The 1st stop of the Triple Crown is the Reef Hawaiian Pro. Along with the Men’s 6 star prime WQS event there was a non-rated specialty women’s surf event. Because there were only 2 women’s events going into Hawaii this event was put in there to make the women’s Triple Crown complete.
The surf in Haleiwa was below the Hawaiian standards of good surf but to most the surf still very rippable. All of the top rated women surfers from the WCT there along with some of the top rated Hawaiian surfers.
Alana has had tough year with things not going her way in competitive surfing until now. She aggressively attacked every heat and surfed with the energy of someone who was very hungry for a win and did not want to lose.
Her break came in the quarter finals when she was sitting in 3rd place and not advancing with seconds left in the heat, when 2 Australian surfers crossed paths and a double interference was called allowing Alana to make the heat.
Alana took advantage of that break which would eventually give her the win for the 1st Triple Crown leg held at Haleiwa.
Keale views his girlfriend before her heat
Alana coming to her family and friends before going to battle
How do you get to the beach? You know you are doing well when you have your own model car to get to the beach.
That spec on the wave is Alana getting a heat winning score of 7.3
Holt, the dad, cheering for Alana. (far left looking right)
If you knw anything about womens surfing this was not an easy final. The current World Champ and past World Champ is in there.
Pre final wax up
This smile is filled with so much joy and its shared by everyone that was there even her competitors.
With the surf up the North Shore is full of energy. The contest is on and the surf spots are filled with surfers, even the road on Kam Hwy is congested with traffic as everyone is hurrying to get to their destination. We had a day filled with filming Torry Meister and Clay Marzo during their heats at the Reef Pro as well as shooting Dean Morrison in our small garage turned studio. You have to be here to experience it and to fully understand how chaotic this place can be when the surf is up. We had another successful day of getting the job done. Here are some quick pics of our day on Wed.
Torrey Meister with his game face on
Torrey Meister in yellow just before his heat
Torrey's father Mike is up there to see his son rip. He's under the letters "on"
Kanoa enjoying the day of class. Who wouldn't enjoy a field trip to Hawaii.
Me and my shadow, "live through our lens"
A lot of prep work goes into each shoot. These are some of the neccesities.
Cameras-lights-ready!
The crew
The style
The star. Dean Morrison in the wht tee
Being behind a camera and all eyes on you can be nerve racking. Sometimes you need to take the edge off. Only when your 21 of course!
Dean in "showtime" mode
Style
Tim capturing it in motion
Live through our lens
Part of Kaona's school was seeing the behind the scene stuff. Kanoa shot the images from Dean behind the scene shoot. Here is his signature to his work. Grade A+ Good job Kanoa!
Clay after his exciting heat win. Clay loves to win but what Clay really loves, is to surf.
In physics, for every positive force there is a negitive force. Clay won and dominated that heat. To Clay this the negative force that was caused by the positive force. Regardless, Mike from Surfline was there hear what Clay had to say about the heat
A long day of schooling can wipe you out. Kanoa lights out!
After setting up all day and into the night on Sunday and Monday, Tuesday was “Showtime”! Here are some images of our set up process as well as our 1st two athletes Mike Losness and Torrey Meister. Enjoy!
The North Shore landmark
Reef using Mike Losness's artisitic talent for the contest site
The drive down Hwy 99 into Haleiwa
Still flat
Local creatures
Work time
tools
Setting up the studio
though we would show you our 2010 marketing... right. :)
tight shoting quaters
The crew shot by Kanoa's view
Live Through Our Lens
the aloha spirit
a good night
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The Spy crew made it safe. Matt, Brent there 30 mins before me. We all met up at the Log Cabins house, where we will be shooting our 2010 Spring Summer surf marketing needs. Check out some quick pics and vids we’ve collected in our route to the Logs house.
boarding LAX
walk of death for those who fear flying
Island brah
Aloha
On the road to paradise
Beach View the of Spy Hawaii House aka "Logs House"
A closer look at the Spy house
Patio view from the Spy House looking at the surf spot Log Cabins
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This past weekend on October 24-25 down at Oceanside Pier on the northside was NSSA’s Open season #4. The waves were small but fun shaped and the team was ripping. Luke Davis was in typical form on Sat but he is so punk rock that he chose not to show up on Sun the final day.
Parker and Kanoa were standouts as well. As expected they surf themselves into the finals. Kanoa got 2nd in the Open boys division and Parker got 3rd in the Open juniors and won his 1st Open mens division event.
Check back for the video later on this week showing the guys blowing up.
Kanoa 2nd place Open boys division
Parker Coffin 3rd place Open juniors and 1st place Open Mens
In effort to secure a top 3 spot in ASP North America Pro Junior rating to qualify to the Billabong World Junior Championship held at Narrabeen Sydney NSW-Australia, Cory took off to Sunset Beach Hawaii to surf the Billabong Junior Pro. His efforts paid off with a 3rd place finish. Great job Cory! The final qualifting contest will be held at Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz, CA on Nov 2-8, 2009.
The images are the courtesy of Bernie Baker
Cory playing with lip at Sunset Beach
Cory Arrambide in the white jersey and a 3rd place finish
