Free Diving Hawaii: The Dive Flag

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 i have a dive flag on my boat when ever i’m swimming or free diving.  and the law states that any other boats must say at least 50 feet away from a boat that has a dive flag like this.  the reason is so you don’t run over somebody coming up from a free dive or scuba dive…   so the last time i went free diving off Waikiki, i had my dive flag up, and i was diving well within 50′ of my boat.  i took a drop and was stalking dinner… i stayed down for 2 minutes trying to think what kind of fish i wanted.  unfortunately, dinner had to wait because i was running out of breath.     i started to surface and i felt something weird.  it was like a big dark shadow was over me.  maybe a big shark again???    nope!  it was much worst!!!!some freaking asshole was driving his catamaran right over me with 2 outboard motors full throttle!   i had to duck under the 40′ catamaran to keep the motors from ripping my body up like ground meat.  all this time, i had no idea my gopro was running so when i got home and seen the video, it was much more closer than i thought.   i came up and yelled to the boat that just ran me over “what the fuck!!!  fuck you!!!  fuck you!!!!”  excuse my language but when i’m about to die from somebody’s stupidity, i’m more than pissed off!  if i were on land, i would have shot the guy with my spear gun in a second.   the guy didn’t even stop too see if i was ok!  so pissed!  omg, that was just another close call on my life.  i was freaking out that i could have died, but i was still focused on dinner.  took my final dive and took a shot at this fish and missed.  i wasn’t too bummed because something was telling me that it wasn’t the time for the fish to die, neither me too.  so yes, life can just end in a freak accident like this.  and it’s scary to know that one of my dive friends died like this just a couple years ago.  i know exactly which boat ran me over and when i see the captain, i’m going to punch him in the face and say “you almost killed me so you’re lucky with just a punch!”  i guess i’m still a little upset because that could have been the last day of my dream life.  and that would have sucked….

KIRBY FUKUNAGA
ハワイで生まれ育ち、プロサーファー、フォイラー、スキンダイバー、カメラマンの肩書きを持ち、ウォーターマンとして、海で多くの時間を過ごし、海から多くのモノをもらいながら生活しています。彼が伝えようとしていることは、海がある生活は僕らを豊かにしてくれるということ。そして、自分だけではなく、いろいろなことをみんなにシェアし、人生を楽しむということ。現在は、ハワイでプライベートサーフィンガイドを主催。
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