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PRESS RELEASE: Bonga Perkins Wins Paddle Core Fitness Pro Presented by Hard Rock Cafe at Sunset |
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By: Paddle Core Fitness
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
January 19th, 2008
Sunset Beach, Hawaii-
 Ikaika Kalama earlier escaped the Banzai Axe: Photo: Allen Mozo
In a final which also featured Hawaiian SUP Pipe specialist Ikaika Kalama, tow and big wave specialist Garrett McNamara and Australian paddle board champion Jamie Mitchell, Perkins' knowledge for the break and impeccable timing, got him the perfect wave and an 8.5 score to move past the field of waterman in the 30 minute final.
"It was so hard out there," said Perkins, "the wind was howling as we were trying to get down the faces and it just kept blowing us back up the wave."
Proof of that was GMac as he was a quarter way down one of the large twenty-five foot waves and got completely blown backwards allowing Perkins to get a big score.
"I buckled my heavier board at Maverick's (at Half Moon Bay in northern California) and was riding a lighter board so it was so hard to drop down the faces. But this gave us an idea of what it's like when those big peaks come in and the wind's howling. I kept thinking, I wish I had my heavier the whole time,"
explained a stoked McNamara.
 Paddle Core Fitness Winner Bonga Perkins Getting a Fun Workout. Photo: Allen Mozo
Finishing runner up to Perkins was Ikaika Kalama who earlier in the day, escaped a death defying guillotine at the Banzai Pipeline when he took off at the break on a twenty foot wave that just shut down on his 9'2" Paddle Surf Hawaii during peak low tide, narrowly missing some serious career injuring knee injuries and his runner up at Sunset.
Said Kalama, "I'm so lucky man. So close to getting hurt at Pipe and now surfing some gnarly Sunset. But I had fun out there. Four guys in the final and big Sunset. What a day and completely unscathed."
Paddlecorefitness.com Results:
1st- Bonga Perkins, Haleiwa, Hawaii $500 2nd-Ikaika Kalama, Waialua, Hawaii 3rd-Jamie Mitchell, Australia 4th--Garrett McNamara, Sunset Beach, Hawaii
About Paddle Core Fitness LLC
Paddle Core Fitness is the premier flat water stand up paddle workout company in Hawaii which teaches the health and fitness lifestyle in Hawaiian waters through stand up paddling. Established in October 2007 Paddle Core Fitness launches five locations throughout the islands in May 2008 including Oahu, Big Island, Maui and Kauai.
.jpg "Image") Three Way Traffic at Sunset. Bonga Perkins with Right of Way. Photo: Allen Mozo
Paddle Core Fitness' goal is to get you stoked in the water while getting a cardio-toned workout.
Live the lifestyle of a true Hawaiian waterman. Coming to a waterway near you.
For more information, go to: www.Paddlecorefitness.com
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