BROHUNA's FRIENDS

I NEED HELP STOPPING RACISM & DISCRMINATION IN THE SURFING INDUSTRY!

I am fighting for Equal Rights and Pay for every Athlete in the surfing sports industry.

Myself as an OLD BLACK MAN trying to get into the industry facing> Skin Color Discrimination

& Age Discrimination

To the #1 women professional surfer ( Carissa Moore ) Facing> Gender Discrimination

OR NOW the (#1 Kelly Slater ) Facing> Age Discrimination

Discrimination against a persons race, gender, age, religion, or sexual orientation, is wrong in a so called free U.S.A.

As well as: All of the professional surfers both men's and women's; all of the athletes are being >

Financially Discriminated. Most people and surfer are not Rich;

While participating in {"One of the Most Dangerous Sports on the Planet"}.

Multi Million Dollar; or Multi Billion Dollar Companies treat their

sponsored Athletes like > Marketing Toilet Paper !

as well as the events need to have> LARGER CHECKS for the > Wins;

with a point system pay out.

So the Athlete that comes in 30th still gets some CASH $ !

Trying to make a better world !

GOD has blessed me with knowing so, So- SO! many really Great People such as;

He may not be a friend But;

Having so many Surfing Leagues as good friends. Having the great waterman

Laird Hamilton Not as an Enemy but, a "Racist Combatant" that tried to stop me from surfing 20 foot waves at Sunset Beach Because I was a Black Dude.

I hope one day to be your friend!

My good friend

Rena Aguirre, world class nose rider.

Founded Newport Surf and Sport in the 1980s.

He helped the founders of Quicksilver, Billabong get

supplies in shopping carts as their supplier using

his vendors # & name that got them stated in business.

My good friend

Robert Montgomery,

Inventor of the first

Motorized Surfboard owner of Power Ski - Jet board Technology

& International Surf Properties LLC.

My good friend

Robert August,

I designed a surfboard with him that became

a big seller in the 1980's. It was called the peppered airbrush nose design.

My good friend

Mango Carafino,

the first developer of the Foil Surfboard.

My good friend

Rockin' Fig,

The 10 times West Coast Surfing Champion and

member of the first N.S.S.A. National Team in 1978

Rick "Rockin 'Fig" Fignetti RIP

My good friend

Al Merrick,

of Channel Islands Surfboard that

suggested I try to enter some surfing events in 1987 so 3 years later I did!

My friend and World Champaign

Mark Occhilupo.

My friend and World Champaign

Shaun Tomson.

My friend

Michael Ho,

the Hawaiian Triple Crown man.

Having the privilege to associate with

the late Ben Aipa and Derek Ho.

My good friend Dane Kealoha

One of the most popular surfers in the early 80s

My good friend Kanoa Igarashi

A competed professionally Surfer worldwide since 2012

My good friend is the first Black Professional Women's Surfer

Sharon Schaffer.

And my best wishes to

Megan Burns,

Membership and Development Manager for the

She helped me with some one on one advice,

some references and words of encouragement 3 years ago.

BROHUNA's non Surfing Well Known Friends

Once again I have been so life blessed;

From partying for years with Rick James the music artist and Charlie & Eddie Murphy; before Eddie became famous.

Hanging out on mostly all of my sisters film sets and

partying with

Francis Ford Coppola,

Henry Winkler,

Michael Keaton

and Ron Howard,

on Francis's Zoetrope Studio making the films like

Night Shift; as well as:

- One from the Heart (1982)
- Hammett (1982)
- The Outsiders (1983)
- Rumble Fish (1983)
- The Cotton Club (1984)

- The Godfather Part III (1990)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- Jack (1996) etc.
My very good friend

Francis Ford Coppola

My kids would Easter egg hunt on his Napa Valley Winery Estate.

My very good friend
Jet Li - IMDb

We became good friends during the filming of "The MASTERS" downtown LA.
There were 2 food trucks, one for American food steaks, Hamburgers, hotdogs, etc.
And the other Asian foods.
I got a steak from one truck and some "Bok Choy Chinese noodles Soup" from the other.
Sitting by myself at a table alone, when Jet came over and asked was it OK
to talk? He set his tray of food down and sat down.
He asked me, Why did I get food from the Asian food truck?
I told him; I was raised in Hawaii and I love the "Asian noodle Soup"
From then on, every meal we would talk and we became very good friends.
We have the same Martial Art very unique style Gung Fu - NOT - Kung Fu.