Tune in to NBC's Jeep® World of Adventure Sports on Sunday, April 24 at 5:00 pm EST for the following events:
Banzai Pipeline HawaiiBanzai Pipeline, Hawaii: Mike Stewart, 9-time world bodyboarding and 10 time pipeline bodysurfing champion is considered to be one of the best wave riders around as he demonstrates his abilities along North Shore's most notorious wave in the world: The Banzai Pipeline. Tune in as athletes are awarded for best style, wave and tube while they assume the ultimate risk for the ultimate thrill.
Special Thanks: Mike Stewart

http://www.worldofadventuresports.com/events.html

Damian King Successfully Defends His World Title By Winning the Rockstar Games Maui Pro at Honolua Bay, Hawaii
Keith Sasaki Creations USA 1
January 6, 2005
Kapalua, Maui USA
19:00 Hawaii Standard Time
Australia’s Damian King pulled off a double whammy today by winning the Rockstar Games Maui Pro in 3-6 feet surf. King, from Port MacQuarie, Australia came from behind in the closing minutes of the thirty minute heat to beat fellow Aussie Mitch Rawlins, Jeff Hubbard and Toby Player. The victory, his first of the year on the International Bodyboarders Association Super Tour 2004 couldn’t have come at a better time. It allowed him to successfully defend his title.
Along with King, local favorite Jimmy Hutaff from Kahalui, Maui won the No Friends Drop Knee division, in front of Leroy Kaiwi, Brandon Foster and Cody Kauhaahaa. Hutaff used a combination of local knowledge and powerful backside snaps to take home his first victory in a drop knee event.
The day started with ten riders in mathematical contention to the World Title. Slowly, UPSets such as eliminations of Dave Winchester, Sean Virtue and Ryan Hardy in the quarter finals saw their hopes dashed aside. Highlights were an almost flawless demonstration by Mitchell Rawlins in heat one and deep tube riding by living legend Mike Stewart in heat four.
Hubbard and Rawlins looked extremely precise in semi one and easily advanced to the four man final. One rider, Guilherme Tamega would have to settle for third and wait on the red dirt cliff to wait and see if he would be adding another World Title to his extremely impressive CV. King and Player also looked sharp and gained the last two spots. This ended all of Andrew Lester’s hopes of taking the Tour Title.
The scenario was easy. While Tamega sat, his money was all on either Rawlins or Player, two riders who weren’t in Title contention. However, if Hubbard or King were to win, then his hopes to add another star to his jacket would end. For a while things were looking good for Tamega as Rawlins looked flawless. On one particular wave, the quite Aussie got the entire peanut gallery cheering when he boosted two critical reverse air spins and followed it up with a carving reverse. He backed that up with a good tube and heavy air. Hubbard couldn’t connect, Player’s waves weren’t cooperating and King got off to a bad start. With fifteen minutes remaining, Kingy’s luck changed when he found his first high score of 9.5 out of ten. He followed that up with a nine for two of his own air reverse spins. In the end, it was clear that it was between King and Rawlins. King’s scores were superior on two judges sheets, while one favored Rawlins.
King summed it up perfectly during the awards ceremony by saying that many pros were skeptical about the spot chosen to host the last event of the season but opinions quickly changed. Contest organizer Corey Correa hopes to return to Honolua as one of two stops of the Hawaiian winter season.
Rockstar Games (www.rockstargames.com) makers of high tech video games, No Friends, (www.nofriends.com) are the proud sponsors of the event, along with BZ, (www.bzproboards.com) Morey Bodyboards, (www.moreybodyboards.com) Nuisance, (www.nuisance.net) Viper, (www.vipers.com) The Foam Company and Ballistic Bodyboards (www.getballistic.com).
Also, for further information, please contact Corey Correa on (808) 478-1678 (cell) or email at cwcorrea77@yahoo.com

Photos by Warren Anderson

Option Magazine Awards night went big.
Here are the results:
Video of the Year - No Friends 6
Rookie of the Year - Mike Murphy
Contest Rider of the Year - Damien King
Bodyboarder of the Year - Jeff Hubbard
Best Team Award - BZ
Lifetime Acheivement Award - Mike Stewart
Dropknee Rider of the Year - David Hubbard
Click here to see pictures of the event

Hello everyone. I've been running a north shore taxi service and finding accommodation for people this year and the houses are beginning to go dry. If you need a place to stay, I'd highly recommend that you make a reservation by emailing me back at: titaniumframe@hotmail.com

If any of your friends needs a ride to and from the airport, we cut the price of a taxi cab in half and we save you money on groUPS of people coming out to the north shore. And if you plan on catching the bus, good luck with your surfboard. Buses don't allow them on. So... let me know people, if you need the ride. On top of that, I can find cars for you to buy if your looking for one. I know all the mechanics in town, so I could refer you to a good one.

If anyone needs a ride to the north shore, or from the north shore to the airport, I am starting a transportation business that is cheaper than a taxi and convenient because we also know every inch of coast line, and we know where to get rooms for rent. This year, the north shore is so crowded that locals couldn't even find a place to live in the SUMMER! You need a place to stay for a month, we will find it for you. Best bet is to let us know when to pick you up and how long you are going to come for, and plans will be arranged. One week two weeks prior would be the best for us to work on. I have several drivers and will pick up more than one person, surfboards included.
PRICES: 55.00 dollars for 1 person including boards.
75.00 dollars for 2 people including boards.
15.00 dollars for every additional person after.

Chris Taloa... Send emails to: TITANUMFRAME@HOTMAIL.COM

August 29, 2003
Custom X Team News: Custom X team riders did very well in the BIA this past year. After the year end standings, In the Pro Open X riders Giovanni Grecco was first, Trevor Ellis second and Nick Ashby third. Kris Espinoza won Triple A with Omar Leon coming in second in that division. Omar�s brother Richie won the juniors division also. Nick Ashby also got third for the year in the Drop Knew Open. All in all a very successful year for X riders. David Hubbard just got back from Indo, said the waves were just o.k. but hopefully scored some shots. We saw Brandon Foster for a brief minute in between trips from Australia to Puerto Escondido. He was hopping on a plan that landed 4 hours from Puerto and was hoping to find a way to get to Puerto from the airport. Talk about traveling on the fly.

Custom X Product News: Custom X is planning on releasing a new board after summer. With the great weather we have been having they got hit hard with orders and were unable to continue the Reasearch and Development on the new �VICE�. But they tell us that the �VICE� is now back to being R&D�d. Hopefully we will see it in September. The new reverse to Channel system on the bottom was designed to attract more speed. It will come in a 41" and 42" size. Also, in the works is a smaller �Dub� board. David Hubbard�s new board has done so well, they decided to make it in another size. Probably won�t be released for a few months though.

From Tom Morey:
Happy Birthday, Boogie!
Thirty two years ago, on July 7, 1971, around 3:00PM, the boogie board came into existence on the front lawn in front of Hawnel's, Big Island, Hawaii. Click here for more info and pics.