“Kainoa is as underground as they come. He and his boys—FDB—from the Big Island kill it so hard, and yet they still seem like such a mystery to so many. It’s probably because he and his boys come to the North Shore for a month or so every winter, completely own it, and then head back home where we then hear little about them until the next year. From what I’ve seen of Kainoa in and out of the water, he goes BIG. I guess that makes sense… he is from the BIG Island!”

-Evan Fa

What’s your name?
KAINOA BEHASA

Where are you from originally?
KONA, BIG ISLAND

Where do you live now?
BIG ISLAND

How old are you?
21

How long have you been bodyboarding?
7 years

Prone or DK? If both, how much of each?
Choke Prone but I drop da knee fo da boys. (80/20)

Who do you bodyboard with?
Tyson Kaaua, Dustin Leialoha, T-Fin, Daniel Chun, Ricky Alvarez, MotherTucker, Nick Shand, Willy Petrovic, Curt Tavares, and all da boys on da Big Island.

What is your favorite bodyboard spot?
OLD A’s

Where have you traveled to bodyboard?
No where yet. Just our islands.

Where do you want to travel to bodyboard?
Anywhere I can!

What board(s) do you ride?
ANYKINE I GET

Do you compete?
Small kine. Whenever I can.

If so, what competitions have you competed in?
Haven’t done many since I was younger, but I just did the Sandy Beach USBA this past summer. Stoked to make 2nd in the am division there after not doing em for like a year.

What is the bodyboarding community in Hawaii like?
So sick! Choke mean bodyboarders that no one knows about over here. Everyone get plenty ALOHA for each other.

Do you have any sponsors? What companies?
I’ve never been sponsored.

What other board sports do you partake in?
I used to skate, and I’ll still go stand up surf wit my FADDAH!

What bodyboard goals do you have?
Have fun. Anything else is a bonus.

Where do you see the bodyboarding going in the future?
No Rules. Less clones.

What riders influenced your bodyboarding?
Skipp is the sickest bodyboarder ever.., but Tyson Kaaua showed me what bodyboarding is all about. Vaj Lederer seems to be a Psycho as well.

What riders are pushing the sport right now?
Hubb is still the nutsest guy on it garenz. Dubb is sick, too

If you were stranded on a desert island that already has a plentiful resource of bodyboards and fins what three things would you bring?
Chicks, Boat, Fishing stuff.

What is the best advice you can give to a bodyboard grom trying to get recognized?
Brah i dunno, I guess just be yourself.

Any last words of advice? Shout outs?
“CRUISE EM-NO LOSE EM”! MAHALOS to everybody… family, friends.
And da whole [FDB]