual lifestyle of these intense Sports especially at pipeline but when you’re either on the ground or you know even at like I compared to like football and
Athletes you’re getting jostled around but you’re not having to hold your breath you can breathe you’re in you’re in a dry area oxygen is available when you’re getting pounded at pipeline under there you are also having to hold your breath which is the whole another Dynamic cuz you you know your natural
Instinct instinct is to you know to to breathe for air right but when you have to hold your breath you have to remain calm right cuz your body once it goes into panic mode first thing it wants is more oxygen look at this one oh beautiful positioning go oh man it is uh
Dishing out some punishment right now on both ends back door and pipe uh we’ve seen a few waves that were makeable and that were uh you know able to allow the surface to get at least out you know on the the outskirts of the other side but right and damage right there that’s
Going to be uh you know putting some equipment through the test right and and to you know your point earlier about like holding your breath um these guys have to hold their breath and while their bodies are still you know exerting a lot of energy trying to pull into this
And it’s scary and yet that’s a time when you’re supposed to remain calm so you can preserve you know your breath and I think that’s every surfer’s um Challenge and and goal and and dilemma is to try try and figure out how to manage that balance of how do you stay
Calm in the midst of chaos so you know there’s so much about surfing that is physical uh and a lot of sports but what a lot of um you know coaches and and mentors and folks that really get into the uh psychology of of how you deal
With it man between the ears mentally it’s preparing yourself you know the training that you do I mean these guys uh do a lot of cross training it’s a lot of swimming a lot of breath holding exercises uh under duress type of things and you know you physically you can be
The ultimate specimen but like you said man if you panic or if you are somehow not able to keep it together in your head you can totally take yourself out of it and then set yourself up in a situation where uh it’s going to be very dangerous if your mind and your mental
Strength can’t be uh executed to the right degree um and so you know Carissa props to her she you know paddling out into some very treacherous surf today and um you know I wanted I noticed one thing I noticed uh first of all chiss is as I mentioned ear she’s an amazing
Ambassador uh you go down to downtown Honolulu there’s a huge mural of her with dukon aoku which I think is very fitting very appropriate that Carissa has become sort of the ambassador of the wah of surfing in in our modern time as an Olympian as a gold medalist yes and
Really cool I mean we rev uh and and celebrate her accolades uh in Hawaii and throughout the world and you know what makes it even greater is just her demeanor is so professional and and kind and humble and she really reflects and emulates what we call the spirit of
Aloha so I appreciate that from her one thing I did think of of a historical uh kind of artifact with she she raised her arm to the shotgun you could see a bunch of Hawaiian heirloom bracelets on yeah bro and I I did want where did
That I mean yeah you know that that’s a how much millimeters is how TI like a kind of status symbol some Y and I versions look like uh Wonder Woman size yeah Shir Wonder Woman Like full on ready for battle um interestingly Hawaii even though Hawaii you know was annexed
To the United States in most most of its history as far as um modern history from from the in the 1800s you Hawaii was more closely aligned culturally um and even politically with the British right uh King K I mean it shows in our flag
Also in our flag yeah King K made um you know made Hawaii a protectorate of uh of the British we had um you know treaties with the British and we had relationships with them and some of it maybe had to do with the fact that they were a monarchy Hawaii was also a
Monarchy in the 1900s okay uh excuse me in the 19th century and the 1800s and so there was this close relationship and the um and and so a lot of Hawaiian Ingenuity also is is Hawaiian also had this really cool adaptability so they would take something that was you know
Something from outside of Hawaii and adapted to become Hawaiian and you know most notably things like instruments the ulele for example right was you know everyone knows it as a Hawaii Hawaiian instrument but it develop it’s a ukulele please a UK not a ukulele just or ukulele please uh just a little PSA
There right yeah it’s a Portuguese instrument it originally was Portuguese but as the Hawaiian adapted it to their own flavor likewise the guitar hawaian have kilo ahu which is uh a slack key so they essentially changed the the slack and the tuning of and created a whole different sound and a whole different
Mus so it’s really cool that kind ofine that comes with adapting to something so the Hawaiian heirloom bracelet is a similar thing in fact kakawa David kaka’s wife capani and kaka’s sister who later becomes the last queen of Hoy Li colani we’re invited to go to um uh Princess uh Queen Victoria’s Royal
Jubilee which this big celebration of the Queen of England and they were invited and they show up uh and if you go to the Iolani Palace I highly recommend taking a tour of yolani Palace when you go downstairs in the basement they have all this displays of the
Jewelry that the hyans um created and made uh to that had a lot of influence from the British and when they went and traveled around the world and went to places like Buckingham Palace as invited guests as Royal recognized as Royals in Buckingham Palace they brought with them
A Hawaiian version of things that were seen as as as Western and so jewelry also the haing coat of arms uh it’s a very European um a tradition of creating these coat of arms the hyans kingdom created their own coat of arms so there so many types of things that Hawaiian um
Adapted to their culture and the Hawaiian heirloom bracelet is one of those that is borrowing from a very British style of jewelry but adapting it to Hawaii by placing if you look at most of the Hawaii a jewelry they have Hawaiian flowers or plants or Miley that
Um make it Ed carved in there yeah uh and you see like why it’s so fun to sit down with Isaiah because like a little thing like that you know we just saw a little bracelet or uh you know um something that Carissa was wearing and
There is a amazing expansion uh man it is just a treat to be here and you know we’ve had uh some really good messages come in and Kyle um also appreciating some of the answers we gave and and Mason ho yes I would say he’s he’s been uh you know throwing it back
And riding the the big boards that you know his dad and those guys used to ride the I feel like the boards have scaled down a bit for this new generation right but Mason definitely kind of holds the traditional sense of not scared to ride a bigger board and
Has learned how to maneuver the bigger boards which you know that’s what we all grew up doing here um but definitely uh appreciate the comments at nsog Hawaii at gmail Rocky Canon Isaiah Walker and we’re taking you through this final heat of round two team Japan has uh had a
Couple of a great you know sumurai Warrior efforts right but Pipeline and back door right now are a little bit unruly and so it’s kind of about fighting the needle and the hay stack kind of um and then and also the cat and mouse where the waves the big waves are
The cat the Surfers are the mice right and you’re just trying to you know find that little slice of cheese somewhere in there and uh score something that’ll help your team build up a good tally total now um I don’t mean to take us back to our story of jewelry but there
Is a connection um that I wanted to highlight with jewelry and the the huy H and nalu after we watch this replay again of this charging going back to almost coming out I think that one also broke his board oh that was the one um so the huyo hetal was founded 1975
1976 uh here on the NorthShore and uh we had um some of the early Founders one of some of those early Founders were people like imbert saurin um who was from laier and int’s uh younger brother Henry saurin uh was also part of the club and Henry was a very accomplished artist and
Particularly with jewelry made a lot of jewelry for the hoie back in the day here’s another replay of the the first wave of the heat with Shin trying to stall for that Barrel has been been out here doing this for so long he’s one of
The the ogs from Japan uh you know came out uh kind of following that takayuki Wakita shuji kasuya um initial kind of a pioneering wave of Japanese Surfers yep and shin right beneath them now it’s kind of paved the way for these other younger folks like gato Jin Suzuki and and um
The younger crowd and and like we said uh k matsuoka a few years ago so many historical wave but uh the Japanese Surfers definitely they’ve got the uh the talent and the skill for sure but they just have a way about caring themselves that is very respectable and
Um they speak with their their actions yeah I remember when you and I were younger in our competitive amateur years that in Japan they I think they had their own tour I remember I I I used to um surf for uh Glenn Pang yeah for uh performance Hawaii surfboards and Glenn
Matsumoto Billa I don’t know if you know Glenn yeah yeah Glenn also there there’s a whole crew of of surfers um that you know that that I got to to know through through Gren Glenn Pang and and surfing with those guys and I didn’t you know
Open my eyes to this whole group of Surfers in Japan that go back here we go live action wo standing that is going a factor in there well Done so speaking of the needle there was a needle discovered in that hay stack and uh lots of Spectators on the beach here on this Aloha Friday oh get an ID there but it was one of our regular foot Japanese Surfers that you know today the bigger waves
Aren’t going to be the ones that stay open it’s these mid-range inside section on that first Reef that will kind of peel off and give you that just enough angle to be able to squeeze out and put together a good score that was beautiful I mean not just the wave but
I mean when you’re picking a needle out of the hay stack and then you have you know the ability to just stand it with full composed in in the the you know the kind of Soul Arch stance that he he took on that on that Barrel just beautiful to
Show that kind of comfortability in the midst of that uh energy that’s surrounding you in the barrel well- ridden wave beautiful wave yeah and success that was uh fantastic to watch and witness that look like Brandon kolana Martin possibly on the the ski right there for the pickup and assistance
Around back to the pipe side so we are having some of the Surfers that and they get stuck at back door we’ll have Hawaiian water Patrol do uh a nice gesture and give them a ride back around the other side and so round three we’re going to
Start with Japan and we’re going to just kind of go right in reverse okay of kind of the first order of yesterday’s round one okay so that’s how we’re cycling through uh these rounds so by day’s end we’ll have three rounds completed and uh possibly hopefully have
Some updates on where the standings are because these scores have been um you know a little few and far between for this round two but yesterday man there were some moments where there there were flurries right of great scores and I’m sure that all the teams are monitoring those very closely
Knowing you know as we get to kind of the mid portion so you know we’ve done as many as six rounds in the past y uh and it all is really conditions pending whether we can get through three rounds four rounds five rounds six rounds and uh typically um
You know usually between four and six rounds uh at this back door shootout that we’re able to complete uh with our waiting period And also the kinds of conditions that we get yeah and you know it’s interesting we yesterday we saw the swell slowly Rising throughout the day
And I think I think hopefully we’re going to see the swell slowly decreasing in the sense that you know if the if the ocean does calm down a little bit more we’ll get a lot more rideable waves like we’re watching right now a split Peak our two Japanese Surfer going left and
One going right looks like shin on the right back door pumping let’s see he come out oh it just got a little Pinchy on the end right there so he had the right line he had the Speed you know he’s a pretty solid guy too you know he’s going to handle any little
Chandeliers that get thrown his way but there’s only a certain amount of uh crouching you can do before it just compresses around you and it’s like you’re trying to fit you know in an air air conditioned dck and uh crawl through like Bruce Willis on die hard but you know you’re like
Just trying to squeeze it out and then it finally compresses around you you have to succumb to all that pressure yeah now um I mean love you were talking earlier about uh the kind of history of Japanese Surfers here we go this was the left back uh back door we to watched
This was the pipeline is he going to come out that was so close oh my gosh another replay of the wave at back door both Surfers were just on the edge of completing both of those rides but unfortunately clamped on them at the end well we’ve got uh the Florida
Panhandle checking in and uh Panama City Rett thank you for tuning in it’s been uh a lot of pleasure bringing you guys not only the surf action but with uh Dr Isaiah here giving some hisorical context and some great stories um and you know uh Rett ask about you know how
Do you exist on the NorthShore if you’re not like some world famous Pro Surfer or some like huge Surf Company owner like what’s the blue collar life like and uh or you’re you know uh a tenur professor so to speak um and uh you know we’ve got
The the one hotel Turtle Bay that employs folks in different capacities we’ve got several establishments up and down the coast uh you may have to travel off the NorthShore a lot of folks have been doing uh as we watch some live action of back door that one just had
That backwash where it like it’s almost like it’s a like a beast inhaling and exhaling and you’re kind of in the stomach of it and it as it exhales the backwash it expands the wave and then it contracts comes back down on you and you really do feel the air moving like it’s
A It’s like a living breathing Beast that you’re inside and that was uh one of our Japanese Surfers just getting contracted and smashed in that back door wave not able to come out but a really great effort for team Japan 350 remaining they’ve got some pretty decent
Scores on the board but a lot of folks also out here the north sure to get back to that really quickly uh for Rett is um being able to start businesses uh and work remotely so we’ve seen a a lot of that over the last few years where folks
Live out here uh but they get up at East Coast time you know they’re up at 3:00 a.m. getting uh whatever they need to get done for East Coast office hours or West Coast wherever they might be and um you know there there’s yeah you find a way I feel like
I try and keep it neutral in my uh perspective on on camera I don’t want to promote negativity in any way but this was this is a hard one for me just the and you hear a lot of this term priced out of paradise and that’s a real thing
For people from especially Hawaiian native Hawaiian and local families uh you know back you know back before the North Shore became the mecca for the outside world to come surfing there were a lot of Hawaiian families that lived here on the NorthShore very few now uh
It’s just really hard if you do you have to live around the corner my neck of the woods Haula Kahuku La some families of yeah and there solution the homelessness well you just close in your garage and sleep in it multi multigenerational families living in single family homes
It’s it’s um it is a struggle for us but um you know we do love Hoy we’re not houseless or we’re not homeless we’re houseless as said sometimes people without uh a house Hawaii is our home um so it is something to think about like people talk about kind of romanz oh I’d
Love to live there and work remotely but you got to think impact that you do have when um coming in our commun and uh you know um I believe there’s uh kind of a in a sense kind of an Unstoppable force in the way of Just The Way
Economics uh and modern day and so you know either getting creative or finding uh some alternative or or or you know it’s definitely don’t recommend just sitting back and like complaining yeah you you remind me of you know um what was that In Living Color the him
Have three jobs I got 500 jobs right Rocky’s got multiple gigs got uh you got to find a way to pull it together and um uh great great questions good conversations and um it’s uh another message coming in from U one of our folks about the Hawaiian steel guitar
Another in our discussion about music and ukulele and guitar and that is a a really cool Innovation wow those cers are really close together uh their boards and heads were in a very dangerous proximity so I’m hoping everybody’s okay they’ve got 40 seconds uh here in the last Heat of round round
Two and they’re going to stay out there for round three but you see them all kind of tightly packed and in a row right there just like miraculously nobody got any fins or sharp edges contacting them which does happen a good friend of mine Tomo Perry was in
A situation just like that in the fin of another Surfer board hit him right in the head very dangerous yeah we got a question coming in from better Shane uh about uh Team Australia and you know we’ve had Australian teams in the past and it’s just um we’ve got room for
Eight teams and um when they’re able to join it’s great um but great question you guys uh keep them coming andg Hawaii at Gmail and we’re going to take a short break here between rounds two and three and we’ll be right back with more 2024 the hoie backdoor shootout right after
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Miracle currently in the water and this is now their third surf team Japan has agreed to stay in the water for two 30 minute Heats I find that smart as a surfer they’re warmed up they’re in there here we go not a a very scorable wave but he’s
Going to get his feet in the wax as they’ve already surfed a 30 minute heat okay and we’re down here who H analo Inc is a nonprofit organization that educates and coordinates preserves and provides the assistance to facilitate the advancement of Hawaii activities and cultures and thank you this is the only
Hawaiian run event in the world right here at our backyard right here back door and the infamous Bonsai Pipeline and what a name internationally known as Bonsai pipeline CU we got team Japan out there for you guys so out there team Japan you got gato Jin Suzuki Kenshin Matsu Naga Riu Ito and
Sasuki kawatani so these guys man man I got to say some of these athletes Rock they’ve been getting some brutal beatings did you see Jamie O’Brien in that last Heat before team Japan that is more human than the human he looked exhausted coming in but that’s
J o freak Show he knows what he up to make even the the most unreal talented guys look vulnerable uh at any moment and and that’s I think that’s what keeps a lot of the the Surfers coming back to pipeline because you know there’s nothing like having like the
Most amazing moment in a barrel coming out crowd going wild it’s great that part of it is addicting you know but it’s also The Humbling moments of if you did that every time and you’re like oh just killing it it would kind of get boring yeah it’s it’s good to get a good
Beating once in a while yeah that makes you feel alive yeah you you know you’re not you don’t realize you you don’t feel alive until you almost die you don’t see Jamie O’Brien take beatings but to get the score at this girthy 17 second swell
He took a mean back door and then he took about five or six waves on the head yeah and then and then those two waves at pipe where he was kind of hung up at the top huge did the full you know leaping from the Second Story and um but
The I think the the beauty of this spot and the the Gusto of the Surfers that steadily put their time in out here is that you never know what you’re going to get you could be having a wave of your life or you could be fighting for your
Life big time and that’s part of the draw as well yeah and team Japan they know you never know what you’re going to get and these guys go bro they’re born with the no hold back reflex for sure definitely coming in on your emails brother so um got some love from the
East Coast nice East Coast in the house Waters uh up there and um appreciating some of you know Dr Isaiah’s history appreciating um the fact that you know we have U many moments where these Surfers are just being patient for the right wave and we can talk story about
Any kind of stuffs you know we’re not having to like oh so and so needs a 3.7 you know whatever it’s really uh a nice casual more independent free atmosphere here and our friends from the East Coast had waves that looked like Pipeline and back door yeah you know there’s times
When score man they had those swells I watched it yeah thank you Dylan for the the comments we appre appreciate it yeah dyl and um nsog Hawaii Gmail if you’d like to send us a message directly here and um got the folks that are tuning in from South America from Chile we had
Yesterday uh couple of viewers in Great Britain yeah and that European region and um uh Australia Spain as well yeah it’s been really good and thanks gang team Japan so they’re they’re getting started here with round three so we kind of just kind of reversed the orders so A New
Earth Project will be up next y so a quick turnaround for these last couple of Heats yeah new Earth Project they just they just had one of the biggest Heats in their second Surf and you see the uh artwork the easel down there for uh Hilton Hilton Alvis has been uh just
A tremendous addition to our community uh moved here a couple decades ago uh from Brazil and is now uh in our local community right there at Kahuku and um look at that painting where it came from has been uh so instrumental in beautifying our community you know he
Takes these big walls or cement uh sides of buildings and things and we’ll ask permission whoever the owner is yeah and you know show him his artwork and what he’s capable of and puts up these just amazing murals that are much better to look at big than just some cement I
Rather that start going on the walls all those guys he does it kameha haar I mean let’s go let’s let’s put artwork on our walls we live in Paradise we got a lot of big canvases to all of our you know like mythology and folklore that from
Professor Isaiah that should be boom on our walls canvas because I mean we all know what wiland did Northshore wiland still got his buildings but I feel yeah you know even um uh more also Ron Artis yes just a great artist and uh rest in peace Ron arti but his family uh you
Know very instrumental in the music business and and doing art work as well so the arti family you guys uh were thinking about you when we talk about community beautification and um Team Japan kind of just uh waiting for the right moments to strike they’ve been uh quite patient um
They’ve taken a little bit of uh you know some poundings the last SE yeah there there were some great waves that uh came through and potentially put you know some meaningful scores on the board yeah gu Sato came out of their second round and now they’re right back
To back in their third round okay so Mr Clifton batell I hear him calling up new Earth Project we want our teams if you’re watching in your house new Earth Project you guys are getting ready to go I saw Jamie walking down j o co Smith Shaden pararo and
Dr awesome stuff and uh got to catch up with uh Eddie Rockman up there in the tower Uncle Eddie to us and uh he was talking about uh the Tahiti thing and uh I’m I’m stoked that matahi that you’re you’re letting everybody know about what’s going on in Tahiti so uncle had a
Few things to say about that as well so right on for keeping us educated we are a Surfers Union we got to communicate communication is key about all kinds of sorts of things because if we don’t communicate oh man can you imagine oh yeah and uh even had some
Surfers checking in from Virginia Beach over there East coce they also had massive surf just the other week you know speaking of massive check out the top of your screen there on the horizon just a big huge wave crash in super deep water that’s when you know it is going
To be a large one because mhm you know that deep water waves don’t normally break out there unless they’re a certain size and the size is humongus humongus yeah and like you East Coasters out there you guys had some great surf Sandbar I’ve seen the Stills in the
Video but no Hawaiian water Patrol jet ski assist when these guys get fogged in the cold water I watch them as Brotherhood the guy is freezing draining out his nasal cavity and they go paddle back out I mean you know my hat’s off to you gang that’s core man that is
Waterman kind action yeah we we appreciate all of our fellow brothers and sisters of surf around the globe especially when man I yeah I don’t do well in cold water I’m you know I’m warm-blooded born and raised here in the NorthShore uh you know it’s it’s tough
For me to get motivated when the water is uh below 60° or or even below 70 and throwing on a wet suit that whole process but had some really good fun in cold water but it is a huge commitment so we definitely give you guys big time
Props cuz when it gets big props yeah that’s brain freeze us Polynesians can’t even we can hold our breath long time but when you add us into that element oh it’s like sticking your head in a cooler yeah yeah no can focus after that some big waves coming in now those ones we
Saw on the outside for team Japan and they’re just going to let these cruise through not really the the the proper angle to give them an opportunity for a nice In-N-Out Barrel but we’re just appreciating all that energy Big Time power of the ocean just an amazing thing
