Photo courtesy Neil Pryde
If you’ve been a long term mauiwindcam watcher you might recognize our featured water man, Cody Young. Cody is a 10 year old surfer who lives on Maui and has grown up playing on the water right in front of our Camp One cam.
Cody is the son of Scott and Andrea Young proprietors of Maui Surf and Turf a local vacation rental agency.
This is a young man to keep an eye on as he has shown a great flair for surfing and over the past 2 years is beginning to score some very impressive results in the big local competitions.
This is Cody’s first year competing in the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA). He has already placed 1st at Sunset Beach, and 3rd at Turtle Bay. He recently competed against last year’s National Champion along with other Oahu kids at Sunset Beach on Oct. 10, 2009 and walked away in 1st place.
Cody also competes in the Maui Surf Ohana series and is ranked # 2 overall Menehune division for 2009/2010. Cody has 1 more year in this division based on age and is expected to excel next year as many of his competers are older and moving up to the next division.
Some highlights include placing 2nd at Honolua Bay, Legends of the Bay contest. Cody has actually placed in the top 3 in all events so far this year. Last month Cody placed 4th in Hawaii for the regional championship on Oahu and is now qualified for the Nationals in Huntington Beach California for the “NSSA National Championship” in June. He placed 2nd last weekend in the Ian Walsh Red Bull contest at Hookipa.
Cody at Honolua Bay
Cody works very hard at excelling at both sports and school. He has had a 4.0 average from 1st -5th grade. He also enjoys and has competed in windsurfing, dirt biking, volley ball , jujitsu, and football. Cody has been a sports model for Neil Pyde Sails and JP Boards since he was 5 years old.
Cody is sponsored by Quiksilver, Kazuma Surfboards and DaKine.
Check out Cody surfing in this YouTube video.
