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Kai Santos Bodyboarding Glory Days
1987-1988 Quotes from the Bodyboarder's Magazine:
There are fearless big-wave riders...Hawaiian cool dude Kai "Don't say die" Santos has been turning a lot of heads this winter on the North Shore. His "I don't care if it's sucking dry under me" attitude has earned him heaps of respect in the local bodyboarding community.
Boyle has a lot of respect for Stewart, saying of his domination at Pipe, "He may well be the heir to Gerry Lopez's crown." Riders and photogs agree, though, that Kai Santos and Ben Severson aren't far behind.
The fine print reads as follows: "Be there when it gets square! Kai Santos drops into a growler at Log Cabins, a popular North Shore spot that is nothing more than a gnarly, reef-bottom shorebreak. photo: Tom Boyle"
One of the cover shots of Kai Santos on the Bodyboarding magazine. Log Cabins photo: Tom Boyle
Kai Santos was the torture test pilot in 1991. Taking the industry's best boards in the world's most powerful waves to gauge the merits of each design. Kai Santos helps you buy the board that's best for you.
Kai Santos surfing Gas Chambers at Sandy Beach on Sunday morning Dec. 5, 2004
Sequence photos by Jamie Ballenger of :
http://www.chunsreef.net/
Kai's Birthday Surf Sesh - Lumahai Beach - Kauai
Monday 20 Dec 2004
All photos above by Neal
http://www.dotphoto.com/Go.asp?l=nemo180&P=51AF&AID=2065266&T=1
l: Launching off the backwash r: Look closely, Kai is riding the monkey's head.
Our HSBA Hawaiian motto: Hopupu i ke kaha nalu
To be extremely emotionally excited about bodysurfing.
To bring bodysurfers together.
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