News From Osiris

How was your outlook coming to Oahu this year? I am excited to come to Oahu every year for the winter. I arrived to Oahu at the end of October. I was surfing a lot and I got a lot of really good boards from MB surfboards.

How were you preparing yourself to be ready for this year for big waves and the Pipe Masters? One way is I go to the Quicksilver performance house here on the North Shore, which has mixed martial arts, yoga, and intuitionalists. I am also getting used to my equipment because 75% of my boards are quads. I have been working really close with Michael Byrne to develop the fastest board, and we now have the Fuller quad pro model.

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Here is Kala Alexander getting his job done at Backdoor in Janurary 08.

Kala Alexander Photo:Moses

Leaving cold windy rainy San Diego is an easy task when knowing that you’re on your way to spend 18 days in paradise.

The arrival to Oahu

Chris Cote waiting.

Once arriving into the San Diego airport or any where you decide to depart from and travel to Hawaii, I guarantee that you will run into someone you know. Like here Chris Cote from Transworld Surf Magazine.

Being on the North Shore of Oahu has a lot to offer besides the land of Gods country and big surf.
If you did not have a chance to be at the Pipeline Masters, the waves were very small so outside of surfing here is what goes on behind the scenes. Check out the boy’s lifestyle at the Quicksilver, Volcom, Oakley houses, and all of the industry heads and pro athletes.

Ikka and Cahva chillin

Barca and Rothman

The locals were frustrated due to lack of swell and big surf, but they had all kept there aloha and showed their Hawaiian hospitality letting us all experience there lifestyle, bbq’s and music.

Here is a view of living the dream being a pro surfer on the North Shore of Oahu.

Text and Photos by Eric Sorensen.