This winter sure has been a funny one.  We haven't seen as many wave-producing storm systems marching across the Pacific as we normally see this time of year.  Maybe its global warming.  Pipe hasn't been the 10 foot perfection that we were expecting for this year's contest, but 4 foot dredging barrells over a foot of sharp reef ensures an exciting contest, and exciting it has been.

 

This year our friends from Japan were invited to surf the Pipeline Pro, and we were down to show our support.  For those in Japan, you may recognize these guys, including Minetou Ushikoshi and the Ogawa Brothers, holding things down and representing with pride for Japan.

Insert sponsor shot here.  Thanks to those who support our surf/skate communities.

Former JPSA Grand Champ Minetou Ushikoshi holding strong after scoring a deep backdoor barrel and claiming first in his round 1 heat.

Finishing photo.  The drive back through rainbow country.  Aloha.

What a treat today.  BAYVI surfer shaper BRICE YAMASHITA stopped by the BAYVI offices today and unveiled his latest and greatest new board model.  A freshly shaped board with nice, clean lines, and man the guys over here are anxious in line waiting to give it a spin.

Big Ups to Brice, going out of his way to get this board over to us, and we're passing it around letting everybody have an equal chance to give it a go.  Had the lucky honors to give it the inaugural session at a clean session at DHead and the board is so fun!

Right now the team guys got it reserved for 2 weeks at a time, if you're a Sixth Alliance member and would like to give it a spin, send us an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and we'll see if we can get something arranged!

For board inquiries, check out Brice's website at:

www.yamashitasurfboards.com

Aloha

Big ups BAYVI Surfer Shaper Brice Yamashita for shaping these sick boards!

Our boy Chris Kays has been working hard on this with his deck sponsor NK, filming left and right, throughout Hawaii and Cali, and the much-anticipated Natural Koncept Video is about to debut this Saturday in Waikiki (where the Old IMAX theater used to be.)  We got hooked up with some VIP tickets, and since it's the Christmas spirit, we're here to share them with you.

Send us a photo with "BAYVI" in it. 
Send it to:

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It can be written in the background, it can be on a sign, on a shirt, written with ketchup on a hamburger, whatever you fancy.  The TWO most creative entries are both scoring a pair of VIP tickets for you and a friend.
These VIP tix will give you VIP access to the NK VIP bar with complimentary drinks and access to the NK VIP area with reserved seating.  We'll even throw in a pair of the much-anticipated, unreleased Chris Kays BAYVI keychain bottle openers for you.  We're gonna have to make this one available to Hawaii residents only, simply because we're mailing this out tomorrow, so you can get it one day delivery on Friday in time for the show.  This show is 18 and over.

Come down and support.

We're on a roll boys and girls, and this train ain't stoppin.
A teaser of our latest and greatest products, a creative collaboration of fresh minds out to do things differently.  Brand new shirt materials on this one...soft but got a good hold and figure.  Here's 'theGUY', simple yet bold.  BAYVI logos throughout the Hawaiian island chain, with our trademark BAYVI touch and VI_eagle on the sleeve.

May we present "Bird Eye View".  Sometimes you got to take a step back and look at the big picture, and this bird is doing just that, just plain chillin.  All shirts combed ringspun cotton, preshrunk and prewashed for maximum softness and comfort.

Keep checking back on the website as we're about to release it any day now.  If you don't see it in the store you like to shop at, then ASK FOR IT.  Make it known what you want it.

Ho, ho, and a ho.  Tis the season to skate.  No matter what side of the island you live, there's been a contest going on.  North Shore Banzai Skatepark, Aala Park, Hickam AFB.  Big ups to Tim Jackson taking home top honors (the guy's been on it!) at Yesterday's 84 Contest at Aala and Nick Yamasato at the Turkey Bowl Shootout at Hickam.  Do your part and support your local scene.  Big mahalos to 84 and the Hickam Crew BDK for putting on some damn good contests...some pics from Hickam below:   Peace.


Just passed the anniverary of our day of infamy, when the hangars at Hickam at Pearl Harbor were under fire.  Now the hangars are experiencing a whole new explosion of young up and comers.


