Hawaii Tribune-Herald
The name is one you won’t soon forget, but that’s not why a swell of interest in the Big Island surfing committee has developed around Pepeekeo 10-year-old Diesel Butts, who has been winning competitions at a rate that has long-timers wondering how far he can go.
“It’s hard to predict something like that,” said Dave Riddle, one of Butts’ coaches for Volcom, one of the youngster’s eight sponsors, “but if you were to make a list of the top 10-year-olds out there, from Hawaii to Australia, California, France, there are a bunch of them competing hard and Diesel stacks up with all of them, he’s in that group.