Free Surfer · UpReelz Member Since 2022

KAI NAKAMURA

Chasing perfect barrels from the North Shore to G-Land. Free surfer, film nerd, part-time shaper. If the swell's up, I'm out there.

🌊 Pipeline 📍 Oahu, HI Goofy Foot Tube Riding Big Wave Free Surfer Shaper
847+
Sessions Logged
34
Breaks Surfed
12K
Photos Claimed
218
Photographers
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// Tagged Photos
Recent Shots
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🌊
Pipeline — Barrel Section
📷 @saltwater.lens · Dec 2024
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Backdoor — Layback
📷 @deepwater.visuals · Nov 2024
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Off The Wall
📷 @konaframes · Nov 2024
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🌅
Sunset Beach
📷 @northshorecam · Oct 2024
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🤙
Rocky Point — Airdrop
📷 @pacificeye · Oct 2024
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Haleiwa
📷 @saltwater.lens · Sep 2024
007
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Laniakea — Cutback
📷 @swell.chaser · Sep 2024
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Gas Chambers
📷 @deepwater.visuals · Aug 2024
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The Story

Started surfing at 7 on the North Shore. Grew up watching the Eddie from the beach at Waimea, dreaming of days like that. My dad had a longboard he never used — I borrowed it one morning without asking and never gave it back.

Now I chase big swells around the Pacific, always trying to find that one perfect barrel that makes everything else disappear. I've surfed nearly 40 different breaks across Hawaii, Indonesia, Portugal, and South Africa — every one leaves its mark.

UpReelz changed everything for me. I can actually own my shots and connect directly with the photographers who capture my best moments. No more blurry screenshots from someone else's Instagram. No more begging for files. These are my waves, my life — I should have my images.

Off the water: I shape boards out of a small garage on the North Shore, mostly thrusters and single fins. If you want one, you know where to find me.

Home Break
Pipeline, North Shore
📍 Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Stance
Goofy Foot
Right foot forward
Boards
6'0" – 7'6"
Mostly hand-shaped thrusters · Channel Islands collab
Member Since
March 2022
847 sessions logged · Lifetime
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