Support your local.


VI_Lyon Farrell (foreground), Kalani David (background), along with 2 future bowl regulators waiting for results.


Big ups to BDK and the Pacific Amateur Skateboard Series for another packed house.

Hope you reserved your hats.  The KAYS hat and the FIDDY-TWO hat are now SOLD OUT.  Ask all you want, we don't make more...it's what we do as part of the Limited_VI Collection so those of you lucky enough to have one, hold onto em' tight.

Keep checking back, because rumor has it BAYVI is about to drop the new Limited_VI Clapper hat any day now!

Until then, get your goods while you can.  Keep connected.

BUI time y'all, and this year's lineup was just as fierce as ever. 

Amateurs paired side by side with seasoned pros in a 'no guts no glory' free for all for the coveted BAYVI bui winner's medal and top honors.  Better eat your wheaties son, because we like to root for the underdogs and it's all about giving the dedicated guys out there a shot at taking down some heavy hitters and invited pros.  Think of it like Rocky Balboa given a shot to take out champ Apollo Creed, subsitute hot dogs for egg yolk, and we're ready to roll.

With last year's winner Kainoa Haas training to defend his title, nobody was a match for this year's champ Nick Mita flying back from Japan ready to kamikaze his way with no mercy on nobody.  "I've been wanting to win one of these for a while now, I finally won one **** yeah."

Good on you Mr. Mita on a job well done.  Keep that trophy in good shape now, because next year there's gonna be a lot of hungry hands wanting to take that away from your cozy shelf...

Congrats to finalists 2nd Place Jared Clapper, 3rd Gregg Nakamura, and 4th Gopal Butler and to the bui committee holding things down true and consistent.

Check out the pics below.  Enjoy.

2007 BUI CHAMP Nick Mita with fellow finalists: 3rd Gregg Nakamura, 2nd Jared Clapper, 4th Gopal Butler


Who knows how much Mita had to pay off these judges for...





Chrispy keeps his paparazzi look refined and classy


Champagne Shower

BUI semifinalists.

Aloha. 

It's part of our Sixth Sense Campaign.  It's our sense of community.  The basics elements of our lives.

Made our trip to the West Side of Oahu as part of our annual school visits.  This time to the guys and girls of Waianae Intermediate, to show some love to the Westside crew holding things down.  Big ups to those staying strong and working hard.  Follow your passions--whatever they may be, whatever you want in your lives or careers...stay true and do your thing.  Future is ours you know it.

Aloha,

The BAYVI Crew


West Side holding it down

Makaha Beach rats.

Peace and aloha,

The BAYVI Crew 

It's winter time and the North Shore has been picking up.  Big ups to Brian Makanoa of Makanoa Films for the vid footy of our TEAM_VI_Surfer/Shaper:  Jared Clapper, solo sess out in the country.  Damn it looks mighty relaxing and fun.  Aloha.

Took a brief trip to Kona this past week to support the B.I fam. Showed some love, passed out
some stickers, & enjoyed the view along the way. Here's some randoms we shot while we
were there. Enjoy!

On arrival.

Lava Rocks for miles...

and miles...

and miles.

Mike Toland, Aaron Lopez, Blade Ward receiving the drive-by treatment of stickers.

Homeward

Bound.

We had a beautiful view of the jet engine.

Seafood Bar

Back to work.

(**Underground hip-hop artist Joe Dub is the man responsible for the music beats you're listening to on our www.bayvi.com website.  (Track1 and 2:  Joe Dub, Track 3:  Painkillers, consisting of Joe Dub and Topic.)  If you like it, support their music.  Read on and find out more.)

 



The Joe Dub Story

The iridescent glow slowly vanishes, only to be followed by a final trail of smoke.  The cigarette takes its last breath.  The glow in the tray fades much like the final moments of an old TV monitor I used to have when I was a kid.  One, dial knob to change station, two, dial knob to change volume, three, push to extinguish.  A bright glow, burning away.

