The tenth anniversary of the Surfers Hall of Fame will be conducted on Friday July 27th in Huntington Beach. There they will be adding legends in surfing and also a legend that helped make the surfing. Al Merrik, maker of the surf boards that many Kauai vacationers and surfing legends ride, will be inducted into the honorary Surfers Hall of Fame.

Also being inducted will be surfers who have ridden his exalted boards including Bruce Irons of Kauai, South African Martin Potter, and Pervuvian Sofia Mulanovich.

Premiering tomorrow on FUEL TV, the 24/7 action sports lifestyle network, will be a new documentary series profiling members of Kauai’s famous surf posse - the Wolfpak.

The documentary called “The 808″ tells the story of how the Wolfpak began in a seven part series. It also tells and how they have made their mark on the surfing world. It chronicles the life of this tight-knit group that has become the most powerful surf crew on Oahu’s North Shore.

Huntington Beach was the home of the QUIKSILVER King of the Groms California qualifier today and Kauai’s own Dylan Goodale came away “The King”, in a KOG that was rockin’ from the very first heat.

The surf was serving up 2-3 ft waves on Huntington beach and Dylan Goodale made the most of them dropping consistent high scores and scoring a KIG record of 7 “skins”!

Kicking off the opening round was Jon Jon Florence’s who set the bar high with a 7.67 ride. Beyrick De Vries also made his mark in the opening round with a front side air 360 that was unrivaled during the whole event and earned him the Future Fins most “futuristic” maneuver.

The best surfers are endorsed by companies worldwide who wish to promote their products. Ussually the surfers sport these endorsements on their boards with everything from CPA’s to hair care products to clothes and sunglasses.

However, this week we are seeing a different trend – a trend of purely altruistic regards as this week in the Billabong Pro Teahupoo, kicking off in Tahiti, instead of the brightly colored many logos surfboards, Andy and Bruce Irons from Kauai, will be paddling out with surfboards showing just the dark purple and burned orange logo of Virginia Tech University.

The surfing on Kauai is spectacular and therefore it has molded some of the best surfers in the world, so it is no wonder that three up and coming Kauai surfers are competing at the World Junior Surfing Championships.

Leila Hurst and Alana Blanchard are competing in the girls competition and Dylan Goodale is surfing in the boys division. Kauai and Hawaiin are hoping that the Hawaii team will take back the first place trophy they won in 2005. Last year they came in third in the competition. In total Hawaii has 12 of their best junior championship surfers competing.

You say the name Bruce Irons anywhere on the beautiful island of Kauai and everyone will know just who you are talking about. Born in 1979 weighing only three and a half pounds Bruce has grown into one of the best surfers in the world and is now being honored by being inducted into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame, the world’s first imprint collection of legendary surfers.

This weekend was the beginning of the NSSA RVCA Regional Championship in Honolulu, Hawaii and Nathan Rex from Kauai hit 9 out of 10 points in rides to open up the first day of competition.

Rex’s moves were compared to former NSSA standout Andy Irons they were so smooth and put together. He dominated in both the Explorer Mens and Open Juniors divisions.

Carissa Moore was also fabulous in the Explorer Women. Moore recently competed in Austrilia where she was runner-up in the VCT Roxy Pro.

When you vacation on Kauai you get to experience a special place, a place haled by kings, a place with tradition, life and spirit. One of those traditions is in surfing, where there seems to be a unique and standard code, and that is to help one another.

It is made mandatory amongst the surfers for all the older and more accomplished surfers to help the younger generation. They do this by surfing with them, giving tips and pointers as they inspire and encourage a new group of surfers to rise up and be the best.

Bethany Hamilton always loved surfing and entered her first competition at the tender age of 11. In two short years she was well respected in the surfing world and then on October 31, 2003 her dreams were almost destroyed by a shark attack on Kauai, in which the shark took her left arm.

The shark could take her arm, but it could not take her belief, her courage or her relationship with Jesus Christ. Instead of being afraid of the ocean her dream grew stronger and she became an inspiration for the world.

Pro surfing’s most famous surfboard siblings, Andy and Bruce Iron have just announced their 6th Annual Pine Tree Classic, which will be held this Saturday, February 10th.

The contest is for menehunes age 6-8, boys and girls 9-10, and boys and girls 11-12. Entry forms are found at various surf shops around the island and must be mailed in as there is no day-of entries allowed. If you wish to enter do it fast as only the first 124 entries will get in.