Kaenon Polarized

AUTO RACING - Richmond, VA
Switching it up and running BURNY Tortoise G12 this weekend, Danica Patrick Started 10th, finished 5th as she continued her solid driving and consistent finishes this year despite some serious early week confrontations and accusations from the Andretti Green Racing Team drivers (AGR), including Danica, that the team is not fielding fast cars and having “set-up” issues in the garage and with team engineers. The oval night race didn’t provide for a lot of passing, but leaves Danica well positioned in the overall points race for the Series Championship – as rumours continued to swirl about what racing series she might drive - her star continues to rise in this “contract” year.

Driver: Danica Patrick
Car: #7 Boost Mobile/Motorola Dallara/Honda/Firestone

“I’m really glad we were able to make another top-five finish for the Boost Mobile/Motorola car. We struggled with qualifying yesterday, but we worked really hard to figure out what we needed to do to have a good outcome. The guys did a really great job in the pits, the car felt good all night. I wish we were able to race up front with the leaders but we got caught in lapped traffic. Overall a great way to way to end a challenging weekend for Andretti Green.”

SURF – SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Lakey Peterson Wins!
NSSA (National Scholastic Surfing Association) NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Trestles, San Clemente, California

Lakey Peterson did it! She won the NSSA National Open Women’s Championship. Although she competed in several divisions and walked away with a second in the Explorer Girls, winning the Open Women’s had the most prestige. This win makes her the Women’s Jr National Champion. Lakey opened the heat up with a 9.0 ride when she nailed a huge air after a solid cut back. The crowd went wild. Her parents and her are off to Indonesia for some solid waves. At 14 years old, Lakey is just now beginning her domination in the surf world. Lakey wears Burny Black G12.

The event was packed with spectators on Saturday. Lakey’s Coach Mike Lamm wearing Jetty Matte Black G12

Kaenon Team rider Chandler Parr surfed solid all the way to the Semi Finals where she just missed one of the set waves and finished the heat in 3rd and unfortunately did not advance to the final – but a spectacular finish nonetheless. Chandler wears Calais Tortoise C12.

Jesse Gugliemana, a new Kaenon Grom from Kauai, wearing Gauge. Kristy Gugliemana, Jesse’s mom is a big fan of Leila. Jesse just made the Quiksilver team and surfed solid through several rounds in the Open Juniors.

Some more familiar faces of Kaenon at the event:

Dane Gudauskas (Burny Black G12), WQS Surf, Elliot Leboe (Jetty Black G12), Kiteboarder and filmmaker, Theo Niarchos (Gauge Black G12), Surfer form Maui

Check out this latest video of Jason Reagan. Jason spends his time surfing Puerto Rico and the eastern coast, wearing Jetty

FISHING – SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
One of the hottest areas of fishing these days incorporates the cross-over athletes / waterman, who are into hard core fishing. Whether it’s Will James in Hawaii pioneering big game marlin fishing off Kona on his retro-fit Jet Ski, or these guys, San Diego surfers Morgan Promnitz and Jared Lane kayak fishing off the Point Loma surfline in the kelp beds. Ripping surfers and well known in the San Diego scene for what they do on boards, they’re now making a name for themselves in the hottest sector of fishing – Kayak Fishing, by going after shark for the fight, or prized table fair, Yellow Tail and White Seabass. Kaenon Polarized is becoming the choice for sight fishing as this fast changing surf and fishing scene of California explodes.

Morgan Promnitz in Klemm G12 with a Thresher Shark he will release. And White Seabass, below.

Jared Lane wearing Calais Matte Black with a couple of super tasty White Seabass

SURF - PANAMA & FLORIDA

Shea Lopez has a surf camp that just started in Daytona Beach.
“No longer facing the tour’s chaotic globetrotting, this 35-year-old is looking to make surfing a better place. And he’s starting at home.

“I’ve lived here for 10, 11 years, but for the first seven I was gone 250 days a year. I didn’t really get to leave an impression with the kids,” Lopez said.

Now Lopez has a 3½-year-old daughter catching her first waves, and he wants to teach others in the next generation of local surfers the things that have given his family a lifelong love of the sport”…read the full article by Jordan Kahn.

Shea just finished a trip to Nicaragua and Panama, with some great exposure and with a bit of fishing on the side. Check out these shots of Shea on Transworld

Shea Lopez in Jetty Black G12, and dinner. Shea also wears Kaenon’s Lewi Black G12 Men’s Sunglasses

GOLF PGA TOUR - NEW YORK

Golf and Mother Nature. You can’t control either one. And after the euphoria of the previous weekend where Brian Gay won and Robert Allenby contended for the victory, both Mother Nature and golf turned on our Kaenon boys.

Brian Gay in Jetty Black G12

AUTO RACING INDY CAR SERIES - NEWTON, IA
Danica Patrick led about 22 laps of the Iowa Corn Indy 250, before flat tires and bad luck intervened. Her comment after the race:

“We started off with a good car, but it just wasn’t our day. We got a couple flat tires at the beginning of the race, which was a bummer but then we just changed up the strategy a bit, which allowed us to lead a few laps. But then the yellows started to come out and we were at the wrong place at the wrong time. But it was a top-10 finish for us, so if this is the worst finish we have this season, I can’t complain.”

