LUCKY WE LIVE IN HAWAI’I…
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 by KaboeCourtside seats (waves look smaller then they appear, trust me…it was pretty big)
I got to spend the later part of today up in the North Shore at the Red Bull Team House, our good friend Rob is the main man for Red Bull in Hawai’i, so he invited us down to come and BBQ at the house and get out of town for a little bit. Everything about the North Shore is great, from the drive out there, shrimp trucks, wahines every where, Ted’s chocolate haupia pie to seeing several of the best beaches, not only in Hawai’i, but the world…back to back to back to back to, well you get the point.
It boggles me, that in the two years of living here, I have only been to the North Shore a handful of times, and driving back tonight made me think of how terrible that is…(Note to self, Drive to the North Shore at least once a month, thank you…-self.) Right now the season is in full effect, and The Vans Triple Crown is going down. If you by any chance don’t know what that is check this link and see for yourself. In a nut shell, the VTCS is basically the World Series, Super Bowl, World Cup, Olympics of the surfing world. Having said that, we were basically on the sideline, or court side if you must, watching these events take place…and what better then from the lanai of a beach house perched right on of the dopest, most gnarliest breaks in the world, Banzai Pipeline, drinking beers, que’in on the grill and hand picking beautiful women right off the beach…exactly!
Long story short, The North Shore is an amazing place, and if you do live here on Oahu, and you haven’t been in a minute, do yourself a favor and make a drive out there and turn the cell off and just cruise, solo or with the crew or your better half, whatev’s just do it…take advantage of being able to be able to do such a thing…don’t take it for granted, and believe me, I know its easy to do…
Mahalo-
RED BULL RIVALS RESULTS
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 by CuzzoTown Over Country
The South Shore Team Wins Red Bull Rivals
By Daniel Ikaika Ito
Photos By: Zak Noyle
[Keanu Asing was the only surfer voted on to both teams by the fans. Luckily for the South Shore, Asing decided to punt big airs for the Town team.]
The South Shore team represented at Sandy Beach by winning the Red Bull Rivals and edging out the North Shore on Saturday. This event was an invite-only pro surf contest that looked more like a Labor Day beach party; Brazilian-bikini-clad booties lined the shore. Red Bull guzzling groms pounded cans of carbonated beverages under the big, blue tent. DJ’s spun the latest jams, including several leaked tracks from Jay-Z’s unrealeased album Blue Print 3. BBQs fired up in the parking lot. The pro surfers flared up in the 2-foot, shifty wedges.
An east swell provided contestable, shoulder high peaks for the both squads across the treacherously shallow Half Point reef. This wave is a notoriously, tricky surf break with late takeoffs and sketchy sections over coral heads, but it couldn’t stop the Town team from edging out The Country 17-15.
LET’S KAU KAU!
Monday, May 11th, 2009 by FITTED
Releasing tomorrow, May 12th. We all know North Shore has some of the best country scenery, besides the East and West side; and everyone knows that we have the best surfing, bar none. It’s a testament to the real, untouched Hawai’i and definitely not as nearly over developed as it is in town. Almost everywhere you look, you can reach out & touch a piece of the old Hawai’i: from the historical scenery in old Haleiwa to the plantation fields sprawled across the many acres that covers the North Shore. Hidden amongst the many surf and trinket shops are some of the most amazing eateries. One of these being Storto’s Deli located at 66-215 Kamehameha Hwy. Many of their sandwiches correlate with the many major surf breaks scattered across the North Shore, which is why it holds such a deep seeded history in the surfing community ’til this day. Plus, the sandwiches are like no other. Don’t believe us? Try it out for yourself, and if you don’t plan on driving out to that side of the island any time soon, they’re opening their first town location this Friday in Kaimuki at 3184 Waialae Ave. Read the Advertiser’s article right here.
