HSS TEAM RIDER SPOTLIGHT- 11 YEAR OLD KANOA IGARASHI IS ON FIRE!

Kanoa Igarashiage-11
School- Dwyer middle school
Grade 6th
Board size 4' 9"
Ridding for HSS since the age of 6
Surfing NSSA open and explorer- boys & juniors WSA prime - 14 and under

Kanoa has not lost a contest this whole season and has a remarkable 7 straight wins. Last weekend up in El Morro Rock Kanoa won the final with 2 perfect 10's to make it the best heat of his life! Have to ask the staff at NSSA has any surfer scored a perfect 20 in the final EVER. Did Bobby Martinez ever?
Kanoa attributes a lot of the recent success to his new boards shaped by Mark Pesce. Mark Pesce has many ripping surfers ridding his boards and there is just something new and fresh with his shapes and understanding of what works and for who. You can grab a Pesce surfboard from the rack or speak to Mark on the board room floor at HSS Main St. Call ahead of time and make sure Mark is working @ 714-960-2266.
Kanoa is going over to Hawaii in November to get some training in larger surf with his family. And he said he just loves hanging out on the North Shore with fellow rippers from home and pushing each other and the warm water ain't bad either!
Kanoa's Goals for this year:
He wants to win the NSSA National title in one or more divisions.
He hopes to keep practicing with the USA Team and loves all the work outs Joey Buran provides. He remarked the one week training camps are so fun to surf all day against the best guys in the US. But the night time was even better, Kalohe Andino, Ian Crane, Parker Coffin snuck into the room where Kanoa and all the younger team were sleeping and painted everyones faces, poured hot sun screen lotion on them.
Thanks Kanoa for being such an awesome team rider!