i don’t care how good or how long you surfed. if you start to foil, it’s like starting all over again. you will have the rides of your life, and you will have the wipeouts of your life too.

starting off with Maki-san. everything looking good until everything starts to go wrong.

and when you fall, you will fall like Superman. or in this case, Superwoman! haha.

same with Toda-san. once everything starts to look good, everything starts to go bad.

another Superman fall. haha.

and when you have the gallery watching every moment, you can’t help but just to laugh out loud. it’s humbling, it’s frustrating, and it’s freaking so funny!

then after the laughs, you can get your heartbeat down by swimming with the dolphins. an incredible feeling.

imagine swimming in the deep blue ocean having these beautiful dolphins circling you. i’m so stoked i had my gopro or you would have missed out on this!

Dolphins and Us….

Good morning 5:30am.
Ala Moana knee high and clean.
Diamond Head waist high and bumpy.
Trade winds at 20mph.
Sunny and very warm.
Good day for diving or foiling.
See you in the water!

since the waves were flat today, i thought it would be a good time to teach foiling. so loaded up Mayuki and headed out to the beautiful sea.

Toda-san was first. i know he’s still super nervous and super scared because i had that same feeling. so we started off slow.

then once we picked up speed, the foil came up and Toda-san got the ride of his life!

then Maki-san told me she wanted to try? what? Maki-san use to be a very cautious person but recently, something changed within herself. she’s living the “i only have one life” style which i love about her. high risk, high return!

Maki-san got up on her very first try! it was amazing!

then as i was towing Toda-san again, a pod of dolphins came to watch us have fun.

they were everywhere! so beautiful!

then we all jumped in and swam around. it was the first time i swam with such calm and cool dolphins. they were swimming around us for an hour.

throughout all these years in the ocean, i feel a cool connection with wildlife. i can feel it on the boat, but i can feel it more in their environment. so when ever i get the chance like this, i take it.

i was making my dolphin whisper noises under water and i could see them look at me so curiously. they were swimming around me so gracefully and so carefree. so i did the same and they would keep on coming closer and closer. it was another amazing moment. this normal Sunday turned out to be one of the best Sunday’s of my life…