here are some photos from yesterday…..
4 groms. 2 hawaiians, and 2 japanese…. when these kids first met each other, they were pretty shy. but when they seen the waves, it was a different story..
this was kewalos yesterday around lunch time. 3′, off shore, and super fun….
getting into the water at kewalos is tricky. you have to jump off the rocks and time the waves perfectly. i made sure the 4 kids got in safely and didn’t get hurt. then it was my turn. i slipped off the rock and put a deep cut in my toe. shit!!! that hurted. i’m just glad none of the kids seen me. haha… but i’ve been surfing here for so long and this was my first time i got hurt. oh well…. if i showed you a photo of it now, you would freak. there’s a lot of sand and mud stuck in there. i better get in the water to get it cleaned out…
like i said, when these kids met a few hours before this, they were totally shy. my nephews can’t speak any japanese and the 2 yugawara kids can’t speak any english. so how do they communicate? through surfing…. when i first went to japan, i couldn’t speak any japanese. but through surfing, i’ve made lifetime friends… i hope these kids do the same….
*check out some snaps from the kewalos session. i took video off my dig camera so the quality isn’t that great….
this is shun on a 4’11 TSSC matchi shape….
this is joshua on a 5’2 HIC eric arakawa shape…
this is ryota on a 4’9 LEFT naka-san shape…
and this is seth on a 4’5 TSSC mike woo shape…
