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PAIA, Maui >> After more than a decade of roadblocks, no one was going to let a few late flights put a damper on the first ever state high school surfing championships the day before they start.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve been graciously working with us,\u201d Waialua coach Rain Magyar said, as the Bulldogs wrapped up practice at Hookipa Beach Park on Thursday afternoon, in preparation for the HHSAA contest that starts this morning and continues with finals Saturday. \u201cSome of our boards got delayed, too, but it all got worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

The five leagues were assigned specific two-hour time frames for practice Thursday, but at least two schools \u2014 Waialua and Punahou \u2014 were late because of flight delays.<\/p>\n

Magyar said it was important for his athletes to spend as much time in the water as possible. The north shore of Maui is different than the north shore of Oahu that the Bulldogs are more familiar with.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ocean has so much uncertainty,\u201d Magyar said. \u201cSo all of the experience you can get helps. And it\u2019s been tough for us because of the recent floods. We couldn\u2019t go in the water for 40 days, so we had to get creative with training.\u201d<\/p>\n

Waialua overcame the challenges to win the inaugural Oahu Interscholastic Association girls championship. Rival Kahuku won the boys meet at Kewalos last week, but Waialua had the most combined points.<\/p>\n

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With one of the lowest enrollments in the state, Waialua is an example of a small school that has a chance to win surfing championships. Also, it is very near one of the world\u2019s surfing hotbeds, Haleiwa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe camaraderie and the discipline is getting everyone excited,\u201d said Magyar, who moved to Hawaii right after high school in California to surf in Hawaii and never left. \u201cIt\u2019s great that we\u2019re representing the culture. The kids have been working so hard, everyone involved has. Most of the kids all know each other, and there\u2019s a pecking order, but representing their schools is making it special for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is fitting that Maui hosts the first state meet, because the Maui Interscholastic League is the only league that has held school-sanctioned meets and championships since they were allowed more than 10 years ago. Also, the Valley Isle deserves any kind of good vibes it can get, as it continues to recover from the deadly Lahaina wildfires of August 2023. Plus, good news in sports is more than welcome after the PGA indefinitely canceled The Sentry at Kapalua, and the Maui Invitational basketball tournament is on shaky ground. Hosting a high school surfing meet can\u2019t replace the millions of dollars at stake in those events, but it definitely provides an emotional community boost \u2014 especially after such a long, arduous battle to make it happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a day many of us thought might never come,\u201d HHSAA executive director Chris Chun said. \u201cBut it\u2019s finally here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many deserve credit for persevering, but one name keeps coming up again and again.<\/p>\n

\u201cKim Ball is a legend,\u201d HHSAA surfing coordinator Davin Kazama said. \u201cThe MIL has been very helpful and collaborative, sharing their knowledge and leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ball is also known for coaching wrestling at Lahainaluna. But now, he\u2019s the go-to guy for high school surfing. He and others on Maui showed it could be done \u2026 and he kept doing it, even after his and two of his sons\u2019 homes in Lahaina were destroyed by the fires.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me MIL surfing was good for my mental health. It took my mind off what the fire did to our whole town, not just our family,\u201d Ball said.<\/p>\n

Ball\u2019s three sons are watermen, wrestlers and scholars. Bailey is an Air Force lieutenant colonel who will surf in the All-Military Classic at Barbers Point in June. Blake played football and wrestled at Lahainaluna. Cody was a swimmer, and paddles for Napili Canoe Club. Blake (2006) and Bailey (2010) were Lahainaluna\u2019s scholar-athletes of the year.<\/p>\n

Ball said his wife, Cindy, deserves plenty of credit for taking care of other important things while he runs his surf gear stores (one of which burned down) and works on organizing surfing.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s dealt with the brunt of our rebuild and dealing with insurance,\u201d he said. \u201cFortunately she\u2019s visiting grandkids this week in Oregon, so I don\u2019t feel so guilty coming home late and leaving at dawn (for the HHSAA surf meet).\u201d<\/p>\n

In the early years, when club surfing for teens preceded MIL competition, \u201cWe attended multiple state school board meetings back in the day, lobbying for interscholastic surfing,\u201d Ball said.<\/p>\n

Ball is also known for his humility and gratitude for the efforts of others, such as the workers who prepared off-site parking for the meet.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s my inspiration,\u201d said Keith Amemiya, chair of Gov. Josh Green\u2019s sports task force and former HHSAA chief. \u201cEven after losing so much in the wildfires, he continued to lead the way as the MIL proved surfing can be done successfully and safely as a high school sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Amemiya on board, it helped with his access to support from the state\u2019s highest elected official \u2014 and one of its all-time great surfers, Carissa Moore. They all lobbied for bills that provided funding and other support.<\/p>\n

