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HERE IS MICK WITH HIS WICKED SLICE. HE MADE IT TO THE QUARTERS IN HALEIWA. THE WAVES WERE TREACHEROUS, BIG AND LOT OF CURRENT! MICK SURFED WELL BUT SOMETIMES THE OCEAN HOLDS THE CARDS. GOOD JOB MICK!

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HERE IS A COUPLE OF THE GUYS PICKING UP THEIR BOARDS AT THE FACTORY. KAI JUST GOT A SECOND IN BRASIL NEXT TO MICK AND ADRIANO WON 2 WQS IN BRASIL BACK TO BACK. THESE ARE GREAT SURFERS AND WE ARE HONORED TO BE BUILDING BOARDS FOR GUYS AT THIS CALIBER. JULLIO IS ADRIANO’S FRIEND AND IS A BOARD BUILDER TOO. THEY ARE OFF TO THE FIRST JEWEL OF THE TRIPLE CROWN AT HALEIWA. GOOD LUCK GUYS!

HERE WE ARE GETTING A FEW BOARDS TO THE TRAVELING PROS. THIS IS MIKY PICON FROM FRANCE. HE IS RANKED 15 ON THE WQS AND HE QUALIFIED TO BE ON THE WCT. WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING SOME OF HIS BOARDS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. MIKY IS ONE OF THE BEST TO COME OUT OF FRANCE. WE WISH HIM ALL THE BEST ON WCT.

THE TOUR HAS NOW COME INTO TOWN AND WE ARE SLAMMED! THIS IS USUALLY THE BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR WITH THE TRIPLE CROWN AND ALL THE TRAVELING SURFERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. PEOPLE SCREAMING FOR BOARDS AND WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO GET EVERYTHING DONE. IT WAS A BOTTLE NECK FROM THE BLANKS TO THE GLASS! I APOLOGIZE IF ANYONE HAS WAITED A LONG TIME FOR THEIR BOARDS. WE WILL TRY TO IMPROVE ON THE PROCESS. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

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IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK HOME AND THIS IS A SHOT COMING INTO HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS IS PEARL HARBOR WITH THE US NAVY SHIPS. THIS IS WHERE THE JAPANESE BOMBED. THAT HAD AN NEGATIVE EFFECT ON FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN HAWAII. ANY WAR IS NOT GOOD! WE SHOULD TRY TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND PREVENT PAIN AND SUFFERING. IT’S REALLY SAD WHEN WAR IS STARTED FOR POWER, GREED OR SELF INTEREST. IT IS ONLY AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE AND THEIR LIVES. PEACE

WE ARE LEAVING BEAUTIFUL BRASIL AND HEADING BACK TO HAWAII. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND MET GREAT PEOPLE. THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT HELPED US ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU JOHNNY, TANIO, NI, ALAN, EVANDRO AND ALL THE PEOPLE WE MET! MOST OF ALL WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITH OUT TALES, SIMONE AND ARIELA! THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY AND FOR PUTTING UP WITH US IN BRASIL. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT ALL! OBRIGADO!

HERE IS TALES AND EVANDRO WITH ME IN THE ROOM. THANKS GUYS!

HERE IS YOUR 2007 WORLD CHAMPION MICK FANNING!

THIS SHOT IS OF MICK ON THE NORTH SHORE. WE GOT SOME FOOTAGE OF MICK RIDING ONE OF THE BOARDS WE MADE IN BRASIL. HE SURFED ON HIS DARREN’S IN THE EVENT. HE AND DARREN HAVE HAD A LONG TIME RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS BOARDS. I’M JUST HAPPY THAT I’M FORTUNATE TO BE BUILDING HIM A FEW BOARDS.

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THE NEXT DAY WE WENT TO THE FACTORY AND HEARD THAT MICK HAD WON THE WORLD TITLE! I WAS SO STOKED AND HAPPY FOR HIM! I KNOW THAT HE WORKED HARD AND WAS REALLY FOCUSED ALL YEAR. HE DESERVED TO BE CHAMP AND IT COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED TO A NICER PERSON! I WOULD SAY THAT HE IS ONE OF THE NICEST, HUMBLE, CONSIDERATE PEOPLE I KNOW. EVEN BEING AS TALENTED AND FAMOUS HE IS STILL DOWN TO EARTH. HE ONCE TOLD ME GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE. HE MUST BE VERY GOOD!!!