when the North winds blow, the air is the cleanest.  you can see for miles and miles away.  fresh, cool, and so beautiful!   and the flowers are fresh and beautiful too… we saw this girl riding the electric foil board in the Ala Wai.  not a bad hobby for $12,000.   thank goodness for iPhones.  instead of disconnecting my electronics and forgetting which wire goes where, i just take a photo and i’ll never second guess.    i spent about 7 total hours so far on my little project.  it’s pretty tricky because my house is old so everything isn’t straight.  and when you buy wood in Hawaii, it’s never straight too.  so like everything else in life, finding the right balance is the key.  so far, so good… went for a foil session at Diamond Head today.  it was freaking challenging!  fell on my foil and almost hit my head.  abunai…thank you Satoshi for the snacks.  nice to see you boys the other day!

opps, i forgot to post this from last year 12/12/18. never too late!

had another cool day with another Marathon runner. Nakamoto-san did it in 4 hours and i wasn’t surprised because this man loves to run!

got out to Rock Piles left and the waves were fun. but looked over to the rights and looked more fun. so where ever there’s more fun, i’m joining!

at Rock Piles rights, you better look forward because if you look down, you will go straight into the shallow sharp reef. so yes, look forward just like this!

and you will have the ride of your life!

don’t mind the SUP behind because he just caught a wave and paddled back to the lineup and tried to catch another one. Nakamoto-san knows when i say go, it means “GO!”

no, it’s not a contest so being inside doesn’t mean you have the right of way. you wait your turn or you will wonder for the rest of your life why everybody rides in front of you. it was Nakamoto-san’s turn and this is how your ride a wave when it’s your turn…

and smile on the way back out.

thank you Nakamoto-san for the wonderful surf session. next time you will ride my foil ok! i know you can do it!!!

foiled in the morning, and foiled in the afternoon. when i paddled out, nobody was out! i had the whole ocean to myself!!! waves way bigger than it’s been so i was flying like a rocket. so fun!!!

 i was craving for tako so took a big one out of my freezer.   defrosted it and threw it in a pot… cooked it to perfection and cut it up… threw some in with luau leaves, coconut milk, and other secret ingredients.   this is my custom made squid luau.  so far, the best one yet!  then used the rest for an Osaka treat.  takoyaki party!i must have eaten about 30 of these.  it was so good that i even had to drink a beer with it!  cheers!