Biography: Johnny Tsunami

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NAME: Johnny Kapahala Tsunami, III - "Johnny Tsunami"

DATE OF BIRTH: October 13, 2007

PLACE OF BIRTH: Lihue, Hawaii

BLOOD TYPE: A+

Johnny Tsunami is a name that needs no introduction, at least in some parts of Hawaii that is. Growing up in a rural town of Hawaii, Johnny was surrounded by surfers and surfing culture - after all, there were movies made about his great-grandfather, after whom he is named after. His childhood was filled with coddling, compliments and more - he was practically Hawaiian royalty at this point, and he hadn't even done anything! His father, Johnny Kapahala, had quite a following in the snowboarding world of Vermont and his son made sure to milk both stories to get what he wanted whenever he could. Johnny would become quite spoiled as a result of this and he would never really get into surfing the same way as the rest of his family did.  Following a similar path to his father however, Johnny's true calling was in the snow-blanketed hills and mountains of Vermont. After convincing his father to allow him to move to Vermont to finish his primary school, Johnny would make plans to move into the same ski-lodge where his father made his own reputation many years before. Near to the lodge were few amenities but some that would lay the path for Johnny's future - a hockey rink, a primary school and a high school.

Once in Vermont, Johnny found it difficult to make friends quickly. He didn't live in the traditional neighborhoods that the other students lived in, because of his father's reputation, he was able to be boarded up at the town's ski lodge. He bragged often about his families accomplishments and the tales of his father there, but the locals would eventually get tired of hearing it. This rightfully would come across as braggadocios to the other students who were quick to ostracize him from the rest of the group. Johnny would maintain this attitude through primary school, not realizing that he was setting up his own demise for secondary school. Johnny did start to take an interest in skating and further, hockey. At this point he was still gaining the fundamentals of hockey, having to mostly work on his own due to his poor attitude and failure to take criticism well.

 

After leaving primary school, Johnny would start to take his hockey prospects a bit more seriously. He realized that with actual training and practice, not just skating and messing around with a puck on off days, he could potentially make something out of this. So swallowing his pride, Johnny signed up for his local youth league at the age of 15. There he encountered multiple people who he had pushed away due to his more than wanton attitude in his younger years. They were quick to humble him even more in his first few real games. At first Johnny questioned whether hockey was the correct path for him - he wasn't scoring, he was getting hit constantly, and he was being left out to dry by teammates who he had mistreated in the past. His first heart-to-heart interaction with his first youth coach, Bingus McCringus, made him realize that perhaps he didn't need to be the main character and that his value could be found in helping someone else reach new heights.

 

Johnny saw success in his coaches advice unsurprisingly. By moving Johnny to center and telling him to focus on using his speed to make quick passes and dodge defenders, he became a lethal passing machine. Upon realizing his newfound skill, Johnny's attitude returned but for the better - he became a bigger team player and the leader in assists for his youth league. In sophomore year of high school, Johnny was doing well enough in his local youth league to try out for his school's hockey team but instead opted to join a youth development league to try and gain better hockey sense for the big leagues.

 

After finding success in his role of a playmaker, Johnny would go on to finish his schooling and return to his home state of Hawaii with a few youth accolades under his belt but he was really unsure of where to go from there. He didn't believe at the time that he was good enough mechanically to make it to the VHL, let alone the VHLE but figured that if there was nothing waiting for him back home in Hawaii, he could possibly pursue some sort of a shot at the VHLM. Using what contacts he had at the time, he reached out to a few people in the industry who he had become acquainted with during his time in the development league and they suggested at least putting his name out there to see if there would be any bites. One team was interested, and Johnny Tsunami soon found himself on his way to Houston to begin what would hopefully become a most promising career.

Does Johnny take the path of his legendary grandfather and remain humble through grace and skill? Or will he revert to his old, selfish ways?

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Edited April 1 by Vice