“Adam Bice has been the covert mastermind behind Boogie Nation and Kauai Classic. But Adam has been switching things around and is no longer the behind the scenes guy instead he has been dropping jaws with some big airs and a silky smooth style. With his eyes set on bodyboarding he is progressing at a substantial rate. No doubt he will make an impact on the North Shore this upcoming season.”

-David Phillips

What’s your name?
Adam Jahred Bice

Where are you from originally?
The Pridelands of Wailua, Kauai, Hawaii

Where do you live now?
Puhi, Kauai, Hawaii

How old are you?
24

How long have you been bodyboarding?
I got my first board (T&C Pro Series) and fins in 1994.

Bice finds time to backdoor a pit and launch a batman air in between rainstorms in Maui County this past March.

Prone or DK? If both, how much of each?
97 % prone, 3% dropknee. but I’m hoping to step-up my DK game in the future.

Who do you bodyboard with?
David “Dub” Hubbard, Kainoa “Bundy” Lum, Billy “Buds” Miyamoto, Timmy Hamilton, David “D-Phil” Phillips, Cassidy “Cass” Sonoda, Lono Waipunaokalanikihapai i Makanani, Naoshi “Oshi” Grady, Kepa Kruse, Llowen Liberato, Mike “Mcgullicuty” Coots, Kyle Matsumoto, Pypyr Skyy LLuellen, & Brian and tha Kalapaki Bay Area Killaz. Sometimes I ride with Tyler “Chingy” Ching-Johnson, Jacob “Flannigan” Pembrook, Jeff “Hubb” Hubbard, Spencer “Skip” Skipper, Andy Head, James “Jamesg” Gilleran, Etienne “E20″ Trillo, Matt Holzman, Herman Ano, Mark “Balasaurus” Balasbas, Happy Zurowski, Kona Kuiailani, Rilley Dutro, Kingsley Uaiwa, Shea Sevilla, Romeros INC, Ryan Gallina, Imaika Yeaman, Zack Naea, and other assorted outer-island homies.

What is your favorite bodyboard spot?
Acid Drop

Where have you traveled to bodyboard?
Tahiti & Moorea, Rhode Island, the Big Island of Hawaii, Maui, Oahu,and most recently Molokai’i.

Where do you want to travel to bodyboard?
Cooks Islands, Canary Islands, Tuomotus, Chile, Austrailia, Micronesia, Easter Island, Loch Ness, and a certain prohibited reef break in the Garden.

What board(s) do you ride?
Anything I can get my paws on… I am currently riding a stock 2008 signature “David Hubbard” Custom-X, 41.75″, crescent tail, light blue deck with white rails. Occasionally I ride a stock 41″ Custom-X “Static”, bat-tail, white deck with blue rails.

Do you compete?
Not really.

If so, what competitions have you competed in?
2005 Honolua Bay Pro and 2008 Senor Frogs Sandy Beach Pro. Some HSF and HASA events when I was a younger grom.

What is the bodyboarding community in Hawaii like?
The true killaz hold it down, and contort their bodies into precarious positions far above dangerously sharp shallow reef.

Do you have any sponsors? What companies?
Boogie Nation, Viper Surfing Fins, Denzien leashes (Skip is da man!), Waialeale Kava Source, and most recently LMNOP bodyboards.

What other board sports do you partake in?
None. I would never risk an injury that could prevent me from bodyboarding.

What bodyboard goals do you have?
Complete the elusive “Boogie Nation9″ with Timmy Hamilton, launch a massive aerial maneuver over a certain tenacious’ surfers head, make a heat in a pro contest, do something dropknee that Buds says was “mean,” successfully exit a large pit that even Timmy Hamilton thinks was gnarly, pull in deep on a bomb at Teahupo’o, ///AllBice signature pro board model, pull a reverse A.R.S., continue to create new maneuvers, and to continue making wild claims about my skill levels until they come true.

Where do you see the sport of bodyboarding going in the future?
Bigger sections will be hit, and guys will be scooping later and deeper in the pit. Gnarlier secret spots will be getting rushed with reckless abandon. And hopefully the “surf” industry wakes up and starts sharing their big dollaz already…

What riders influenced your bodyboarding?
Spencer Skipper, Jeff Hubbard, Oshi Grady, Kyle Maligro, Dave Hubbard, Andre Botha, Pypyr Lluellen, Mitch Rawlins, Timmy Hamilton, Fred Booth, Casildo Quiroz, Chad Barba, Kelly Hunt, Shane Oberg, Nick Hudson, Bradley Kakiname, Matt Murray, Kyle Callaway, Rex Moribe, Jacob Pembrook, Phillip Pembrook, Tyler Ching-Johnson, Vaj Lederer, Jesse Shapely, Mr.Thumnus, Chris Tennberg, Chris Burkhart, Harry Antipala, Cass Sonoda, Buds Miyamoto, but mostly Eric Tanigawa. I also draw inspiration from certain animals, such as frogs, lizards, and mongoose.

What riders are pushing the sport right now?
The Hubbard bros., Skip, Oshi, Dphil, Pierre Louis-Costes, Mitch Rawlins, Jake Stone, Timmy Hamilton, Pypyr Lluellen, Lono “Lono Bear” Makanani, Vaj and Gallina, Chingy, Maui Boyz, Big Island Boyz, Molokai’i Boyz, Oahu Boyz, Teahupo’o Boyz, KAUAIBOYZ.

If you were stranded on a desert island that already has a plentiful resource of bodyboards and fins what three things would you bring?
My personal secretary, an endless amount of fresh water to drink, the loads coconuts…

What is the best advice you can give to a bodyboard grom trying to get recognized?
Don’t party too much, get a job so u can leave home and travel, bust big clean maneuvers consistently, and receive lots of tube time.

Any last words of advice? Shout outs?
Bob Sato is the guy, Kelly Hunt: “He’s good, but He’s gone.” Mahalos Uncle Fred for the VIPERS!!!! Thanks to Jordan Hetrick for photographing this wave of me to share with the world, this same wave can be seen Llowen Liberatos upcoming boogie movie “Flick.”