August Update!!!

In the beginning of August the BIA held there contest at Goldenwest st in Huntington Beach. The waves werent the best but its always fun to surf somewhere you grew up surfing. I wounded up getting 3rd place in the Pro final.
The next few weeks were just trying to prepare for the east coast leg of the USBA tour www.usbatour.org

July Update!!!

In the Crysis Magazine (www.crysismagazine.com) the calendar issue my sponsors Alternative Surf and VIPER fins advertised in the month of July and used a shot that my friend (www.bendecamp.com) shot while we were hanging out in Mexico for a month.

On July 11th I went down to T-Street to help out with the Aloha Beach Camp to tell the kids about ocean safety, showing them how to do manuvers on a bodyboard, and just have fun in the water with them. I also got to speak about the Alternative Surfs VIB card (very important bodyboard card that has Spencer Skipper on them) and to make sure they buy all there bodyboarding stuff there. There were about 250 kids, it was a really really long day but extremely fun. I got there at 9am and didnt leave till about 5pm. I got to sign posters, give loads of stickers out and a few shirts. The kids were hilarious and by the end of the day when there parents came to pick them up they just talked about how they wanted to be Pro bodyboarders and stuff! It was sooo rad!

On July 26th my shaper Jimmy Linvelle through a underground contest which was a total blast. The whole idea was sweet. Pretty much if you won your heat you won cash right then and there. If you got 2nd you won cash and advanced and 3rd place won some money and free food. Everyone that did it was just having a good time. My friend Kim leng from LONG BEACH did his first event and even though he didnt advance he still won some money that he spend on candy and had a good time just surfing and meeting new people. Also seal beach shop grom Raymond who is only 12years old did his first event! It was cool being in the water with him and coaching him in his heat, he busted a sweet spin and a pretty big roll. He lost his heat put still won some cash along with a box of pizza with his name on it! Definetley look out for this kid in the future! If he follows in his dads footsteps which I think he will things will be looking bright for the grom. The waves were fun like 3-4ft and I had a heat with my friend nick statom. I have only seen him ride bigger waves in Puerto Escondido and in some bodyboarding videos but when he put on that Jersey man he became a new rider just killing it! It really got me pumped to try my best. We both made it to the final and decided it was on haha It was a really close heat and not to many sets. But in the end I wounded up winning the event and took home $100 and a case a beer which I donated to some guy haha I hope nick comes out to more events and wows some of the competitiors, just like he did at this last PIPE event! Also he has a website so check it out www.rookiesusa.com

June Update!!!

There was alot of stuff that happened during the month of June. I got ready for my trip to Puerto my getting a new board from my shaper Jimmy Linvelle. He made another awesome board for me and I cant wait to try it out. Since I was in Oceanside my accessorie sponsor Bullys (www.bullys.com) told me to drop by and get some new leashes for my trip! Steve the owner was there to greet me and its always good to catch up with him. On June 4th Sport Chalet held an event for there employees to learn all about how to bodyboard or surf and how to sell the product! I got to go and represent Wave Rebel along with Micha "Da Hamma" McMullin. It was alot of fun and we even got to get some of the employees on some waves. Mike Stewart along with alot of the big time pros came out and it was awesome just being in the same enviorment as them and asking questions and soaking up all there knowledge We also got these huge burgers that were free!

Sport Chalet also had two days of in store promos on the 5th and 6th at Huntington Beach, Irvine, and two locations in San Diego. The promos are alot of fun and I love just meeting new people and giving out FREE product my sponsors give me to hook people up with. Alot of my family got to come out to support me which was really nice along with my manager Russel.

On June 7th and 8th the USBA had there contest at Imperial Beach. I actually got knocked in my first heat which was a real realy big bummer. I thought I was going to do alot better especially with winning the previous month at the same spot but everyone was ripping in my heat and I just was just making really dumb decisions. But when you lose I find that its really good to see what mistakes you made and make sure you wont do it next time. Also David Hubbard killed the event and wounded up taking home the first place check and trophy.

On June 9th I left to Puerto Escondido Mexico with Pez for a BODYBOARDER magazine future article. Later the Romero brothers met up with us, along with Riley, Kingsley, and Micha Mchmullin. The waves were really fun and the HAWAIIANS were absolutley KILLING it! They always always push me since there really nuts in bigger waves. They always seem to have fun no matter what. I love traveling with those guys. We also held the first annual Romero brother contest. I did some commentating along with the spoting for the judges haha In the end even though it was really close the younger romero Jonah won. All of us are really competitive in a good way and we challenge each other in anything its rad.

I got home on the 21st just in time for the Alternative Surf Expo on the 22nd. The Alternative Surf expos are soo fun! You get to see whats the latest with all the companies and catch up with all these bodyboarders. This year Josh Shelly from toobs brought all these old school mags and thats pretty much all I did was catch up on my bodyboarding history it was Great! Also there free food and Brandon Foster was on it!

To finish off the month I had a BIA competition on the 28th at Zuma. I wounded up getting 3rd behind my good friend Bryan Washburn 2nd, and Drew Erichson 1st. The boys were ripping even though the waves werent the best yewww

May Updates!!!

May was a really fun month! I celebrated my 21st bday with my family and friends. My mom made her famous tacos that I get only once a year and it was AWEOMSE!

I also got 1st at Imperial Beach contest and finally won one of those big checks, it was really cool.