good chilly monday evening. gosh, how cold was it today? i was freezing cold in my full wetsuit. the winds were cold, the water was cold, and i’m still cold. went for a short dive with my brother and naoka today. seen something pretty amazing again. we were diving in kind of murky water and i seen a big shadow about 20′ away. i thought it was a big shark but as it came closer, it was a hawaiian monk seal. there were 2 of them. they swam right by us and it’s weird how they seem so much like human. they look you right in the eye as if they were saying something. anyway, seeing a monk seal in the water is pretty rare and this is only my 5th time or so. it was pretty cool….

check out this kumu i speared today. i went down to check out this deep hole with all sand on the bottom. i didn’t see anything in there but i just waited and out came this beautiful red kumu. the thing was so big that i kind of freaked out. it looked at me, turned around and started to swim back in the hole. i shot it from behind, grabbed it, and held it tight because i didn’t want to lose it. this kumu happens to be the biggest kumu i’ve ever speared in my life. and also the biggest kumu i’ve ever seen in my life….

i got 4 today. pretty good for a couple of hours of work…. it’s on the ice waiting to be eaten…. oishi yo…

i told naoka i was going diving today because the waves were shitty. he didn’t mind coming for the second day in a row… we got so cold around lunch time that we had to come in. it was super cold….[:???:][:???:][:???:]

and check out this photo. lucky we live hawaii…..

good morning. 7am on this windy cold monday morning. i’m in sweatpants, sweatshirt, and socks and i’m still cold. the winds are still blowing north and the water must be freezing… waves on the north shore are still bumpy and ugly. nobody is out at pipe now and it came down a lot from yesterday. town has some waist/chest high waves if you can wait in the cold. 5 guys out at bowls. i drove by kewalo’s to bowls yesterday on my boat and everybody looks super cold. i was in my full-suit and was freezing on my boat. the sun is out today so it should be a little warmer. so keep warm today and be safe. surf or dive. i’m doing one or the other… or maybe both? gosh, what a life…..

OH MY GOSH!!! who is this chick charging waimea bay the other day? and how did she get this wave to herself? this is the biggest wave i’ve ever seen a girl ride… ever…. check out her sequence and the rest of the photos at waimea bay on GO-NAMINORI BY CLICKING HERE….

and this is what they teach kids in elementary school here in hawaii. Be a STAR Student!!!
Show respect
Treat others with kindness
Always be safe
Reach for the stars
**if you can follow this, you will be a great person. and if you can’t, better go back to elementary school….

good evening on this cold north wind evening. the waves sucked today on the north shore. big, onshore, and unridable. town came down too into the waist high range. surfers are bummed today but divers are stoked!!! i surf when the waves are good, and dive when the waves aren’t. what a life yeah? haha… anyway, took naoka for his first boat dive. did some shallow dives today to break him in so i thought it would be just another ordinary day in the water. but these are the days that you see the freakiest things. first, on our first dive, we were diving together and i speared this fish. an aggressive shark came out of the blues and tried to eat it off my spear. i pulled the fish in close and tried to poke the shark away with my shaft. i never give sharks my fish. no way… so i kept him away but he didn’t want to leave. i told naoka “shark” and when he saw it, i think he freaked out. i seen his eyes get big in his goggles… haha… but the shark eventually left so we kept on diving….
second dive, we went out to this spot about 30′ deep. i jumped off the boat and seen this something huge in the sand. the water was a little dirty so i couldn’t make it out. i dropped down on it and as i was approaching it, i saw his eyes look up at me. shit!! it was a freaking huge barracuda. i’ve never seen a barracuda that big in my life. it was about 6′ long and super thick. i pointed my gun at it and it never moved. i kept looking at me and as it was going to take the shot, i thought to myself, no way!! if i spear this monster, i will lose my gun for sure. and there’s no way i was going to take that chance. if i had a shitty gun, i would have for sure. came back up and took the tag line off naoka’s gun and clipped it to my gun. now i have a float so i’m ready to take the shot. went back down, and he wasn’t there…. shit!!! oh well…. i was telling myself “next time”. but there might be no next time….

this is what a barracuda looks like. the teeth are so big and sharp that it can rip a fish in half. and probably my arm…
third dive, the water was dirty again so couldn’t see too far. i went down, waited for this uhu to come in, got the shot in the head. then as i was pulling him in, this huge 40lbs ulua or GT tried to eat it of my shaft. what?? he looked me in the eye, turned to the side, and swam away slowly… shit!!! another missed chance…. oh well, there’s always tomorrow…. waves are going to be junk for the next 2 days so got to go back in the ocean and experience things only free divers can….

this is our catch from today. not bad…. see the gold on the top? 3 big gold bars???

yeah, this is the gold i was talking about. steamed kumu for dinner tomorrow night and nitsuke kumu for wednesday….

and last, here is naoka’s first speared fish….. don’t laugh because this is where everybody starts….
**by the way, no eddie aikau today. they got until feb. 28th so plenty of time….