History
Kazuma Surfboards is a Maui brand built around the shaping of Matt Kazuma Kinoshita. His official biography describes a move from professional surfing into board building, with Ben Aipa as an important mentor. A local Maui No Ka Oi profile also connects his training to Aipa and places the opening of the Pauwela factory in the late 1990s. That factory milestone does not establish a precise founding year for the brand.
The surfboard range includes shortboards, fish and hybrids, step-ups and longboards. Kinoshita's account emphasizes direct shaping work at the Haiku factory and showroom, while the local profile also documents coaching and the teaching of younger surfers and shapers. The resulting picture is of a maker whose work spans board design, customer contact and passing on shaping knowledge.