To witness and you know hopefully those of you watching online you know someday sometime you can make it down here live and really get to feel and see the power y that pipeline provides because when you’re sitting down on the beach I mean you can right there to there’s Hilton
Alves right there uh all right hanging out with the groms and um you know he does a lot of good stuff too like teaching art and um giving a lot of his time uh to spend with the youth and I watched that Masterpiece come from just
A backdrop to when me and Clifton just just leaned over the railing we couldn’t believe it we were talking we had Surfer Joey Johnson checking out the action he couldn’t believe where the painting yeah came from he just 3D there he is checking out the Majestic Bonsai
Pipeline with Team Japan out in the water yeah check out his things online Hilton Alves Hilton you know posters Instagram you can check him out apparel went so quick yeah and he was signing posters yesterday and that’s how quick we’re out of posters but and we
Only have like an hour ago there was five more shirts left a couple double X’s yeah and uh Tri XX but you can go on deo.com if you’re watching live right now and deo.com has what you need we just need to get the merchandise down here tomorrow on our third day of
Competition yeah so radical stuff here at the back door shootout I know people are asking about the hats too and I think the hats are like more limited edition but but oh the hats go so quick I I oh I don’t even know if they’re even available these are just like you know
In-house kind of action but uh we do have um Aloha J collection we got my easy brow hats too on nsog designs.com tell me because I want to support that I remember when you created and BR we are brah the easy bra posy there’s so much
That you can inate as a local boy like you know it it’s positive it’s just well it’s you know it’s the way that we say you’re welcome you know like when you’re like oh thanks for doing that thing oh easy or it’s also when you go toiki show
And you’re with your friend and he sees his ex-girlfriend with her new boyfriend you got to go whoa easy bro that is awesome no I wanted you to explain that because they’re you’re that that business that you know you’re a real popular Surfer all around this island so
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Often no but this thing I’m telling you because it’s aoha Friday rock yeah I know Tim I love wearing o good friends of Monster Energy Ki I wear this surfing no joke it’s like a rash guard U blocker and then you look straight up overdressed from the lineup but you look
Sharp bro and I just love it because Aloha Friday love to go surfing in my OG apparel yeah it’s not just for golf OG is for everything under theable see that current just shredding through that inside section and it’s all timing but they’re going to get out there there’s a
Lot of ruts now Rocky I notice Team new Earth Project going out for their round three heat just about 12 minutes 20 seconds for team Japan right now and we’ve had a little bit of a little slow coming in but then you know the angles that been a little too straight you know
When you don’t get that nice Bend for uh any opportunity it get gets a little bit tricky out there shout out to dky Matsunaga your brother I believe that’s his little brother in there because the last two years uh being in the booth with you daiki Matsunaga put on a hell
Of a show Pipe charger not just pipeline he had an amazing back door last year too he uh we could really tell who he was off his uh excellent posture in the pipe barrel and that yellow on his wet suit yeah and you see the conditions
Today the itself is just gorgeous uh no reason not to be outside today here in Hawaii and on the NorthShore come and join us wiggle off work a little early I wiggled off work wiggle off work I like that 11:18 but you know when you come here
And uh if you wiggle off work and come over here to think that you’re going to get a little surf wiggle it’s a no the surf is massive all the way down the coast as me and rock can look off this balcony to the left left and it is like
What what do you call that is that outer Rocky Point yeah it’s like outer how far from the point of Rocka you know 4 500 yards so it’s it’s bombing bombing way out there and see some of the lines coming in there the Horizon a little
Hazy we’ve got some Cloud y uh activity way out there but visibility all around really beautiful water Clarity is pristine look at how different all the ruts and everything look today it’s a whole different Reef Landing things have been adjusted overnight so low tide is is still
Approaching we had a high tide this morning so that will just you you see the the numbers of Tide you know the difference is we don’t really have big tide changes a lot of questions um regarding Hawaii and our Tides uh get asked a lot by visitors and folks that
Surf here or that come to Surf here um you know what’s better high tide or low tide and you know there are times when um it’ll be maybe a two and a half foot uh difference from low to high tide yeah which is quite small relative to folks
On the East Coast that can see a tide change a tial boore 30 to 40 feet you know low tide is so much different than high tide even in California and other places like that you’re not going to see those big tide swings here in Hawaii I
Think it’s because just the water is so deep off of the the Shelf outside so you know you’ll get a a01 72 type of thing but at a place like pipe it can make a difference because it’s already super shallow Y and uh the less water you have on the reef uh the
More dangerous obviously but the hollower the H it gets yeah so I wanted to ask you at 3 p.m. as the tide goes down for what you’re seeing right now Rock and you being an amazing pipe Surfer is the tide going to make it better or a bit more
Dangerous I defitely I believe both um as we watch Shin Shin back door and just he had a beast of a wave in his in his second round heat um but that tide going low at around three uh it’s not a huge swing so MH we may not
See that much of an effect um the swell is tapering off as forecasted so we kind of peaked yesterday afternoon I think when we left here after the last Heat yeah and I glanced out at what was happen what we see when it was bombing and and it had that really nice Westerly
Direction but when it peaked overnight and this morning had a little bit of a lump to it but it’s providing Ed enough scores to keep us running today as we watch shinpei nice slow-mo takeoff right there and finds the barrel finds a good line but the wave just out running him on
That little inside section providing uh not enough room for Shimp to get out of it you could tell by his body language on the bottom turn he looked down the yardage way and he knew that that thing was going to close so He adjusted his body and got some travel time
Again shout out to Trent pahi thank you for all the cow cow Patrol over there the H hinalo was awesome stuff yeah always making us grinds taking care see if we need anything got a question coming in about uh about you know how the the pros decide what boards to ride
And and there’s been a a a really um you know the Thruster obviously since its Inception way back when by Simon Anderson and in the early 80s that Thruster design has been pretty much the goto yeah but I saw maku’s board yesterday he’s oping
For the four the quad fan a lot of quad and so you know the the the so we have uh Kyle um chiming in with us uh and um asking you know how do you decide what to ride or kind know what what are the different dynamics of of
The a good question it gives us every Surfer anxiety yeah what do I ride I uh yeah I I’ve the pros you know I think it’s depending on their style because we see still a pretty good even mix I believe even mix but they all prepar
Different but the uh the quad um you know will give you uh that kind of funneling effect of speed uh and still has some sort of kind of twin fin maneuverability y um the Thruster I think that’s more of just a comfort thing yeah we all been around so long
With all you know nowadays all of us in this generation raised on thrusters and you see U the Finn options there I believe that’s Jamie O’Brien on the left right there Moto Toro so those particular boards going Thruster and you know that is just I think the comfort
Thing and quad can feel loose and tight to certain people yeah that is correct so it kind of depends on the spacing of the fins and all of that and I think I’m more of like you know I’m not going back Single Fin like keep it simple U and
I’ve wrote A Single Fin out here that’s a different kind of line crazy man like I was so amazed at how it’s so hard to hold the line I taking off on these perfect pipe waves on a Single Fin just to try it out and ride old school board
Uh that I borrowed from Rick Williams way back oh nice and I was just I thought I was was holding the perfect line and I was sliding down the wave and then getting pummeled by the lip and so I just I was like how are these guys you
Know and yeah I need to spend more time on it it’s even your body contortion too help it was like going back in time Goa it it was pretty cool but I always found the Thruster for me worked the best and um it’s that Comfort level and you know
I felt like I was accomplishing what I would to accomplish and if it wasn’t broke don’t try to fix it and when the quads came out it was like tried one one time and I you know was it felt like I was going to take a whole
Another bit of time to get used to that oh big time and and I just I just want to surf ready yeah so I just went back to the thrust there plus you got on the quad you got the double foils in the back makes a huge difference unless it’s
Flat on the inside you also got you know a guy like Nathan Fletcher I watched him years ago 15 20 years ago sharing the his boards with Bruce irons and the quad and the understanding I watched Co Smith out there in his heat he had an Asim quad yeah wow awesome yeah the
Asymmetrical yeah you ever play with the Asim kind of thing my good friend Harley engleby plays with the Asim ke Watson a local boy over here loves Asim uh yeah it’s it’s definitely a talk you see these guys get together and it’s really functional you know but I’m ni you know
Like Finn it’s a cult man I’m just kidding no I mean I just uh when I go surf and and it’s funny that question because like we’re talking about me and ULU boy like how everybody prepares it’s like do I wear a helmet no should I wear should
I wear a leash I don’t know should I ride this board there’s so many elements that fall into preparing to Surf so when you got a lot of boards that’s a really cool thing as a pro Surfer but then you got another problem you know what I mean
Yeah a lot of boards comes with a lot of love with each board yeah I I I believe that’s a good problem to have um it’s a great problem but it it it makes you leave the house later so if you know if you’re married
And you have kids you only have a window and you’re still standing in your boardroom pondering what you’re going to ride and then it’s like do I wear Le into your window oh God it gets ridiculous how we prepare and you know that’s why I’ve been uh kind of more of
A traditional guy when it comes to Glass on fins versus versus getting glass on huh versus like FCS or future or the adjustable fins you know if you’re going to travel a lot it makes sense to get the adjustable to remove them but you know I I want my board intact and I’ll
Just make it work um when you get to like getting a board of like oh try this kind of fin set of like two G4S and one G like oh bro this is like way too much like variation get overwhelmed yeah and so I I like like you just said man I
Like to just grab my board and go and whatever I got under my feet I’m just going to make it work for those conditions way and uh do it that way but I all of the variations and and technology and all the options so uh there’s kind of to
Each their own and that’s what’s so beautiful about our Sport and about surfing is you know your own style your own preference and that is uh how you make it work and you don’t you don’t really like look at another Surfer like the grasses Greener over there or
Something no yeah you just hone in to what you got and uh and make yourself happy and perform at your best and just pour your feelings into the wave that’s what I like to do let out your day surfing is so when you connect with the
Ocean and catch that Wave It’s so pure yeah it’s it’s uh and we got to remind ourselves with that too you know want to say aloha to better Thomas Tom and Clark over in the UK and uh promises that he’ll pronounce ukulele the right way from now he my good friends up there
Watching uh Ben Skinner world champion longboarder he’s also tuned in yeah you guys UK in the house and uh but I guess the way we pronounce Buckingham Palace is not it’s Buckingham so we don’t want to emphasize the ham on buing it’s buckingam we had too much ham huh yeah
We a little too much ham weat plenty ham over here it’s called K Pig yeah bro and um looks like Clark his son taking a trip to Cornwall uh getting the 5mm suit and Hood all ready uh that place is cold they got places like the box over there
Much respect to you guys bro moles mad respect for the UK well just got a uh notification thanks guys for supporting nsog designs all right and my easy bra design we’ve got hats and shirts and all the fun stuff here we go open riding in that blue helmet the regular foot G
Perhaps might be a Kenshin Matsunaga actually he’s he got the back door wave in the beginning okay that was K good job kenson nice work there and that is the end of our heat one of round three getting ready for Heat number two we’re going to take a short commercial break
We’ll bring back Dr Isaiah he’ll be with Ezra and they’ll take it to heat number two more back door shootout on the way stay tuned we’ll be right back all St to bringing it Back The hoie backdor shootout 2024 is presented by go nuts Hawaii and Kiki beach bungalows special Mahal to the members of the hu oal Monster Energy athletic Brewing caloa tortillas Odum water wak water Saltwater Society Hal Eva juice this live presentation is produced by Zone media creators of ocean paddler
TV Hawaiian extreme sports TV and in the zone hey welcome back gang check out this amazing scene from Zone media my name is Ezra Rodriguez and I’m back in the booth with Professor Isaiah Walker how you doing my brother oh doing good Ezra and it’s been an exciting event
It’s on day number two yesterday we we had some great surf today the waves are a bit bigger and uh but we’ve also seen this well it looks like it’s it’s I don’t want to say calming down but maybe clearing up a bit and we have the new
Earth Project back again we see Carissa Moore back in the water Jamie O’Brien Co Smith Shaden picaro and mat matah Dr from Tahiti and they were just in the water an hour ago they were so we’re going right back this is their third surf like we’ve been telling you guys
You get more of your favorite Surfers on big barrels so these guys this is their third Surf and man we’re going to go right back up in Reverse so you guys stay tuned we still got a massive swell we’re waiting for it to kind of subside
And Peak just a little bit so it starts grooming itself just a little bit more but from what I seen from Jamie O’Brien you guys watch that Jamie O’Brien works so hard in that heat and he’s back out here after an hour uh regular humans wouldn’t be able to handle that kind of
Abuse he was in front of his house on dry Rock and we have a replay here from while we’re on the break this looks like Co Smith just getting up and out oh yeah Co Smith up and out but you know what he was riding did you notice
He’s riding a a a fishier looking board but it’s an Asim mat beautiful tahan man Yana Tahiti I know you guys are tuning in we were talking about Tahiti on the live mic and the situation up there uh also at Rocky earlier we’re talking about Finn design and all kinds of stuff
So yeah for uh when uh um in Hawaiian culture when did they start changing their equipment and Contours and concaves and a little harder Edge because I know they were progressing their wav sliding back then yeah there that was matah back to back no that was Shaden sh Island
This is Jamie O’Brien doing the pig dog stays deep in the barar out comes out clean textbook freak J obb doing his thing oh look at the Grom psyching he’s psyching for Uncle James a man Jamie doesn’t even look that he got abused in his second heat he just
Looks like he’s ready to get barreled watch him do a back door Hanah oh Jamie lives right here right next door to where we’re at and so he’s he knows this wave it’s literally backyard here is Shaden picaro slowing down getting covered quick one at back door and
Realizes woo I got to get out of this sh he’s got a beautiful backside and Jamie O’Brien doing what he does best he has put a lot of uh Generations look up to him and you know try to copycat him he does have one of the best Barrel rides
And don’t forget when the waves are schmedium the guy just throws tail he’s got all the bag of tricks mute grabs you name it and uh just lucky that these guys like makua Kai Rothman Jamie O’Brien’s one of them lucky they don’t compete in the longboard these guys can
Also ride anything at any time that is true and I think that’s a a symptom a positive symptom I guess of growing up in Hawaii I I I noticed I was actually surprised the first time you know I was surfing outside of Hawaii in California just it seems like each discipline is so
Segregated a lot of beaches in fact in California like you cannot you know ride a surfboard in the a black ball area bodyboards are separated I know but the best part of the wave is over there by the black ball area you know what I mean
And you got one guy drowning in a speedo he’s just getting wet but like when I grew up and this is you know maybe common in Hawaii that you know you everybody caught waves your body board surfboard shortboard long board um especially I mean I mean in in hawaian
Communities like a Maka for example they really celebrate the the diversity of kind of wave riding crafts and uh so so you’re right like guys like they grew up here Jamie O’Brien so forth I remember watching um you know there’s Kakey contest that we have in Hawaii the manun
At haliva uh and also the uh real Suns competition at Maha these guys would enter all the divisions body board longboard short board and um you know we mentioning yesterday bonga Perkins is perfect example of many of these these athletes and when I jumped off the shortboard and fell in love with
Longboarding when Dwayne doto showed me and I started competing all longboard these guys showed up in my heat guys like Jason shibata J O uh even Rory Parker a couple times and makua Kai rotman and you know what they’re good they’re good you know another guy and I
Was shouting out to him earlier was Bruce irons took my longboard at Oceanside and I looked at my Coach and he’s all woo look at this guy go on your I was like damn he’s pretty Prett good awesome stuff yeah that’s where I mean Jamie is pretty notorious for
Riding like his 8 foot catch surf uh boards and and doing it well oh doing it well doging barrels you got it look at that outer Rockies you know uh Rocky was saying that’s like 500 yards out from Rocky Point so that’s pretty far out there I mean another all around you know
Watercraft expert would be KY Lenny who should you know was slated to be in this heat actually in the in the first day at the here at the back door shootout he was in the standup Division I watched that with you but I didn’t know he hurt
I thought he just got called in because you’re supposed to do one division this year but yeah so how’s he doing any I mean I I just saw on like he posted on Instagram that he had a concussion and luckily he’s wearing his helmet you can
See the helmet’s cracked like big gap in it um but you know God speed you trained so much for those situations you know and it and and accidents happen that fast especially here at pipeline I mean you got somebody like KY Lenny who I mean you watch his videos of Surfing
Nazer massive nazer of course pahi yeah and um but here at pipeline just the mixture of the power and the the bottom like the Contour of the bottom and the shallowness and the the shape of it just you know it can be it is the you know most devastating like you watch all
These guys huge waves like you said Naz everywhere but then you can even have like small pipeline at 4T 6et well six feet is not not small by any means but to what these athletes charge on you know like just shout out to Malik I remember Malik Oxbow days the guy
Charged and it wasn’t a very big day at pipe and it could take your life that quick but watching that guy at chopo and everywhere else around the world just animal kind waves and that’s how fast things happen so yeah we’re grateful and um to have the Hawaiian water Patrol
With us they are the best of the best not only do they you know take care of us here at the back door shootout but other events worldwide they’re also like they do watercraft safety for a lot of the like movie sets that are here on
Island y like Uncle Brian them they all collaborate stunts unlimited and so it’s a you know it’s a real art and a talent that these guys train for we’re just so blessed to have them here making sure our athletes are safe and you know they do save lives we’ve seen it almost every
Year they innovate the structure like uh after every water rescue they want to see how they can do it better faster more sufficient and that kind of care right and I was talking yesterday bit about how duam moku was also a Pioneer in life saving rescue and he um used the
Surfboard M to to rescue people and because of his you know Innovative use of the surfboard in rescue the the rest of the world adopted that so before like now the the modern you know version of Life Safety is with a you know a watercraft like a jet ski with a with a
Sled attached to it and but be before for you know decades prior to that the the surfboard a longboard with straps on it you rescue people uh that way so Duke koku is really the Pioneer that kind ofy he counterbalanced and did it for the
First time and he he did it and he was out there to do it and then he started teaching others to do it yeah teaching others but after he he did it like uh talk about on the Waterman all you guys starred in the Waterman movie oh here we
Go matah drle slowing down getting that Barrel getting spit out beautiful wave nice getting on the scoreboard this tesan if you guys don’t know him hard charger Kaa Smith beautiful backside pumps he’s going to go past this chandelier and eject button this guy’s been having an amazing winner so in the
Waterman they talk about when he did all those rescues right and he rescued how many people I know you probably got the number that is amazing was that one of his first times rescuing no in the main yeah so he was he was a you know he
Trained people how to to be lifeguards he you know U Red Cross hired him look at this Jamie O’Brien late drop makes it pulls up his over the fo ball comes out my gosh over the pipe rut right out into the channel big round of applause look at that Monster energy
Drinks just got this so dialed so dialed he’s looking so good you know last year um never really got on the board and this guy you know still to this day this guy can win any event j o and wow yeah I mean he he was
A standout yesterday uh he had this one where he let go of the rail and kind of little reminiscent he even made mention to it that Kelly Slater had one similar last year at the shootout where he just let go of the rail pumped standing up um
And then just now I mean it’s so classic Jo o the way that he falls into the pit under the lip of the wave drag dagging his body to slow himself down and to g regain regain composure and control on his surfboard U amazing job’s definitely got the job done and
Wired and Carissa mois out there big round of applause you guys at home for Carissa Moore one of the only two w in the event Moana Wong that was beautiful from the water angle he wasn’t as deep as this kid can go co Smith amazing on his his backand he’s
Riding a quad Asim there oh you see that L over the rut Allie’s over the foam ball yes sir oh you seen that oh this brother from the days yeah so I really admired that in the movie after he did all the rescues he went back out and grabbed all the
Dead bodies do Kahanamoku and then he paddled yards down the beach he didn’t want no nothing to do with the new no questions he did what he did uh that’s amazing stuff yeah that’s hard I mean cuz he you’re right like he he had you know it was just himself and the
Surfboard and he brought in as many as he could brought in all of them but unfortunately couldn’t save all of them everybody so he it must have worn on him as a person for sure and as a lifeguard anybody who’s in you know life saving or
In um you know our our fire department and people that are in the business of of of helping and and saving lives that point an emotional level to it that that’s taxing yeah that time in the movie the documentary that point in his career was he already a
Lifeguard at that point well lifeguard a little different lifeguarding as a career isn’t something that um at least in Hawaii wasn’t really a career so it was really just the early we honor him as one being where we are now okay Roger that and uh actually I mentioned this
Yesterday but important note is that um you know often times we point to Dooku of course rightly so is the father of modern day surfing and of all these accolades and and of life saving and so forth but he wasn’t he he was a part of a generation a group of of hawaian
Watermen that um I think sometimes Duke’s popularity May clip some of these others so a perfect example of this is uh George he never want no Limelight right take advantage of that was uh was a little older than Duke uh grew up surfing also in W ke and uh was an avid
Swimmer um a water polo player uh I don’t know if people realize this too but Duke koku was on the Olympic water polo team wow okay and and so they played water polo um but George free was actually uh a forerunner to Duke in a lot of these types of things
