the very first time i flew on a helicopter, i honestly was very nervous.  they crash all the time here in Hawaii and that wasn’t a secret.  but it was a trip of a lifetime with very important people in my life.  so yeah, why not.  i remember planning the trip with the pilots and asking them for things that have never been asked before.  when i told them the course i wanted to take, i remember the owner saying “we’ve never done that before.”

i’ll never forget flying over the tallest waterfalls in the world.  it was amazing!

i think i was the most excited person of all.  we had 8 of us with 2 helicopters weaving in and out of each other.  it was like a video game…

Hawaiian Sunset:  Yesterday’s End of the Day Surf…

Good morning 5:20am.

North shore 3-5′ and getting bigger.  Good conditions.

Huge swell starting tomorrow afternoon and peaking on Tuesday.

Ala Moana waist high and clean.

Diamond Head shoulder high and bumpy.

Trade winds at 20mph.

Sunny and warm.

Going surfing and surfing.

Have a wonderful day!

time for me to clear up my desktop.  Pipeline Masters lunch on the North Shore.  check out Pupukea Grill… thank you Naomi-san for the text yesterday.  it made me so happy to hear from you and so happy to see how grown up Hiyori-chan is!  omg, she looks like you!!!  and i bet she’s going to be a very strong woman just like you too.  miss you and hope to see you girls soon!  i’ve been eating oysters all my life and i still love it!check out Seth Moniz surfers of the year according to him.  very good choices…Kaira Moniz future World Champion?  time will tell…when ever i see black fish, it makes me want to back to Bali and eat it BBQ style!these were my favorite surf trunks and i stopped using them.  so when i let Takahashi-san borrow it, i remembered why i stoped using them.  haha…all day i couldn’t stop laughing.  hahaha!!!