State Sen. Glenn Wakai also played a big role. So did one of his interns who never got the chance to truly represent her school as a surfer, and her father, a former coach.<\/p>\n

For a year after her graduation from \u2018Iolani, Sunny Kazama and her dad, Davin, strategized and acted to convince key people that state high school surfing is a worthwhile venture. They knew they needed to convince at least two of the four leagues to join the MIL \u2013 for a sport to be eligible for HHSAA championship status, three of the state\u2019s five leagues must participate.<\/p>\n

They put together a very thorough, but easy-to-understand presentation, addressing every concern of naysayers \u2014 and highlighting positives, such as Maui\u2019s record of success and Ball and many other leaders and volunteers being ready to roll. They included tangible details, like the fact that two junior lifeguard and CPR-trained surfers, Dream Poe-Shippy of Farrington and Camden Fong of Kamehameha, saved swimmers in distress in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what really resonated is this girl already out of high school doing it for future generations.\u201d Davin Kazama said.<\/p>\n

Sunny made a poignant speech at the Legislature about the joy of her \u2018Iolani club team finally winning a championship turning to disappointment when it was learned there <\/strong>would be no recognition by the school.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my senior season we won the state high school surf club championship for the first time in our school\u2019s history,\u201d she told the State Senate. \u201cBut we were told there would be no championship banner, no mention at all in the school\u2019s athletic assembly because surfing was not, and still is not, a sanctioned high school sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

She is now a student at the University of San Diego but will be on Maui to see the meet, her father said.<\/p>\n

\u201dI am stoked that Hawaii will finally crown state surf champions,\u201d Wakai said. \u201cSunny created a wave of excitement that generations of children will have the chance to ride into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davin said the point that small schools can win championships with just a few athletes hit home, too.<\/p>\n

Why did Davin Kazama get so involved? It wasn\u2019t for his daughter \u2014 she was already headed for college.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt that I owe surfing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kazama pointed out others who deserve credit, including Sarah Fairchild of the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation, state Rep. Sean Quinlan, and Chun of the HHSAA.<\/p>\n

There are many others from all of the islands and many walks of life, some of whom never surfed but see the value and the righteousness.<\/p>\n

And now, today, kids in Hawaii will make surfing history.<\/p>\n

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Merrick Mochkatel<\/td>\nKahuku<\/td>\nOIA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ace Arizumi<\/td>\n\u2018Iolani<\/td>\nILH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chase Burnes<\/td>\nKing Kekaulike<\/td>\nMIL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hayden Flores<\/td>\nKapaa<\/td>\nKIF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sanders Everly<\/td>\nHilo HS<\/td>\nBIIF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOYS LONGBOARD<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Zolten Poulsen<\/td>\nMaui Prep<\/td>\nMIL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kala Kukea<\/td>\nMid-Pacific<\/td>\nILH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Micah AhYou<\/td>\nKahuku<\/td>\nOIA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alex Ranne<\/td>\nHawaii Academy of Arts & Sciences<\/td>\nBIIF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cougar Carlson<\/td>\nKapaa<\/td>\nKIF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOYS BODYBOARD<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Liam Antipala<\/td>\nPacific Buddhist Academy<\/td>\nILH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chavez Alapai-Torres<\/td>\nWaianae<\/td>\nOIA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isaiah Ishigo<\/td>\nHilo<\/td>\nBIIF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rex Ang<\/td>\nBaldwin<\/td>\nMIL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kawika Kahale<\/td>\nWaimea<\/td>\nKIF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GIRLS SHORTBOARD<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Skai Suitt<\/td>\nWaialua<\/td>\nOIA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chloe Cloward<\/td>\nPunahou<\/td>\nILH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sloane Jucker<\/td>\nMaui Prep<\/td>\nMIL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Addison Murphy<\/td>\nKapaa<\/td>\nKIF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sadie Fair<\/td>\nKealakehe<\/td>\nBIIF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GIRLS LONGBOARD<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Puaiohi DeFries<\/td>\nKamehameha<\/td>\nILH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hanae Rose<\/td>\nWaialua<\/td>\nOIA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lila Sloan<\/td>\nMaui Christian<\/td>\nMIL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amaya Ranne<\/td>\nHawaii Academy of Arts & Sciences<\/td>\nBIIF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Addison Murphy<\/td>\nKapaa<\/td>\nKIF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GIRLS BODYBOARD<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Kaipoi Koa<\/td>\nKalani<\/td>\nOIA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kailana Tong-Matthews<\/td>\nKamehameha<\/td>\nILH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ella Koenigs<\/td>\nKealakehe<\/td>\nBIIF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ocean Lipstein<\/td>\nLahainaluna<\/td>\nMIL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Addison Murphy<\/td>\nKapaa<\/td>\nKIF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n


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