Particularly in life-saving rescue George free moved to California um started this Huntington Beach surf uh Club taught people how to surf uh and was hired to to ensure safety went around all these pools all these swimming pools that were becoming a thing in America um at the turn of the
20th century and early 19 20s and 30s and George free was right in the middle of that oh speaking of the middle of that these guys are right in the middle run over Duke Kahanamoku never played water polo no Duke was yeah he played on the olymp they didn’t talk
About it that much even in a lot of writeups about him they don’t make a mention and just wanted to shout out to your sister you’re talking about water polo Sunshine topping and your nephew pman pman po yeah I’ve been watching him uh you talking about water polo yeah
Paul colani is actually uh Duke’s name too it’s interesting my nephew uh shares the same name paa is the Kahanamoku family’s name on his mother’s side so Duke’s mom was a PA and a lot of his h family and friends would call him PA yeah uh Duke is you know his um his
Birth giving name which by the way Duke that name comes from the Duke of edingburg who is a a British royal yeah who uh Bernice paahi Bishop uh who was a h Lei um I guess a supposedly named Duke’s father after this Duke of Edinburg this you know this prince of
England and I was mentioning earlier how the British crown and the hawaian kingdom had a lot of of interesting relationships with each other and so it’s interesting that Duke gets that name from the you know the Royals of England I love it so it’s kind yeah you
Talked about water polo I love that sport I just been watching your nephew and my nephew but your nephew I call him pman awesome stuff Ohana thanks for chiming in well also while I have you um it’s very interesting I was at the Volcom house behind the scaffold I ran into the Roberson
From Maui he wants I want to introduce you later when we’re not in the booth did you get to talk I met hims quick hand he has no he has something in his Maui yard that happened way back in the day he wanted to talk to
You and get some man gave me chicken skin when he told me something about a kameha king fell in his backyard and he wants to talk to you about it because you might pick it up right off the story so that’s one awesome thing every year we have Professor Isaiah Walker here
He’s an amazing man he’s a family Surfer you guys you’re you’re so educated about everything but you also have to check out his book waves of resistance you’re also working on another project in the middle of it but I’m very excited yeah I have it ain’t easy what you do right um
And you know in academics uh you published books but also there’s a series of articles that I’ve written that you can find online as well um so it’s been real kind of a cool cool thing to do is to um take my passion of Surfing and to make it into you know a
Career in a different sort of a way yeah but you went into surfing and so much mythology and Hawaiian folklore is in there and more of you know stuff that people had no idea about you know right I thought Jamie was going to turn around and go on that one but opts not
To and we have uh four you can tell Surfers are fighting with the out push they’re getting out push and then they’re forced in sometimes you got to like that you got to time it you get rotated out without paddling save energy and then you got to realize you kind of
Got to hang on the inside before you get pushed out right of that current line so very cool we have um oh we got some when you hear those whistles uh that means a significant catchable maybe a 12-point ride might be on the horizon see Jamie making a move going deeper see
If he pulls the trigger on this one a good look at it NOP oh why you got to jinx me like that Jamie was ready for take off with you oh beautiful had the Drone footage showed the rainbow just from the midst of the of the wave there mention you earlier
The beach park Here is known as eh clay eh Clay is the this Mist that you see from generated from these waves and so the air down here in the surface pumping and large it creates a misty air to it and ehu is also a color like a reddish
Hue and uh and often we get these beautiful sunsets here on the North Shore and that’s where combine that it goes through the spray and that’s where the spray the lighting there’s so much deep in Olo you know there’s uh a lot of meaning more meaning not just one
Meeting and not just what you see yeah very poetic language mat taking a a dig trying to get over to the back door oh is Carissa going to pull the trigger oh oh wow you see that sand kick up right there that’s one foot of sand right there and right
Underneath that sand is just straight sheer Rock right a lot of pounded dead coral but as you move along the back door area there is a colony a lane and over towards where you exit at pipe there’s a couple healthy Coral heads as well yeah
So I I do want to uh you know reiterate that Duke was incredible ambassador of Aloha for sport MH um however there were also like I said earlier there was a generation of them that hung out together in fact Duke had a very large family he had several
Brothers M uh he had another brother that was in the Olympics with him that also swam and and he and he also had uh brothers that surfed uh and and then he had a bunch of cousins of course that surfed and are you telling me one of his
Brothers would rip harder than him because you know there is that in our Hawaiian culture one brother gets more Limelight than the other oh looking at that one oh who was that I think that was Shaden or Shaden yeah with the green well that little wave oh that wave barreled all the way
Across yeah but still tricky Barrel riding is a very difficult thing to do these guys make it look super easy but it’s super sensitive there’s a lot of stuff that goes into it to even catch a wave at this magnitude and look at that beauty I bet you shade o was just
Beating himself in the brain cuz that is a great laugh you know how shade o surfs shadeo charges and’s matah pumping trying to make it through that next section but unfortunately too fast I’m really rooting for this tesan he hasn’t really grabbed onto a wave that he really
Loves oh like like and more Donuts but no problem I’ve watched this this this kid at his Tahiti spots and it’s just breathtaking it’s like a fish he just plays with it I almost feel guilty you know watching from the he’s okay yeah I love yeah there’s Brandon Martin Keana
Checking him up and you guys seen the tap on the head that means he’s okay if you can tap your head like that that means you are a okay okay yeah it’s great with the water rescue and and the training that we have uh a lot of our Surfers go through they
Have sign language they do if he never tapped his head more than three times Brandon would just his Grabber would rip them on that ski and they take them straight to the beach that’s how quick they are five minutes 5 minutes remaining how’s the back drag you know I
Always watch with all my brothers that I grown up with you know when you’re duck diving next to each other you know what I mean it’s almost like a little competitive thing how fast you could shoot past and maybe get five more yards past them but oh when you get drugged
Back H that’s something I means you induct di of wrong bro I mean there is sort of a guilty pleasure here that we’re experiencing like we’re in the Drone watching him get annihilated we’re like 10 ft above his head there he is trying to you know survive and we’re
Just like watching hey and then how’s it going yeah how’s it going and then you got to account when they finally get a sip of air right and I’ve know you’ve done this sometimes when the waves are big you got all this foam around your
Face and you suck in a little foam and then you’re like then you can’t breathe at all then you see Hawaiian water Patrol look at you and then you’re you’re like oh am I okay let the salt clear my throat that’s like one of the scary there yeah when you swallow water it’s
Hard to come back from cuz you don’t get to take a significant breath for the next hold down yeah our our Surfers you do have to be selective here at pipeline like we said earlier it’s the it is the deadliest wave in the surfing world and
So you got to be mindful which wave to catch and not to catch looks like we’ve got a rider here looks like Co Smith in the back Bar Beauty smart that he didn’t get greedy and try to hang on to it you know what I
Mean he actually got a Inn out right you know what I mean and that’s what it’s about team format putting as best scores as you can this is New Earth projects third surf of the heat with 3177 remaining Carissa Moore Jamie O’Brien COA Smith shayen Sho p pararo and matah Dr
Moana Dr must be still ripping doing his thing I I noticed him on on the jet ski manoah oh there’s the replay of Co Smith last wave gets David all you guys turning in arson hoe oh wow oh amazing tahan Ohana abdell here we go looks like J is
Looking at a back door wave he’s eyeing it up see if he can pull into this Standing Tall such an expert slows down comes out ah beautiful timing of the the hand drag likes what he’s feeling because this guy has been doing some deep man work the last couple of
Heats W checking out his board his black rail in hot pink to Coral surfboards a replay here where he’s eyeing it up making sure he makes the section at the same time wants to be deep that’s where he slows down right there comes out in the frothy foam kicks
Out with a little h yeah he’s got rhythm of this wave man let me tell you I don’t know if he I never seen him dance if he’s got rhythm of the dance but he must be cuz he’s got so much Rhythm on the waves uh that’s the name of the game get
Barreled today damel Bryan on the new Earth Project feeling in for Mr Kelly Slater who I understand had some like hip issues but he’s going to be back in the water soon and not apparently he’s doing all right Kelly knows what’s up he’s as replacement as j o
Yeah so Kelly uh hope you get a speedy recovery I was wondering what happened to you I haven’t seen you playing like the Grom you are out here in the last few weeks so Kelly heal up I know you’re joining us so one serious Master yeah so new Earth project uh
Putting together pretty Star studed Team here and uh only a minute and 10 seconds left in this heat hopefully be time for another one looks like Jamie’s eyeing up another shmedium wave as you would say but decides not to pull the trigger on that
One a lot of clouds a lot of thick four foot lips clamping down on that one foot of dry Rock and Sand love these drone shots you get a a view of the island here of Oahu and right where we’re looking now is the of kaai you can’t see it but I
Tell you what there was like a about three weeks ago go first time I’ve ever seen this in my life I was driving you can see kaii from I was I went up and got a a Christmas tree from hel mono farms in W beautiful tree by the way go
Iend no fur or Douglas I forget the name of it but it was um it was a beautiful tree and like 10 feet tall and it was gorgeous yeah yeah yeah oh you spend some duckets then 10 foot tall trees woohoo but well anyway I after going up
There and driving down and it was like there was like a storm that was coming over so like a pressure system was coming over us and he could see K as clear as I’ve ever seen it and it incredible that was around the time that you could see all the islands I believe
Well that’s it for New Earth Project gang we’re going to get the next team coming up the last team so you guys oh look at this right at the end of the heat j o comes flying flying out we’ll be right back Gang This is Ezra Rodriguez with Isaiah
Walker come back and join us in a few minutes Al got a large long period SW heading toward Islands this weekend 4 to EXP oh oh My yeah Buddy Allow us to help you grow your brand and expand your business by reaching Hawaii’s giant Outdoor Sports in Ocean Enthusiast demographic Zone media advertising specializes in television commercial production and campaigns social media content production and distribution drone and video production Cutting Edge live productions and more with over 25 years leading Hawaii’s
Action Sports Market give us a call to find out how we can help you grow your Business foreign spee spee For ohoh kako welcome to the 2024 dahou back door shootout we’re here at Bonsai pipeline a lot of families down on the beach here today checking out the action we’ve got really big surf here at pipeline we have some amazing competitors some professional surfing
Going on in this heat we have Team na uh group of surfers primarily from Brazil we have Bruno Santos Ian Goa Kona olera Lucas sua and Joey Johnson jumping on the crew on this round three so we’re into round number three each of these uh Heats has 30 minutes and Surfers get the
Chance to catch as many waves as possible preferably get a a high scoring wave our scale here at the back door shootout is a little unique although we use the usual scale of a 1 to 10 if it’s above excellent then uh it can go up to
The 12 12 point range and we have seen over the years a couple of 12s handed out but those are handed out sparingly yeah the super excellent super excellent you remember uh kog Grace got a super excellent a couple years back U Kato matoka got a 12o ride cor Rothman got
One a few years ago too so we reserve those for the extra special um uh W rides out here like when you get one you know on Ono plate launch and then it’s everything is all good but then oh you just got to hey Auntie TR bring the
Gravy I like them all over so when you get the extra gravy that’s when you get the 12-point ride Jamie O’Brien uh entertaining The Fan Fair you know that’s what the cool part about being here live on the beach uh for these surf fans is is being able to interact you
Know it’s and it you know when you go to like a sporting event uh in other Pro Sports we have an arena or a field or a court you know it’s not really I mean you got to have plenty money for get the seats right there in the front y over
Here you just show up at the beach walk down to the Shoreline and um you know it’s pretty all access and and these Surfers they’re so gracious and generous with their with their time appreciating what they get to do on a daily basis and
You can feel that and you see it uh in those kinds of uh images there and Jamie’s quite the surf celebrity not not only in competitive surfing has he made a name for himself but also very popular on social media and on YouTube runs his stay stoked uh Channel and has quite a
Big following so cool to have some of his fans come down and say hi and take some pictures with him all right so we do have some questions coming in to nsog Hawaii Gmail so if you have some questions you want to ask uh we had a
Couple of questions uh coming in one of them was actually in the last Heat um and I wanted to go to that one where right before we got separated we you there was a question about the steel guitar yeah yeah just um you know kind of where that came from
And um what uh how how it evolved yeah really cool story in fact um I think that question came in we we were on the topic of innovation Hawaiian Innovation and we’re talking about um innovation in water rescue talked about Duke Hoku using the surfboard in his rescue he
Talked about Brian kolana Mel puu and um uh brother terou call uh uh inventing like uh the the the sled on the ski well we’re also talking about music and culture and it is pretty impressive if you think of I mean Hai the population of Hawai is pretty small in relation to
Other countries and Nations but the amount of like Innovative and and popular things that have come out of Hawaii and the impact that it’s had on the world is pretty impressive if you think about it you’re kind of a per capita thing right yeah for being how
Small we are and the things that we’ve put out that really catch on a global scale yep surfing and also I mean within Athletics as well uh I mean you’re a football fan the Jag sir team and stuff but I mean we actually Hawaii does produce a lot of
You know athletes famous people actors um from you know the rock who grew up here in Hawaii to Jason mour uh seems like there’s just you know a lot of cool things that come from Hawaii that have proliferated out to the world and the shakka is definitely one
Of those we’ll talk about that was another question we’ll get to that in a second but music so ukulele uh is an adapted uh instrument that is adapted from Portuguese uh instrument but changed a little to to have a Hawaii flare we talked about the uh kho Alo
Which Alo which is um the steel the the Slack Key but then the steel guitar is something that really innovates in Hawaii and then has a profound impact on the music world so essentially there’s a story of a guy named Joseph Kuku okay who lived here on the NorthShore from LA
And Kahuku side and Joseph Kuku uh was a musician had a had a guitar in his house and The Story Goes that somehow I don’t know exactly you know how it happened but his he had a metal comb and that metal comb whether he threw it across the room or
Bounced on it or something but it made a sound as it slid across the the steel strings of the guitar made like a interesting sound yeah and then he spent a the rest of his life fine-tuning that sound and amplifying it and creating the electric the electrified sound of a
Guitar which really has origins in in future development of the electric guitar so the impact of the steel guitar um coming from Hawaiian Joseph Kuku and here we go Rider up oh beautiful image and that is Lucas Silvera just a golden shot from the jety
Camera looking right in here we go oh my gosh oh obliterated man wow that was a massive drop just uh courageous effort he’s alive still alive and up and paddling but oh man I thought he was going to be able to sneak under that huge lip wow that’s one thing about pipeline the
The wave pitches out so far yeah that even when you straighten out and try and avoid it here’s a replay of this Barrel successful Lucas svera comes out that was not easy navigating there was a lot of movement look at this so big he tries
To get away from it and blows up I think that was uh either Bruno Santos or uh or Ian Goa goofy is the rest of the guys only clona Lucas and Joey a regular foot so and we’re going to take you down beach side right now we’ve got j o
Standing by so let’s hear from the man himself all right I am with j o the j o right here and he just got some incredible waves how are you feeling after those actually you know we had a heat a little earlier and it was really hard to get a wave actually didn’t
Really get too much took a couple big wipe outs and that heat kind of just changed everything around and I I just kind of got in a good Rhythm I stayed busy and uh made a couple ways I or made one way I didn’t think I was going to
Make and that’s when you know you get a good score at this contest when you don’t expect to come out and you’re like yeah that’s awesome and you grew up here you have it this beach is your backyard so you literally can surf this all the time um and you have your
YouTube channel you are a legend out here uh how do you kind of keep up with all doing all of it I think he might be a robot yeah I just like to stay busy you know I mean I never thought or dreamt that this would be a reality when I was
Younger my dad saw the vision you know and you just kind of you know he just pressed play and everything kind of worked out and I’m blessed uh to be born and raised on Hawaii in Hawaii and have a bunch of great friends here at uh on
The NorthShore and all around the world hi to everyone out there in the world and my fiance watching this and my dad’s watching um yeah I mean it’s just incredible uh the hoie back shootouts special event it’s uh put on by the Hawaiians and and for the people and
There’s nothing better than that so thank you uh to the hoie and uh the new Earth Project for putting me in the vent yeah congratulations on your recent engagement as well yeah thank you so much and uh yeah there’s G to be so much more epic ride so you guys stay tune and
Enjoy the show thank you all right well well spoken uh by j o thank you Casey uh getting all of the perspectives down there at the beach level and I loved he hit a little note for us there we were talking about music and he he talked about coming out the barrel like
Yeah and definitely um I mean Jamie O’Brien has made it an awesome career out of Surfing and and in in some ways unconventionally right like we as kids you just thought like the only way you could do that was through you know getting sponsors and and getting on the
Tour yep in competition but to make a career out of you know his YouTube channel and and and having a lot of followers and here we go live action go and nice nice two for one special right there so gets two barrels one wave and the conditions seem to be
Lining up a little bit better y opening up a little bit the waves and swell maybe tapering a little bit helps for pipe to organize itself a little better as we watch Ian just do that nice forehand stall and then comes right out of one immediately into another little
Bit um uh chandelier on that exit of the second one but nonetheless a very strong performance there from Ian Goa awesome job Ian go I loved how he you know really used two hands to slow down yeah which is interesting cuz you think that you need to speed up when
You’re on a big wave but in in this in a competition where you want to get in the barrel you’re going so fast from the drop the the trick is to slow yourself down as you’re you’re racing down the face of the wave we saw Jamie O’Brien
His technique that many others who are regular footed or their left foot is forward they drag that front left foot in their level or their thigh or their backside and just to do everything to hit the brakes uh whereas Ian chose to have you know stay really low and drag
Both hands awesome job yeah look at those sets on the outside just uh Horizon ticklers I call them uh just right there below the Horizon so big that they almost look like clouds when they’re having all that white water some of the spectators on Shore looking on and they’re seeing those monster waves
Come in from the outside there’s Lucas Silva catching up with him at back door on a smaller one further in just trying to get some tube time in there and you know when you’re in a heat like this it’s I could tell Lucas he’s he a younger guy kind of frothing you know
And not able to always surf Pipeline with only a few guys out he’s going for his wave count bro yeah like I’ve got half an hour got to make the most of this yeah you could sit there and wait for the gem or stay busy like Lucas and he seems to be fr
Excited to be out there awesome yep there’s that Innovation we were talking about earlier that sled that’s on the back of the ski such a useful tool it’s it’s so important you know and uh for Terry yo Brian kilana Melvin pu Dennis go for them to see that necessity of you know
The speed and the power of the jet ski definitely something that um uh you could use and take advantage of or at least maximize to um create the best situation for saving a a person but needing some kind of a bridge or some kind of adaptation to be able to you
Know have a platform to work off of on the back of the jet ski it would definitely not have worked the same or be as effective with just a jet ski itself right right and that Innovation I mean that’s our topic I guess we’re talking about Joseph Kuku back to his story
Creates this Hawaiian steel guitar and that real distinct um sound that you hear that interestingly um a lot of younger like my kids uh they reference um SpongeBob the theme song Spong which is a you know Hawaiian steel guitar and a beautiful sound but definitely is a Hawaiian innovation that makes its Mark
Into the music world country music eventually adopts it and and you know improvises with it and then you know the electric guitar sound also takes it to the next level but really cool that that comes from the NorthShore here in Hawaii yeah you know um even uh we were just going to talk
Story a little bit about about the Shaka the new documentary that sell we talked a little bit about that yesterday but we did have a specific um question referring to it today that that you know even that is uh from this community right so we talked about Hawaii having
Things that have taken on worldwide right narrow it down even more like this little Northshore y for per capita has produced some pretty amazing worldwide phenomenons very true yeah so the Shaka as you know is um something that a lot of surfers have been flying the Shaka
Yeah for many many decades and uh does originate here in Hawaii and and uh develops over the years and so you have celebrities doing it and there is a documentary coming out and uh when that comes out I highly recommend it it’s pretty it’s a it’s a great film that
Talks about how you know it’s more than just a hand gesture it’s spreading Aloha and in fact I mean not to give away too much from the film but there’s one of one of my favorites is does a story on Brook Lee who was a Hawaiian uh woman
Who won Miss Universe oh that’s right yes uh years ago about 20 years ago I believe but when she after she won Miss Universe she said her natural instinct was to throw the shotg yeah she said later the producers of the show we like was that a gang sign you were doing oh
My gosh that’s hilarious no no not at all oh there’s and LC is staying busy bro he’s like hey I got 12 11 minutes now got to get my wave count in this my my last you know round of Surfing for today so go also trying to stay busy do the
Double hand drag he’s got that move down he’s got it down as mentioned earlier that dragg the front hand and the back hand here we go paddler Joey Johnston Joey oh oh good positioning right there pulls in deep comes out right before it shuts down Joey Johnson’s no stranger to
The back door shootout he’s had some of the best rides out in this event for a few years now behind him we have stalling look like konor Oliva gets up high gets that inside rail over the falls yeah just got a little hung up there and you know it’s so technical your
Positioning it’s really a game of inches once you’re in there and saw the the two different backhand techniques and positionings Joey little bit more clean line there and then Kona carving it a little bit got hung up uh but looks like he’s back up above water and okay um yep taking that
