Burger King HASA Champs

Hawaiian Amateur Surfing Association
Ala Moana Bowl, Oahu
4 - 6 June 2008

BURGER KING® State Champs Crowned as The Bowl Cranks Out Some Sizeable Surf

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 7 June, 2008 : - - Honolulu -- Whopper size waves treated finalists to some  action at the Ala Moana Bowl as the double over head surf took competitors by surprise for the final day of competition. From 7:00 A.M. surf started to build and by 10:00 A.M., eight foot faces kept surfers scratching to the channel in the biggest surf of the young summer season.

For Kal Farot, the Ala Moana local used his local wave knowledge in capturing the Grandmasters title as he took positioning on the best sets of his heat.  Not to be out done, Todd Murashige  from Honolulu found open doors and found a couple of nice hollow "Bowl" pits in taking out the Senior Mens as the other  finalists in his division could only watch and wish.
 
In the  Junior Men, the pro four man format gave surfers more breathing room to move and better wave selection. Hawaii Kai'sTylen Yamakawa surpised the other three competitors with two solid waves in taking down Maui's Dege O'Connell,  Honolulu's Kapu Ping and  Big Island's Levi Gonzales respectively.
 
The early morning final of the Boys division was the stage of Hawaii's future, as Ha'a Aikau, who had just recently won the Local Motion Surf Into Summer at the Bowl just two weeks ago, took down a tough field of competitors, with Keanu Asing in runner-up, Molokai's Kaoli Kahokuloa in third followed by Sheldon Pashion.
 
As for the girls division, Nage Melamed from Kauai, took top honors with one keen eye on wave selection and the other on avoiding the big closeout sets. Melamed was followed be Missy Valdez, Lani Doherty and Erika Steiner,  
 
With the event completed with trophy presentations at the Hard Rock Cafe Friday evening, the BURGER KING® State Championships was all about putting together the best surfers, in the best waves this summer and having it "their way".
 
FINAL RESULTS

Bodyboard

Boys
Matthew Holzman
Kainoa French
Cody Lucas
Storm Magsaday
Lailon Tyndzik
Lyle Nemeth

Junior Men
Alex Brown
Travis Smith
Kaena La’a
Oliver Seitz
Rusty Akeo
Corin Foster

Men
James Clancy
Bradda La’a
Dayne Kim
Mark GErvacio

Drop Knee
Kapena La’a
Bradda La’a
James Clancy
Rusty Akea
Dayne Kim
Mark Gervacio

Launch
Alex Brown
James Clancy
Booboo Cazimero
Mark Gervacio
Dane Kim
Kailon  Tyndzik

Surfing

Menehune
Chaz Kinoshita
Ian Gentil
Elijah Gates
Imai Devault
Tatiana Weston Webb
Uluboy Napeahi

Boys
Ha’a Aikau
Keanu Asing
Kaoli Kahokuloa
Sheldon Pashion

Junior Men
Kylen Yamakawa
Dege O’Connell
Kapu Ping
Levi Gonsalez

Men
Davin Jaime
Theodore Landt
Nakoa Decoite
Shawn Pila
Josh Rex

Open Men
Christian Enns
Keanu Asing
Forrest TRoxell
Tanner Hendrickson
Dege O’Connell
Scott Shimoda

Masters
Scott Shimoda
Chrstian Enns
Darren MAhoe
Brice Yamashita
Alessandro Costa
Derrick Chang

Senior Men
Todd Murashige
Miguel Graham
Adam Escobar
Robert Howard
Greg Hunter
Stephen O’Brien

Grandmasters
Kal Farot
Mark Shima
Les Tabuchi
Eddie Pieper
Raymond Shito
Tommy Reyes

Girls
Nage Melamed
Missy Valdez
Lani Doherty
Erika Steiner
 
Women
Mia Melamed
Dana Tortuga
Kalindi Jacoby
Virginia Fajardo
Nina Dodge
Takako Yago

Legends
Koapaka Brown
Malcom Ing
Gilbert Perea

Longboard

Menenhune
Kaito Kino
Slater Trout
Tatiana Webb
Kiko Lingstein

Juniors
Joshua Lindstedt
Nelson Ahina
Dennis Walsh
Bullet Obra
Shaun Walsh
Tai Graham

Men
Laakea David
Mau Ah Hee
Dane McCullum

Senior Men
Gino Bell
Gavin Hasegawa
Daniel Stein
Tomo Saito
Dean Nakamaruu

Open
Gavin Hasegawa
Bullet Obra
Les Tabuchi
Gino Bell
Mau Ah Hee
Laakea Davis

Grandmasters
Tommy Reyes
Warren Hoohuli
Stepphen Katayama
Eddie Pieper
Kimo Miranda
Les Tabuchi

Girls
Erika Steiner
Hannah Harrison
Annabel Marvin
Kailee Cunninghom
Vanessa Martinez

Women
Rachel Spear
Izumi Baldwin
Annabela Martinez
Heather Fastein
Chie Matsuoka
Amelia Obra

Standup Paddle
Miguel Graham
Candace Appleby
Dwayne Aikau
Dean Nakamura
Slater Trout
Kimo Miranda

Previous reports:
# 1 : Burger King HASA Champs Day 1 kicks off in good Bowls
# 2 : Day 2 of Burger King State Champs scores 6-foot Bowls

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