Post #422203 by Mongoloid on Thu, Dec 4, 2008 4:56 PM

Stoked that you posted this video clip. I was driving by Kona about a month and a half ago one Saturday and noticed all these old vintage surfboards and vendors in the parking lot so i pulled in and it was a surfboard slash vintage Hawaiian and surfing memorabilia swap meet going on. I made the rounds admiring all the old logs and cool tiki and surfing items and came up to Joes booth where he was selling his paintings and a few t shirts, i started talking with him and was immediately impressed with his down to earth personality and his stoke on surfing and he came across as if he was an old legend already talking about the good old days, definitely an old soul with a new school attitude and i was completely blown away that he was only 16. His artwork can be seen in this months Longboard Magazines art issue. I talked with him about music for a bit too, because i ended up buying this painting of David Nuuhiwa at Huntington Beach. Hes wearing a helmet and vest which was mandatory back in the day for a short period in H.B. and if you weren't wearing that while surfing it would result in a ticket from the lifeguard. I told him it kinda reminded me of Devo and he got all fired up and told me he was just watching a video of Devo on youtube the night before. He had never been in Kona before so i painted a picture of what it was like inside and his eyes lit up. He told me he had been on the New Pollution segment on Fuel Tv but i had missed it. This kid has alot of talent and i believe he will be an ambassador for the sport in the coming future. He is a rare breed for sure!