So far, Lucas was badly stung by a man-o-war at Kealia, he was hit in the face with his fins at Pine Trees (and needed to be butterflied), he broke his board in Haena (after hitting a log in the barrel), he made it through seven heats in one day and into the finals in both divisions in the 6'+ (Hawaiian) Sunset Contest (taking 4th and 5th). The next week, we came back to Kauai and Lucas took 4th in the Explorer Menehune division and WON the Open Boys division at PK's in Poipu in solid 3 - 4' (Hawaiian) surf. This win puts Lucas in first place in the standings for the state of Hawaii in Open Boys ... check it out: www.nssa.org And, just yesterday, we had ANOTHER contest ... the Volcom Totally Crustaceous Pufferfish contest at Pine Trees. In the grom division (which is 14 and under) 48 kids entered. Lucas made it through 3 heats and into the finals, taking second! This qualifies him for the world-wide conclusion of this tour in Newport in May. New boards from Timmy Patterson (which are "magic" according to Lucas) and great coaching from Craig Hoshide have definitely helped his continually improving surfing. Thanks Timmy and Craig!!
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