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Kuio Young

Director

Producer

Water/Land Camera Op

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Editor

Aloha, My name is Kuio Young. I come from a long lineage of surfing families from Hawaii and Australia, and I am fortunate to have been raised within the global surf industry and professional surfing events. My life-long exposure to high level talent - both in the water and on the land - encouraged me to explore surfing

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from diverse angles that have cultivated a ‘Swiss army knife’ set of production skills.

 

Growing up in diverse and Indigenous surfing communities lit a spark in me for storytelling and introduced me to a host of characters who continue to influence my approach. Coupled with my personal passion for chasing slabs and ramps, I’ve learned to read the ocean and the talent in critical lineups and conditions. This has translated into a high skill and comfort level, and a unique view of the world seen from both sides of the lens. 

 

Among my most valuable professional experiences are a year in California with Stab magazine (director, producer, writer, cinematographer, editor); self-producing and editing various short-form films, one of which won the 2022 Surfalorus Film Festival award for “Best emerging filmmaker”; bringing rare, personal profile pieces to life in the “Luke + Eddie” short film; content production for several Championship Tour surfers as they travel, compete and free-surf around the world; support filmer for Kelly Slater’s upcoming documentary; 2023 social media campaign producer for Sun Bum’s athlete profiles during the Vans Pipe Masters; and the business experience of founding and managing Pulu LLC for the last 5 years.

 

My vision for Pulu LLC is to harness the partnership with my most talented and diversely skilled friends in media, to develop a full-service media production house, breathing life into a long-held dream of mine to create more opportunities for my generation and for the Hawaiian people. Collectively, we thrive on the end-to-end creation of unique and impactful productions, using a plethora of high-end production equipment, in industries we are all deeply connected to. Personally, it’s a goal of mine to help my team branch out into handling more commercial work both at home in Hawaii, and ultimately around the world. For me, any opportunity to be in and by the ocean puts me in my happy zone!

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