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Hey guys, my name is Kaoru Lovett, I was born and raised here on the east side of Oahu. I enjoy engaging myself in many of the activities that there are here in the islands. Being born and raised so close to the ocean, i found myself constantly at the beach. All the ocean activities that i do today, i learned here at Kailua beach park.

At a young age my dad taught me how to windsurf. It was rough and difficult learning the sport but after getting a hang of the sport, i found it to be amusing and i strived to become better at it. The Naish Family in Kailua have always been very supportive in my ambition to advance as a windsurf as Rick Naish had provided me with custom windsurfing boards when i was too small to effectively use production gear. Also during this time i picked up sponsorship from a company local to Maui known as Hot Sails Maui. Jeff at Hot Sails Maui helped me out enormously and is an incredibly generous man. Hot Sails Maui provided me with numerous sails and other gear that i am extremely lucky to have had. As i excelled in the sport i picked up sponsorship with Dakine as they too provided me with all the windsurfing accessories that i would ever need. I did my best to represent and advertise these three company's as i grew into a better windsurfer and learned how to wave sail at diamond head.

Another sport that i was taught here was the sport of paddling. I always saw people out in the water paddling on six mans and OC-1's while i windsurfed passed them. Not once did it ever come across my mind to learn the sport though....I always thought, Why would i wanna paddle when im going so much faster windsurfing?. Little did i know that paddling was a whole different world of water sport and it required a vast knowledge of the ocean that i wasn't aware about from just windsurfing. My sophomore year of high school at Kalaheo High, i went out to paddle with the school team. I instantly began to love the sport as i continually excelled in it and with my team won numerous titles for our school in winning the OIA's and state paddling races.

The most recent Ocean sport that i picked up was spearfishing. I learned how just like anyone else would, i swam out with a three prong and struggled to shoot anything that i could take home and eat. I loved the thrill and excitement that came with diving and i strived to become better more then i ever have with any other sport that i've done. I find diving fun because its always a new experience and you get to feed your family with fish at the same time. through my progression of diving i have met many cool people who helped me out enormously with experience and generosity. Recently i have gotten a GoPro HD camera and i am trying to produce some small videos that i can share with you guys.

I currently am a student at the University of Manoa in the school of Architecture. I work at Kamanu Composites where we build OC-1s and V-1's. I dive whenever the weather is good and i shoot the HammerHead evolution as well as Hatch custom spearguns.  I honestly feel blessed and extremely lucking to have experienced all of the sports and meet all of the generous people that i have met, and furthermore just too be able to spend my days in the water in paradise. I thought it would be ideal for me to make a blog so that i can share with you my experiences in the ocean. Check back frequently for videos and picture updates!!!