or mission was to hunt only prized fish.  not quantity, but quality.  it took patience and a lot of hard work, but the boys couldn’t have done any better.  they kept on opening the cooler to look at the fish.  talking about how they got it and the stories went on and on.  all this fish in a restaurant would be in the hundreds of dollars.  but nothing is for sale, the boys were already thinking about cooking it up for family and friends.  sashimi, steamed, nitsuke, and fried.  you won’t find a better mixed bag of fish than this…i usually have a girl or girls on the boat so i take it easy.  but this time it was only us boys.  so on the way back, i told the kids to hold on for their lives because Uncle Kirby was going to fly back.  we were ripping 30mph non-stop weaving in and out of waves.  doing cutbacks and off the lips.  thanks to foiling, i can read the ocean way better than before.  it was like a dream foiling session.  a couple times the waves broke over the whole boat but Mayuki loves that.  these kids aren’t afraid of big waves but i could see some fear in their faces and i was laughing.  it was supposed to take us 4 hours to get back but we did it in 2 hours.  just glad nobody flew off the boat.  next time, girls or not, i’m flying home…they boys took their fish, and i took mine.  once again, the ocean provided for us.  thank you for your food and thank you for keeping us all safe.  i can’t wait to do this again…

WYC: Love is in the air…

Good morning 4:10am.

Ala Moana chest high and good.

Diamond Head head high and bumpy.

Trade winds at 20mph.

Sunny and warm.

Going foiling.

Have a wonderful day!

the streets are still very empty on this usually busy Sunday afternoon…i surfed Bowls this morning.  fun.  then i went back this afternoon to foil.  hot.  too hot so i didn’t go out.  waves were really good but i’m still super sunburnt from our boat trip! came home and watered my plants.  look at my sudachi tree!  it’s almost there!!!  free diving is really dangerous so i haven’t been taking people recently.  but for this trip, i was trying to teach my nephews not to push themselves too much.  i was keeping a good eye on them from the water and from my boat because they were diving super deep!  we were in the blue water and i couldn’t believe how comfortably they were diving 70′.  i use to be the one spearing all the fish, now the boys do it.  it’s pretty cool to see how far they’ve come.  i’m really proud of them!  here is Seth and Josh helping each other secure dinner. and thank you Chi-san for sending this photo from Maui.  she took this photo on the day we were somewhere between these islands.  we never seen any people and we were totally surrounded by untouched nature.  it’s one of the most magical places in the world!