Rusty Surfboards and Surfline TV have partnered together to bring you the Punt of the Month! Each month Surfline TV will select the sickest air captured on video and post it for everyone to view in all of its aerial glory. This month's video features Jesse Columbo, check it out here.
Hometown: North Shore, Oahu
Travels: Tahiti, Indo, Bali, Australia, Mexico, California
Favorite Wave: Pipeline
Years Surfing: All my life
Sponsors: Rusty, Cape Surf, Black Flys, Matuse Wetsuits, Ladera Longboards
Heroes: All my friends
Height/Weight: 6'0" / 200lbs
Stance: Goofy
Favorite Food: Hawaiian & free food
Favorite Surf Video: JOB: Freak Show/Better Days
Hobbies: Surfing, Skateboarding
Favorite Music: Rap
If I Didn't Surf: I would like to be a chef
Words of Wisdom: Love life, it's short
If I Were a Dog: I would go to the pound
Who Would You Share a Big Barrel With? Ronnie Burns - The Legend
Enforcer or Ladies Man? Cruiser
Bodyboarders: Only get left-overs, maybe
Music?...Crank That Up! Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, and The Offspring
Music?....Turn That @#*% Off! Country
Makes Me Happy: Family and friends
Pisses Me Off: No money, that sucks
4 Man Final at Pipe, You Pick: Me, Jamie O'Brien, Kalani Chapman, and Andy Irons
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Photos: Brody
This ten contest series runs from Morro Bay to San Diego and Byland took 1st place in the Womens 18U for the 2008/2009 Season! However, this is not her first time on the winners podium as she took home 1st place in the WSA Open Women's Division last year...
Congratulations Chelsea!
I'm in Tahiti for my annual April/May trip. This is my 16th trip here. I usually start my 6 months of circling the globe off with French Polynesia the same time every year. Surfing the famed spot Teahupoo never gets old. The butterflies never go away no matter how many times you've surfed Teahupoo. I'm accompanied by young photographer Tyler Cuddy. I met him in Hawaii this past winter and he asked to travel along and document the surfing action.
We arrived on April 24. Norman James picked us up at the airport and drove us to his house. We are shacked up at his new house near big pass. It's a 5 min Jet Ski ride to Teahupoo. I'd rather be staying closer to the wave but since Norm stores my ski and my 4—4 Daihatsu Rocky I'll be staying with him. At the moment its just Tyler and I staying here.
Are second day here 4/26 we were greeted by a 8-10 ft south swell that was all worth the trip over here. I knew it would be a worthy one and booked my ticket to coincide with the swell. I'm stoked it all worked out logistically and the weather cooperated beautifully.
I rode my new 6'8" Rusty quad with my go pro camera attached. The footage I got complimented the waves I rode very well. I was lucky in the morning to catch some of the bigger sets that rolled through the morning. I remember two of my waves very well. One of them was a super late drop to a deep tube that blew me and its guts out. I was super stoked to get the rush and feel the juice of a heavy 10 ft wave. The other wave I recall was super west set that was so boxy and hollow. I threw some huge pumps but was swallowed right at the end of it. Both waves photographed very well. I feel I pretty much got what I was looking for and got the job done. Everything else is cream on top!
Tyler and I are planning on staying here until May 7. I doubt Ill stay that long. It all depends on the forecasts of course. I checked the models today and it looks like it's going to be small. I'm entered into the Billabong trials but may pull out if the surf is going to be small. I'll be monitoring the forecast and decide by Friday, May 1 if I'm going to compete.
Its been a great trip. I scored some of the biggest set waves on the first swell. I played with my go pro cameras daily and got some incredible shots. Even the small days at Tevaitit were fun. We did some wake boarding behind Moes boat. It's so perfect for wake boarding in the glassy lagoon.
I decided not to do the trials. The waves were going to be small. I was not mentally ready to compete in small Teahupoo. I had been visualizing it to be big but it turned out to be only 3-5ft. Plus finances are hard for me right now. Instead of the trials we initially decided to go back to Cali early. We went to dinner with Norm's family Monday night and missed the flight. It was ok though because we never changed the true flight that leaves on Thursday May 7. I said to Tyler screw it lets go to Moorea and surf Haupiti. He agreed and we left the next day.
We drove the Rocky onto the ferry and arrived here on Moorea at 11:30. We drove to Marks Place Moorea. Norm recommended it to me. It's a super nice lodge with a kitchen. Mark the owner built all the houses himself. It has a real custom feel to all the woodwork he made. The beds are cool. Each one has curtains for privacy and little windows at your feet and head. To top it off the house has screens. First house in Tahiti I've seen with screens. Tyler and I are sharing a whole house for 3000 FCP which is about $35 a night.
