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Editor’s note - A Time to Lose

_superWipeTOS-EB_MLD0770There are still nights where I lay awake in my bed and cringe. It seems that no matter how much time has passed, I still can’t shake the feelings of failure from a season that has since long passed. For more than a decade, sometimes when I’m in the lineup alone and it is quiet, or I’m at a coffee shop proofing a story in near solitude, my mind will wander back and unearth something I can’t forget. Something I hate. My losing season.

The $50,000 Air

FlynnNovak_Heff_MG_4815Flynn Novak Cashes in on the Kustom Airstrike

On the North Shore, Flynn’s prowess in the lineup is undisputed. Year in and year out, the lanky blonde has been slotting himself at Pipe and reshaping the way we view what’s possible in the lineup, but don’t you dare pigeon hole him as just a Pipe guy. Want some proof? Flynn just won the pinnacle of aerial surfing contest, the Kustom Airstrike Event. We rang him up following the win to find out what a $50,000 air feels like.  

Kekoa Bacalso Plans for His Second Act

_KekoaBacalso-Heff_MLD4183“I’ll Be Back”

As we chronicled in our last issue [September, 2010] the World Tour implemented a brutal cut to the back of its roster after the Billabong Pro Tahiti, slicing the top 45 to the top 32 with a few alternates mixed into the event. On that post-Teahupoo chopping block was the much beloved World Tour sophomore, Kekoa Bacalso. In the day’s following the mid-season cut, we got in touch with Bam to get his take on the new rules, and how, exactly he plans on coming back next year.

An Open Canvas

Monday---Art-by-Hilton-Alves_1A waterman, a humble man and a determined man, Hilton Alves’ dreamscape art has been steadily gaining traction in the art crowd over the course of the last few years. Although his talent with a brush is evident, what sets Hilton apart is his consistency in giving back to Hawaii’s local communities through his youth outreach program free murals. An avid athlete, Hilton’s drive comes from the ocean, which he says is constantly teaching him patience. “I never give up. Whatever I do, I never give up. I pay attention to everything around me: the water, the light, the sand, and then I think about how to paint it. If I don’t do a good job, I just keep trying ’till I get it right.” He turns to waves like Pipeline and Jaws for inspiration, converting their natural beauty and perfection onto canvas.

The New Top 34

The biggest story from the Billabong Pro Tahiti wasn’t Andy Irons’ dramatic win or Kelly Slater’s leg-locked 10-point barrel, but rather the implementation of the new ASP One World Ranking system. At the beginning of the 2010 season, the ASP announced that they would cut 12 surfers from the World Tour at the season’s halfway mark, the Billabong Pro Tahiti.

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