The REEF girls along with some of the REEF pro surf team will be at Blue Hawaii Surf Pearlridge (Uptown) signing calendars and taking pics from 12pm-2pm. Please stop by and join us if you're in the area!
This years Oakley Surf Shop Challenge was held at Ala Moana Bowls. The waves were in the 4-6ft range with maybe some ocassional bigger set coming in. Surfing for the Blue Hawaii Surf team was John Parks, EJ Mitsui, and Devin and Jordan Brueggemann. Both EJ and Devin had just come back from a 3 week trip to Cali for the NSSA Nationals. Our team was a bit challenged considering we were one of the only teams out of the 10 teams who didn't have a pro or pros in some cases. Our mens buyer/shop manager John went up against 2 Vans Triple Crown event winners in Pancho Sullivan and Joel Centeio in his heat! He was stoked though to be out there surfing on his own shaped board as well as good surf with some of the best surfers on the planet! After the first round our boys were making plans to bail out for the day figuring we had no chance at making the final 5 team cut. When they announced that we had made the cut smiles and laughter were on everyones faces. At the end of the day our team ended up in 5th place overall! Thanks to Brad and Jason from Oakley for putting on an awesome event! Maybe next year John, EJ, or Devin will turn pro and then we can finally have one on our side!
Devin surfed in the first NSSA contest of the 2011-2012 season this past weekend. He surfed in two divisions (open boys and explorer menehune). Devin ended up first in the explorer menehune and second in the open boys. I think that was a great way to start the NSSA season. Congrats Devin!
If you didn't know Devin surfed in the HSA State Championships at Ala Moana Bowls this past week. He surfed in the Menehune shortboard division which is the 11 and under. The conditions at Bowls couldn't have been any better... 2 -3 feet with occasional 4 footer rolling through. He advanced through four rounds and won a couple of heats in the process before the semi final. In semi final Devin ended up posting his highest score of the event, a 9.5! He was stoke with his score, but he was even happier with the announcement that he had won the semi. Then it was time for the final. The final was stacked with the best surfers from a cross the state and some great waves to be surfed. So the stage was set. All the kids surfed really well and it was just a matter of who was going to get the best wave. Devin had some great medium size waves but not the one he needed in the end. He just missed a solid four foot wave that could have possibly been a very high scoring wave. So he settle for the next wave that didn't open up for him in the closing seconds. After surfing four rounds and a semi final, Devin ended up placing "3rd" in the HSA State Championships final!!! We are super stoked for him and his accomplishments this season. Looks like he will be surfing in both nationals now. Which is Surfing America Championships at lowers and NSSA at Huntington.