A teenager on his kayak went missing yesterday evening off Waikiki.  Noland Keaulana jumped on his boat and went to look for him.  He did a 100 mile search for 10 hours and against all the odds, found the kid.  

I woke up this morning and watched the news just as they found the kid.  Noland was very emotional telling his story.  OMG, I had the chills listening to his story as it could have been anyones kid.  Stories of missing people out in the ocean overnight usually don’t have a happy ending like this.

What is there to learn about this?  Always have a partner when you go out in the ocean.  Always keep calm.  And always have hope as the best of the best watermen in the world are out there looking for you.  What an amazing story!

Baby seal sunset…

Good morning 3:45am.
North shore head high from the North.
Ala Moana knee high.
Diamond Head chest high wind swell.
Trade winds at 20mph.
Sunny and warm.
Going to surf.
Have a wonderful day!

We surfed 5x and Miho-san caught around 20 waves per session.  That means she rode 100 waves in 4 days!

Endless waves here in Hawaii continue!

After scoring some really fun waves this morning, I went to do a maintenance check on Mayuki.  My anchor has been really good to me all these years.  I’ve anchored in storms, big waves, surges, currents, high winds, and crazy conditions all over the island.  So when I saw this today, I was shocked!  The chain holding on my anchor on was about to snap anytime now!  OMG, that could have been disastrous as so many things could have gone really bad!

There are plans for a bridge crossing Kakaako to Ala Moana Beach Park that has been in the making for years now.  It must have been 3 years and it’s still not completed?  Every time I pass, there is traffic so I look at the progress.  I see 3-5 guys working on this crossing each day I pass.  Two guys pouring concrete, one guy drinking coffee, and 2 guys on their phones.  None of my Japanese friends believe it’s taking this long because in Japan, they make crossings like this in one week.

Traffic every day here and who knows when it will be completed.  A private company can build a 40 story luxury building in 2 years and it takes more time than that for our government to build a pedestrian crossing???

I went to Home Depot today and thought something was weird.  It’s the first time I saw both a black and white Santa Claus.  All my life, I thought Santa was white?   Probably due to this crazy world we live in, who knows what other kinds of Santa will be out next year.  What about an Asian Santa?