This is one of the best photos I’ve taken in a very long time.  I was on my foil riding on the back of this wave when my student took off and did a beautiful bottom turn.  All I had to do is point and shoot the camera.  Simple. 

Good to see the Japanese hard core surfers coming back to Hawaii.  Yasu-san is a local at my favorite surf spot in Japan.  I’m one of the very few fortunate foreigners that ever got to surf that spot.  And till this day, I appreciate all the boys for sharing their barrels with me.  

When trees are falling, roofs are flying off, road accidents, and surf rescues happening, we have been avoiding some of that by spending our time underwater.  The girls don’t talk or even look at me, all they do is grab shells.  Haha.  It’s complete silence, but silence is golden.      

Colorful nails and colorful shells.  

Princess Leia just left and I’m already missing her.  See you next year Princess!

It’s pretty cool to check out the ocean and decide what to do.  Yesterday the waves were fun but since there were 50mph onshore winds and heavy rain, we decided to take cover underwater.  Once we jumped in, the rain and wind were totally forgotten.  

We weren’t expecting anything special because this was the first time I’ve ever snorkeled here.  I didn’t expect to find what we found.  

There were goodies everywhere!  I’ve never seen a reef full of sea urchin shells like this before.  

I saw a nice one, then when I went down to grab it, one of the girls pushed me away and grabbed it!  OMG!  

There were so many so it felt like an Easter egg hunt!  

Then I looked into this hole and saw a big tako!  I tried to trick it out of the hole but this one was smarter than me.  TAKO>I.  

We found some fishing lead and golf balls too so happy to get it off the precious reef. 

This was our first round of two.  After we unloaded, we went back out for Round 2.  

A lovely addition to my shell collection!  I love this ocean!!!

Wild and Windy:  Surf your Dream…

Good morning 4:10am.
North shore HUGE! 15-20′ and super junky.
Ala Moana head high and onshore.
Diamond Head overhead and onshore.
West winds at 20mph.
Sunny and warm.
Going into the sea.
Have a wonderful day!