Surf continues in the flat -1 ft range on the Northshore. There were a few guys out riding Chuns reef, but all the action was with Brian Kealana and the boyz who are doing a SUP sample camp all weekend long so guys can try it out and figure it out. Personally, I am like Whats SUP with those things man. geez- like yea, it might be cool when your the guy riding the thing, but not when your the guys dodging it. I mean aren’t we going backwards here, isnt that what people did before they knew they could paddle in, without the paddle I mean. My friend Alan Mozo told me I am being narrowminded about it, and should consider all different ways of surfing like you would dancing. They are different, not one better than the other. Yea- I get that, but if you allowed a couple elephants to join us on the dance floor, I think most the humans would have to move to another club. Like anything else, there are some guys who can do it well and its cool, but there are other guys who cant do it well and dont care that they are putting the whole rest of the lineup in jepoardy. Mozo explained to me the SUPs are a way of the past, but  the wave of the future and will replace tow surfing because guys can get into bigger waves easier and that they are already experimenting with it. Garrett, Keali’i, Kainoa were pulling in deep at Pipe with them last season already. Sounds like Alan should have signed me up for summer camp today.I was at Bowls however checking out the Local Motion Surf INto Summer which was SUP free so far as I know. All da regulars were there, plenty guys beach entered yesterday when the waves were 2-4 ft, but today it shrunk quick and everyone was kinda bummed about the 1-2 ft waves. We all had fun anyways socializing and trying to beat each other to the best waves. Ben Aipa mentioned that there is no need to enter a contest at Bowls since every day is a contest out there and that is no joke! Town was a madhouse again today, lots of Memorial weekend festivities in our beautiful Hawaiian paradise with no parking.  I want to know what you all think about SUPS. Feel free to join the forum.

Yay, the swell never got that big or that epic, but since we have had surf now for about 4 days, we are all pretty stoaked. Its been pretty fun everywhere and not that crowded except maybe down Mokuleia side which seemed to be the spot on this swell. Pipe was pretty wonky and most the surfers were struggling to deal with it, but the bodyboarders were pullin into a few little pits. The swell dropped down a little yesterday, but then it came back up a tad last night and early this morning and then held all the way through dark. I guess its expected to drop tomorrow, but by the looks of it we should still have something to ride in the morningTJ Barron won event #1 of the Macys E series today at Maile point. Joel Centieo came in 2nd, Flynn Novak 3rd and Love Hodel 4th.The days have been beautiful, but the vog has been pretty oppressive, even out here on the Northshore. By midday we could finally see Ka’ena point again and more importantly, we could breath.  

We got waves. It started coming in early yesterday morning at about 2-4 ft and then rose to about 6 ft by evening but was totally torn up by the wind. This morning was the best, some 6 ft sets with clean conditions, but still kinda wonky and disorganized, almost like storm surf. All the sand has filled back in from Pipe to Rockys so you gotta go V-Land with the rest of the world, but atleast there is something to ride.

We have been surfing ripples for the past week here in Hawaii and in Tahiti they aren’t getting much better so the Bilabong event at Teaupoo is still waiting to go. I surfed Lanis tonight and it was about a foot which was better than its been.Looks like our Hawaiian guys struggled to advance on the small waves in France at the WLT Oxbow Pro. Bonga Perkins made the semis, but was inched out by local French surfer Antoine Delpero who placed second. Winning the event was Harley Ingleby of Australia. Power surfer Jesse Merle Jones won the Koastalkaos.com Pro in Oceanside today and Sunny Garcia placed 4th putting him at #10 on the WQS tour to requalify next year. Looks like Northshore might pump out a decent swell by the end of the week. stay tuned! 

New Yorkers were reading about Turtle Bay in the Wall Street Journal today. Good to see the whole ordeal finally making it to the forefront. Lingle’s plan has already been authorized and had 5 meetings discussing the details. She has dedicated a whole webpage to keeping folks updated on the issue. http://hawaii.gov/gov/turtlebay Along with Linda Lingle, we can thank surfers like Karen Gallagher of Paumalu Press and Mark Cunningham with Defend Oahu Coalition who have been key players. Its pretty exciting! Today’s surf was not exciting however; FLAT on the Northshore and town was about as small as it gets too. Jamie O Brien who qualified for the wildcard at Teahupoo is probably hoping the South Pacific would get its groove back, but it is not looking too good for the near future. Its looking like he might have to pull out his bag of tricks to advance in the main event where he will come against world champion Mick Fanning and fellow Hawaiian powerhouse Pancho Sullivan in his first heat.