Date of Birth: August 5, 1991

Best Known For: Winning “Best Beach Bum” at Laguna Beach High School

Local Spot: Brooks Street. I love it when Second Reef is breaking.

My Crew: My board, my car, my friends and my fam

Board of Choice: Cole 6'0” to 6'3” Thruster

Dream Wave: Restaurants with no one on it

My Top Five:

1.) Surfing 2.) Playing the guitar 3.) Chilling with friends 4.) Traveling out of the country 5.) Family

Joel Centeio gives us the latest from the Rock, and Simpo nabs the Wave of the Day. Photos: Michael Lallande. Video: Tom Aiello

The Hawaii winter surf season is officially on. Hundreds of surfers and media showed up to the island of Oahu last week, all expecting huge northwest swells with light offshore winds. But much to their dismay it's been windy and rainy with a little bit of northeast swell. But it's not all that bad here in Hawaii in November. Air and water temp is hovering at a very nice 80 degrees. And we shouldn't be complaining about head high righthand sand points. To top that off, the forecast looks great for next week! Solid northwest swell with light offshores. Stay tuned for many more updates from the Rock in middle of the Pacific.—Joel

More fun waves in Hawaii

The sun came out for some great waves near Pipe. Not very crowded so far. Plenty of great surf sessions so far this trip.

Got some 2 to 3 footers at Ehukai yesterday.

Went to Ehukai yesterday with my brother Anthony. He lives over here and works at Ola's restaurant at Turtle Bay. We paired off on some nice 2 to 3 foot waves. Plenty of waves for everybody.

Here's a look at my new place on North Shore

Arrived at my new studio in V-Land on the North Shore of Oahu. Been surfing V-Land and Ehukai. Pics to come.

One of My High Scoring Waves

The Brooks St. Contest in Laguna Beach is the oldest surf contest. Every year we

wait for the biggest swell of the summer to hold it. I rode this wave all the way in from 2nd.