we were surfing yesterday and i saw a black shadow. it was an Eagle Ray! how cool is that?
it feels like i’ve known Masamune-kun for a long time. it’s only been 3 years but this kid became a man in that time. smarter and smarter, and happier and happier.
so i take him into my world. first, i do my drop of 40′ to see if there are any big sharks hiding in the cave. no sharks today but lots of beautiful fish. i had my speargun ready and was going to take a shot at a fish, but i wasn’t in the mood to kill so i just left it as i found it.
i’m lying on the bottom looking up at Masamune-kun. i wave at him and tell him to dive down to me. he must have been thinking i’m crazy. haha.
seen this cool turtle sleeping in the cave.
as i was lying on the bottom checking out all the fish, these 2 beautiful fish swam near me. then all of a sudden, one of them attacked me! he actually bit my hand.
i was tripping out! it was the first time i got attacked by a fish! then the fish bit me again, then tried to bite my face through my mask. i was actually thinking of putting my spear in his head but decided to leave him alone. i guess he didn’t want me in his world today. so i go back up, tell Masamune-kun, “we better go dive somewhere else.”
then we hit another one of my secret spots. this one much shallower so perfect for this kid.
there are cool cracks, caves, and underwater obstacles. nice red fish looking good for dinner. he’s lucky i left my spear on the boat.
then seen this big grouper. i could have shot him too.
it’s so weird that fish know when they are being hunted. if i had my speargun, none of these fish would have swam right up to me. i had no speargun and was scratching the reef to see how close they would come in. some fish almost hitting my mask. i could have grabbed it with my hand!
then i see this beautiful cave. i go down and take a photo. all of a sudden, something scares the shit out of me!!!!
Masamune-kun came from the other side and freaked me out! haha!
can you believe this kid could be my future doctor? if he was in practice now, i’d want him to be my doctor because i trust this kid. we had such a wonderful day and on the way back to his hotel, he asked me “how do you dive so deep and stay under water for so long?” i told him “you just have to relax and go with the flow. with some practice, you can do it too.” another day speaking in english, and another day hanging out with my awesome kid friend. i’m sure in a few years he will be diving deeper than me.
my first love. oh yeah!