Danica Patrick: Started 5th, finished 9th

Danica Patrick has been wearing the yet to be released Burnet Havana G12 - the newest addition to the Kaenon Polarized line of Luxury Performance Sunglasses.

SURF - HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA

In head high conditions, Lakey Peterson dominated the 16 and under division. On the first day she scored a 9.8, almost a perfect 10. She followed up the second day surfing solid again and wining the event. Lakey wears Burny Black G12

This past weekend, she won NSSA Salt Creek and is now competing at the NSSA main event at Tressels June 23 - 27, 2009.

SURF - PUERTO RICO

Francisco Rivera a humble 16 year old with great style and form is now part of Kaenon’s armada of rippers. Francisco wears Jetty Black G12

FREE SKIING - EUROPE
Julia Mancuso wearing Calais Tortoise C12 free climbing one of Europe’s Glaciers.

Taking her assortment of Kaenon’s women’s sunglasses along for the ride, Julia spends the off season mountain biking, surfing, stand up paddling, hiking and wake surfing as seen in this video

Here’s an update from her blog posted June 17, 2009 -

“Its been a crazy few weeks, with lots of friends and teammates in town! I guess the word is out that Maui is the place to be!!! Keely Kelleher, Megan McJames, and Hailey Duke were cruising around Maui causing trouble only as skiers can! Also my coach Chris, and dryland coach Ernie came by to check out our setup here.

There is just so much to explore even close to home. We took a little trip to Lanai the other day, which is Maui’s neighboring island, and we felt worlds away. It was so peaceful and the water was so clear and blue! Its so easy too: Just hop on the ferry and you’re there in 45 minutes!

We brought our Stand-up paddle boards and cruised around, though we were hoping for some surf, i guess the swell didn’t hit yet! Anyway it was fun fun fun! Enjoy some of my favorite pictures.”

- Jules

MOUNTAIN BIKE – CALIFORNIA
Tragedy strikes even the best of riders. Yuri Hauswald one of Kaenon’s beloved went down hard breaking his hand and thumb during a training ride on Whittier Bluff Road near Tomales. As a world class mountain biking competitor, Hauswald was preparing for the upcoming B.C. Bike Run when he hit a bump traveling between 25 and 30 miles per hour. Bouncing his hands off the handlebars, Yuri flipped to the ground. hitting his head, bruising his ribs and breaking his hand. Luckily, Yuri was wearing a helmet - however the hand injury required surgery that left him with with no choice but to cancel his planned trip to Canada and participation in the rugged B.C. Bike Run, a seven-stage race of some 250 miles that includes more than 30,000 feet of climbing. Read the full article here.

Yuri – pre-break – in Kore Silver clear sport sunglasses.

Yuri – in and out of the hospital, wearing Calais Matte Black Men’s Sunglasses.

FATHER’S DAY

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A special recognition to the following Kaenon Pro Dads!
SAILING
Russell Coutts
Brad Butterworth
Kevin Burnham
Cam Lewis
Flavio Marrazi
Freddy Loof
Guillermo Altadill
John Kostecki
Pete Melvin
Peter Isler
Mark Reynolds
Santiago Lange
Terry Hutchinson

BASEBALL
Andre Ethier
Aaron Cooke
Brad Hawpe
Bruce Bochy
Bud Black
Cliff Lee
Duaner Sanchez
Edwin Encarnacion
Eric Wedge
Guillermo Mota
Hiroke Kuroda
Jayson Werth
Raul Ibanez
Jeff Baker
Joe Maddon
Kevin Youkilis
Manny Acta
Mike Lowell
Milton Bradley

SURF
Shea Lopez
Jason Reagan
Zack Howard
Kapono Nahina
Paul Pence

WATERMAN
Guy Pere
Darrick Doerner

STAND UP PADDLE (SUP)
Kainoa McGee

PADDLE
Kai and Lauren Bartlett
Ryan Addison

KITEBOARD
Mauricio Abreu

WINDSURF
Matt Pritchard (soon to be Dad)

FISHING
Aaron Martens
Steve Lassley
Marlin Parker
Kevin Nakamaru
Curt Hamby
Martin Carranza

- From our Kaenon Dads to Yours - Happy Father’s Day, from all of us at Kaenon Polarized!

GOLF

Brian Gay wearing Jetty Black G12 wins the St. Jude Classic by 5, leading to an impressive second PGA victory for him this year. This win sends him to the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black. In addition to Gay’s win, Kaenon Polarized was dominant at the St. Jude Classic with Robert Allenby who finished 4T wearing Hard Kore along with John Daly who had a solid return to the PGA and shot a 70 wearing Spindle S2.

SURF - OCEANSIDE, CA
Here is more from Lakey’s accomplishments as she chased the Jr Tour. She’s proving that she’s a solid contender for the future as she piles on the junior victories - at age 14 she has plenty of time. Lakey Peterson wears Burny Black G12. Lakey won the 16 and under title and finished second in the women’s 18 and under.

Lakey holding the 14 and under title high, wearing Burny Black G12 and board logo’ed.

SURF - NEWPORT BEACH, CA
Kaenon’s Matt Meola stomped the early heats at the Arnette All Day Antics Pro Junior held here in Newport over the weekend. He had a perfect wave score in one heat nailing a 10 from the judges! He surfed solid but lost in the quarterfinals. Waves were hard to come by on the final day and who ever found the waves won the heat. Matt wears Jetty Matte Black G12.

Matt showing form in earlier heats.