i’ve surfed with Ai-san many many times.  mostly on low tides do i planned to take her out on the super high tide yesterday.  a totally different experience.  waves were super open and very long rides. i took out my camera and foil.  wanted to get different photos then the ones i usually take of Ai-san.   all it took was one wave then i got the shot!  i was foiling in front and watching this amazing ride looking back.  we were laughing all the way!   i just love good surfing, and good photos.  a happy combination on a happy day!   while we were out, this college girl paddled out next to us.  then this 16 year old kid from the mainland paddled out too.  he came to me and said “hey, do you think i can get her?”  i said “what?”  he said, “i’m going to try to get a date with that girl.”  i said “go for it.”  he paddled up to her and said “what’s your name, how old are you, where you from, what’s your phone number.”   that was all in one sentence.  haha.  the girl looked at him and thought he was crazy.  the kid told me “well, at least i tried.”  i told him “dude, is that how you pick up girls in your hometown?”  he said “yes.”  i told him “dude, that shit don’t work over here.”  he paddled in right after.   then the girl looks at me and says “that was freaking awkward!”  haha.  that kid better go back home and think of a better and more respectful way to approach women.  haha…too bad Ai-san couldn’t understand that conversation because she would be laughing so much.  it was hilarious!  anyway, thank you Ai-san for the wonderful days of Boot Camp.  you did great!

Diamond Head has been Fabulous!

Good morning 5:45am.

Ala Moana chest high and perfect.

Diamond Head shoulder high and perfect.

No winds so clean morning conditions.

Sunny and warm.

Going foiling and foiling.

Have a wonderful day!

 i haven’t seen Kataoka-san for a while.  last time we surfed together he was a Principal at a school in Shikoku.  now he’s retired but still teaching there.  we did a Golden Week Boot Camp today and it was amazing!  look at him go! Kataoka-san is a reborn 60 year young man!  i had a blast watching him charging the bigger sets today.  so committed and so happy. Kataoka-san knows Seira-chan so when i taught her how to smile when she’s taking off, Kataoka-san said he wrote it on the nose of his surfboard so he can see it every time he paddles for a wave.  if you can smile like this, you will definitely enjoy the ride… and enjoying the ride like this is what surfing is all about.  surfing is supposed to be fun so let’s make it fun!   it was a great day with a wonderful man.  we are both teachers and have so much passion to teach others.  so yes, we connected very well.   thank you Kataoka-san for the wonderful day and wonderful treat!   after my round one surf, i went to look at Diamond Head.  it was foilers paradise!  so yeah, i had to go out and get a few before lunch… then i went to surf this evening with Ai-san.  omg, you wouldn’t believe what you guys missed out!   i take this kinds of photos not because i love myself.  well, i actually do love myself.  haha.  i take these photos because i’m learning about my foiling.  and just by looking at this, i know that my new board is tilting much more into the wave than my other one.  that means it’s more like rail to rail foiling.  the more i tilt my board, the more speed i’m creating.  and the more speed i’m creating, the more happy i am.  yeah!!!  Freedom!!!!