Like a lens adjusting its field, the graveyard of ash fades to peripheral and the wall of record shelves behind now crisp-clear from blurred nothingness.  I notice shelves upon shelves of music albums, records, beats.  I begin to think how each black disc encapsulates an individual story expressed by cadences and rhythms rather than print and touch.  How much energy, pain, joy, sweat, smiles went into making each disc.  What do they each mean?  What are their stories?

"Let's do it again.  And wait for the change-up,"  I hear the words like a distant murmer, as if I was underwater observing a conversation.

I snap out of my phase, check my watch, it's 3AM.  I'm sitting next to underground hip-hop artist Topic, and we're here to do the story of Joe Dub.  While most people are dreaming of four-legged fluffy, fence-hopping animals, he's in the midst of recording his new album, "Pooretry".  In him, I see a passion and a drive you don't see in many people, the tireless approach and commitment to the truths of their lives.  It's an undying, uncompromising passion doing what you love.  We relate to it well, because we do the same with BAYVI.

Joe emerges from the array of wires, empty bottles of beer, keyboards, and a clean white monitor with a fruit logo showing lines stacked upon lines as if the big one earthquake finally hit.  He grabs a beer, takes a seat, and begins to share a little Q&A for the Joe Dub Story:



Name for the Record:
Joseph Andrew Bell

Your website / Myspace:
www.asitarecordings.com
www.la2thebay.com
www.myspace.com/joe_dub

Hometown:
Born and raised in San Francisco....currently reside in Kaneohe, Hawaii and San Francisco.

You've been respected in the scene for a good time now, but give us a quick run-down on how it all got started:
It started as a hobby in 1985, makin songs just to do it.  Then around 1990 it got more serious as the independent scene in the bay area was starting to bubble.  People were doing major shows and getting deals with smaller local indies but with world wide distribution.  So myself and the group I was with at the time decided to take it one step further and manufacture and release our product ourselves, and build our own relationships with distributors, and well...since then....it's just grown....passion over fashion!!!!  I love it.

Artists who've influenced you growing up?
Charles Mingus/Earth Wind and Fire/Mandrill/Pete Nice(3rd bass)/Just Ice/Schooly D/JVC Force/Led Zeppelin/Blue Oyster Cult/Doobie Brothers/Frank Zappa and about a few thousand more!

Where do you get your inspiration from now?
The unfolding world around me....be it directly in front of my face, or world events from abroad, music wise.  I'd say right now:  lab waste....lazer sword...ex-vandalz

So you just got back from tour, and getting ready for another...what's next for Joe Dub?
Yeah we just did Canada to promote an album me and Canadian producer Factor did entitled "Live in '75" and currently i'm in San Fran working on a new album...and getting ready to drop another one called "Pooretry" which is set to drop in early november...and right now i'm planning a tour in Europe in early-mid '08 to promote both albums....i'm just trying to keep busy

Favorite thing to pass the time when not working on music?
I'd have to say ....i'm always doing something music related, there's no other way i'd have it.  But i definitely enjoy doing grown up things....and watching sports....drinking is definitely up there as well...hah....  But music is definitely the heart that keeps my blood flowing!!  Without it I'd be useless...so it's always right there on deck if not at the plate!

Myspace: A blessing or the devil?
I'll take the easiest way out and say both:  Good to help spread the gospel...but bad because now everyone is somebody...haha  If that makes any sense....i'm speaking musically here....but yeah it's a great promotions vehicle for sure!

So tell us about your latest album? Any collaborations?
The current album "live in '75" dropped in July....it's me along with Factor......on Side Road Records...it's basically a wide mix of many styles and sounds--i'd say my most complete album to date.  It features a few of my regulars partners in crime such as....ellay khule/topic/awol one/mestizo/dj marz as well as a handful of canadian mc's such as kay the aquanaut/cam the wizzard and nolto...

Where can people support and buy your music?
Online you can pick it up at www.asitarecordings.com , www.la2thebay.com , www.accesshiphop.com

And as far as walk in record stores:
In Hawaii it's available at Prototype and Stylus.

In SF and LA your best bet would be Amoeba and San Mateo Zoo.

