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Hawaii's Elite Element Academy surfers score at NSSA Nationals

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 30 June, 2008 : - - On June 21, 2008 Elite Element Academy students competed in the National Scholastic Surfing Association – National Surf Championship against other schools from the east and west coast. 

This is the first year that Elite Element Academy (E2A) has participated in the event and that a Hawaii school team has made it to the finals in the main event.  Moreover, E2A tied for first place with Carlsbad High School (California school) an annual contending finalist.  NSSA has never come to a tiebreaker for first place. 

Surf-Offs

Perfect waves, ideal weather, and the top high school surfers in the country competed in the first National Scholastic Surfing Association’s high school championship Surf-Off. In an exciting final round on Saturday, June 22, 2008 Elite Element Academy and Carlsbad High tied for first place in the championship finals.

The Surf-Off required each school to choose 3 students for the final tie-breaker competition.  The 3 students competed in a six-man, 20-minute heat.  Leading them to battle each other once more in a Surf-Off held today at Lower Trestles in San Clemente, California. The 2 finalists from Hawaii and California went head to head today with Elite Element Academy coming out on top and taking the overall win.
 
Elite Element Academy (E2A) is a K-12 private virtual hybrid school.  The school is a non-profit, 501 c (3) organization.  E2A is designed to provide educational opportunities for the non-traditional student in grades K-12.  E2A promotes high quality individualized instruction to foster experiential learning and cultivate students’ learning styles and talents.

The educational setting encourages students’ individualities and embraces the elements surrounding their lifestyle.   E2A provides other programs to enhance and support students’ needs. Check out pro surfers, Bruce Irons, Shane Beschen, and Kaipo Jaquias' testimonies on the Elite Element Academy website at eliteelementacademy.com.

The school services students across the nation from Hawaii to Florida in grades K-12. Eight (8) students participated in the high school competition:
 
Boys Division
   1. Kiron Jabour
   2. Kaimana Jaquias
   3. Micah Moniz
   4. Isaiah Moniz
   5. Keala Naihe
   6. Kaoli Kahokuloa

Girls Division
   1. Coco Ho
   2. Kelia Moniz

Longboard Division
   1. Kaoli Kahokuloa
   2. Kelia Moniz (alternate)

The students representing E2A in the Surf-Off:
   1. Kiron Jabour, grade 10 (male)
   2. Kaimana Jaquias, grade 12 (male)
   3. Coco Ho, grade 12 (female)

The National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage and assist its members in their interest to learn and develop the fundamentals and skills of surfing competition while competing in structured and quality events. The NSSA promotes the qualities of discipline and competitive excellence while supporting the merits of academic achievement to young surfers. The NSSA strives to provide a fun surfing experience for all of its members.

The NSSA is one of the few national youth sports organizations that require its participants to maintain academic standards in order to compete. Since 1978, the NSSA program philosophy has been that athletics and scholastics go hand in hand. More than 80 NSSA events are run nationwide that culminate with the annual National Championships which is regarded as the highest profile youth surfing event in America.

www.nssa.org
www.eliteelementacademy.com

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