64 & he catches the wave of a lifetime

To Mason and Coco Ho he’s just “POPS.” To the surfing world he’s a living icon. His accolades speak for themselves as a triple crown champion, winner of the coveted Pipeline Masters and Eddie Aikau invite, the list goes on and on. REEF ambassadors, Mason and Coco Ho, recall a recent day to remember and give us a rundown on the holy water he must be drinking. 

The day in the life of Mike Ho, through the eyes of Coco or Mason​

In our eyes, dad does everything the same, day after day. That day was just like any other, typically:  ​

5AM - Wakes up makes a pot of coffee.​

6AM - Comes upstairs makes another pot of coffee, this time loudly so we get up.​

7AM - Eats oatmeal, cracks his Dad jokes. overwhelms us with questions on where we are gonna surf and what were gonna ride. ​

730AM - Checks pipe cause he hears the contest is off. in disbelief runs to the board room to dust off one of his longer pipe boards cause he hasn’t ​been surfing much so wanted some paddle power. ​

8AM - Paddles out and gets his best wave out there, maybe ever?! ​

12PM - He actually took a while to get home that’s why I made the sign in case I was gone when he got home just to know how proud we were. ​

I think he went to visit uncle Dereks memorial after to say thank you and i love you to his little brother. ​

1PM - Hottest time of the day (every time) mows the lawn and continues to do so as I tell him he's blowing up on the internet. ​

2PM - He only has a flip phone so we have to sit him down to show him all the clips, photos, and angles.