Highline sometimes if you’re too deep or the barrel is a little more Almony you kind of have to take a higher line I’ve always just been amazed with how some guys like some of the best John John Florence for example will know when to go high and at pipeline sometimes at the
End of the wave it’ll it’ll kind of pinch on the end here’s one of these Lucas sea inside waves just getting enjoying himself on a clean Little Barrel yeah uh but knowing when to go high and when to stay low Ian go double hand drag up and
Out this is um again Joey Johnson’s way where he’s stalling grabbing re staying in that Barrel coming out then right behind him we have K Lera see that technique of dragging but he drag a little too much it pushed him up maybe a little bit that backwash helped to throw
Him up higher too high on the lip yeah getting tosso Guerrero chiming in letting us know the 2015 Junior World Champ thank you for the the info M and hope you’re enjoying your first few days of a happy New Year 2024 he’ll be uh joining the team here
In a couple of weeks got pipe contest for the championship tour then over at Sunset to kickoff the 2024 season but yeah uh Lucas Sila he’s Junior World Champ and like we said man he’s like staying busy he’s out there like I got eight minutes 50 seconds now I’m G to
Get couple more waves and make the most of this pipe session with only four of my other friends out here in the lineup That is a just a really special thing about this event and it’s not like you know there’s other events where you have the elimination format and you’re trying
To advance so there’s that pressure it’s you’re still out there with only a few guys which is great but you’re out there with other guys that are trying to beat you and trying to paddle around you and jock you for position and you know it’s a full competition this is still a
Competition but you’re out there with your fellow teammates that aren’t applying that same kind of pressure right so it is just a much more enjoyable environment I believe for these Surfers to be in a heat like this where okay I’m out with only a few guys
Kind of like I am at the other contest with only a few guys but we’re not trying to destroy each other we are out there to help each other get the best wave so that that kind of um uh situation seems to be uh the ultimate in
Surfing pipe with a few guys and and a few guys that are your friends and teammates well lot of Talent come out of Brazil I mean that’s incredible often return to the Brazilian storm incredible surfing Lucas again bro I’m telling you he’s like I’m going to take
Full advantage bro um and um we mentioned yesterday Ian Goa we mentioned Fabio Goa his dad you know part of that uh kind of pioneering Brazilian contingency that came over here the early days with Flavio Pats and those guys um and uh I remember that Sunset
Point kind of four to six foot day when he won the world cup uh way back when I believe it was um 90 something in the early 90s and um oh kind of became the the first Brazilian to win on the North Shore and definitely put Brazil on the
Map and uh forever etched himself into surfing history um so Ian Goa with that second generation pro surfing drive and uh really coming into his own for sure especially here at pipe you see him with that technique he’s definitely you could tell he’s put in the hours he’s put in
The time and it looks very comfortable on these some of these gnarly waves and Brazil has come a long way since and I mean so many good Surfers I believe that is uh Bruno Santos and he got that one early bomb y read the beginning of the heat that
Didn’t allow him in the barrel but just to take off on a wave like that and that yeah the one that just obliterated him that drop was insane um yeah so some questions somebody mentioned the one string base think yeah yeah so uh the the pikini base you’ll still see sometimes at the
Conil yeah the jam sessions bust it out kind of cool I have um actually my my grandfather uh name Manuel helun uh Duke they ended up their real name was heli but they were traveling musician musicians they lived in in Seattle and California and toured the the US continent playing Hawaii music and
Um and kind of cool that uh he ended up uh you know playing Hawaiian music and and adapting these these instruments of of you know Western and Hawaiian style so when you go to a luau or to any kind of a a hoola show you’ll hear there’s different types there’s the kahiko which
Means the pre- Western and aana which means you know since you Western contact and it doesn’t mean aana is not traditional it’s just adapted traditional so that’s the one where you get the guitars playing the hoola attire um and you know the beautiful uh harmonious music that’s that’s sung
Along with the hoola and so yeah that’s I think that’s an important point to remember like there’s a you know tradition can be something that is innovative right um yeah I mean we’re looking at you know Hawaiian water Patrol and that innovation of ocean rescue is of course all these modern
Equipment and um you know things that are that are used that aren’t made from coconuts and and you know and and Coralwood but it is a Hawaiian adaptation right very good and and likewise um you know with surfboards as well uh we oftentimes think of duam moku and that
Era of riding wooden surfboards as the Hawaiian era and then somehow it you know be as it became Innovative it was no longer traditional but I take an opposing view to that I you can be Innovative and still perpetuate tradition and and and especially when you’re part of that
Movement um you know uh not too long ago we lost U Ben IPA yeah uh who was a very Innovative surfboard maker During the shortboard Revolution right inventing the sting in fact uh I right now my favorite surfboard is from his son Aila aai read the Flat Earth and it has that
Same Stinger kind of design in it so so Innovation um can still be tradition even though we’re in a modern era using modern equipment and in surfing Hawaiians have definitely been a part of that Innovative process definitely so uh we do have uh an interview standing by
On the beach I believe we have the one and only shinpei Hy Gucci standing by let’s talk to him all right I am with huchi and he just got an amazing wave last Heat he uh lives here and he also owns a shop here uh how are you feeling after getting that wave So I know you’ve been here six times um how does this event uh this time compared to the other times you’ve been here oh always they try to to be B like biggest hardest the SI sickest wave but today is this yeah you can see it yeah
Yeah and uh is your family here supporting you on yep they all serve so yeah happy to be here Haw arei love it awesome great job thank all right thank you shinp thank you Casey and um shin P now living on aahu and been
Out here a long time you can see uh his experience in the water and the way he conducts himself and one of Japan’s great Surfers from the last couple of decades and glad to know him he’s a a very nice guy and and very talented smart individual so Shin good
Job and we wish you guys uh Team Japan all the best of luck yeah and you know team Japan has had a presence at the back door shootout for many years yes and some people may you know question well why Japan and not Australia for example we had a message earlier asking
Well how come Australia doesn’t have a team well um you know we don’t form the teams and so we don’t know exactly what goes all into it but we do know that Japan has had a long relationship here we go pulling into the barrel with a minute left that’s Joey Johnston so
Trying to squeeze one out in the closing moments of the third round action for team na and um just uh before we end this heat got a message uh from Uncle Walter Snell and wanted us to mention one of um uh the 1983 pipe Master competitors uh was Steve beaver meller
And he just uh passed away this past November so I want to remember him and um just some kind words uh from alter about one of our former pipe Master Surfers and you know we’ve got a a pretty ominous plaque and board a piece of wood over here by the
Pipeline right away that has um all the names of the folks that have passed away surfing at Pipeline and then some of the other legends that were amazing at pipe but no longer with us uh passing for different reasons so uh definitely want to um keep that alive uh as far as uh
Memories and things about uh our friends and family that have gone on to the next phase of this wonderful life we live and we’re going to take a short break and we’ll come back with our next Heat it will be team 96712 when we return stay tuned for more backd door shootout we’ll
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Shot true to coconut trees the fug go is good we made them and we are live back at the hoie back door shootout day number two live from pipeline the NorthShore of Oahu no better place to be during the winter time than right here and we got the flow Bros Ivan John and
Nate joining Eli Olen and Jose anhel Morales for team 96712 that is the postal ZIP code of all of us that live and breathe and cruise them on the North Shore home it’s a good good day to be out and about Aloha Friday I’m Rocky Cannon joining me now is Cliff Botello
And brother Cliff we been doing some beach announcing you’ve been uh here in the booth earlier today what’s uh the vibe on the beach down there as we watch this sick replay sick replay right here going down is uh a little bit of the action you see at pipe it is kind of
Closing out so it’s hard to find those nuggets but yeah you got the Florence boys out there got Eli and uh Jose you figure these guys are seasoned out here at pipe so yeah Jose anel Morales from Puerto Rico getting kind of the the last minute call up you know from the
Practice squad P coach oh yeah onto the first string so uh a great opportunity for Jose anhel Morales and I know he’s got some uh family that’s in Puerto Rico watching live so hola and how’s it to all of you as we watch Nate Florence do door oh nice
Technique you see a lot of that going down at the back door as well it’s it it’s it’s hit or miss you got some that clamp them and some that’ll stay open and it’s one of those days yeah you saw that one getting a lot smaller on the
End section and you know Nate a tall guy so for him to be able to crouch down and squeeze out of that one was going to be kind of difficult he got compressed and uh not able to make it out but that is a great effort from Nate Florence we’re
Going to be doing um thankfully we got a jet ski assist going on for hawaian water Patrol here uh for anybody that does go to the back door gives them the opportunity to make it back around the section A little quicker and here we get a little replay going on with Nate’s
Back door attempt and uh just doesn’t quite make it out of that but uh yeah Hawaiian water Patrol taking him back around a little quicker get him back into the lineup so he’ll have more opportunity to hopefully find a diamond in the rough as you see that wave breaking
Outside third reef action oh yeah bro that’s way way out there so that wave is huge I call it the Horizon Tickler yeah that’s a definitely a Tickler all right and hopefully it doesn’t tickle them too much there in the lineup team 96712 yeah they had um some pretty good
Good scores yesterday um and uh I know uh Eli had a few John and Ivan and Nate were putting together some decent decent rides here we go oh oh oh his foot came off on that one a little yeah IDE he was sitting with one leg off the
Board not the ideal position and everybody else getting pounded right now that’s a tickling you’re talking about about it right there yeah that’s definitely u a little bit more more jostling got water Patrol keeping an eye on those guys it’s a bit tricky in this uh situation there’s a lot of water
Moving a lot of sand still there and uh with the sets it just adds a real degree of difficulty in order to come and pick these guys up it it’s uh super tricky and uh job well done by the Hawaiian water yeah so uh we’ve got 22 minutes 40
Seconds uh for this third round for team 96712 we’re going to go to Team snapped five after this the NorthShore boys uh will come up in heat six heat seven will be the groven peruvians the gr twoos Peru and then finally we’ll end this day number two with team vul so that’ll be
The lineup from here on out and then after this I got a jam over to Turtle Bay Resort I’m hosting a talk story oh nice uh about 5:00 if you guys are around and in the area want to come check out um a fun interview I’ll be
Talking with Brent beelman oh there you go uh Christa Funk oh yeah you mentioned her uh and her uh skills out in the water shooting photos and brown Cannon who’s also been doing uh some great photo work here on the North Shore so no relation he spells his name with he
Spells his name with uh I am a brown Canon also uh I I I have some pigment uh melanin content and my last name is Canon but I my last name with the one in kind of like the camera Canon I’m not relation to the brand either but uh Mr
Brown Canon spells his name with the two n c an n o n so no relation but looking forward to catching up with those great talented photographers uh at Turtle Bay Resort this evening around 5:00 I’m going to jam out of here and head over
There so you guys are in the area by the pool uh uh it’ll be uh I believe up by the surf house up by the lobby um and uh we’ll uh enjoy some great scenery some good conversation and Mahalo for uh the opportunity to go host some stuff over
There but definitely some uh very talented photographers uh those those three so that should be a pretty interesting event there Rocky congratulations some talk check this out look at these sets approaching for team 96712 we’ll see who’s in the spot the flow Bros the FL Bros out there with Eli Olen
And Jose anhel Morales and I when I seen this Jose angel I was like having some flashbacks but here we go turning and burning Eli oen stalling for that Barrel the infamous pipeline oh just tries to doggy d it but just he No Lie Eli yeah just got clipped a always tell the
Truth oh man there is definitely some action um swell kind of seems to be getting a little bit better I know there was some difficulty earlier with this replay to show you how the pipe is actually trying to come alive and he just got he
Had a nice little bit of a roll in the drop was was quite smooth but then was that last Corner that end section that really was uh was tricky about that one and couldn’t quite punch through he had the right idea was you know usually we think of doggy doors being small that
Was a very large doggy door he was trying to the great D door bust through yeah that was a big one and um had the right idea just couldn’t quite get out in front of it so Eli will head back out for more action here who’s
This on this oh no decides not to go really tricky to find that diamond in the rough like we talked about earlier the conditions here today some of them are just closing out too big there’s a lot of sand still and uh these guys if anybody can find a diamond in the roof
They will just got to keep our eyes peeled here just under 19 minutes yeah we we’ve seen a few gems um pop up a little bit more frequent in the last couple of Heats there was about that you know right before midday time where the wind looked like it was going
To turn with that seab breeze a little onshore ruffling up the the face of the wave a little bit but the trade winds have kind of repositioned and um you know not blowing super hard right now as I’m looking at our uh local style Island weather indicators in the form of
Coconut trees and uh they’re just uh lightly fluttering so so not really a a strong wind right now but at least it has turned back uh from the right direction the correct direction the correct you are very correct in that and uh earlier today I know we were getting kind of
Worried up in the judges Booth you know it started to get pretty pretty pretty Breezy we were thinking it’s going to turn on short and it kind of lucked out for us for sure yeah I want to say thank you to K beach bungalows as uh you see the Rothman
Brothers checking out the conditions and hopefully Co is feeling okay I know he had a injury and um had a pretty good Bonk off the reef and seems to be okay now but and no you know permanent scarring on that very boyish looking face still hands yet but you see uh who was
That just got sucked back over the teetering on the top drone shot got all the action nowhere to hide oh man and has to stay off the board bailing under some treacherous White Water you see the surfer now able to come up there’s Ivan Florence Ivan getting
Barreled sending it on a little suicide mission out the back yeah the Superman kick out and I just heard the crowd whoa it just never fails those Flyway kickouts get the crowd going I mean that’s just it’s like I said yesterday it’s it says guarantee as a
Japanese person is going to throw a peace sign when they’re getting their picture taken that’s the guarantee to the replay we go right there the Superman yeah de so much fun catching air like that even when it’s just a kick out um definitely the the closest feeling
You know without jumping out of a plane or a bungee jumping the closest feeling to Flying yeah in between sets here it gets nice and clean and then it just starts to hit or miss on the size and if it’s a clean up on a three
Or if they’ll be able to turn and burn on one of these nuggets but uh one of the more exciting Heats here I believe for the day of these guys uh Japanese were charging too the Japan heat yeah there was some some decent rides that’s when it just started to
Kind of get a little cleaner as we see as we see the I think that was Jose on Hill Morales and absolutely suck over the falls trying desperately not to get too sucked over the falls not to check for lobsters in the ocean looking for the the hit down there he’s back out
There shake that one off and hopefully find that gem it’s definitely a good vibe on the beach you know as it is in the lineup as we said with the team surfing um you got all your friends out there but you know this is a a pretty good crowd we
Got assembled on the beach you know when I was passing along Kam Highway it was uh you know jam-packed with cars on both sides you definitely tell something’s happening at pipeline yeah definitely and and uh very very comfortable seage here the uh banks of the sand yeah make
It for very comfortable you get different levels for almost like you know kind of Stadium kind seating stadium seating but a little more comfortable the sun’s out and you know what they say yeah and so uh it’s a nice day down here at ehukai yeah when the sun’s out everybody is enjoying themselves
Exactly to say the least and so uh 2024 the hoie back door shootout it’s on and uh the footage I just can’t complement enough the clarity and everything I mean all the different angles the drones replay I mean it’s awesome watching it yeah when you get um those beautiful angles from
The jet ski looking inside the barrel that’s that to me is just and the way we’ve been able to really make use of the technology improve the technology yeah to be able to um cuz we’ve seen so many recorded images you know like they’re shooting the video and um you know they’ll record
It and play it later uh or you see a a still photo from the side as you look at Team snapped five five you see uh Mason ho we got Logan Chucky Duan team captain heading up the boys and then Seth and Josh less ankles more knees less ankles
More knees is a classic one Rocky the oneliner but Seth the uh yesterday his two back door backto back beautiful barrels really uh set the tone for team snapped five and we’ll see more of those guys coming up see the clock there just about 12 minutes 30 seconds remaining for
96712 I kind of I like the the team names that have kind of attributed the NorthShore Northshore boys NSB you’ve heard NSB for Life yeah many times before in the past many times uh and then uh 96712 our postal ZIP code so definitely representing yeah team vul as
Well because the vom house we’ve spent some moments here yeah watching and whatnot surf at this uh spent a lot of days here evenings mornings mornings you name it um it has been a hub of really great surfing good camaraderie and all kinds of good fun as you look that as you see
The third Reaper just heing across there definitely a lot of energy still um saw sand on the road this morning so the swell has been pulsing since L yesterday we were able to cruise at the beach park yesterday uh after we got the skis up and everything and we
Watched we got to watch the sunset beautiful sunset and it kind of gave an idea of what ehukai why this name this place is named that you know it’s not just a SE spray but it’s that that color that sea spray you see when the sun is
Kind of going down it’s got a little bit of a reddish yeah kind of like a reddish reddish Hue e little ehu SE spray and so that was pretty awesome watching it yesterday you can kind of see the waves start to turn on in the late
Afternoon yeah I think it it uh kind of peaked yesterday afternoon into the evening and was pretty bombing when I left here and I looked uh off the balcony it was looking prime time and then I’m sure with that afternoon sunlight those Silhouettes must have been very aesthetically pleasing very hard to leave
Yeah well tightly packed is team 96712 and talking shop trying to decide who’s going to get the next right the next left back door pipe who’s going where there is some energy on its way towards him those third reapers are starting to make their way to pipe and uh we’ll see
What what it brings our Surfers here so it’s kind of a miss you know little bit too much uh sand still in the area I think for it to set up and the swell Direction yeah has a lot to do with it it’s the mix of the swell right
Now there’s a lot of waves that are coming just kind of straight in breaking all the way across so not giving that you know either back door or pipe angle where you can find that entry and the exit it’s definitely uh tricky to pick pick those right ones wave selection
We’ve been saying is so important not only for your good score and to get a good opportunity but to stay safe yeah and not pick the wrong one and get slammed rule number one right is uh set yourself up for Success yeah and so wave selection is probably
The top priority for that you don’t want to get one that’s going to put you in a situation where you got to pull the eject button or something like that and then you got to De with that shallow bottom there on the inside and definitely not very friendly we’ll see who’s in position
For this one that’s approaching and looks like all Surfers are going to opt it out of that pass that one up want to say thank you to KY beach bungalows uh providing sponsorship here again they have been involved with this theie backdor shootout the last couple of years and what a great place
To be able to hang out and stay beachfront here on the NorthShore because you know unless you are like with Team vul yeah or uh you know one of these other um surf teams you’re going to you know there’s not too much other areas or other homes that are readily
Available just to rent you know we do keep a a tight noose around our vacation rental abilities here which we all think is uh probably you know healthy for the community uh in the last couple of years it was getting out of hand maybe a decade ago definitely U but we’ve got a
Wrangle on it so there’s not other many other options um to stay ocean front uh right here in the in the you know in the golden stretch so Ki beach bungalows is just a perfectly situated Zone to get you ocean front here on the North Shore so Kiki beach bungalows check them out
Um at their website that’s very easy to find and then um go nuts Hawaii yeah they’ve been around couple decades now definitely been around and uh also the hoie which is the namesake yeah and uh Julio H nalu been around for a while as well and putting this event together is
Definitely not an easy task watching all the work they doing here we got there’s Ivan Ivan taking off on this pipe Barrel locked locked and loaded oh got a little bit too casual kind of super casual fragilistic SP adous um coming out of that Barrel you saw him with that
Really calm collected type of stance but the wave got just a little bit of his head and his shoulder and and beard yeah maybe caught some of his beard too right yeah just and couldn’t quite hold on for the full exit but we’ve got a little bit of a different completion criteria here
At the hoie back door shootout so he’ll definitely still get right uh quite a bit of potential filled for that score even though he didn’t necessarily finish the wave standing but a good job making it from beginning to end exactly and it’s a little bit tricky too today out there
So finding those ones these guys are the pros at it you know these Surfers here in this event uh pretty much spend a a lot of their time here at pipe you know there are a lot of other spots to Surf along the North Shore yeah but uh This Is The
Proving Grounds here and so these guys are definitely veterans uh as well as Rocky for some time there was able to compete here at pipe front side for you right yeah the time and attention um it takes to get familiar with this wave uh it it’s definitely um it’s very
Consuming yeah it’s like you can’t just like have like a regular day job and try to come out here you know for half hour after work or you know hit it on the weekends it’s a a full you know sometimes eight hour dedication sun up to sun down and especially when you’re
First learning it you know in my late teens early 20s I had made the decision I want to be considered uh in to surf in all of these events um and there’s no other way to get that you cannot just like fill out an application and pay some money
And you get in it’s a a building of your resume that starts by putting yourself in some gnarly positions out there and and respect not trying not to get in the way of the of the elders so navigating through through uh the crowd is a huge
Part of it you’ve got the crowd the wave itself you know all of the attention and media Focus you see the the beach crowd on any given day here at pipe it’s you know all systems go a lot of ads to do with for sure um you know all those
