Round 1:  Today was a great day to take the kids to the pool for free dive training.  They were so excited and so was I.  Like anything else, equipment is the most important.  I make sure my students have the best gear.  Have you ever snorkeled with a foggy mask that leaks water?  It’s a nightmare.  So starting off with good equipment is the key to make it fun.  The more fun it is, the better the kids perform.  

Between each dive, we talk about proper technique.  How to move your arms and legs with flow.  How to clear the snorkel of water.  And how to keep calm.  The best is to teach this in a pool because there are less distractions than the ocean.  No currents, no waves, no jellyfish, and no sharks to worry about.  

Once the kids start to feel comfortable, the fun begins.  I throw a handful of quarters all round the pool and they go hunting for it.  Now that the pool lesson was a success, next time we’re going to the ocean and spear fish.  This is the path to survival…

Round 2:  Family fun with all the kids and delicious local favorite pupus.  Itadakimasu!

Yesterday once more:  The rare gem.

Good morning 3:30am.
Ala Moana chest high and bumpy.
Diamond Head shoulder high and bumpy.
Light south winds at 5mph.
Sunny and warm.
Going to the sea.
Have a wonderful day!

Round 1:  A very wild morning.  From sunny sky and paradise yesterday, to dark, rainy, and gloomy today.  Of course nobody would paddle out to Bowls this morning but we aren’t nobody.  We are storm riders!  When we first got out, you could barely see a thing.  Rain and wind stinging the eye, the storm blackened out the sky, and it was pretty crazy.

The rain stopped and the surfing started.  Takahata-san is a good surfer so he knows how to make the best out of nothing.

Only an experienced hunter can find waves on days like today.  Only one in a hundred waves was ridable so you had to make the right choice.

And with these stormy conditions, the waves were very powerful.  Great rail surfing.

Yesterday I surfed perfect barrels and never had to duck dive a wave.  Today I had to duck dive over a hundred waves just to get back out.  I think I spent more time underwater than above.  I teach my students that you must be ready for everything.  Today was that everything.

Takahata-san was probably the happiest surfer on the south shore today because he was probably the only surfer surfing on the south shore today.  Haha.

It was only us out there that took the challenge.  We went home very happy and healthy.  Good waves and the best workout in the world!