Fujie-san just arrived in Hawaii for his first time.  He got off the airplane and went straight to the beach.  He was so amazed on the blue sky.

Imagine surfing in Chiba all your life and then coming to surf this for the first time.  Blue sky, warm water, crystal clear, and riding waves while watching turtles swim right under you.

If you had a longboard, the waves were super good!

Fujie-san kept on looking at the scenery and kept on saying “this is beautiful.”  I thought his surfing was pretty beautiful!

Seira-chan has a really good longboard style.  She’s very graceful and surfs like a woman.  It’s very cool just to watch how she’s dancing on the wave.

Hawaii doesn’t get any more beautiful than this.  One of the most gorgeous days of the year!  Hope you enjoyed your first surf in Hawaii!

HSL:  Priority Interference!!!

Good morning 3:15am.
Ala Moana knee high and good.
Diamond Head waist high and bumpy.
Strong trade winds at 25mph.
Sunny and warm.
Going to the sea.
Have a wonderful day!

Today is summer solstice so that means it’s the longest day of the year.  Each day after today will be shorter and shorter.  I can’t wait until it gets dark at 6pm again because it’s hard to sleep when the sun is shining in my window.

This morning was super fun.  The girls paddled out to their own little wave and had 6 heats.  Gaining more knowledge heat after heat.  We’re getting Seira-chan ready for her big contest that’s coming up.

Since the contest in Japan could possibly be about this size, we practiced on short boards and worked on technique.  I was the judge sitting in the channel watching the girls compete for waves.

While Seira-chan was waiting for a wave, a shark swam to the left of her.  We both saw the fin come out of the water which was pretty cool.  Then she saw about 7 turtles today too.  Dolphins yesterday, and monk seals the day before.  Luck girl.

When we’re having heats, the girls are very serious.  You have to put your friendship aside and be wanting to win.  If you can’t do that, you shouldn’t be surfing contests.

Smooth style like this will impress any judge.

Good surfing today girls.  I forgot we went for Round 2 but too sunburnt for that.  Photos of that coming tomorrow.  Goodnight.