two cool guys. always so kind to me throughout the years. thank you always Takahashi-san and Kazubo-san!

and thank you Kazubo-san for the okinawa sweets! i ate it all in 2 days. haha.

also want to thank Dr. Hara-san for the gifts! when i seen this box, i was super stoked because i knew what was in it. my 2nd Mt. Fuji whisky glass!!!

can’t wait to open this bottle of sake and sip on it thinking about our wonderful surf session.

now i have 2 of these glasses. still haven’t had the time to use them yet because i fall fast asleep right when i walk into my door at night. but now i can call a friend and share a couple glasses of sake or whisky toasting to Mt. Fuji and to all my wonderful friends.

taking Takahashi-san to a fishing store is like taking a 3 year old kid to a toy store. he goes up and down every isle looking at everything. i just watch and laugh because i do this all the time too. haha.

check out his new custom made lures. i’m sure he will go back to okinawa and catch thousands of pounds of fish with these. good luck!

Wow! So cool!
Good morning 6:20am.
North shore 4-6′ and clean!
Backdoor/Pipeline, Haleiwa, Sunset all good!
South shore waist high and clean.
Diamond Head biggest at chest high.
Trade winds at 10mph.
Sunny, warm, and beautiful.
Going surfing.
Have a wonderful day!

woke up early this morning and checked out the fishing and surfing report. called up Takahashi-san and headed to the harbor.

took a cooler full of ice just in case we caught the big one!

headed to Molokai.

on the way, i was checking the surf and explained to Takahashi-san, “ok, here’s what we can do. we can either go surf, or we can go fish. the waves are super perfect and nobody will be out at my secret spot. or we can go head to molokai and let out the fishing lines. OR, we can catch a couple of waves, then go fish.” that was the call! we ended up catching a few waves, then more, then more, and many more. omg, the waves were super good and we were very happy surfers! time flew and when we got back to Mayuki, it was already lunch time.

and omg, it was picture perfect. seen so many whales all over the place.

one came right up to Mayuki. the closest you will ever get to a whale. it was weird how it was so far away and then made a sharp turn right to us. it was mother and her baby.

i still can’t believe how beautiful the weather has been this year. crazy beautiful.

we’re in full whale season now so if you know where to look, you can have an amazing encounter. i’m still looking for my opportunity to swim with them. hopefully soon. hopefully tomorrow.

Takahashi-san paddles back out after ever wave and says, “i’m so happy!” i was watching him catch wave after wave after wave. he was ripping today! in fact, it was the best and most waves i’ve ever seen him catch. we ended up surfing so long that we totally forgot about fishing. haha. i guess you can say we are surfers. surf first, and everything comes after.
as we head back to the harbor, Takahashi-san tells me “you have a good life.” i told him “yeah, all those years back in okinawa when you use to take me surfing and diving on your boat, i always thought “i want to do the same thing in hawaii. so now i’m living a dream, the same dream you are living. thank you for that!”