Variables all those Dynamic Dynamics and and then you you know you got to have access to boards because if you’re charging out here on a daily basis you’re going to mow through some boards yeah there’s a strong possibility yeah you’re you’re going to spend some
Time on the sideline too oh my gosh look at pipeline right there grabbing the rail oh that was amazing so flow Bros like you called them yeah it looked like that was John John on the left uh didn’t quite cast a right but oh is that Nate and then Nathan was at back
Door so it was uh flobo flob bro John and Nate piping back door split of the peak uh two-piece combo is that how we roll here Rocky yeah the flow bro two-piece combo that was a pretty sick uh pipe wave I’m sure we’re going to get back
Door uh re replay or strong possibility if you’re watching 2 minutes and 50 seconds remaining and here we go oh he straightened out so wasn’t able to get in there it just bombed and then John John just got absolutely drone shot that was just textbook with a little air attempt
That’s the ultimate you know pipe or back door combo is the the burial bual get barreled and then come out and land an aial i coined that one few years ago but uh when you can pull off the burial that’s when you’ve got this wave mastered and of course uh when
You’re issues we got operating jet skis in these rough conditions that kind of situation is virtually inevitable yeah it’s definitely not an if it’s when it happens and so and uh you’ve been underneath that jet ski before I’ve been upside down before and the jet ski itself is super
Resilient and of course our Personnel are prepared and ready for these types of situations I believe somebody’s on it I don’t know who’s trying to operate is that Brandon holding on yep and coming right back on he’s absolute the crowd does the Applause which uh is absolute
Bull gu still going and that’s like you know trying to ride a 2,000lb bull yes definitely in the ocean and if anybody can Rite a b that size it would be Brandon Martin here uh one of the best watermen from Oka here working with us at Hawaiian
Water Patrol and so um things will go wrong it’s not um how it happens it’s how you recover from it and awesome job there by Brandon look at that wave in the foreground there we’ve got some messages coming in Mahalo Frankie for tuning in and um yeah you know surfing we you know
We got Conor Oliva uh he was out for team Brazil as we watch Eli Olsen just on a quick one with 20 seconds but we had the comparison of uh surfing and MMA and surfing pipe um and Kona said it so well like you know if you’re getting
Pounded at MMA there’s a ref there to to stop it but when you’re getting pounded at pipe there’s nobody in there to step in you know maybe water Patrol can help you when they can but it’s like the wave is going to do what it’s going to do um
But surfing pipe yeah I kind of like boxing you know uh pipe is the ring Surfer is the boxer board is the gloves waves of the punches and uh you just try not to get knocked out it’s a great analogy at all uh but we’re gonna take a
Short break and we’ll be back with our next Heat which will be team snapped five guarantee highlevel entertainment at the 2024 the hoie back door shootout stay tune cuz we’ll be right back snap to bring about Got a large long while heading towards Islands this weekend 4 to 60 exposed Budd the hoie backdoor shootout 2024 is presented by guts Hawaii and Kiki beach bungalows special Mahal to the members of the Hui oal Monster Energy athletic Brewing caloa tortillas Odum water Waka water Saltwater Society Hal Eva
Juice this live presentation is produced by Zone media creators of ocean paddler TV Hawaiian extreme sports TV and in the zone all right Aloha and welcome back to the 2024 thei backdoor shootout we’re back again here my name is Cliff Bell I’m here with Isaiah Walker Dr Isaiah
Walker to be exact and uh we’re here covering uh the event on day two this is round one I believe uh round three round three of heat six y Northshore oh no snapped five snap five heat five heat five there we go you look on the screen we got Benji
Bran last year’s champ at the back door whoie shootout Josh mon Mason ho Parker coffin Seth Mon and Seth mon yesterday had two back to back back door waves I think they were in the high eights or something like that but they were amazing some of the best waves rid in
Yesterday we saw in this group the snap five team always have a good showing last year did really solid like I said Benji bran um coming out on top uh we’re always looking forward to you know Mason ho is a always you know top top Runner here at at pipeline especially at the
Back door shootout and uh Parker coffin also it’s some amazing uh you know technique here at pipeline we’re looking at the waves are looks like they’re organizing up a bit more like we saw in that last Heat they’re there you know it was a little more organized and
Manageable and so we’re looking forward to see Team snap five out here working the magic as we look at these sets roll in yeah we don’t have any takers on these but like you said the swell looks like it’s starting to fill in nicely I mean it did fill in through the evening
But now it’s seems like it’s kind of settling in a bit better here later in the day and giving the competitors a lot more opportunity to find those uh those Diamonds in the Rough like we were talking about earlier yeah during the break and I was watching uh saw there
Was some little bit drama with the ski and looks like they got it back in Action that’s that’s good and I know that Cliff you’ve been driving the ski for a long time what are what are some of the obstacles you got to look out for I’m guessing this Sandbar and this all
This whitewash in here makes it a little challenging very challenging um with The Sandbar and stuff of that nature and then the ski itself you know it is man-made to machine so a lot of times you can have mechanical error you never know what is really going on and things
Happen in Split seconds and stuff like that so it’s all reactionary uh you see all that bubbles in the white water and things like that it’s it causes a lot of cavitation a lot of times the current can actually flip the ski over uh and and then you’ll be in that situation so
I’m not too sure what happened with that but uh Brandon Martin being the awesome Waterman he’s been there a time or two he was able to correct it and uh basically how you recover is what we look at right and he did a great job yeah Mahalo to you guys into hay and
Water Patrol keeping the competitors safe and showing showing everybody how to do it best in the business for sure I think we’re going to take a look at that uh ski flipping that we was talking about just now there you go so you see all that white water and you see Brandon
Just riding the bull right now he’s actually holding on to the handlebars thankfully nobody’s hurt but in those situations a lot of times our pride is mostly hurt but recovered well was able to get it started and that’s why they’re the best here we have Mason just a little up and
Out it’s always exciting to watch what board Mason’s going to ride it could be a 5-2 it could be a 100 0 what he rips on all kinds of riding vehicles and I I noticed he he does tend to choose a little bit longer board and I remember you know I’ve been doing
Water Patrol for for a while now and we’d be out there and his uh his dad and uncle Derek guys you know when it’d be better sized pipe they would have you know bigger boards Y and um he kind of kind of has the same mon or you know
Same belief I think and works well for him to Surf it for sure I think keeping that tradition Al live of being able to pull in on these bigger boards I think also you know he he also as you can see him right now paddles out sits a little
Further out and that bigger board allows him to to to get in a little earlier than if you’re riding a a shorter board so I mebe that’s part of the strategy as well yeah Team snap five they’ve been having a pretty good showing during their Heats they’re trying and and this
Pretty killer how this uh format is set up you know they get to just keep surfing like today they get to Surf a total of an hour so two 30 minute Heats these guys all get to Surf and uh not not like any other contest here you know
You you’re usually in and you’re either eliminated or you advance and so it’s pretty cool format these guys got set up here at the hoie back door shootout yeah for sure it’s it’s a you know we’ve talked a lot about it’s a different format we have somebody paddling for
This one it’s a deep one or he made that drw goofy footer must be Parker coffin coffin little head tuck disappears into the curtains wow yeah that was an interesting one cuz the wave was split into two different uh waves there’s kind of a rib that that
Divided the wave in the middle so he was able to pull into the oh that was Benji Benji brand yeah so we have uh two goofy Footers in this heat Parker coffin Benji brand Josh mon when’s Michael uh sorry Mason hole regular foot meaning they surf the left foot forward see this late
Drop and then gets barreled a little bit there and then just Sandbar lots of sand still here uh on that reef and so so what are we looking for to move that s is that just a lot more like a big West SW to push it
Away a big West will move it but there looks like there’s still a little a lot of North actually not a little but and that’s just kind of like a tug of war going on here at pipe with the sand it’s amazing from this drone view
You can see kind of the way that the swell uh bends around you can see the different angles as it uh hits the reef here well last Heat was a awesome uh heat with with the John John Florence and his brothers and we have actually I think John John Florence waiting down on
The beach ready to talk to us we’ll throw it down to them now all right we’re here with John John a legend out here and I just wanted to ask you so when you’re paddling out with your brothers how do you kind of decide who gets priority uh we we don’t decide
On priority actually we just kind of go out there and we kind of just like everyone kind of finds their spot in the lineup and I feel like whoever’s kind of in the spot for that first Set uh goes and then yeah and then we kind of start
Our priority from there all right how are you feeling with these waves right now they’re a little messy they’re huge how you feeling with them yeah it’s big it’s messy it’s got a little bit of a North swell in it so it makes it super challenging but um really fun cuz when
You find they’re really good the conditions are amazing it’s just the swell is a little bit tricky and there’s a lot of water moving so it makes it uh challenging when you fall definitely I’m sure you’re really tired tired all right well get some rest and thank you so much thank
You last Heat and uh it’s nice to hear from John John Florence there on the beach had a great opportunity to Surf Pipeline with just him his two brothers and his friends at the back door shootout as he explained that uh the swell seems to have a bit more North
Then you know if there’s a lot more West then the you know it’s not closing out as much and so you know I did explain that there are some good ones out there but pretty tricky to to find the right ones and um but nonetheless some diamonds out there we’ve seen some gems
Today uh surfes have to be a bit more selective yeah definitely definitely more selective and we just saw Mason uh try and go for that you just talked about being able to get into a wave a little earlier and you could see him padding for that one with a bigger
Board uh kind not not a bad idea to go out there with a little bit bigger board it is kind of good size today and so uh get in a little early maybe you can get the speed needed to get shacked and pop out of there well 19 minutes left in this heat
Out of 30 and they’re looking uh to get some waves in this in the shootout we have we’re running two rounds today so we’re in round number three on day number one We R ran round number one we also run the Duke specialty event where we had the
Longboard the standup Division and even body surf So today we’re going to finish out the day with running round three of the of the shortboard division and uh over the over the waiting period each time the Surfers surf they’ll acrew their top wave scores and it depends on
The on you know the conditions it could be the top three waves top four we’ve seen even five sometimes but uh and at the end of the event they add up those top scores to come up with uh who’s who’s going to come out on top at the hoie back door
Shootout and I mean did you have any uh highlights or favorites from watching the event so far Cliff um man they’ve been all charging no so far the I know the Japanese team had some good ones but uh the mon boy has been pretty much ripping it up as well and the Florence
Brothers I mean so much talent here it’s just hard to pick my favorite um but you got a little split Peak action going on right here oh just Mason going pipe and getting barreled making it look so easy with his exit just so surfing that right out the
Tube yeah and we were talking about how having that extra foam and that length on the board can help Mason to get in earlier and we see just that cuz we had two paddlers look like they’re going to split the peak that was one of the mon
Brothers but that extra foam that he had gave Mason the shot to get into that Barrel you see him slowing down dragging his front leg dragging his hands trying to get deep in as possible in that barrel and he comes out with a successful ride and and he is definitely
One of my favorite Surfers um I like I like how he holds himself super happy always positive smiling you know and always charging and I just like I like his uh his I guess style yeah say really really classic soul surfing kind of a style that’s probably one of my favorite
Surfers oh is cool I mean we talking about how there’s families out here right we got the mon family the whole family uh so many different uh families that we have here in the in the lineup in the back door shootout and uh it’s really cool cuz dicho as you’re saying
Like oh excuse me dericho is his uncle Michael ho is his dad uh we have he has kala Grace a fellow competitor who’s his cousin first cousin and then we have uh he has several cousins in this event his sister uh Koko has been a long time accomplished professional Surfer so it’s
Really amazing to see how in in in families you get uh this talent that takes place and then um and I and and I liked what you’re saying Cliff about how Mason in some ways is honoring his family heritage and lineage by with his style you know embracing some some style
From his his father’s generation his choice of boards even choice of Music uh some of my favorite you listen you watch his surf videos which are incredible that he puts out apparently he edits them himself uh the selection of music is you know picks a lot of music from
His dad’s time and generation and I think that’s part of also what makes him so exciting as a surfer yeah definitely I I would have to agree with you 100% on that definitely ahead of his time yeah and he’s also known for just um you know riding like weird and dangerous the
Graphics yeah I was going to I thought you were going to go with the surfboards cuz his graphics on his boards as well like the the colors are classic yeah um but I don’t know if you had the chance to see the the the movie that came out
Recently about Sheldon uh Pon and and Mason yeah I did watch Dogg yeah we did we did get to I did get to watch that at uh at uh at home and um a really incredible story actually if you haven’t been able to check it out I do recommend it it’s
Pretty Killer story and you know it’s a lot a lot of it is not just with uh Sheldon and and Mason but with a lot of folks here in Hawaii it’s true you know I won’t give it away but definitely check it out yeah I think you can watch
That on Snap uh they streaming it there and so that’s a really cool movie through the doggy door follows Sheldon Pon but also with Mason ho and and it’s a great film check it out up next as you can see the team Northshore boys they’re getting ready to paddle back out Mak Kai
Rothman looked like he was getting ready to paddle out there wearing that helmet which uh is definitely a very good idea out here uh I saw a picture of uh KY Lenny’s yeah helmet and that just is a is an exact reason why it’s so important
To have that on because I mean if he didn’t have that on you saw the damage it did to that helmet I mean can you imagine your your pole would just would would not have been a good a good thing yeah that that helmet itself you can see
In I saw the picture earlier today too where it’s like cracked in half literally cracked um and so that’s where you’ll see a lot of our competitors I think it’s a really smart idea uh to wear the helmet to protect you from hitting the bottom that’s I me would you
Say that’s pretty much the formula for getting uh you know drowning out here is hit your head knock out 100% that’s and and it like like we talked about it earlier it doesn’t necessarily have to be the wave right you can kick out or you can get get pounded out the back
Whatever come up and the next wave or two is what does the damage and so yeah definitely set yourself up for Success the helmet is a great idea especially nowadays you know you can get sponsorships and stickers you put on there and all that good stuff but either
Way your life is worth it for sure and it’s has saved a lot of lives well there you heard it from a a an accomplished Le rescue lifeguard uh fireman too fireman now yes and so U don’t worry if you look cool or not take the safe safe route and make sure that
You’re going prepared and especially like with Kad Grace and you know clani Chapman was another one and it was kind of cool to not cool to see but thankful to see after their incidents is you know they made 100% recovery Kanani went ahead ended up having a a Ki you know
He’s got a child now and then I believe kala y so you know you get a second chance and that’s the most important thing and so y we’re talking about families here and you want to be around for that next Generation so maybe that helmet can extend your life
That much more surfing out here at Pipeline and sna five is getting some wash through sets on the head haven’t had a too much opportunity for some some scoring waves just yet but they still have 11 minutes and 30 seconds on the clock yeah that’s some pretty good
Time you know and if anyone’s capable it’s these guys of course Benji bran I mentioned was our champion last year Josh and Seth mon have just I mean they’ve had a lot of success at pipeline both at back door and at pipe in various events over the years here of course
Mason ho is a standout always and Parker coffin as well so um these guys know how to surf this wave and are itching to get a good one uh just have to be a little patient today with uh the direction of the swell yeah they have that they have
That eye for it you know like seeing which one is the diamond normally they they they’ve been out here so much times and got so many reps that they know which ones are the ones you kind kind of want to stay away from and the ones that might turn into that
One uh that one diamond and so it’ be exciting to watch these guys and see how they finish up with uh just over 10 minutes remaining in their heat there we have AA Stewart Stewart here we go uh his brother carella Stewart um on the longboard tour has
Done really well wning winning many events um you last year he was in this event his brother in the long division but AA Stewart has been even though he was originally from town uh came out here and lived out on the NorthShore and made a name for himself at pipeline he’s
Incredible pipeline Surfer it’s awesome to see him here today yeah you know the time time on the water you know in any sport you’re going to do you got to spend time in your craft and uh you know these guys want to you want to be anything of a charger
Here at pipe you got to spend time out there and you actually got to take some licking too which is you know part of the pay to playay program here at the H back door shootout and at the Bonsai pipeline we can see our tides on your screen there at 3:00
P.m. low tide at 0.1 feet that’s not a real big difference in tide in fact you know one thing unique about Hawaii is that our tides in in comparison to other places especially um places like California or on the west course in Northern parts of the Pacific
Northwest or even down south in New Zealand and elsewhere if you closer you get to the poles the more extreme the tides get so in Hawaii here our Tides aren’t that extreme but look at this one Mason ho Mason punted on that one and uh those are those are the ones we’ve got
To keep an eye on but you know he’s seasoned he’s up that’s the main thing knowing him he’s got a big smile on his face I’m always surprised how he seems to go unscathed with a lot of these waves he watches um you know his YouTube and his
Social media accounts uh and a lot of the films that he’s in he rides like these very you know shallow reefy waves where literally riding over dry rocks and uh seemingly going on scath I remember once I was talking to him I was like how is it that you like don’t get
Hurt on these rocks and he goes no no I do yeah he just pay a play right yeah yeah yeah I watched that uh that one we were talking about earlier doggy door and and uh they throw their shoes on oh oh man did you see them
Eject they throw their shoes on to walk up and down the Rocks right it’s just classic and so what he was doing there was actually uh a a preventative move by they call it the pencil Dive Right so trying to get your feet and penetrate that water so you don’t get thrown back
Into the white wash with the potential if you do get thrown back into the white wash you’re potentially going to go back over right and uh that’s where a lot of the damage happens too like we talked about earlier you make the make the ejection but then and he’s taking a
Moment there collect himself checking on him with the ski making sure he’s okay um you know these waves they’re they’re definitely not something to play lightly with and so somebody like Mason potentially got rattled he’s taking a little break thanking the elements for allowing him to catch another wave most likely yep
He’s going to make his way back out there looks like one of the Monas looks like Seth the end of his wave now that decision Seth here is at the back door you can see the sets coming in and you see him spin around and battle back in he’s he’s been there
Before it’s like uh yeah I’m going to go in and and we actually do have a watercraft or jety assist and so with 6:30 remaining the jet ski can Zip There zip into the back door area grab him cuz that area is super shallow a lot of
Rocks not a fun place to be and it does take a moment to paddle back around but the jet ski can come in grab you and zip you back out to the channel yeah see a replay here that’s Mason that’s Di talking about yep hitting the
Jack button is a heat re this is a Seth when is that last one he caught look like it didn’t work out for him decides to go around Smart Choice especially with these sets coming in there there really isn’t a channel especially out at back door yeah uh so
You have to kind of pull the trigger like okay yes or no the only Channel at back door is when you get blown all the way to the Shoreline and dragged back out the rip is the channel yeah now I mean when when you’re on the ski and you’re doing
Rescue and people are going back door um I mean is there something that you watch out for because I know it’s really shallow in there when you’re riding the ski is there uh you know how do you approach back door when you’re going for
A rescue on the ski well so what we try to do is um we don’t want to wake the surf the Surfers so you want to watch the lineups you don’t wake them out the guys that could potentially be catching a wave next and so we try to go in on
The back of the wave in front of it and so you let what we call a carpet the carpet goes in it’ll add some uh some water to the area so that your watercraft can go in there and then you know where that big tabletop is in front
Of a where uh Jamie O’Brien grew up that house right there yep used to be the I don’t know if it’s a Red Bull house still but right in front of there there’s a big tabletop you want to stay away from but if you go inside grab the
Rider and go inside of that you can actually use the carpet that comes in and ride that along the shoreline come right back out the the channel to pipe and so that’s kind of like the the highway we use okay just got to be mindful there are rocks here
And there but if you let the wave come in and put some water there on that area then you should be good to go now I’m also when you’re riding through this foam does that sometimes uh you know clog up the ski or how do you guys manage necessarily Clogg it but you
Know how it’s pockets of air right and so the ski will cavitate sometimes and so you got to watch for that too you know and the more sometimes the more you throttle it the more air gets sucked in so you got to kind of what we call
Pencil on and off the throttle and that’ll kind of allow more water in as we see rer here looks like one of the mon boys going at pipe there is that Josh looks like Josh all right nice Josh gets a successful ride in and out of the barrel textbook pipeline riding right
There see the replays ra sits on it just a quick in and out but oh on the outside rolling in is this Conor coffin does look like Parker coffin comes out Parker coffin yeah yeah Parker uh brother Connor coffin has been on the tour for many years that um you know we’re talking
About families and surfing and so Parker is part of that as well him and his brother it’s been a lot of time surfing together Wonder or too and and I I think there’s truth to this when you have brothers that surf they end up pushing each other you know yeah it’s kind of
Like your own in-house competition right there’s a replay where he’s looking to fade taking his time to wait to win the line nicely stays high at the end comes out then just trips on that exit that chop right there we’ll count it I mean he stoked on that for sure
