Ki-chan no Korner

 i have been noticing a trend in custom surfboard.  Fabric Inlay. 


here the glasser is saturating the silk fabric with resin onto the surfboard foam blank


you can use Aloha shirt fabric ,  Hello Kitty fabric , and .. um ....... naked lady with tiger tattoo fabric.  just bring the fabric to the glasser first to check if it is compatible with the resin.


this is a fabric inlay on a Pinder longboard we did about 10 years ago


i bought fabric in Japan. it had shiny gold thread.


this was another one with cranes  (tsuru )


you dont have to cover the whole board.  maybe just the nose area.

in the Women's Longboard Division, Mizue got 2nd place.


Crystal, Izumi, Mizue, and Takako.   Izumi Baldwin got 1st and a new surfboard


congratulations Mizue and Izumi


in Senior Men's Shortboard,  i got 2nd place.  i used a 6'6" Southpoint


for Senior Men's Longboard, i got 3rd place.  John Kepoo got 1st


in Team Challenge, our team ALOHA got 4th place out of 23 teams.  the top 3 teams had pro surfers. we were all amateurs and beat teams with 4 men.  sorry no trophy for 4th.


all the longboard winners got to pick lucky number to choose what surfboard they could take home.  Top prize was a Donald Takayama in Olive color


last award was for the Pro Tandem division that our friend Pauly (red shirt) and Crystal won.

thank you Surfing the Nations and Surf Garage for putting on a great contest .

 

 
on the last day Sunday, our team members  had surf heats scheduled almost every hour. lots of filming and cheering.  notice the beach filling up


we had a great tent set up on the corner in front of Baby Queens.  Thanks Todd and Haruka !!


Todd did the Team Challenge, Shortboard and Longboard divisions. He was also busy announcing for the Tandem competition.  plus had to change Lilo's diapers too !!


view from the snack bar shower


Two Crows surfboards.  a lot of competitors were using these style of noseriders


Genki Kino coming in from his Team Challenge Finals.  Team Drift Surf against Team Surf Garage/ Winnahs


his brother Kaito in orange


Team Surf Garage/ Winnahs got 46 seconds total


Team Drift Surf won with a total time of 69 seconds.  4 team members get timed for their best 2 waves each.  





 

 May 4th-6th held the Surfing the Nation's Freedom Surf Contest.  there was 3 contests. Hawaiian Noseriding Championships sponsored by Surf Garage. there was also Tamdem and shortboard contests.


every morning we got up early.  First heats started at 7am.


sun rising over the Waikiki hotels.  Not many tourist yet


competitors checking in before their heat


Judges and organizers scaffolding with sponsors banners


Todd getting his board taped up by Linda.  Each competitor's boards must be marked off at 24 inches.


Megu's dog Kai and Crystal's dog Puka playing together under the tent


some competitors boards line up on the rock wall.


Drift Surf and Mitsu surfboards team rider Genki Kino and his wife Takako enjoying the free  lunch provided by Rainbow Drive-in


multiple time JPSA champion Kekoa Uemura relaxing on his day off from shaping surfboards

 Went to Wailua on Oahu's North shore to visit Carl Schaper's new surfboard factory.


they had just finished some LOST surfboards


Matt Biolos was in Hawaii to shape and visit some of his retail shops


Matt is also known as Mayhem


some brand new Schaper longboards headed for Japan




here's a picture on the shop wall of Angela " Maki " Vernon.  She has been surfing on Schaper's boards for many years


here's Bonga Perkin's World Longboard Tour Championship jersey.


Lots of new boards for sale.


go check out the new factory to the right side of the Wailua Sugar Mill . stay to the right of the fence. 

 my hanai mom Kyoko came to Hawaii for her daughter Megu's honey moon.


they spent some time on the Northshore and brought us back some Kahuku sweet corn.


Mizue's corn eating technique is to use only your upper teeth.


Ayaka and Hei-chan were busy making pizza in the oven




view from the Ambassador hotel.  we could see the fireworks that the Hilton Hawaiian village has every Friday night


Cheers to the newly weds Sam and Megu !!

 my Yamaha SR500 is not working right now.  Something is wrong with the ignition.  i found this nicely modified SR500 on the web


Big disc brake, Racing CR carb, shorten suspension, etc.  The exhaust pipe ( or lack there-of ) must be loud


found this ( silly ) photo too.  Cops on Segway personal transportation vehicles. what is funny is they are firing their guns while on Segways. Wouldnt they tip over ?


Sad no Sakura in Hawaii.  but here is our year round version.

 here's a little secret if you eat at Wailana Coffee house.


if there is a long waiting line,  go sit at the counter


there' usually open seats plus it is not as cold as the rest of the restaurant


plus the all-you-can eat salad bar is a few steps away


4 pieces of fried chicken, hot vegetables,  fries and salad bar for $10.95


Wailana Burger Combo with fries and salad bar for only $8.95


parking is only 50 cents for 2 hours

 what is a COCO MAT  surfboard ?


it is a new manufacturing process developed by New Surf Project utilizing natural coconut fibers


it makes the board super light yet very strong.  I put a OAM natural Cork traction pad on my board to keep with the "Earth Friendly " theme

check out the whole line up of Fishes, Funboards, Longboards and SUPs here:

http://www.newsurfproject.com/coco-mat-home.html

 for our 1 year anniversary, Mizue and I decided to go back to where our wedding reception was held


yes, at Rainbow's Drive in.  since then they added LCD menu boards


remember they dont accept credit cards,  but there is a cash machine to the side


there is now a Rainbow's gift shop


our friend Midori helps out at the gift shop. her shirts says " All Rice ". it means instead of 2 scoop rice and mac salad, that you want 3 scoop rice !


here's the one year old cake that as been in our fridge


still tasted really good.  Jim and Kiko enjoying the cake


poor Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel had to hold their breath for 365 days in the freezing cold


by coincidence, Jimmy and Sheri owners of Rainbow's Drive-in stopped by.


we thanked them so much for making our wedding day so special by having our reception there and providing such delicious food and service.  they were surprised it has already been 1 year


this is were the big tent was.  its the 2nd parking lot for Rainbow's


they made a new seating area


they are busy all the way to closing at 9pm


after surf or anytime you want real local plate lunch, go to Rainbow's Drive in