so happy to pick up my new Matchi Shape from TSSC board. now i’m going to wax it up and give it a try this week. can’t wait!
after over 30 years of getting new boards, i’m still excited! i remember sleeping with my first few boards, hugging it all night long. sounds so stupid but that’s how happy i was, and still am.
i’m new to using a big tuna speargun so after making mistake after mistake, i took it into Maui Sporting Goods to have Wendell Ko take a look at it. Wendell is the hawaiian spear fisherman who just speared the 500lbs. world record marlin so he knows what he’s doing. good to get advise from everybody. i’m going to take a long flight to a very far place to spear the biggest fish in my life so i better be prepared.
this is called a slip tip. just for this piece of metal, it cost $100. so when i lost my slip tip yesterday in the ocean, it was like watching $100 sink into the deep blue. i bought another one today and hopefully it will produce me some sashimi.
and this is a double barb setup. $30 for this and everybody tells me that this won’t work if i want to catch a big tuna. that makes me want to try it. we shall see.
anyway, big free dive trip coming up soon so i’ve been busy getting my gear and confidence ready. and after spending so much money on gear recently, i’m not sure how my confidence will hold up. i still have 2 days open to practice shooting a gun i’m unfamiliar with. i’m actually getting nervous as time is running out.
by the way, the waves were small today but super fun. it’s not the wave you’re surfing, it’s who you’re surfing with. if i could laugh out loud, i’m having a great session! tomorrow double surf session so better get to sleep. goodnight.