Yeah all right 2 minutes and 30 seconds in round three and this is Team snap five and if you’re not familiar with that is that’s a you know surf film the snap series and snap 5 is the the number of the film and each of those snap uh
Movies are really high quality amazing surfing you want to check out a uh amazing Surf movies please go and check out the Snap series snap 5 have all of these individuals in this in this heat here uh are some of the performers in the snap 5 Series so um some definitely
Worth watching yeah check them out the quality is is there you know know technology is getting it to where just almost like better than being there almost here we go Rider up goofy footer Benji Benji Brown getting a nice pip bar ping there nice and now that’s an
Example of the type of waves you can get here and shows you his pipe knowledge and why he did get the W last year at this event yeah yeah that was incredible and sometimes you’ll see that at pipeline where the wave starts off 10 ft and then
It ends up tapering down the smaller but he still managed to get out of that uh smaller Barrel at the end Yoga Yoga we got some sets rolling through here props to our camera guys over there too um when you’re with the water Patrol
You got to keep an eye out on on our photographers as well yes sir everybody that’s part of this competition uh Hawaiian water Patrol is uh responsible for the safety of and it’s just a matter of um it’s also a a matter of um kind of like a an unsaid rule like if
You’re out there in the water whether you’re part of the competition or not we’re going to we’re going to play or I should say ear on the side of safety if you need help we’re we’re there uh We’ve also had moments where you know ocean safety will flag us down we already have
A ski out there we’ll ZIP down and help them with a rescue or what what not but primarily we’re here for the competition for sure um hats off to Ocean Safety City County of honol as well those guys and gals of ocean safety do an amazing job protecting our beaches but yeah
Awesome kind of like anybody needing help we’re there yeah for sure awesome well that’s the end of this heat for Team snap 5 we’ll be back soon we’re go for a quick break and we come back we’ll see the NorthShore boys having at at pipeline stay with us the 2024 backd
Door shootout be right back and Sh it’s making your eyes pop you snap too bringing a Bath got a large long period SW heading towards Islands this weekend 40 to 60 an exposed Budd the hoie backdoor shootout 2024 is presented by go nuts Hawaii and Kiki beach bungalows special Mahal to the members of the H oal Monster Energy athletic Brewing caloa tortillas Odum water Waka water salt waterer
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Got the NorthShore boys out in the lineup we just finished Team snap five we’re into round three we just have three more Heats in this round and we’ll call it a day as you can see on the screen here the NorthShore boys team aala Stewart kala Grace Legend Chandler
Maken mcnamer and makakai Rothman oh what a team that is and you know in their second round the ocean was slow so these guys are frothing at the bit Northshore Surf Shop aala Stewart KAG Grace man these guys are ready to get on the board they do have a few scores like
Maka’s first surf in this heat was amazing this was during the break we had a rider up bottom turning holy smokes look at that sand bar that looked like Legend Chandler whoo that sandbar was about 4 foot thick the lip was 4 foot thick yeah Wise Choice by Young Legend
Chandler to kick out of that one cuz that had all the makings of a very bad situation big time and you know these guys being their third surf if you guys were joining us for the SEC their second time surfing earlier about an hour or two ago man um Makai mcnam got an
Amazing thread the needle just a beautiful one as I was talking with ULU boy he said nothing could have went more perfect it wasn’t giant but out of the team makakai and um Makai mcera have some of the better waves as a team right now yep and we’ve seen kog Grace in this
Event for a few years now a couple years back he got a 12-point ride stole the day with a bomb and uh we’re saying those 12-point waves are pretty rare they hand them out sparingly yeah we we usually get them once every other year uh but it’s not something that hands is
Handed out very often but um you know it’s like the extra Factor the extra X Factor so if you you can get a 10-point ride and that’s amazing uh but there’s that extra room for if there’s a wave that’s just incredible that deserves
More than a 10 it can go up to 12 and you know it is it’s the rumble on the beach absolutely every house every visitor every K AA you can hear it on the beach and everybody’s felt it watching it together all right uh we did see in that
Last Heat some good waves that last wave of Benji bran where he pulled in for a long time traveled to came out I think we’ve got our our you know our our our folks down on the beach who are ready to talk to Benji and see what he has to say
About that last Heat good job Benji all right we’re here with Benji brand he won last year and he just got a great wave how you feeling out there Benji um I it was pretty chaotic out there I don’t know I was just trying to just trying to pick in years and like
Make all these micro decisions in like a pretty crazy crazy lineup like a lot of stimulus and I don’t know if you just find one tube out there it’s pretty pretty much a win and I don’t know just like we’re all safe so that’s a win yeah
It’s a bit of a blur I’m sure uh getting in those waves and then coming back on land it’s kind of probably a little confusing um so I saw that amazing wave uh it was about to crash down on you and you pumped and you got right out uh how
Did that feel yeah I don’t know I I felt like when I was paddling into that wave I was a little bit on the shoulder actually and I was like oh I got to really like delay my bottom turn and then I thought i’ I felt like i’ delayed
A bit too much and then might looked ugly like pulling up under it cuz I was like oh I got to I got to pull up and then um I was like oh maybe it kind of looks like it close out but maybe I’ll I’ll just keep traveling and see what
Happens and it just let me squeak out right at the end so that was a fun wave yeah and you think it’ll be enough for SNAP five to win again maybe three times in a row I don’t know I hope so I mean it’s just just kind of luck of the draw
With what waves each team gets in in their window and um yeah we I think we’ve had a couple Windows Seth had some crazy waves so Seth’s holding it down for us uh they haven’t been doing too good and then got one wave just now so hopefully hopefully it’s enough all
Right great job thank you so much yeah Benji brand did a good job in that last Heat and it’s interesting just say you know that it is a little tricky out there you have to pick the right ones and said there’s a lot of stimulus so there lot of energy swirling around
Looks like a paddle here rce oh hits the eject Button as that thing just straight out bottoms out to a foot deep of water underneath that sand is just straight up dead coral reef and rock with some coral reef too colag Grace man he definitely wants to get on
The board the guy has tasted a 12 in other years hard charging kalaw give him a round of applause this kid always slows down in the Barrel related to Uncle dereo Rest In Love brother and what a great negotiation he seen that chandelier he would have ran over it and
There would have been a wipe out for kog Grace so that was a smart um yeah a smart decision making yep he navigated that at the last second and decided this is a nogo eject yeah kog Grace has been um you know stand out here at the back door shootout we
Also you know recall last year um some pretty tragic Wipeout and where he was knocked onc conscience yeah and Nolan kolana and the water safety crew went to his Aid quickly and fortunately things went well uh he revived and uh spent some time in the hospital yeah and he’s
With us at the event again this year so these guys again are warriors who love their Sport and uh put their lives on the line yeah just like um Mr Co Rothman this is living He I just seen him downstairs coming to the booth to come
Meet you you guys and uh he looks good he’s healing up but he’s making a smart decision you know sitting out from his team and you know his stunt double is John Florence so that’s awesome I mean what a replacement you know Cole rotman uh godp speed on healing I know it’s
Hard to sit out man being a Rothman and yeah Northshore Surf Shop out in the water you got the mcnamer Legacy you know um we’re talking about Liam mcnamer earlier Northshore Surf Shop always doing good things for their athletes Northshore Surf Shop has also sponsored a few of our vents in town
With Uncle Scotty namu and uh that’s awesome do the law enforcement event team event and Northshore Surf Shop islandwide support Mah Hollow yeah Liam U mcnam when I was a kid he was the standout out here he’s been all the surf mags and yeah he was always wearing a
Lot of colorful Sur he was intense too he was intense but one thing that’s cool is that he was one of the only guys back there that wore a helmet every time yeah so kind of cool that we’re seeing more oh my goodness Legend I watched him all
My childhood career on TV and then got to meet him at Big bulll you know what I me me you get to see that kind of guys in Real Life coming to you know your home spot amazing stuff yeah so these guys are definitely not in a rush but their second surf was
Slow Isaiah right so this third surf is is pretty meaningful for them well just uh a little under 19 minutes left in this heat uh Legend Channel we saw his brother mananalo in the longboard division doing really well not sure what happened here he was picked his
Line like he couldn’t decide to kick out or to straighten out and then just slips Fin’s disengage that was an invisible chop he was actually kind of high up as the thing cured over and pitched him but dangerous wipe out that kind of wipe outs don’t happen all the time that’s
When you need to get away from your surfboard yep he’s getting the assist jet ski assist here from the Hawaiian water Patrol getting them back out to the lineup safely it’s been really cool having Cliff botell here with us to give us some kind of insight personal insight
Into what it what it’s like you know Manning the skis and being a part of the Hawai water you know Patrol and um you know these guys are the best the best of the best they train all the other crews around the world of how to do it properly and we’re just so
Blessed to have them with us here at the back door shootout yeah so they’re just dropping off is Finn broke off oh no I don’t know maybe this guy surf so many oh he’s right back like ah shoots man that’s one of his favorite boards let’s see if he
Can make an adjustment I know uh Cliff batell uh we’re all rotating through the open mic on the beach and uh he’s over there right now so he should be alerting kog Grace’s board caddy maybe that’s what happened right here we can see the fin pop off taking that Highline
Bing excuse me Legend Chandler what a wipe out his fin just came right out I mean it broke the tabs we’ll see so those of you unfamiliar with surfing and surf boards you have uh you know these days you have fins on the bottom of the board that keep you from
Sliding out you can see that his yeah future is uncharacteristic too must have just buckled loose right out of the back oh Dad moku Ohana shop Kawaii bloodline aahu bloodline love to see these guys raising Legacy in his backyard a it’s the old trick I haven’t
Seen for a while using the sand to scrap scrape the wax on your board oh yeah I thought that was just beach boy style but whole Northshore sand nice grip it’s not like rubbing kitty litter on your board in town but this time is deep beautiful
Sand oh look at that’s the way you can scratch them or you can just you know use the nails I just use my fingernail well guys now nowadays they like scratch their deck of their board okay okay and that’s uh just vain but uh you know wax
Them up man don’t worry about your deck it’s your bottom surface you need to worry about deck’s usually got an extra layer of Glass on I used to watch athletes like Joel Parkinson is one he will sit down on the beach and rub around his fins and stuff like that and
Ever since I was watching him do that because the bottom of your surfboard is the planing huh you know and I’ve know if you’ve seen people buy a$1 thousand boards put them on a rock wall start rubbing the wax on I mean me to me I
Won’t go that far the bottom surface of your board is very important that’s where you playe and right on your Edge right yeah and you know in you know in old times in Kakao we you know they didn’t use fins on their surfboards these skes that give you that extra grab
And grip you’d instead just use the rail of your board and engage that rail it’s so cool over the last um 10 years or more seems sort of a a a Renaissance of riding these uh old school style boards that are made out of wood yeah and uh
You got some guys that are really accomplished at it Sheldon pan is one of the best uh Makaha guy surfs it like a normal shortboard jeds macktown just won the last Maha event and he’s goofy foot and it’s hard to go backside so that is the guy to beat coming up at Buffalo’s
Big Board classic there’s amazing he’s also one of my favorites is he was in the here with the booth with us earlier is ULU boy napah yeah Jimmy ULU Aloha nap I asked him if he did that I knew he did yeah uh and he wres a lot of um uh Brandon auna
Surfboards from Big Island you know shout out to the Hilo boys over there Hilo boys aloha we also got um Deen the K uh Curtis miiro his son came out and played and did was doing step offs off the canoe he’s got some action oh sick yeah Chris masiro artist do you
Know Glenn miiro huh exciting Glenn [Laughter] miiro H we have a history of Comedy comedians here in Hawaii that love to oh yeah make fun of ourselves and so this we’re a Mixed Plate all the culture I mean if you get your feelings hurt man ah come on but
Uh right our oh tubos huh tuos getting the good luck kiss from the girlfriend or wife yeah don’t worry you’re going to see this guy again yeah these guys are hard charging it’s also um the ocean also went off on them they had a busy heat but I’m talking about
Waves of girth and sloping Across The Reef of a degree where you couldn’t really catch them so there was a lot of waves in their heat but they didn’t there were uncatchable waves what I meant yeah I mean back to I guess I could talk about this topic of comedy in
Hawaii um you know we have a lot of of comedians that come out of of Hawaii and and it’s a tradition that goes back even I think to Plantation times cuz Hawaii uh you know a lot of our culture are blending of a variety of different U nationalities comes from our history of
This Plantation labor that that’s been in are you talking about this story are we getting to that or did you guys talk about that already a little bit about that okay cuz oh shoot I missed that sit down with you guys because I heard that it happened at pineapple plantation from
A certain guy that used to work over there is from LA on the sugarcan plantations there but Hawaii has a lot of you know diversity of culture and and food and language and a lot of that comes stems from uh this history of sugar cane plantation Hawaii so you had
A lot of Chinese that came in first and then uh you know Japanese that came to we in the plantation a lot of Japanese some of them came from Okinawa and some of the you know prefectures that weren’t in the cities um kind of the outskirts
In Japan and then of course we have uh Filipino Portuguese Puerto Rican and a variety of different ethnicities that come to Hawaii in the mid and early 1900s to work on the sugarcan plantation and um and that really kind of contributes to the richness of you know Hawaii I would
Argue has some of the best food in the world and a lot of that comes from just blending of different Cuisines right and so uh so Hawaii has a a very long history of mixing even our language uh Hawaiian or L Hawaii was you know was
The was the language of of old Hawaii and still is today it’s an official state language but we also have pigeon oh yeah Hawaiian Creo pigeon my Linguistics friends remind me that it is a real language it’s not uh you know unfortunately when I was younger you get
A lot of people be like oh no talk like that you know you s you can hear real pigeon there’s pigeon then there’s that real old pigeon it’s like the tesan have that native tongue yep and so on the plantations in order communicate with
Each other they would use uh kind of a a creole pigeon English as a way of communicating it was a mix of a lot of Hawaiian words with English of course and then some other you know words thrown in from different uh languages to to make this you know medley of of
Language called hawan Creole pigeon English and so the humor actually is a product of this too I was referring to Frank Del Lima’s uh joke when mentioned Glen miir has a song Glen M um very popular and one thing that we do is we you know have a tradition of
Kind of laughing with each other and at each other um but most prominently in these jokes was kind of making fun of the Portuguese whereas in Hawaii we call them the Portuguese so a lot of these Portugese jokes that we hear in Hawaii and there it’s interesting though
Because it has the reason why I don’t think most even our local people may not realize the reason why the Portuguese um become the brunt of a lot of these Plantation jokes is because Portuguese were also laborers in the field but they were like the the the
Labor bosses they were the ones on the back of the horses they were the ones um demanding the work sometimes in old days with you know the whip you get the most jokes out of them now yeah you had to make fun of them because they were not you know always your
Friend and so it’s kind of interesting how the Portuguese jokes have a tradition here here we have y y dala Stewart yeaha M oh this guy I love watching him surf he’s been having a good pre- winner just to himself surfing for fun everybody capturing that kind of stuff we get to
See aala in full form or Surf Shop doing their thing beautiful Drop beautiful hand drag not too much so he just uses that curtain perfectly and just absolutely juicing as Barrel as he can get out of that last wave so also we see on the plantation that you know these Portuguese jokes is
Is a reflection of that but another thing that’s really interesting is that and we have our Portuguese Surfers coming out the next Heat maybe I should have saved it for that but um in Hawaii when people say what their ethnicity is right say oh I’m I’m Hawaiian Chinese
Mhm Portuguese Hol yeah so it’s interesting though is Portugal is in Western Europe and holy people are from Western Europe yeah but in Hawaii Portuguese or Portuguese as we call it have a distinction separate from Hy you ever think of that yeah no I’m thinking about it now
Doctor but it is interesting people say like oh I’m Holly I’m Portuguese as if Portuguese is not a European area and it is right and so the reason for this is because when the the Portuguese that came to work on the plantations the they weren’t in with the
Howy crowd that was running the plantations so you had the plantation owners most of them were from the United States and to them the Portuguese were sort of a lesser white race good I’m seeing the dynamic you now yeah and so in some ways the the Portuguese occupy
This Lial space between the white boss owners and below is the the field workers second in command over the field workers yeah so it’s interesting that they were they were seen as sort of bosses in the field but not seen as you know that important compared to you know
In the hly counterparts that were owners of the plantation they still were laborers so so it’s an interesting place that Portuguese occupy in Hawaii’s history a lot of that goes to the plantation times and we got some a lot of Portuguese in fact uh most of
Us here in Hawaii have some you know Portuguese blood in us and here we have a rider up looks like kog Grace oh sorry yes I think that was claw Grace wow he went up again that Reverb foam ball really grabbed onto his board but he was speeding through it so hopefully
He’s uh see kala there he is dipping good sign how’s the Hano dip right after you get licked it’s like when you get under it like that everything’s okay it’s not fun when the thing clamps again and you have no time replay here you can see it’s got
Some chatter on it some of that current you see that thing wasn’t even going to let him out that was just straight he sure went for it though yep love it he knows how to slow down and speed up effortlessly adjustments within his body so col Grace out there with yala got a
Nice one Legend Chandler broke a fin looking to redeem himself on that last one Makai mcamera in his second surf got a throaty one but he is sitting patiently in this heat we got makua Kai Rothman another Surfer sitting a long time he sat a long time in his other
Heat and like we’re talking about they’re so experts they’re looking for something they’re not going to catch no rubber ducky waves they want all of these guys are looking for that certain wave they know what’s gold out here it’s just taking a little bit of time for them to make a
Call like some lines coming in hopefully it’s the right direction the right angle so the camera now we’re looking is a little toward the west right now you see that’s toward Kawaii this is more West which is a little more ideal for a pipeline and uh it comes from that
Direction so it’s not just closing out where we see this s wall but today there is a lot of north in the well so hence we get this to the right of the screen here you get that close out section that comes in although when there is north in
The swell it usually makes for good back door waves uh but because of the size of the Waves today it’s a little more tricky to get a good back door waves because a lot of them are just shutting down yeah I feel they’re going to get a
Set wave soon only because on this second floor balcony of the Volcom house I in my peripheral see Rocky Point 500 yards out from us so hopefully that thing starts to come in over here by our Surfers because I we all know these athletes in Northshore Surf Shop they’re
Hungry for big macking barrels whether it be back door or pipeline they’re all game right and they’re all here to win not just as a team but individually title too yeah we were speaking about Comedians and home and so there’s a long list of them rap replinger was one of my
Favorites when I was a kid love that guy um and bu oh we got the towel going oh there he goes Liam mnam giving his boy the direction of where to go uh but you know that kind of performance element is a big part of our history in Hawaii too um we’re talking
About duam moku at this event quite a bit and the he was a part of a a group of of Surfers that were entertainers that were known as the Wii Beach Boys part of what was called the hu nalu club and they were just known as uh these
Guys that had a lot of Showmanship about them you watch any old videos or uh read any books about it they you know they really brought the Showmanship into uh surfing and as you know the early days of Tourism were were burgeoning and blossoming uh that beach boy crowd
Really started to take the spotlight yeah and that’s where you know I think Duke also gravitated toward Hollywood he he was in several Hollywood movies just kind of cameos he was hoping to get you know more important roles but nonetheless that Showmanship uh component of the of the
Surfers in W and the Beach Boys definitely played out into um into the Hawaii experience later of course we get a lot of other you know showmen that that are are in Honolulu especially in you know the the mid 1900s H Don Ho becomes very famous who by the way is
Like a relative of our Surfers the whole family yeah the whole family that’s right and um would you say Don Ho got in the water himself and shredded a wave and just threw some Tiny Bubbles off into the sky I’m I’m not sure but we grew up in Hawaii and that goes into
Hawaiian entertainment and I’m sure I’ve never seen Don Ho cut a joke or anything thing but I’m sure he was raw well you know there was also that atmosphere there was also a local businessman named Kimo McVey and Kimo McVey opened up um these nightclubs and These Bars and
Stuff that would host uh Don Ho and one of those was named after Duke lanam moku so uh Kimo McVey you know when Duke was older in his life um you know promoted Duke for his popularity and they came up with like uh Aloha shirt wear um surf
Boards and and also nightclub I wonder what kind of percentage he was making off of that that’s always an old Hawaiian story you know all right sounds like hey Duke we’re gonna give you something bro we’re GNA give you something bro you are the man we did get a GoPro taker oh yeah
Our second live GoPro shot we’re still waiting to hope these guys are all frothing at the bit to put scores on and I did talk to ULU boy about having a GoPro in the mouth there is a element but Jamie has been picking to use it but oh kala oh
Straight out smart man yeah my boy I want you to get HT again there’s there waves of consequence Isaiah oh look at the back one o let him up there he is there he is good stuff awesome Zone media bringing it to us live ocean paddler TV Hawaiian extreme
Sports they do all of that they’re joining us this year here they got cameramen everywhere big production crew we love it excellent job gang yeah shout out to Jance Oz and Eli Visions downstairs too the Hy boys always making a mean production too very talented speech is packed wow and that’s
It for them huh the end of the heat that seemed quick but you know trying to pick uh that needle in the hay stack but exciting day we only have two Heats left stay with us super tubos Peru team and then final final off with the vam team we’re going
To go and uh take a quick break stick with us for the hoie backdoor shootout 2024 we’ll see you soon tuos Peru up next Yeah The hoie backdoor shootout 2024 is presented by go nuts Hawaii and Kiki beach bungalows special Mahal to the members of the huie oal Monster Energy athletic Brewing caloa tortillas odm water Waka water Saltwater Society haliva juice this live presentation is produced by Zone media creators of ocean pador TV
