The China Uemura Longboard Surfing Classic

Queen's, Waikiki
28 July 2006

Kekoa Uemura makes dad proud with victory

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 31 July, 2006 : - - Fitting for a family-oriented event, China Uemura's 22nd Annual Longboard Classic featured some family ties yesterday.Kekoa Uemura, the son of the contest's namesake, won one of the professional competitions yesterday.

Kekoa Uemura won the Japan-Hawai'i Invitational, topping a field of 32 longboard surfers — 16 from Japan and 16 from Hawai'i. "Whenever you challenge another country, you want to represent your country the best you can," he said. "I can not say anything bad about the Japanese surfers because they were awesome. But this is our home water and so we had the advantage."

Each surfer in the invitational got to surf in two separate heats, and there were no eliminations. Uemura was clearly the best overall performer, receiving scores of 9.8 (out of 10) and 8.0 in his morning heat, and 9.3 and 8.5 in his afternoon heat.

"I liked the format because there was a lot less stress," Uemura said. "You know you weren't going to get eliminated, so you can just relax and concentrate on getting your waves."....

Read the full article by Dayton Morinaga at the Honolulu Advertiser.com

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Source: Honolulu Advertiser.com

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