it was 8pm last night when i just got out of the shower. sunday was a rare day off so i was in party mode. had some beers in a cooler, don julio in my hand, and ready to leave the house for a saturday night fever party! then i get a call from a number i don’t recognize? i hesitate to answer, but i did anyway. a man i haven’t met before says “hi kirby, this is Kanehisa. can you take us surfing tomorrow?” i thought to myself. who??? i remember taking Kanehisa-san surfing 10 days ago but he was 20 years old. this guy sounded older. he says “my son and i want to surf tomorrow, can you take us?” then i remember “oh, it’s the kids dad!” so i say “of course!, see you in the morning!” so i take off my dancing shoes, put away don julio, and go to sleep.

woke up this morning feeling super fresh and excited. i love the opportunity to take father and son surfing on their last day in hawaii. it makes me really happy.

Kanehisa-san is 57 years young. he’s super energetic and super cool. it was his first time surfing and stood up pretty fast. this was his first wave. just look at his facial expression and that will tell you how stoked he was. haha.

good to see Sho-kun again. the past 10 days went by so fast. super cool kid that’s hooked on surfing. he didn’t forget a thing.

towards the end of the session, Kanehisa-san was more excited than his son. haha. he usually golfs when he comes to hawaii but i think that will change. he already asked me if i will be in hawaii next march. haha.

can you believe Kanehisa-san caught a couple waves on his own? that’s amazing! so much energy and so much stoke. i was laughing the whole time watching this man having fun like a child. haha.

and Sho-kun surfing on his own. this kid learns really fast.

had an awesome morning laughing so much. the waves were perfect, super warm, sunny, and had a great time.

thank you Kanehisa-san for calling me up last night. if it weren’t for you, none of these memories would have happened. and to make it worst, i would have probably woken up with a huge hangover. haha.
dropped off the boys at their hotel, picked up the girls, dropped them off at the beach, then went to the gym! i don’t know where i get all my energy from.

there are a few things throughout your life that are life changing. Mayuki was definitely life changing for me. she made me happy, she made me lucky, and the coolest thing is, she made hundreds of my friends happy too. a great way to spread the happiness!

the waves yesterday afternoon was absolutely perfect! had so much fun with the girls.

watching them getting better and better. and watching their relationship getting deeper and deeper. that makes me very happy because i taught these girls how to surf from when they were babies.

i knew Aoi was going to be out so i paddled out to surf with him. he had a contest at Queen’s earlier in the day and couldn’t advance out of his heat. i know he was bummed because i know how it feels to lose, especially at Queen’s. on small days like this, Queen’s is small and very weak. in your 15 minute heat, you will be lucky to see 3 waves even break. if you catch one, you advance. if you don’t, you go home. it’s a spot that doesn’t even give you a chance to preform.

so i went out to tell Aoi “hey, shake it off! the contest is done! forget about it! move on!” he starts smiling finally. he starts catching sets finally. and he starts ripping the wave up.

today’s lesson was “always put your board on the rail! if you keep the rail in the water, you will generate speed.” speed just like this! good boy Aoi!

found a new beer. Mirror Pono Pale Ale from tamura’s. i love it! drank a couple last night and felt pretty dam satisfied.

9/11/01. Never Forget.
Good morning 6:20am.
Ala Moana waist/chest high. Clean.
Diamond Head chest high. Nice.
East winds at 15mph.
Sunny and very warm.
Going surfing.
Have a wonderful day!