Hawaiian extreme sports TV and in the zone Foree Aloha welcome back to our day number two 2024 the hoie back door shootout there’s H Grace coming in talking to Mom getting a little synopsis of how it was out there BR it looked super heavy heavy you know the swell was forecasted to taper
Off and ease up a little bit it does not look like that’s happening he macgyvered out of some heavy situations and I’m really stoked for kalaw because that was smart surfing instead of being gun ho he just no I’m not saying he shied away from it but it just wasn’t something to
Pull into and those last minute split decisions he had some work to do so hey my hats off to you kalaw Grace always performing at a high level yeah you know coming back from that crazy horrific injury last year that’s you know not only physically but to mentally rep prepare yourself and come
Back from something like that that’s really uh commendable you’ve seen Legends wave too was wondering what happened but it looked like he broke his fin right off and then just did a rock and roll tail drop out of the sky so I’m glad you’re okay Legend you’re watching tubos Peru we’re in Heat
Number seven of our day number two this is round three MH tubos Peru the groovin peruvians oh Big Time Alonzo kareah Sebastian Korea and Gabriel villan Chrystal Bal Deo and the paa Pitbull Billy keer Oh Billy camper we saw him get some good ones yesterday and the crystal ball looked pretty smooth oh
Super on the waves he had yeah we just got some information too we want to let you guys know that on January 20th uh we’re going to have a uh March over in laah organized by Archie Kappa Uncle Archie and another amazing Waterman and um if you can make it over
There on January 20th it’ll be uh a very special event and commemorating Hina and all of our uh it’s a Hu Gathering and that’s on January 20th so it’s Saturday uh later on this month if you can make it over there please try to make it to
Lah and over to maen see Uncle Archie and the crew over there and um We wish all the best to to honor Hawaii’s Rich genealogy for Ohana protecting the land the ocean resources and building healthy community communities beginning with Laina and we’re going to take you guys
Down on the beach to talk with the man we just saw on camera that’ll be kala Grace let’s hear it bro had a life-threatening injury uh this year he’s back at it his mom’s here to support him uh how are you feeling after those waves I know it was a little
Rough but you got some out there yeah I feel great um just just I didn’t really get too many good waves like you said but just being able to still walk down this beach like in 100% health and able to still compete in this event means the
World to me so I honestly feel like I won the event already but even though I didn’t get a good wave I’m just happy to be here yeah what does this event mean to you is it a dream of yours to be part of this event yeah this event is like a
It’s like winning a world title for a local boy if you win this contest this contest is huge for a local like me who who just gets to compete at home especially right here at pipeline it’s like the biggest stage for somebody like me and how does it have how does it feel
To have your mom uh cheering you on right there it’s the best support in the world my mom and my I get to serve with my friends and my family coming to my mom yeah it feels really good amazing great job thank you so much appreciate
It year and coming back from that so good to see him yeah back in the water you know full recovery even he said it’s just a a victory to be able to walk down this beach again trains hard and um trains hard with Billy the year before
That he had a perfect 12 so he’s been on the very top Cloud9 just performing the best and then has had the uh you know experience of being clinging clinging to life so yeah kala good job out there and um right now the groven Peruvian still waiting to get there round number
Three started no waves have come in yet that have been uh you know of any good choice for them so they’re being patient lot of energy still in the swell you see that wave peeling off in the foreground and couple triple UPS Ro a lot of backwash that tide really
Bottoming out so it it is affecting you know the the shape of the Waves some of the waves are so obtuse it’s like a triple up and the whole thing just regurg is onto the sand so I really hope these things just materialize for the guys because there’s just been a bunch
Of run over sets and Billy Ker’s out there you know three-time big wave world champion he know scum go get him but he’s a very smart Surfer and in these conditions when these guys aren’t going like they’re usually going that means there’s something you see the graphic
Right there right now we’re pretty much bottoming out at low tide at 01 talked about earlier a foot so it’s prime time right now for triple up on the Peru and um you know even Billy last year got a got an injury we had a few and maku Kai
Rothman had a knee injury big one yeah you know Billy I think was his hip that was a little tweaked thankfully it wasn’t uh you know something that kept him out for a really long time but he’s been you know in and out with different
Kinds of things so I know he’s they did Eddie in a week they did the Eddie right after that I mean that was some heavy decision making there’s knee was basically hanging off he had his uh you know super thick knee brace I could tell it was like this is
It and then I’m going to go on the shelf for a little while so he wanted to get that opportunity to compete at the Eddie but hey let’s let’s give a good omen and because me and you grew up with this amazing kid when we were kids is little
E Eric Das Billy Ker’s brother let’s send your brother and team Peru some amazing waves and we’re just uh giving you a shout out rest in love that guy was an amazing yeah Eric definitely Paul sheppick all those gangs just you know we got to keep people remembering and
You know through our voices you get to remember iconic people like that most recently Malla Jones oh Mala and thank you for introducing me to the daughter yeah we’re talking story about pearls jewelry Uncle Eddie was talking about the rot w and it was just amazing and
Then you told me and I just got the most chicken skinn got to give her a hug and a kiss Thank You rock for that I had no idea Rory Parker Jason boo a lot of guys that we’ve uh said Aloha to along the way and I know um we’ve got a lot
Andit them all in there so um you guys know and we’ll be thinking of you for sure so 19 minutes 40 seconds for team Peru see that little Whitewater bubble line going through there some of the current has been pushing back out through the lineup which is not super
Typical for pipe but that’s when you know there’s a lot of water moving and holding your position can be quite tricky when you’ve got that current that’s not only on the shoreline but then it kind of u-turns and then comes through the lineup and right now it
Looks like it is uh just backing off a little bit so the boys can yeah ease up relax I like that because you can see that from the Drone footage and you can see that it’s just finally rested I just hope they don’t get any more run over
Bombs I mean I love the bombs but I want the bombs to come to the reef and create a A-Frame tpce so that these guys can get straight lided slotted throated whatever word you want to use this is theoi backd door shootout presented by guts Hawaii and Kiki beach bungalows and
Uh Alan the owner sent us a special video I think you guys talked about it 1952 his parents brought the property and sent a video on YouTube that you guys can watch and see this place come to life since 1952 thank you for the share brother yeah it is a quite an
Iconic location right there and we were talking earlier about you know unless you’re a a team riter for one of these companies that have houses on the beach right here or um you score something down the way but other than that BR that’s the you know slim pickings for
Beach front hanging out on the NorthShore look at this in the barrel I believe that is either Alonzo Korea or Crystal Bal decole yeah uh crystal ball decole what you call him Clairvoyant and stuff all those years getting totally barreled um I don’t recall him wearing a hat a
Helmet in his second round but he does at times right you know I yeah I most of these guys uh will be kind of day-to-day conditions based on whether or not they’re going to use the head protection um you know there’s obviously guys that are fully committed to it every session um
But I know Gabriel villon and Billy keer regular Footers so we’re just trying to ID these Surfers as they are without the colored jerseys as in a normal event trying to recognize the style a little bit that’s just a beautiful glassy Bowl that’s Alonzo zoko and look at all these lines still
But it has calmed down rock right after that but you know talking about the tide I thought it was going to be a little bit more not slowing down on the radicalness but I like that it subsided just a bit hopefully these waves materialize for a Surfers
Cuz the the third round has been rough for some Heats yeah it’s been consistent you know lots of waves but as far as you know the waves that’ll give you the scoring potential or that you know nice angle to really get something meaningful those have been a little bit few and far
Between and um we’ve mentioned the uh you know the cliches of you know diamond in the rough the needle in the hay stack yes a little bit of cat and mouse you know dodging those big sets it’s been a a you know a difficult third round but very
Entertaining and exciting oh big time and uh you know the crowd on the beach has been loving all of the uh different Thrills and Spills that they’ve been watching and hopefully you’re enjoying it wherever you may be at home or uh at the office as we see a nice drop in there little
Roll in that’s crystal ball I believe oh but beautiful check fade he might have not he might have wanted to take that rewind and check fade not do that check fade maybe just straight drop into it at an angle but lot of backwash on that one so that
Was hitting that lip expanding it and we talked about earlier how far the lip throws out here at pip and this little backwash right there just enough to throw his rail off a little bit and have him decide kind of last minute not to pull in oh there’s the back of the
House going forward Zone media bringing it to you live thank you for joining us on Spectrum 1020 and Mahal to Jeff and the boys at Surf line have you gotten to do any uh Surfline magnitude swell never did um you know we did something uh about
Tahiti way back in April oh which was which was cool um but yeah definitely um appreciate all the forecasting and uh and the broadcasting that Surfline has been doing for all the events here in Hawaii and um I love my Surfline app yeah it it’s so good I I
Use it but you know as a very religiously and it helps a lot as a surfer I would really like to like you know I should just go to the beach but then I could slide 45 minutes of footage I mean you really get to know what
You’re dealing with before you go surf or after work weather conditions is as a local boy I like to just look at the cameras and you can tell by the glare or anything you know you’re an Islander you can just kind of tell the way a palm
Tree on the camera is you can tell what a spot is down the road you know some of our secret spots that aren’t allowed and it’s fun to look at other spots around the world too I love it uh you know and check out different uh regions that you
Know are uh experiencing some good swell so that’s been a great yeah addition to being able to just stay immersed in surfing you know we remember we had to like back in the day we had to like wait till till like 2: a.m. to like try to
Record something with a VHS of like some Huntington event that was on like you know I love pn or whatever I record that you know having to uh press record when it starts and then pause for the commercials and then you forget you’re like oh got to
Get back and press record it’s much more available these days you know what’s funny I’ve been a surf Ling member for years now and uh I just found the viland camera and the ehukai camera oh yeah I mean what an amateur I am on that I mean
There’s things that I discover and I love looking at the all the mainland International spots that we’ve got to travel to it’s amazing beautiful afternoon here at ehukai beach also known as Pipeline and that is the scene there with the the big vcam house kind of prominently on display Hawaiian water
Patrols got a few jet skiis in the water they’ve been getting some amazing camera angles and assisting our Surfers with some some really gnarly conditions when those sets come in it is just really turbulent here’s a backdoor opportunity that looks like it could be Gabriel Von possibly oh Sebastian oh the Sebastian
Sebastian Korea yeah white helmet Sebastian Gabriel villin out there with crystal ball decal and Mr Billy keer definitely shopping for waves these guys are going to want to get a wave under their belt yeah it was a couple of years ago they had just a the a heat for the ages
2022 and 2023 they I mean um 2022 and 2021 massive Heats that that I shared watching with you yeah and they were um experiencing this like pipeline switch that just turned on and provided double digit scores for about 20 minutes straight one after the other and yeah
All the Surfers on the team got amazing scores within that time and we were just baffled at how consistent and the quality that kept coming in I mean usually in a set of whatever six or eight waves there’ll be one or two that’s like those are the gems and it
Was like every wave was a gem as we check out the GoPro camera from uh our water cameraman soce has got double duty with the camera in his hands right there and then he’s got take a dip a GoPro on the helmet swim up to the cameraman
Scare him a little bit right from behind that’s what I would do if I was on the jut Sky Alex send me out there mate do a little ankle ankle pull see maybe I’m getting sent out there should have said anything I’m going to be on the ski hanging on to my friend
Nolan k good stuff you guys and uh man I really hope these waves uh materialize for these guys as yeah it has uh quieted down for uh this Peruvian heat and you know when you we talk about the heat they had with all of those Great Waves you
Know you’re bound to get something uh coming your way that’s going to be requiring you to have a little more patience you know yeah here’s MAA checking out the scenery focusing for his next Heat love this jersey contest you’re all natural out there going out there with your teammates the brand you
Ride for or it’s just you know like the uh 96712 just a Band of Brothers but they’re also divided because they got all kinds of guys in snap 5 too but what a great generation those guys well here com here we go rock potential opportunities we’ll see how these roll into the lineup
Wow see them start to move around a little bit this one’s going to be too far in yeah it’s just kind of dragging there’s no scoop on it or anything it picks up way too MAF far on the inside Sandbar back to our GoPro water cam looking from the
Hawaiian water Patrol jet ski what it looks like out there and the channel on the side of pipeline so just about nine minutes remaining in this Peruvian heat a little bit wave starved with only a couple of waves being taken so far yeah uncharacteristic of two B Peru
And Billy keer Billy keer was on fire yesterday on his second surf so excuse me was that his first surf yeah his first surf yesterday big back door and a traditional mean Cy of pipe spit out he stoked with it but uh if you know Billy
Keer and how focus of an animal athlete he is it is not enough rck yeah he’d love to Dazzle the crowd with uh something up in the double digits you know we talked about our scoring scale going you know beyond 10 points up to the 12o maximum yeah and
That’s you know gives it the proper recognition for a wave that you know we’ve seen 10-point rides uh all over the place you know not easy at pipe it’s very elusive MH but when you see something that’s better than a 10 yeah that’s when you got to have that you
Know little extra on top I’ve seen that with you about three times you know it’s rare but it’s awesome to watch and I’ll never forget about it but you know talking about that massive year I believe Bethany Hamilton was involv that do you remember that wave we watched her
On the balcony at the other Volcom house my jaw was dropped I don’t even know how she survived a wipe out like that and yeah Bethany if you’re watching they had the all girl yeah WL the wah team yeah it was awesome yeah that was great shout
Out to you wah well speaking of we’ve got Moana Jones Wong coming up next in uh the heat for team vulc so she’ll be repres presenting and yeah looking for one of these gems as uh the peruvians are a little far in for that one but it
Was one that held open you know what that’s what we seen rock on that last view um the GoPro view that was Moana already sitting out there I believe just watching it feeling the ocean feeling what it’s doing and uh yeah H Gabriel villin he’s uh had a good wave
In his first heat Sebastian was very busy in his second surf crystal ball decal uh yesterday on his first surf killing it second to the last Heat of the day and Alonzo Korea got a couple waves just now and Billy keer has about two or three highlight scores on the
Reel at the end of the day but Billy keer is definitely not going to let his third sir I feel him right now send him a wave little E I like uh Crystal Ball’s approach yesterday I did too um you know just it because you’re goofy foot so
Smooth and um you know just has that style that fits perfectly in the curves of Pipeline and you know obviously it comes with spending a lot of time out here and uh you know putting in the work but you know when you can make it look
That easy yeah he got the two for one really uh a a cool thing to watch for sure as you can see uh Billy keer in between the two guys you can tell the way his posture is sitting adjusting on his board he’s getting a little bit
Impatient but hey these guys get to Surf again but a lot of these guys that have been involved in the theie back door shootout before they know how many times they get to Surf and they want to perform at the highest level in every heat but now it just makes it more
Interesting they go home and they renegotiate in their mind they opt what to do but it always comes down to Mother ocean too yeah and you know having the uh different time that you surf will affect what kind of conditions you’re going to get and so we’ve kind of mixed
Up the uh the surfing order pretty well yeah I think you know and um moving up and down the draw it’s been picking numbers uh to start and then just going kind of in Reverse uh with the order up and down these uh rosters here so we’re
In round three the last couple of Heats and going to be interesting to see where all these chips fall after the third round we’re going to try to get you know as many rounds as we can in for these guys you know we’ve seen it go up to I believe like six
Rounds before yeah in different um different years really depends like you said on mother ocean and what M kinds of conditions we’re going to get so but it balances out the luck performance there’s a bunch of significant things that happened with that man yeah trying to make it fair for
Everybody and spread the love around like at the ceremony everybody picked Heats out of a CO Bowl so that you don’t deal with oh how come I’m not surfing today hey he picked it out of the bowl Coy cooly yeah that was uh that was your
Draw right there the beach is uh loading up surf potty Cru time in a little bit as we’re going on to the second we’re on the second to the last last Heat of the day the surfer third surf of the event and tomorrow might be number four round four yeah
We’ll wake up in the morning and see what the waves are doing uh bright and early and it could be round number four that is underway we’ll keep you posted for sure here we go up in writing Sebastian that is Sebastian Korea and oh my Lord what he olied over the rib huh
He just got sucked up the face and you know and it ejected him right off man you just at that point you’re just you know no control succumbing to the power of that kind of wave look at him kicking back out no problem oh my gosh wow so glad that he’s okay yeah
That was a a tough position to be in anytime you’re going over you know with the crashing lip that is uh either you’re going to be as we watch watch him grab the rail looks good right there and then the wave bottoms out that’s the low
Tide oh man look how thick that is and it was like that last step really just kind of the floor fell out from underneath him oh good footage these guys are super athletes every single guy in this thing even though they don’t look like a huge giant
These guys what they do you know what I mean it’s just uh just so stoked to be a surfer the elements that these guys deal with I mean the heavy water that they’re negotiating no that’s a great point because you see some of these guys you know doing things on these waves that
Are you know superum and then they come to the beach and you meet them and they’re like maybe like these little guys or just like you know you see him in Food Land and like oh that’s so and like really he’s so unassuming and you know uh does these incredible things in
The ocean but that’s a great point of you know being an athlete of this caliber in this sport it’s not about you know the bulk and the muscle and all of the uh I some guys make 35 million in other sports but these guys you know they’re not like the biggest craziest
Looking guys but man they really put in a lot of time and they train hard it’s a hard Regiment of training and cardio but seeing them out of the water mhm they’re quite un assuming yep but the way they navigate in the ocean is something to be proud of you
Know what I mean well and yeah yeah that’s where they do yeah all of their action so much stuff that goes into surfing not just the physical but you know when any other super athlete from any other sport touches down on our ocean they’re like holy schmoly I said
Yeah where’s our 80 to 45 million up in here yeah LeBron let’s see you paddle out the pipe and what you can do 10 yards you probably give me gosh grabbing the rail I think that’s the P Pitbull Billy keer that’s the one he was looking for he was looking for
That one we’re going to clap in the booth H BR yes the technique oh he’s feeling it the positioning everything working right there for Billy keer MH and the wave was just a beautiful glassy Bowl this disappeared from view check out those Smiles right there on the replay from the water look at
That wow oh okay rock that was one of the gems of the day buddy right at the buzzer too beautiful backflip Dismount oh yeah so team Peru little bit wave starved in the beginning of their heat but they get one that really counts well for them by Billy keer we’ll take a
Short commercial break and we’ll be right back with the final heat of day number two here at the 2024 the hoie backdoor shootout stay tuned we’ll be right Back La la la la la la The hoie backdoor shootout 2024 is presented by go nuts Hawaii and Kiki beach bungalows special Mahal to the members of theal Monster Energy athletic Brewing Cal tortillas Odum water Waka water Saltwater Society Hal Eva juice this live presentation is produced by Zone media creators of ocean pador TV
Hawaiian extreme sports TV and in the [Applause] zone all right we are back live here at the hoie backdoor shootout 2024 Edition right into the brand new new year and team vulc has hit the water they are underway as we speak balaram stack M Pang Moana Jones Wong Mike KY berdine
And Noah Dean rounding out this round three for team vulc Rocky cannon with Isaiah Walker and we just saw team Peru end their heat with quite a bang it was a little a little bit slow to start uh but Billy he found the gem yeah The Hite
Peruvian Billy keer I was I had the chance to take a break this last SE I was sitting down watching it right off the sand and wow that was amazing cuz he went through that sandbar section which looked like was normally most of the waves that they were closing out somehow
He made it all the way through that sandbar section yeah on the wave right before it was um I think Sebastian kareah similar looking entry and then the bottom just dropped out and he got totally tossed uh for Billy’s wave it looked like that little section right
There was more forgiving it didn’t drop down and uh he was able to just hold his line do what Billy does and uh get a meaningful score and so we’re going to catch up with the action that was taking place during our break and there’s Moana Jones
The queen of pipeline has to dis right there yeah this I believe that is or Jake oh one of those guys M Pang beautiful you know and that’s the way it goes sometimes when you’re doing these surfing Productions it with Mother ocean you know we uh cut the commercial and
Then all these waves come you know it’s not like uh the wave pool events where you know exactly or you know when exactly the next wave is going to be there but thankfully our crew Zone media and ocean paddler TV all of our gang doing a really amazing job capturing all
These waves and we’re able to catch up and see those replays and Moana Jones been a little quiet you know the first couple of rounds yep um you know maybe just uh being a little patient there but she got one but not too much happening
For her and we’ll catch up with uh our Surfer on the beach that had the wave of the heat he is down there let’s hear from Billy keer all right we’re here with Billy keer and he just got one of the best waves of today um so he just got one of the
Diamond in the rough waves um how do you feel after catching that amazing wave I feel really good you know I’m able to share this event with uh this year I’m surfing with Team Peru which is it’s an honor I grew up surfing with crystal ball my first Jaws win ever Gabriel Von
