Shaw Kobayashi
Birth date:7/01/1992
Resides:San Clemente, CA
Sponsors: O'neill, Jack Ocean sports,Von Zipper, Ocean Minded, and Cordell surfboards
Shaw Kobayashi is another San Clemente High school ripper. He is a young powerful natural footer that can be found frequenting Lowers in the Summer and Upper Trestles in the Winter. He is also known to flare up at T-Street and the beachbreaks of San Clemente with regularity.
Shaw is a seasoned competitor in the amateur ranks and surfs in the WSA and NSSA and has won events and has been making finals from a young age.
His surfing is powerful and he can really lay the rail down on a Trestles wall. For this season he will competing in the NSSA, Pro Junior events, and will even hit a few WQS events. He will be busy, especially when you add the San Clemente Highschool Surf Team participation. His surfing will only sharpen and good things will come to those who work hard.
Favorite waves:Lowers
Crew you surf with:My Family, Doug V. and Mike V.
Favorite movies:Stranger Than Fiction, Passion pop, and Campaign 1 and 2
Musics: Pepper,Swollen members, T.I. etc. Surf movie songs are sick too.
Grinds:Sushi!
Readings:October Sky and Surf magazines
Travels:Indo, Japan, Hawaii, Mexico,Panama, and Costa Rica
Goals for 2009: To do good in school, Do good in WQS and Pro Juniors and other contests.
Other interests:Fantasy surfer and myspace