Kookapinto

San Clemente

Corey Colapinto AKA "Kookapinto" was born into an ocean-loving family in 1997 on Oahu. Soon after he was born, his parents Matt and Denise decided to move to San Clemente, where Matt and Corey’s uncles grew up and fell in love with surfing in the 70’s and 80’s. Credit for Corey’s introduction to surfing goes to his father and uncle Mitch, who were avid surfers, lifeguards, and founders of two popular beginner surf camps in San Clemente. Some of Corey’s earliest surf memories were with his cousins, Griffin and Crosby, riding soft tops every day at their father’s surf camps. When Corey was about 10, his cousin Griffin began progressing as a prodigy high performance shortboarder. This motivated and propelled Corey into the shortboard only, competitive surf scene. With natural talent and many hours of riding waves, Corey began making a few finals in NSSA events, and he learned some progressive shortboard tricks, like airs, along the way.

Founded by Corey Colapinto · 55 models

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