Was in the finals so it’s not like these people are new to me they’re all Brothers of mine I got my kids my wife everyone here you know this is what this event’s about as you can see it’s a real culture and Community Based contest it’s about actual Surfers not about views not
About this and that like we’re here un huo ALU they put this event on for the Surfers you know it’s in memory of Duke koku the I mean the name says it all you know I’m just I’m so grateful and thank you to Uncle Eddie and Ane
Mahina for giving me the honor to compete in this event I’m very privileged and honored and just blessed I got my boys got a good wave I’m stoked yeah and how does it feel to have your kids there watching you it’s great you know last year uh was a little you know
Unfortunately I took a really bad fall I was knocked out unconscious and for them to see Dad on a stretcher was um it was scary for me and I didn’t like that and I said hey you know you guys are coming to every event with me cuz that you know
That it does happen and that’s part of my job at the same time like I train so hard for this and these kids if anyone knows it they see how much time I put into the gym and my food my nutrition my mindset everything and they know that uh
You know I’m prepared for anything and then it’s uh having them I I tell everyone like what motiv what motivates you what what what inspir me so much it’s my kids you know I got four kids to feed uh of course I want to throw a
Party for everyone but at the end of the day I got kids to feed and I’m just super grateful and honored to surf in this event and hopefully get some more good waves tomorrow yeah and your sons have a great role model to look up to oh thank you
Have a good one and uh yeah once again thank you for everyone tuning in and watching this event massive thanks to the huyo hit andalo Club oh my gosh Ballam stack it’s turning on you guys um enough looking at me let’s look at the lineup and enjoy the show
Mahalo all right Billy well said my friend it is turning on right now and balaram stacked with a beautiful pipe wave you know kind of hitting that golden hour isah y yeah was incredible to see the the conditions just clean up and it was nice to see uh you know
Earlier I was talking to Moana Jones Wong and uh she actually opted not to go out in the earlier rounds but now we’re seeing this beautiful Drop from Ballam stock comes out of that Barrel flying out gets in a turn before the sandar closes out on him and great ride yeah
He’s a guy that is not going to waste any part of the wave once he’s H he wants to milk every little bit out of every ride here at pipe and you can just uh kind of feel that gratitude this maybe maybe sometimes they don’t do it at the end of the day
Okay yep yeah so a lot of action this is the last Heat of the day with 21 minutes and 30 seconds team vam balaram stack M Pang M um Moana Jones Wong mikai berdine and noine noine has been you know pretty active throughout even in the the
Earlier Heats and rounds when it was a little more challenging he was really hunting out a lot of back door waves so uh and and and yesterday uh he got some great back door waves toward the end of the day and so here we are again at the
End of the day the conditions looking really nice and you know the next 21 minutes hope to get a few more nice waves come through for these guys yeah it it’s been uh little bit of a a nice flurry to start this this last Heat and
The first third of team vul’s Heat Bolam has got a good one a m Pang got a pretty decent one and that was either uh Jake Maki or mikai berdine that also had one and um that you know that golden hour that we’re talking about the sun setting
Over towards CA Point little offshore Breeze those Trade Winds grooming it just nicely and then you get those beautiful silhouette shots and I like when Billy said like enough looking at me bro look up there it’s turning on right now oh yeah amazing yeah Billy’s done really good I
Mean last night Billy it interesting because it’s about the same time of the day the same like at the end of the heat so last night Billy caught one of the better waves of the day if you go back and look at that wave and I’ve been
Trying to study it since last night my sister actually texted me and S to my friend uh Keon who’s the president of by Hoy ke Ka Al but both of them sent me a picture of that last wave maybe to our viewers go back and watch the highlights
From yesterday we can’t tell if there is a a shark or a person but there’s definitely something large in the face of that wave that back door wave that he had last night um but again today he gets this smoker of a wave toward the
The back end of the heat latter part of the day and so uh Billy’s doing an amazing job here this afternoon golden hours yeah he’s kind of on a a bit of a role when it comes to finding a wave right in the final moments and uh yeah
When you sent me that that picture it was a little Eerie of like seeing that shadow in the wave and um you guys can check it out and see what you think it could be but uh could possibly the the mystery just I me remaining a mystery do
We ever get cameraman at back door in this event you know uh I’m not sure if there were a few going over there yesterday I I thought I saw guys moving around M Pang just a beautiful Drop and just handles that load of spit that unleashes like a pressure washer machine
M Pang another guy that I really enjoy watch surfing pipe because he just looks so comfortable right there big drop comes underneath it stalls perfectly there he knows he’s getting barreled and needs to hunker down a little for that exit of that fancy footwork as the kick out and has the
Footwork claim that he’s got going on there it’s a little like chicken scratch like ready for action yeah makana’s been surfing out here since he was a little Grom and very comfortable in these conditions so it’s great to see him still competing in the back door shootout looks like we got a paddle
Here looking at back door that’s M Kai gets clamped onto the end of that back door wave good effort just could uh just kind of shut down on him on the end there yeah that one didn’t have that really nice Hollow section that throws out far kind of the lip crashed maybe
Like halfway down the face and um you know once you’re in there like that there’s not really anywhere else to go you’re committed and just get ready to absorb the impact as you see them right there in it nice and clean and then it just slams right mid face right there and shuts
Down the rest of the wave but a good effort from myy berdine yeah you could see how the wave kind of bent around and as it was bending like that the wave clamped um the you know the crest of the wave clamping down on him because of that
Bend again our Hawaiian water Patrol see H Foster Bloomfield on the back there of the ski can’t remember if it was you or Ezra made a reference to um uh Marvin Foster earlier but Marvin Foster relative of of Foster and the Foster Ohana yeah we were uh I think we’re
Naming talking about maybe some y left Riders and um you know some outstanding Legends here at pipe the Foster Ohana very uh prominent in Northshore surfing esec especially the Hal Eva manun surfing Championship down there every October so great to have that event still going I think year
Number 47 I want to say yeah yeah when I was a kid Marvin Foster was somebody definitely that we looked up to I remember one year we had u a lot of pros come which was very rare for Hilo uh there was a hpack series these professional you know pram series that
They’ have and they came to Hon one year our home break and the waves were pumping and Marvin Foster was out there interesting a lot of surfers who passed on were there at that event Clark Brock Brock little uh we had Mark Fu and several uh dereo and several others that
Came to Surf Our Little River mouth home home wave and uh you know it’s funny all all the boys still reminisce of that day when all those boys came and and surfed Mack and hona Le with us so it’s a really cool experience and um so we do miss uh all these
Warriors uh but Marvin Foster was definitely one of the best out here at pipe and at back door he really kind of taught us how to surf Barrel’s backside grabbing rail so awesome inspiration yeah and it’s so cool that you remember a day like that you know even though it
Was that long ago and um I tell you what it was also cool it was the same day that Mike Tyson lost his fight oh wow I think it was Ric B that’s a a stat for the ages right there oh look at this
Back door oh my goodness no can do oh he thought about it probably a good idea not to go on that one it was a beast had that really long long stretched out wall that was going to be near impossible and it’s yeah this low tide
Man it is really jacking right on that first Reef you know pipe is hard enough to Surf any tide any size but when it’s this big and that tide starts bottoming out you’re talking you know beyond vertical almost impossible yeah yeah I remember that because um you
Know I lived at hon my mom was renting a house right above the break there and so we had a we you know one of the first houses to the to the break and we’re watching the Mike Tyson fight and I turned around and all these guys are in
My living room and it was just such an honored be like oh my gosh yeah look who’s in our house I know like never mind watching the TV like look who just walked in bro oh yeah yeah we got a little bit spoiled with that here on the NorthShore you
Know for sure being from Hal Eva during the first event of the Triple Crown you would see everybody coming out to practice and uh that’s what’s so cool about surfing especially when you’ve got um you know the best Surfers around coming into your your home break and uh you know it’s
Like a famous golfer coming to your home course or you know having uh Michael Jordan come shoot around at the basketball court with you uh that’s just not going to happen usually in those kinds of sports and we have you know that access that we talked about i’ be
Surfing Hol Eva and I knew all the guys will be out there so I wanted to go out there and mix it up and say how’s it and you know fun to have them say like oh that was a nice turn you’re like oh my god
Did you just hear that Barton Lynch said I did a nice turn Barton uh one of our judges was one of the more memorable guys that would be you know generous with his time in his words when we were kids out at halol Eva and it’s cool how
That as a young you know young kid that stuff stays with you I had a very similar experience with Barton Lynch cuz he was you know representing Instinct the clothing brand oh yeah and I was also sponsored by them the same time and so I got a chance to Surf with him when
I was really young you know 15 or something like that and just that impact that it had on me as a kid is just something I’ll never forget although it’s interesting in surfing I think one difference like if Michael Jordan was to come to your neighborhood and play
Basketball in your court you just like sit there and watch in awe yeah but for some reason with surfing you get some Pro Surfers at your break there’s a little bit of like all right well I’m not going to give you this wave though like yeah I want to show you something a
Little bit uh kind of you know that’s an interesting thing about the lineup that we have that um you know there there’s some good and bad about kind of the culture of the of the lineup uh in surfing but but definitely there is a kind of competitiveness about who’s
Going to catch the next wave and limited resource and so forth so even though sometimes we get Star Struck you still want to make sure you get a wave all right that looks like uh Mr ball stack just had to bail off right there that drop was one of those really heavy ones
That was super Steep and then had to try to set the rail to get around it but couldn’t quite get that done it was all about focusing on that drop handling the task at hand you see it just it’s really jacking up right there holding the
Surfers at the top and then lets you in but by the time you get to the bottom oh he really tried to avoid that that was the scary part of the wave that he saw coming that bending around wedging Sandbar monster really sucking up off that low
Tide well big waves coming in now just getting everybody uh some breath holding practice one thing that is nice about Northshore sand especially here at aukai beach Park is um because this the grains of sand are larger than normal and um I think what that does it makes for a
Little bit of softer Landing whereas in a lot of places where the sand is finer grained becomes almost like cement and it’s like a harder Landing whereas over here uh aukai and the stand out here it because it’s so large grain that you can actually kind of sink into it uh without
Like breaking your ankles there is a bit of a a cushion for sure and U you go to places like the East Coast where you said like that really fine sand I mean these guys you can ride your bike on the beach in some of those places you know
It’s so solid and so when you fall and you hit that sand you get definite you know strawberries and some you know Road Rash a little bit and uh the sand at ehukai much softer balaram gets a ride back out to the channel right there from Hawaiian water
Patrol I mean any other guys when you were younger for surfing pipeline that you looked up to Rocky uh you know we saw one of them earlier today Larry Rios was here you know I was always a bit tall and lanky for my age so I did have uh you
Know lean towards the the Ronnie Burns types you know Larry re Ronnie Burns uh in bab bong videos was just like a thing that you would rewind over and over again um him in Indonesia Gand just on fire actually Ronnie Burns came to Hon too at that
Contest yeah what a great great talent great guy so close I mean Larry Rios too when I was younger uh and we you know fly up here on uh on the brakes and stuff and surfing allam Mona Bulls Larry was one of those guys that just owned
That wave and just ripped it to shreds and was cool to see and it’s also interesting you mentioned about your height cuz you know when when I was younger we were younger it seemed like the shorter statured Surfers were more dominant yeah I mean at the lower center
Of gravity the wave looks bigger you know um I remember coup factors not wanting to be tall which is a weird thing but I mean be like well who else is tall West Lane it was like he’s like 6’4 I think yeah but now I mean I think it’s a I don’t
Know if it’s a different technique of Surfing but we have a lot of tall Surfers like John John Florence is not a short guy right a lot of our best Surfers are actually taller and built um not as much with that lower center of gravity with before you had like AI who
Had that kind of low uh stance and Tom Carroll and a bunch of other guys even Tom Curran kind of surfed really low to his board and so it is interesting that you know the Surfers now being tall is no longer a detriment I think to your
Surfing yeah a little bit of evolution in that regard to the you know body type that can be successful you know Andy Irons was not short either right you know he’s I think he was 61 when we were 13 wow and a bit of a he was a beast man
You know K hunt oh yes they do that guy could be on a basketball court for for sure he’s huge there’s that GoPro footage from our water cameraman the helmet cam look at that little Reverb yep of backwash going back out making it kind of challenging to get into those for
Sure Dan koha we also lost the legend Dan koha this last year uh he definitely taught everyone how to surf at back door yeah by the way he would pump and uh take off deep and uh showed that those closeout ones are still makeable for real like he developed that style to
Pump in the barrel and um you know almost like doing Maneuvers in the barrel and that railto rail using that um that style to get through some of these waves that were thought to be prior to that not makeable right there’s Hilton Alvis down there our artist for this year he designed a
Beautiful poster um that has been uh sold out on the beach appropriately so and showing Uncle Eddie some of the different paintings he’s produced while down there on the beach so Hilton uh the art of Hilton I believe is where he can find his stuff and puts
A lot of cool murals on the sides of buildings and and blank walls around the community you know rather than look at a cement wall it’s nice to see a beautiful Seascape or or lovely wave that is just perfection I used to try to draw those on my notebook at school every Surfer
Did daydreaming about the perfect wave yeah even if you weren’t very good at Art if you were a surfer you’d figure out at least how to draw a barreling wave right yeah that’s that’s me all right you know stick figures and uh some barreling waves the extent of my art
Talent yeah a lot of great artists um out there surf and doing cool cool artwork very awesome to have Hilton here and uh his you know his artwork has been on on the back door shootout uh posters and shirts and so Mahala Nei uh to our artist and encourage you to keep it
Up well just under five minutes now for team vulc and they’ve chocked up some pretty meaningful scores uh for this final heat of our second day in round three three for our team surfing division you know ballaram stack able to get a couple nice ones M Pang putting
Together a pretty good productive heat here you know we haven’t seen uh Noah Dean in this yeah which is interesting because he kept himself so busy in around one and two and uh maybe just isn’t I think actually Jake Maki might be taking its place in this particular heat uh
But there is the vcom team tightly packed at the lineup right there and we’ll see if they get any more opportunities in the final few moments we’re talking about you know pipeline legends from back in the day and of course Michael and Derek Ho are
Um you know the the best out here at pipeline I remember as a young kid when I was just you know starting to Surf I was like N9 or 10 years old and like getting really into it uh watching Michael ho like win the pipe masters
With the cast on his arm that was just a incredible unbelievable performance and of course that memorable wave of Derek Ho got The Perfect 10 rolled in from the second reef and could see Michael right here where we are up on this balcony waving the the the towel
And um some people still do that we we we saw some family members waving towels uh trying to direct our Surfers to which way they should paddle yeah I that was Liam mcnamer that I saw doing a little uh air traffic control air traff some Runway Runway directing two minutes remaining for team
Vulc stay tuned for a few minutes of a post show and a recap after after this I’m going to have to jam over to Turtle Bay and uh get ready for a talk story with Brian bman uh Brown Cannon and uh Christa Christa Funk wow are are
Are they still doing those talk stories remember had the Surfer Bar back yeah they’re inter intermittent um you know happening uh every couple months or so okay and so these are some photographers that have uh put in a lot of water time here on the NorthShore
And so we got a w we’re going to talk to pretty cool I saw her down here at the event earlier I think yeah so charging it yeah and she’s been you know putting in a lot of time getting a lot of experience Brown Cannon also shooting a
Lot of uh cool images of different Surfers from the NorthShore and of course Briant beelman yeah Decades of experience one of the ogs oh jeez when it comes to uh shooting surfing especially from the water that’s a whole another Dynamic right and Brent is his son uh nephew nephew
Okay saw them down here uh today coming in and out of the water um you know during the event trying to get those shots for the shootout well let’s see if there’s in the dying minute of this heat we get a wave that a couple of waves hopefully
For our competitors to end this day out in this final heat of round number three at the 2024 the hoie backdoor shootout yeah they’re on the move they see something that’s catching their attention as we look at the GoPro cam on board with Hawaiian water Patrol
See if this wave offers anything we got five seconds left watch moana’s going to get the wave of the event right after the horn would be Deja Vu bro it did happen last year she got a unbelievable gem right after the heat I believe like just like this at the end
Of the day y yeah and it was one of the best waves of the contest well that is uh day number two wrapped up for you we hope you’ve enjoyed stay tuned we’ll be back to recap this round two and round three here at the 2024 the hoie backo shootout Yeah got a large long period SW heading towards Islands this weekend 40 to 60 exposed yeah buddy allow us to help you grow your brand and expand your business by reaching Hawaii’s giant Outdoor Sports and ocean Enthusiast demographic Zone media advertising specializes in television commercial production and campaigns social media content production and
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Way till 4:00 had a full day we ran round two and round three we just uh finished up round three of last Heat was the team vulc where we saw ballaram stack get some really good ones also M Pang waves have been pumping all day today in
Some ways almost a little too big and maybe a little too much North but we still had some gems out there some great highlight reels and we’ll kind of walk you through a summary of some of the action today true true Barrel Hunters right here at 2024 we’re shooting out into the new
Year here we go Sebastian Korea oh nice guty one as we got some more action here at the pipe that was beautiful spit as they slow down here we go Makai mcz one this was a beauty in his heat as a lot of times team snapped in 96712 had a couple
Slow Heats team Japan Standing Tall riding through that back door wave with work a lot of back door ones today Jamie O’Brien scored several good ones today he was on fire isaah spit out in that last one this we have Lucas silviera catching that inside one he kept busy
Bus all day today he was busy and there we saw some action with the water Patrol almost losing a ski flipping over but whole Beach cheered right there Brandon Martin kelana that’s nothing that you could just hear him guys big Mahalo to our water safety crew for keeping them safe
Today wow Benji bran right up in this pipe cone beautiful weave this guy is so textbook Barrel hun oh this is another good ride here the launch air at the end that might have been John John and that heat oh that was Billy Camper’s wave that we
Saw in the last couple I really enjoyed that Billy’s had a last two rough two rounds and to get that wave you know every wave counts in every heat so we’re on the third Surf and number four tomorrow so actually Billy was one of the standouts to for me in this event
Because last night he had at the end of the dying moments of his heat had one of the waves of the day check it out and then today same thing at the end of the heat rode that wave through a challenging Sandbar section kicked out I
Watched him sitting on his board he was so patient with six minutes left so that is very rewarding he’s got about three great scores on the board so awesome stuff here at the theoi back door shootout brought to you by go nuts and Kiki beach bungalows well Ezra that’s
The end of our day today we’ve had some great surf but tomorrow we’re going to wake up bright and early and hopefully we’ll be on again for our next round if we’re on so you guys stay tuned you guys have an excellent evening and we’ll check back in with you in the morning
Aloha a ho AO He
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:19 over the falls and snapped board.
feels like you're sitting on the back porch just hanging with the locals. really enjoyed this. 👏👏👍👍🤙🤙🌈🌈🌊🌊
Could listen to these 2 announcers all day. Great job!
How biggest is the biggest wave ridden at pipe?
The "commentary" feels like a chipping hammer drilling useless banter onto one's brain.
This is mint awesome commentary . You can’t do the legendary JOB like that though . It’s psyched no stoke hah
Do you get docked points if you let a good wave go by
Howdy from Half Moon Bay!! Big ones here have been fun… to watch😍
Round 2:
3:44 – Heat 8 – Volcom: Balaram Stack, Makana Pang, Moana Wong, Makai Burdine, Noa Deane
36:11 – Heat 7 – Tubos: Alonso Correa, Sebastian Correa, Gabriel Villaran, Cristobal De Col, Billy Kemper, Martin Jeri, Kalani Rivero
1:07:49 – Heat 6 – North Shore Boyz: Eala Stewart, Kala Grace, Legend Chandler, Makai McNamara, Makua Rothman
1:36:49 – Heat 5 – Snapt5: Benji Brand, Clay Marzo, Josh Moniz, Mason Ho, Parker Coffin, Seth Moniz
2:07:50 – Heat 4 – 96712: Eli Olson, Ivan Florence, Jose Angel, John Florence, Nate Florence
2:37:40 – Heat 3 – Nave: Bruno Santos, Guilherme Johann Peter, Ian Gouveia, Kona Oliveira, Lucas Silveira, Joey Johnston
3:08:36 – Heat 2 – A New Earth Project: Kai Lenny, Jamie O'Brien, Carissa Moore, Koa Smith, Shayden Pacarro, Matahi Drollet
3:38:56 – Heat 1 – Japan: Guy Sato, Jin Suzuki, Kenshin Matsunaga, Riaru Ito, Sasuke Kawatani, Shinpei Horiguchi, Sogo Harada
Round 3:
4:09:03 – Heat 1 – Japan: Guy Sato, Jin Suzuki, Kenshin Matsunaga, Riaru Ito, Sasuke Kawatani, Shinpei Horiguchi, Sogo Harada
4:40:16 – Heat 2 – A New Earth Project: Kai Lenny, Jamie O'Brien, Carissa Moore, Koa Smith, Shayden Pacarro, Matahi Drollet
5:10:02 – Heat 3 – Nave: Bruno Santos, Guilherme Johann Peter, Ian Gouveia, Kona Oliveira, Lucas Silveira, Joey Johnston
5:40:42 – Heat 4 – 96712: Eli Olson, Ivan Florence, Jose Angel, John Florence, Nate Florence
6:10:06 – Heat 5 – Snapt5: Benji Brand, Clay Marzo, Josh Moniz, Mason Ho, Parker Coffin, Seth Moniz
6:41:40 – Heat 6 – North Shore Boyz: Eala Stewart, Kala Grace, Legend Chandler, Makai McNamara, Makua Rothman
7:11:41 – Heat 7 – Tubos: Alonso Correa, Sebastian Correa, Gabriel Villaran, Cristobal De Col, Billy Kemper, Martin Jeri, Kalani Rivero Heat 8 Volcom: Balaram Stack, Makana Pang, Moana Wong, Makai Burdine, Noa Deane
Shout out from East Coast, Isaiah Walker is always on point for Hawaiian history and culture. Ohana can I get a DaHui hat?! I miss the Island. Lived there in Wahiawa for 5 yrs!!! Cheerhooooo!
❤ makuakai
The commentary is awesome. Enjoyed the Christmas tree story. Keep talking story bradah!!!