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Rusty team rider Kevin Sullivan loves to tear Maui apart… Here’s proof!!!

So Hawaii 08 is in full swing on the North Shore. I have been here for 2 weeks now, and my pasty white haole skin is gone with a solid Hawaiian bronze. I rocked up from flat Cali straight into a solid 10 foot west swell and firing Pipeline. Didn’t get too many waves out there, but just one is better than any wave you’ll ever catch back at home in San Clemente. Just yesterday I was out surfing Pupekea and there were sea turtles swimming everywhere. There was one turtle in particular that was huge, definitely the biggest turtle I have ever seen. So I figured I would swim down and check him out. As I swam down and was getting closer to him, I thought, I wonder if you could grab on the back of him and let him pull you around. Like the stuff you see in the movies. But unfortunately there is a reason you only see this in the movies.It happened so quickly I didn’t have time to clear the area……….. and since I was directly behind him I was an easy target All of the sudden a brown cloud filled the once crystal clear water. Wait whats going on, why is the water all of the sudden brown. Then it hit me. I couldn’t believe it, I just got crapped on by a turtle… As he swam away, I think I heard him say,” welcome to Hawaii haole now go home.”

The Reef Hawaiian Pro 2008 (part of the Triple Crown Series) is taking place right now!  Young Kevin Sullivan surfed his way to a first place in a stacked round one heat, including: Bruce Irons, Shane Beschen, and Eric Rebiere.  Kevin will be surfing again soon in round two against Antonio Bortoletto, Andre Silva, and Rudy Palmboom.

Check out the action at: triplecrownofsurfing.com