Big day!
Let’s GO!

you’re not going to find hard core divers that will go on a trip to a different country in 2 days notice. you have to be adventurous, you have to be spontaneous, and you have to be crazy. haha. Johnathan and Kyle are part of this three amigo crazy free dive tour in mexico! we are here for not thing and one thing only, to spear giant fish! and this isn’t the first time we’ve done this together.

arrived in Puerto Vallarta deep in mexico. i can’t believe i was in this same country a few weeks ago. my passport is starting to look a little suspicious? threw our guns in the car and headed to the beach.

we stopped by the super market to load up on our daily necessities. these are mine.

everybody asks me if mexico is a dangerous country. i always so no, but when there are armed guards with machine guns guarding a cell phone shop, i guess you can say it’s a little dangerous?

arriving at the sea just in time for the sunset. so beautiful!

our guides came over to brief us for the next 4 days of diving. i’m starting to get excited!

had a nice healthy enchilada for dinner. spicy and delicious!

then back to our palace.

this is where we are staying. a very long day traveling to get here. happy to finally arrive, unpack, and get ready for a full dive day tomorrow. gotta get up super early. please wish me luck. thank you!

was checking out some old photos i took back when i was addicted to shooting in and out of the water. i pulled up to pipeline a few years ago and seen Naohisa Ogawa taking off on a big one! i took out my camera and got the 15 shot sequence. how big do you think this wave is? i say 15′ hawaiian scale, or 40′ face.

go pro shares are slipping and slipping and sliding. now valued under $20. some people lost billions of dollars this year. luckily it wasn’t me.

since i couldn’t go to okinawa this time, i thought i’d just flash back. one of the many surfing days in my career that i thought i was going to die. i’d say 12′ hawaiian scale or 30′ face. this wave was so dangerous because we were out in the middle of the sea. no lifeguards and no anything. if you get hurt, you pretty much die.

seen a guy with a rage surfboard and dove wetsuit surfing yesterday. come to find out, he was a member of Rise and Shine! small world! super stoked to meet happy surfers in hawaii, especially if they are friends with Matsuo-san.

Yumi-chan turned mermaid! amazing person and amazing courage!

got home from work yesterday and started to pack. hope i didn’t forget anything. but as long as i have my mask and gun, i’m ready to go.

100lbs and thousands of dollars of equipment? better produce.

got a good sleep in the airplane. luckily got a full row so slept like a baby.

6 hour layover in LA. one more flight and i’m in paradise again! been getting all kinds of alerts on my phone about flash flood warnings on oahu. super stoked i left at a good time. have a wonderful day!