Check out Mikey in the Joe Bark Paddleboard promotional video!

Born, raised and happy to be home in Wailupe, Mikey Coté embodies the raw spirit of what the Wailupe Boys are about. The simple pleasures of surfing, fishing, and paddling steps from his house has turned childhood pastimes into a well accomplished waterman lifestyle. In 2008, after only two previous crossings, Mikey won the World Championship of Paddleboarding as he crossed the Kaiwi channel on a stock Bark board in minuets before many more seasoned competitors. In 2009, he defended his title with a record setting time of 5:32:25 and continues to find ways to improve his personal best. He is looking into taking his knowledge of surfing open ocean swells into outrigger oneman paddling this season to increase his spectrum of water sports. He is currently attending the university of Hawaii in the ocean sciences department. Looking to advance aqua culture in the Hawaiian waters with non-gaming fish. Mikey continues to train year round in preparation for paddleboarding as well as emerging into surfing North Shore.Home.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channels_of_the_Hawaiian_Islandshttp://barkocean.comhttp://www.hawaii.eduhttp://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en&q=wailupe%20circle%20hawaii&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3

Results

2009 Season

-1st place stock Molokai World  Championships

-1st place Maui Invitational


2008 Season

-1st place stock Molokai World Championships

-1st place Maui Invitational

-1st place Hennessy’s International Championships

Check out Wailupe teammates:

Mitch Degues

Eric Abbott

Mikey Coté