Pull in or Pull OUT?

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Round 1:  The waves were still good this morning.  Chest high sets and fun.

And it’s always fun watching the uncles dropping in on each other.

Back to Big Wednesday:  I’ve been surfing the south shore for 47 years.  I thought I’ve surfed every single spot on the south shore.  I was wrong.  I didn’t even know this spot existed and the reason is because it never breaks until it’s very big.  So on a normal day, it’s completely flat and doesn’t break.  This past Wednesday, the size was perfect, the swell direction was perfect, the wind was perfect, and the tide was perfect.  I don’t think anyone knows how good this spot gets.

Pull in or pull out?  On this wave, I had the perfect line to the barrel.  BUT, there was a girl right in my way.  See her duck diving in the wave?  If I pulled in the barrel and she let go of her surfboard, it could have shot right in my face.  It was a split second decision and I decided not to take the chance of trusting a girl I didn’t know.  There were a lot of inexperienced surfers out that day probably because they didn’t know where they were.  Anyway, I hope it gets like this again in my lifetime…

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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