There's Kayaks here to rent for 1000FCP which is about $15 a day that we paddle out to to Haupiti. It takes about 20 min to get out there. The wave reminds me of Jockos a lil' bit. Yesterday was 3-5ft w/current running through the lineup and super fun. I randomly ran into Joe Tosi, Danielles brother. Small world! He came over to where we are staying to rent a kayak. It was cool we surfed the afternoon together. Random huh!
We have one last night here then we go back to Tahiti tomorrow night then fly back to Cali. We will meet Norm in the evening to drop the Rocky back with him and get some dinner then check in for the 8 hour flight to LAX.
Aloha~Jamie
P.S. Check Out the GoPro Camera video clips:
Photos: Tyler Cuddy
Team Rusty went out to Canyon Lake to meet up with two of their top riders Stu Shinn (Wakeskate Phenomenon) and Sean O'Brien (Wakeboard Master). In the event the 1st Annual Wakeskate & Bake was underway. Along to document the extravaganzas was Alliance Wakeboard Magazine and Rusty's very own photo crew. The photography equipment on board was worth as much as the chase-boat itself and looked like the paparazzi following Britney Spears down Sunset Blvd. With this very talented media staff we were able to accomplish what we came for: get some killer footage for editorial content, ads, web content and a possible cover with the help of Josh Sleigh's Winch! After the shoot we headed back to the Rusty team house and fired up the grill for an after sesh RBQ. At this time the DJ rolled in fired up the tunes and the party was underway! Stay tuned for video action!
Josh Kerr will face Fred Patacchia in Round Two at Teahupoo when the contest resumes...Let's go Kerzy!
In the mean time, check out Kerr's "Dream Tour" video clip...
Josh Kerr's "Dream Tour" - Watch more Funny Videos
I've been building surfboards for 40 years. A couple of years ago I got the paddle bug. I had not really considered pursuing the SUP business but I've been having so much fun and I have so many friends that have asked for boards...
I am really all about custom boards. These are 3 models to use as a basic guideline. They are all shaped and glassed in San Diego. Primary construction is EPS core and Epoxy glassing. I also do composite work including various veneer skins, as seen with the bamboo veneer and carbon rails on the Free Glide.
Turn around time on a custom? You'll be pleasantly surprised.
-Rusty Preisendorfer
Have a sneak peak at the SUP ad that will be featured in the next issue of Stand Up Paddle Magazine
Three Featured SUP Models::
Big Chill
(big yellow board)
12’ to 11’ 29.5 to 31 wide
4.25 to 4.5 thick
tail: Diamond or round square
fins: 2 x 1
for: Coastal cruising, flatwater,
larger surfers beginner to
intermediate
Free Glide
(wood grain board)
10’ to 8’ 28 to 29 wide
3.85 to 4.15 thick
tail: Diamond, round square,
or swallow
fins: 2 x 1
for: high performance
wave riding
LOL
(mint green board)
11’ to 10’ 29 to 30 wide
4.15 to 4.35 thick
tail: Diamond or round square
fins: 2 x 1
for: “all terrain”, lighter
beginners, heavier surfers,
cross-country surfing
Before this year's NSSA season started we took a few minutes to chat with Rick Takahashi (see "The Man With No Middle Name"), last year's Masters' Champion, and he claimed he was going to bring home two Championship titles this year... well, the man is true to his word and he brought home the NSSA Southwest Conference Masters (25+) and Seniors (35+) Championships!
The NSSA states that, "Rick Takahashi kicked up the heat in the Masters and Seniors categories this year, dominating the divisions with a major 14 win-record while handily collecting both conference titles."
Takahashi did not just sneak by with the titles, he destroyed the series in both divisions, leaving everyone points behind. In the Masters division Tak took home seven 1st places, two 2nds, and a 3rd- leaving him with a series point total of 12,450, 2,935 points ahead of second place! For the Seniors division he took home seven 1sts, two 2nds, and an equal 7th- a series total of 12,134, 1,805 points ahead of the runner up! Tak only missed one final in two divisions all year!
Not to mention that, just for fun, Tak entered and won one of the Sun Diego Pro/Am Events; as if he had not surfed enough contests this year...
"I won both conferences and looking forward to Westerns next week. I'm not looking forward to nationals until I win the Westerns Cup..."
Congratulations Rick! No Mercy at Westerns and Nationals!
Rusty Team ride Nate Yeomans placed a 3rd this week at the Nike 6.0's 6-Star Prime held down at Lower Trestles. Nate's path of destruction took down high profile WCT surfers such as Dane Reynolds, Travis Logie, Rob Machado and CJ Hobgood. Yeomans collected $5000 in prize money and now is sitting in 5th place on the WQS. We are super pumped on Nate's performance this week and look forward to more of his accomplishments. Yeahhhhh Nate congrats!!!!!!! Yewww!
