The deep bottom turn by Carter.

Good morning 3:30am.
Ala Moana waist to chest high and good.
Diamond Head chest high and good.
Light trade winds at 15mph.
Sunny and warm.
Going to the sea.
Have a wonderful day!

Another beautiful day here in Hawaii.  The waves weren’t as good as yesterday, but it was still good.  Lots of wave and lots of sun.

Of course Malcom smiling and laughing all the way on this one.  It’s funny because I don’t think some people like him just because of the fact he’s always happy.  Haha.  If everyone enjoyed surfing as much as Malcom does, this world would be a better place.  I truly believe that.

For the past 32 years since I’ve known Tokura-san, I don’t think we had this much time to just sit and talk.  We’ve always been on surf trips, business trips, sales trips, contests, and always with a lot of other people.  So just sitting down and talking like this was very pleasant.  We’re finding out things about each other that we never knew before.  So cool!  Also, we’ve been brainstorming about the next surf destination.  We want to go to somewhere remote.  Somewhere neither of have been before.  That’s going to be hard because between the both of us, we’ve practically traveled to every surf spot in the whole world.  

BUT, we might have found the last place that might be interesting to surf explorers.  From Hawaii, it will take 5 flights and 3 days of traveling to get there.  Is it worth it?  It always is.  I spent another 5 hours today researching and it’s looking very promising…

There were a lot of emotions for me on my last trip to Okinawa.  I have a very hard time talking about losing important people in my life.  Earlier this year, I planned to go to Okinawa to celebrate a special occasion with a special friend.  But, it ended up being that special friends funeral.  Another sudden death that left me speechless.  Even now, I’m still in disbelief and in denial.  Why do these things happen to the nicest people on earth?   I wrote a blog about this special person but couldn’t complete it.  Still too emotional and still lost for words.  But what that special friend taught me was a life of family, love, support, friends, and giving.  This world lost a wonderful friend, father, husband, and kindest person you will ever meet…

I’ll finish that blog up when my heart heals, but in the meantime, please enjoy your life to the fullest.  Nobody knows if tomorrow will even come.  Love your family and friends.  And live with no regrets…