“Brandon, flat out, loves to bodyboard. It shows because with all the responsibilities of the day job and his family (including the “keiki”), and the burden of cutting through the afternoon traffic to make it out to The Country, he is always shining out at OTW every time that it’s on. He’s one of those guys that make riding heavy waves look easy. It’s probably because of his smooth, non-forced style.” -Evan Fa

What’s your name?
Brandon Rosa (formerly Perreira)

Where are you from originally?
Oahu, HI

Where do you live now?
Oahu, HI

How old are you?
29

How long have you been bodyboarding?
About 15 years.

Prone or DK? If both, how much of each?
Both. Rights 90 prone, 10 dk; lefts 10 prone 90 dk.

Who do you bodyboard with?
Ho get choke braddahs and couple sistahs, too, but mainly D-rock Miyashiro, MBas, Shannon Kira.

What is your favorite bodyboard spot?
Insanities.

Where have you traveled to bodyboard?
Philippines, Acapulco, Puerto Escondido, and outer islands.

Where do you want to travel to bodyboard?
Pretty much everywhere if I could. I really wanna go to the Carolines in Micronesia.

What board(s) do you ride?
NMD spec 41 at the moment.

Do you compete?
Nope.

What is the bodyboarding community in Hawaii like?
The bodyboard scene here is solid. Everybody pretty much gets along fine, and no one goes online and talks shit about one and another.

Do you have any sponsors? What companies?
Nope.

What other board sports do you partake in?
Longboarding and shortboarding during summer.

What bodyboard goals do you have?
Just have fun, and get some bigger barrels.

Where do you see the bodyboarding going in the future?
Hopefully back up, but nobody really knows.

What riders influenced your bodyboarding?
Stewart, Skipp, Hardy.

What riders are pushing the sport right now?
Gotta go with the kangaroo crew, they got some insane bodyboard waves over there with no one around.

If you were stranded on a desert island that already has a plentiful resource of bodyboards and fins what three things would you bring?
Wilson basketball, 3 prong spear, tent.

What is the best advice you can give to a bodyboard grom trying to get recognized?
Be humble and puinsai.

Any last words of advice? Shout outs?
Yeah, mahalos to Danny Black, Mo Aubuchon, Beppu and the other photogs for taking awesome shots, and mbas for filming all the braddahs. And ev-fa for the interview.