Right: Issac Hale Beach Park and pictures of Pohoiki
Today Youth News went to Pohoiki to cover the Boogie Kalama Surf Contest. There was a scheduled event for autistic kids that surf, but it got canceled. Instead, we interviewed surfers such as Mikey Hensley, Ikaika Kalama, as well as Ulu, Kiko, Tristi, and Manu Napeahi, children of Claire and Rex Napeahi. We asked them questions such as how often they go there and how long they have been surfing. They are all frequent Pohoiki surfers.
Ulu Napeahi, who is the youngest surfer we interviewed, has been riding waves since he was four years old. He is now 13. He learned to surf from his best friend, Godfrey, at Richardson’s Bay. The next person we interviewed was Mikey Hensley. He has been surfing since he was 12 years old and is now 18. A contestant in many surf and body boarding competitions, Mikey has won a couple of awards for body boarding and made it to the finals in surfing. We also interviewed Ikaika Kalama who is a professional, now living in North Shore, O’ahu. He has been surfing for 20 years and is 30 years old now. “Pohoiki is my home,” Ikaika said. Last we interviewed Manu, 14 and Tristi, 20, who reside in Kalapana and have both been going to Pohoiki basically all their lives. Their brother, Kiko, who is now 17 also surfs down Pohoiki. “We love it here”, say the Napeahi Family.
The waves were a bit choppy and high level winds blew throughout Pohoiki. There were lots of families camping and enjoying the sunshine. Some uncles were throwing net at First Bay.
The kick-off for the Ninth Annual Boogie Kalama Surf Meet begins at Hokulaniʻs Steakhouse at 6 p.m. The meet continues through the weekend, look for more reporting on Tuesday.
***There were too many pictures for the Article to hold, if you want to see the rest of the pictures than go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51435076@N02/?saved=1
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