ALOHA AND WELCOME to the 2009 HAWAII STATE SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS, this season proudly Presented by HARD ROCK CAFE and SURFTECH. Within hours the first rounds will begin at 7 a.m. SHARP. All contestants please check your heat times and drivers should arrive to the Magic Island parking lot to walk gear/boards/everything for the 3 long hot days, as early as possible. Tent positions are first come first get along the water line, so that's why we say arrive early! Saturday's awards ceremony is 4 blocks away at the Hard Rock Cafe, who have been able to get additional parking for everyone across the street at the State Convention Center, which will ONLY stay open until 9 p.m. . At that point your vehicle will be locked away or towed, so PLEASE NOTE ! OK, time to get in the water and tear it up one more time for the ''STATES!''

And yes, we have a 'new' name, though 99% of your will always call us HASA! We've been able to return back to our original title of HAWAII SURFING ASSOCIATION (H.S.A), a project we've been working on for the last two years. The HSA acronym was the association's original name from the early 60's (our beginning era), directed by the Husic family back then. You'll see our new logo (membership t-shirts will be ready next season) already on this website, above. New banners should be up and displayed in time for the State Championships at Ala Moana Bowls this June. Master graphics designer and Aina Haina surf regular John Thomas - John Thomas Design put together the new fin-and Hawaiian flag design into an easily recognizable logo. We wanted something that would be recognizable from a distance, but MOST importantly reflect our islands' history, our roots and who we are today. You'll see the new HSA logo more and more as the new '08-'09 progresses on, after Augusts's new season starts up again. So, coming up we have the '07-'08 season's final Hard Rock Cafe Surf Series event and our junior world team who will be home from the French world competition, just in time for the Burger King State Championships at the Ala Moana Bowl, with the qualifiers being invited to the 2008 SIMA Surfing America USA CHAMPIONSHIPS in mid-August. See you in the water....


Formed in the early 60's as the "Hawaii Surfing Association", the original grouping of amateur and professional surfers from throughout the island state was organized under this HSA banner for competition and recognition by the other worldwide associations. The structure of the HSA was to promote sportand surfing contests at different locales. The creation of community and regional surfing teams helped to elevate the HSA's recognized stature on an international level that found only Australia as a true rival in organized surfing sport. Surfing as a sport, in the eyes of HASA, represents a commitment on the part of its directors and officials to help its members focus on their athletic skills, their physical training and short and long term surfing goals. Of equal importance is the commitment on behalf of HASA's leadership to help its members maintain good guidance, educational direction and responsibility to their families and others within their community.