Anywhere else in the world or states.....pretty much any mom and pop should be carrying it...And if anybody out there reading this hasn't seen it at their local music supplier please feel free to either urge them to carry our product or email me with your store’s information and we'll be sure to have them fully stocked within days...i can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it




Final shout outs:
Instead of naming people and leaving some out ....i'll keep it simple.....peace to all my friends...family....and fans...and of course BAYVI!!!

Change.

As they say, the only constant in life is change.  You guys liked our old website.  Now it’s time to give you another.  It’s about keeping things fresh.  So grab a drink, buckle up, and enjoy a nice little adventure through the pages that we’ve put together for your beady eyes and your click-happy fingers.

The new things you can look forward to on our new site:

   1. The NEW_BAYVI Limited_VI Apparel Collection:

Every line we’ve released has sold out.  It’s limited for a reason.  Click here, grab your threads :  those quick to act are rewarded.

   2. The Sixth Alliance:

What is the sixth alliance?  How do you get hooked up with your free 6A_member card and exclusive 6A_sticker?  Click here and find out.

   3. Updates, updates, updates.

We got a new blog, a new 6A_featured member photo and video section, and you can expect this thing to be updating frequently.  So bookmark our page, keep connected, and get on it.

BAYVI teams up with Defend Oahu Coalition to bring you the collaborative KEEP THE COUNTRY COUNTRY Fundraiser Tee.  AVAILABLE NOW.

Buy a shirt, save a beach.  Your support saves our community.

Those of us here at BAYVI have released another shirt you can be damn proud of. We’ve teamed up with the folks over at KEEP THE COUNTRY COUNTRY to bring you the exclusive BAYVI x D.O.C. collaborative fundraiser tee.  20% of all proceeds are donated to KEEP THE COUNTRY COUNTRY.

The last I checked, most of us can’t afford lamborghinis, we don’t buy multi-million dollar estates, and we can’t individually donate millions to put a stop to Turtle Bay wiping out Kawela Bay and taking over the North Shore, our beaches, our skate parks, and our breaks.  But we do buy shirts.  And everytime you do, we’ll go ahead and make a 20% donation for you.

For more info on how else you can get involved with the Keep the Country Country campaign, check out Defend Oahu Coalition’s site at www.defendoahucoalition.org

You’ve seen this shirt in the mags.  In the newspapers.  In blogs.  The much anticipated BAYVI x D.O.C. collabo fundraiser shirt is AVAILABLE FOR RELEASE Starting NOW.

Click here and check out the shirt and support our community.

Show us your love and we show it right back.  Last week, we held a contest where the first 6 guys and girls to email us a photo of them with their BAYVI sticker were getting hooked up with a free exclusive pre-release shirt from the new BAYVI limited_VI collection.  Those who were quick to act were rightfully rewarded:

The lucky winners were:

   1. Kyle Kennedy-Pocock
   2. Kris Galvez
   3. Connor Carry
   4. Brandi Kalaukoa
   5. Nick Aina
   6. Mike Sakaba


CONGRATULATIONS!

Check out a few of the submitted photos:

HEAVYWATER MAGAZINE: V3N6:

Big ups to the crew over at Heavywater Mag on a job well-done on the interview of our TEAM_VI_Kainoa Haas: Check it out below:

Aala Park:  It’s time for the annual T&C Sunburn Classic.  Talk about sensory overload:  Downtown Chinatown, Bum Wars on the side which caused quite a crowd but didn’t really amount to much, Fighter Jets Overhead showing off for the Air Force’s 60th year anniversary, and some damn good skating.  Big ups to Tim Jackson of APB for taking home top honors and doing his thing.  Mahalos to all who made the contest possible.

VI_Brandon Kays

Aala Sunburn

VI_Kays

VI_Sunshine

AngryWoebots Martin riding in style

Nicole and BAYVI Women's designer Leila always supporting

MC Waldron what a sexy beast

Heavywater Mag Kaz Sano and a fresh pair of SBs

VI_Lyon flew in from Maui and didn't leave empty-handed... stoked!

Tim Jackson first place Best Trick congrats!

We’ve added a new surfer/shaper to TEAM_VI.
Welcome aboard the family: