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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.supthemag.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/03\\/Buzzy_Mantle.png\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.supthemag.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/03\\/Buzzy_Mantle.png\\\" alt=\\\"Buzzy_Mantle\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"384\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54054\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.supthemag.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/03\\/Buzzy_Mantle.png 600w, http:\\/\\/www.supthemag.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/03\\/Buzzy_Mantle-300x192.png 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Buzzy Kerbox has been a household name in surfing since the &amp;#8217;70\\u2019s. Growing up in Hawaii Kerbox, the \\u201cKailua Kid,\\u201d was one of the sport\\u2019s first bona-fide celebrities. After competing as one of the first athletes on the surfing world tour, Kerbox continued to push limits for decades as one of the original pioneers of tow-in surfing at Jaws on Maui. As stand up paddling broke onto the scene, Kerbox was in the right place at the right time and\\u2014alongside Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama\\u2014was an early ambassador for the sport.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;We had a chance to chat with Kerbox about SUP&amp;#8217;s exponential growth, his first paddle with Laird and what it\\u2019s like to see his son perform at the sport&amp;#8217;s elite level.&lt;em&gt;\\u2014Steve Andrews&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHow did you first get into stand up paddling?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI don\\u2019t know what year it was but I was down at Maliko (on Maui) and Laird said, \\u201cHere\\u2019s the board, here\\u2019s the paddle, we\\u2019re going to do a downwinder.\\u201d We both had a big background in lay-down paddling some big distances, having done the English Channel and a lot of other stuff. It didn\\u2019t take long to realize how fun it was. After all those years of prone paddling, standing upright with a paddle to assist you was a blessing. I started getting glides and linking my strokes, and after one session I was like \\u201cOh man, this is happening!\\u201d I maybe went on my prone paddleboard a couple more times and then I was like \\u201cForget paddleboarding, stand up is where it\\u2019s at.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have you noticed any parallels to the current explosion in popularity with SUP compared to surfing\\u2019s blast onto the mainstream in the &amp;#8217;70\\u2019s?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nWhen standup came along I didn\\u2019t see it going global. It seemed like a fun thing that was really suited for here on Maui. But it has just taken off gangbusters around the world. It allows people who don\\u2019t have these idyllic Hawaii surf conditions, but have water, to get out and enjoy themselves. They feel like \\u201cI\\u2019m not just watching, I\\u2019m actually out there doing it and really enjoying it.\\u201d And the boom in popularity has just gone on and on. I don\\u2019t think the growth of the sport is going to slow down for a while.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are you up to now that you&amp;#8217;re out of the limelight as an athlete?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI take guests around Maui and Oahu for both surfing and stand up. I take them to the best places at the right time based on the conditions, as well as the best equipment, to get them to excel. Whether it\\u2019s wave riding or downwind racing, I help them work on their technique, while having a great time doing it.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_54057\\\" style=\\\"width: 610px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.supthemag.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/03\\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-28-at-1.18.25-PM.png\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.supthemag.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/03\\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-28-at-1.18.25-PM.png\\\" alt=\\\"Kody Kerbox before the  2014 Standup World Tour event in Brazil. Photo: Roberto Moretto\\\" width=\\\"610\\\" height=\\\"420\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-54057\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Kody Kerbox before the  2014 Standup World Tour event in Brazil. Photo: Roberto Moretto&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How does it feel having your son Kody follow his father\\u2019s footsteps as an elite athlete?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nIt\\u2019s really exciting. It\\u2019s not something I\\u2019ve forced on him. I showed him a lot of things, and that\\u2019s what he chose to do. I love it. Kody is right at the same point in standup where I was in the sport of surfing as it got going. The surfing tour started in 1976 there were a bunch of events around the world that they connected and made the world tour. That\\u2019s happening with standup and Kody has been involved pretty much since the beginning.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I see a lot of what I went through and there\\u2019s a lot of things I passed on to him as far as training. I think that I helped set him in the right direction and right now he\\u2019s training harder than I ever did, especially in racing. It\\u2019s gotten so competitive that if you\\u2019re not putting in as much time as you can, then you&amp;#8217;re not going to keep up with that elite pack.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaking of elite packs\\u2014Kody and his friends from Maui are usually the guys on the podium.&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nIf you look at the guys who have come out of Maui\\u2014Kai Lenny, Connor Baxter, Zane Schweitzer, and Kody\\u2014these guys are pretty much the top in the world in both wave riding and racing. It\\u2019s amazing that they have been able to be at the forefront of this sport as the racing gets faster and the wave riding gets more incredible. They are really pushing it. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I talked to a guy in Brazil yesterday and he said, \\u201cEveryone\\u2019s gunning for those Maui guys.\\u201d They have a reputation for being the best in the world and wherever they travel there\\u2019s a target on their back. They\\u2019ve got their work cut out for them. It\\u2019s going to be an exciting year.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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