this gate here this white gate this is
this is where I was pretty much born so
my parents house here and then you walk
a little bit across this this street and
uh and the ocean is right
there this is where I caught my first
wave
my real first wave over there but
today's is is flat but this is where I
got my first wave this is where I went
in the ocean after a couple weeks I was
I was on this
planet and as you can see it's you know
it's most beautiful beach it's paradise
and also this is
where I lost one of my closest friend
you know one brother one older brother
that used to take care of me when I was
younger right here where that yellow boo
is is uh they were surfing here on a
beautiful day like today today and
uh well he he uh he he got attacked by a
bull Shack and they never found his
body
y growing up in Ran Island was uh was
was Paradise is I mean you can think of
any better place to grow up I mean it's
it's Volcano Island uh it's small island
small community uh it's one place you
know every culture uh mix in really well
and uh it's just amazing place to grow
up in it's not like in uh in many other
places where you can you can get that
that uh weird attitude maybe if you know
the body but is stand the body B Surfers
with Surfers and stuff here it's just
everybody mix in everybody's really
tight because it's obviously a small
community many different kind of waves
you know we we used to have uh
professional events here uh
International Surfers like best effers
in the world come here to do uh big
events and um obviously because we have
we have some world class waves so it was
it wasn't it was a dream to to grow up
here 5 years ago after the first series
of shock attacks people didn't realize
how how gly it was going to get and um
you know all of a sudden there was now
that you Looking Back The Last 5 Years
there been 18 attacks seven fatal seven
dead you know like um Federal attack so
I mean when you look at you look at the
stats the world map of shark attacks
what happened in R The Last 5 Years was
was
heavy so this is Las this is the spot
where little ELO canes 1y old boy from
here got attacked obviously he wasn't
supposed to serve because there had been
uh some attacks it was dangerous it was
prohibited but imagine being this kid 1
year old don't have school and he went
you know he he lied to his
parents he uh he went he just the
passion took over he wanted to just
catch a couple W with his friend can you
blame him you can't blame him for just
trying to get a couple waves where he
grew up I mean I knew I know how I would
have done it any other kids would have
done it and
and the sad story is that he he got
attacked and
he you know we know we know the the rest
of the story and the next thing you know
the whole island after absolutely lost
it you know you can see everywhere on
this beach this sign and his names on it
is so much love for for him this sign
that sayso we love you sign that says
give us back the ocean signs that
probably on the hottest moment when uh
after after this happened this was it
was
tough one of the v um we are here to
take care of uh Surfers and underwater
to take care of them the Ru when we we
SE truck is to alert the others so as
they can get out of the water we stay
until uh they go
outside
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Flores so my dad got involved a couple
years ago you know my dad was never a
political person but he uh you know we
we all thought and thought that we could
really help on our Island about this
whole shark crisis they got the first
net installed a couple months ago and
everybody was kind of talking that it
was a it was a big budget for only few
Surfers but at the end of the day it's
for the all the the community of this
area you look at now the day you go on
the beaches is it's packed there
thousands of people every day every time
it's sunny the restaurants are packed
the surf shops the surf School are about
to open again I mean it was it was way
more than just for Surfers and uh so
that was a battle but that was a huge
success and um a month after the second
Beach uh open with the the Nets I had my
first Surf
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so this this event was uh was a pretty
big success I'm stocked about it all the
kids were Fring uh this the the ambience
the the vibe around was so cool it was
even better than I expected the circle
for the victims you know in honors in
honor of our brothers was epic was one
of the most beautiful moment I've ever
been part of and it's just just great to
see all the kids and every generation
from you know the younger one to the
older you know the first ever generation
of surfers getting together and sharing
waves in safety you know it's it's it's
emotional for a lot of people after
what's been G on for the last 5 years
it's it's crazy some people can't even
believe this is happening this is the
first Like official event in five years
kids don't even know how to put a rash
on how to compete a heat uh but it's all
about the the good vibe the good
energy you know I think all this is H is
Like A Life Lesson huh I mean surfing is
is is a lot more than a sport I think
it's a way of living it's a way of um
being close to Nature and you know
living on their passion but at the same
time respect the environment respect our
planet and just the adrenaline that
surfing gets us the stoked is I I don't
see nothing like it I I don't know what
I could do without serving I mean and a
lot of people probably feel the same
thing but when you get into the water
you you know even if you catch one wave
or two two waves or a whole session and
you get one it's it makes your whole day
and at the end of the day you come out
as a better person because the
adrenaline the passion you know
everything is high it's the the highest
high surfing is is uh it's like a
religion but like a good
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