It’s A Celebration, Surfers!

Event: 22nd annual Local Motion Surf Into Summer presented by O’Neill
Date: May 26-28, 2007
Location: Ala Moana Bowls
Conditions: Glassy, 2 to 3 feet

The best contest of the summer returned to the best performance wave on the South Shore, Ala Moana Bowls, after having to relocate to Sandy Beach last year due to the record-breaking sewage spill. As one of the largest and most revered amateur surfing events in the state, this year’s 22nd annual Local Motion Surf Into Summer saw 267 shortboard, longboard and bodyboard competitors over three days of pumping, summer surf. The contest kicks off the summer season on the South Shore, full of fun surf and contests almost every weekend.

On this three-day, Memorial weekend, the brothers Cazimero were on top of their game— Kekoa and Booboo Cazimero, that is. Fresh Kaiser High graduate Kekoa Cazimero won the Junior Men’s division (ages 15-17 shortboard) and his younger brother, Booboo, took first in the Junior Men’s Bodyboard division.

Surfer genetics couldn’t be beat on the girl’s side, either. Sisters Ashley and Lani Hunter of Kahuku shared the victory spotlight, Ashley taking the Girls (17 and under) title and Lani winning the Women's (18 and over) shortboard division.

Other contest highlights included Keanu Asing scoring a perfect 10 to secure his first place in the shortboard boys final. Kalani David was on fire, scoring two waves for a total of 9.83 for first place in the Menehune (11 & under) Final.

This year, an exhibition heat from ACCESSURF, and a first time Industry Division were added to the fun. ACCESSURF provides surfing and ocean access for people with disabilities. Their 30-minute exhibition heat was an inspiring show of wave riding techniques and methods for disabled individuals. The industry heat featured surf reps from O’Neill, Billabong, Quiksilver, RVCA, Fox, Oakley, BAYVI, Hurley, FreeSurf and Local Motion. Billabong’s Keoni Watson snagged first place and Jeannie Chesser placed second, out-surfing O’Neill’s Wayne Takamure, Hurley’s Seth McKinney and Oakley’s Jason Sakamoto. Surf Into Summer came to a close at Ala Moana’s Magic Island with an awards ceremony packed with trophies and killer prizes for the top six finalists in each division.—TH


RESULTS:
SHORTBOARD Menehune: 1) Kalani David, 2) Ian Gentil, 3) Eala Stewart, 4) Seth Moniz, 5) Tatiana Weston-Webb, 6) Joshua Moniz Boys: 1) Keanu Asing, 2) Nathen Carvalho, 3) Keanu Bosgra, 4) Ha'a Aikau, 5) Makai McNamara, 6) Kaikea Elias Junior men: 1) Kekoa Cazimero, 2) Barak Maor, 3) Brennan Boudreau, 4) Kapu Ping, 5) Billy Kemper, 6)Matt Meola Senior men: 1) Noah Budroe, 2) Steve Lawrence, 3) Keith Kajioka, 4) Reid Kawamae, 5) Christian Budroe, 6) Mike Akima Masters: 1) Keli Everett, 2) Kai Sallas, 3) Ben Lacy, 4) David Marin, 5) Brice Yamashita, 6) Kris Grimm Men: 1) Gregg Nakamura, 2) Weston Hori, 3) Jared Clapper, 4) Billy Choi, 5) Pancho Peterson, 6) Scott McNally Women: 1) Lani Hunter, 2) Renee Watkins, 3) Michelle Watkins, 
4) Helena Suehiro, 5) Yuko Kawamae, 6) Kelli Frye Girls: 1) Ashley Hunter, 2) Alessa Quizon, 3) Leila Hurst, 4) Kelia Moniz, 5) Alyssa Wooten, 6) Nage Melamed LONGBOARDING Men 30-younger: 1) Geoff Wong, 2) Nelson Ahina, 3) Shane Stedman, 4) Kramer Hatae, 5) Ted Kaneda, 6) La'akea Davis Men 31-older: 1) Gavin Hasegawa, 2) Edrick Baldwin, 3) Daniel Stein, 4) Gino Bell, 5) Brendon Lee, 6) Lucas Won Women: 1) Stacia Ahina, 2) Katy Swim, 3) Rachel Spear, 4) Angela Vernon, 5) Chie Matsuoka, 6) Leah Cantrell BODYBOARDING Junior men: 1) Keanu "Booboo" Cazimero, 2) Derek Barbadillo, 3) Zack Meyers, 4) Bronson Sterling, 5) Daylen Paracuelles, 6) Kailon Tyndzik Men: 1) Jason Oh, 2) Eli Andrin, 3) Davin Alexander, 4) Mark Gervacio, 5) Matthew Tanaka, 6) Shane Galapia.