THE VOLCANO: Rescue from Whakaari

OMG!!!!  Did you see “The Volcano” documentary on Netflix???  I heard about the volcano erupting in New Zealand a few years ago and heard a bunch of people died.  Some of the tourists said that the tour company never told them about the risks and dangers.  You would think it’s common sense that this is Mother Nature and anything can happen at anytime.  But when I thought about it, I hiked up a live erupting volcano in Guatemala and didn’t even think about the risks.  Nobody told me either and now that I think about it, maybe they should have?   I would have still gone, but I’m sure a lot of other people would have said no way if there was a chance you could get burned to death. A few months after I hiked the volcano, it did erupt and people did die.  You just never know.  Anyway, after seeing this documentary, I will never ever hike a live volcano in my life again.  This was horrifying for me to watch and I highly recommend everybody to watch it.  The footage is stunning, but the stories are heartbreaking.  It’s something I will definitely watch again…

 

December 20, 2022 Hawaii Surf Report

Another storm coming soon…

Good morning 4:45am.
North shore huge and ugly. Cannot surf.
Ala Moana overhead and ugly.
Strong West winds at 25mph.
Sunny and cool day.
Going to try to enter the sea.
Have a wonderful day!

West Cliffs

I drove down the look at the ocean today and it was pretty cool.  Diamond Head looked like a totally different spot.  The waves and winds were coming in from the West.  It actually looked surfable and if I had my board in my car, I would have surfed for sure.  Maybe tomorrow.

Only a few days out of the year, the winds will blow from the West.  And when it does, spots that usually don’t break start to break.  I saw a few good waves for the foil.  Anyway, today was the first real day of winter weather.  Lot’s more storms on the way…

My friend was on the Hawaiian Airlines flight that ran into turbulence.  A total of 36 people got hurt.  I saw people bleeding from the head and face on the video my friend sent.  He said it was crazy!  I always put my seat belt on from the take off to the landing on every flight.  Even when I sleep, my seatbelt is on.  I don’t want to wake up on the ceiling.

I’ve been testing a few more Tokoro’s.  The cool thing is they all work!