i love foiling with the big boys because nobody even comes close to us.  i wouldn’t either if i didn’t know these guys.  haha…thank you Chichan for the amazing sunrise over Molokai!  i miss there so much!!!want to say good job to Nakahodo-san and his friend for keeping calm and staying alive.  they were surfing huge waves on an outer island in Okinawa and got into serious trouble.  Nakahodo-san and his friend heard me yelling “relax!  don’t panic!  keep calm!!!!”   they both survived a situation that could have gone terribly wrong.  i’m super proud of you boys for sticking together, keeping calm, and finding a solution.  you basically saved yourselves.  and i’m sure you’re cherishing life much more too…my boat driver put in a request.  she said “can you please catch me a unicorn fish for the bbq?”  so when i saw this one, i made sure i shot it in the perfect place so no meat goes to waste.  hope you enjoy it girl!  as for me, i love deep fried kole!  so we stopped at my secret kole spot and caught some for me and a friend!  it still amazes me how the ocean provides these precious resources.  i’m so thankful for that…

Deep blue sky all week long…

Good morning 4:20am.
North shore still huge! 10-12′ and cleaning up. Big Pipeline day!
Ala Moana flat to knee high and perfect.
Diamond Head waist to chest high and perfect.
Light winds and cool morning.
Sunny and warm afternoon.
Going to the ocean.
Have a wonderful day!

i’ve been waiting for a day to finally go free diving.  today was the day and i was super excited.  so after my daily routine sunrise foil session at Ala Moana, i went to free dive and try to catch dinner.

the water was really clean and we must have seen about a hundred turtles.  they are loving their freedom without any tourists bothering them.

i took the young boys.  they just started free diving so i they were super excited.  Mia was my driver, probably the best girl boatman in the world.  she’s been my boatman since she was 8 years old.  i’d probably go to jail if the police saw her driving a boat by herself at that young age while i’m underwater.  haha.  but now, she can drive Mayuki better than me…

on my first 3 drops, i caught a fish on each drop.  one Munu, one Kumu, and one Maunakali.  three dinners for me this week!  if i were alone, i would have gone in already.  but the boys didn’t even get started yet so we dove all afternoon.  i’m so tired and probably be sleeping by 6:30pm tonight.  dreaming big!