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1. You been on a roll lately, what have you been doing different if anything to help in competition?
I don't like taking steps back...so I'm just trying to keep everything going forward...

2. What is your goal for 2007 competition-wise?
WCT is all I think of.

3. What part of your surfing have you been working on the most? Tricks? Linking turns? Style? Fitness? Bigger waves?
Lately I've been surfing sunset and pipe a lot. Riding a lot of 7'10s, 7'4s, 6'9s... all those boards and in between... a few 9'2 sessions out at Phantoms in back of my house, so when I do get a chance to ride a short board its like a little skateboard. I just want to punt and kick the tail out. Linking turns and flow comes from bigger waves, and so does fitness... getting pounded all day.

4. Whats up with your sister? She's killing it too, huh? You guys surf together and push each other?
She is one of the few chicks who actually surfs like a guy... I definitely push her not to surf like a chick. I just try to keep my results in the men's like her results in the girls'... if she does something, I do something.

5. How does Pops (Mike Ho) come in to play with you two and your surfing?
We got one of the best coaches in the world for the sport we do...it's nuts. I know kids that I surf against paying for advice that I was born into, so I just get a kick outa that.

6. When you're not surfing, what else are you into? Poker? Video games? Chick slaying? Skateboarding?
I like to do anything that will help my surfing...and I sit around in my room that has green wallpaper.

7. Any shout outs and/or thanks?
Thanks to everyone that speaks good on my family and me...and don't sit too deep on Oahu...