Randall Jackson and Kristen Steiner both took two events each at the 6th Annual Ho‘onua O Ke Kai Oceanfest event held this weekend at Prince Kuhio’s Beach (PK’s). Jackson broke through in both the bodyboard 16-and-over men’s competition, edging out
Randall Jackson and Kristen Steiner both took two events each at the 6th Annual Ho‘onua O Ke Kai Oceanfest event held this weekend at Prince Kuhio’s Beach (PK’s).
Jackson broke through in both the bodyboard 16-and-over men’s competition, edging out Travis Miyazaki and in the bodyboard drop knee contest, beating out Kylie Momohara.
Meanwhile, Steiner was able to capture the longboard 17-and-under girls trophy, over Erika Steiner and Kristen also took first-place honors in the longboard 18-and-over women’s competition, out surfing Alana Blanchard.
Travis Smith got the top wave in the bodyboard 12-and-under division, taking out second-place finisher, Taylor Summerfield.
In the bodyboard 13-14 contest, it was David Phillips who won, followed by Travis Smith. For the shortboard 12-and-under contest, Koa Smith beat out Kyle Gates for the win.
Leila Hurst won the shortboard 17-and-under girls competition, beating out Malia Manuel. Alana Blanchard avenged an earlier defeat and took home the top prize in the shortboard 18-and-over women’s division, taking out Laila Metzger.
In the shortboard 13-14 boys contest, Aaron Hacker beat out Tyler Newton for first-place and Chris Satterfield got the top wave, edging out Zach Arreola in the shortboard 15-18 juniors competition.
Drew Irons got the win in the shortboard open men’s division, with Masajah Lani taking second-place. Byron Wong won the shortboard 45-and-over men’s competition, over Max Medeiros. The longboard 17-and-under open division went to Cody Iddings, who out surfed Nage Melamed. Sion Milosky surfed his way to a win in the longboard open men’s competition, as Keola Wong took second-place. Aaron Hacker grabbed the Morey Doyle Open division, over Gavin Kennelly. Six-year-old Curren Dillberg dominated in the keiki push-in 6-and-over division. Curren’s mom noted that he doesn’t need to be pushed-in and did very well against an older field. Eliza Vierra took the second-place spot.
For complete results of the 6th Annual Ho‘onua O Ke Kai, check out page B2.
