JC: Do you look for jumps at Ho’okipa?
MB: I don’t really look to jump in Hawaii, especially Ho’okipa. I have a board I really love right now for wave riding so I don’t like jumping on it. Sometimes if I am frustrated with the crowd and the wind is good I let out my frustration and switch up to a jump session for a little bit. So when the wind is howling and it is crowded and I can’t get the waves I want, then it’s jump time! There have been some moments this spring when there have been a lot of people in the water. Even if you go all the way outside, wait for a set and come in on the wave, there could be four guys on the same swell! For jumping you don’t have to rely on anyone so you can just go and jump. Because the wind is offshore at Ho’okipa, you can get those gusts that swing in really strong and it means you can go really high!