last year, i taught Dai-kun how to fish. he actually caught a fish that day and seemed so excited. this is the photo i took a year ago with Dai-kun’s first fish. ever since then, Dai-kun went back to japan and got hooked on fishing. he bought a fishing pole and lures and goes often on fishing expeditions.

this year, Dai-kun brought his fishing pole to hawaii and has been fishing all around the place. look at this papio he caught the other day! the papio is a very prized trophy fish here in hawaii. good job Dai-kun! i’m proud of you. keep on fishing.

then we went snorkeling the other day with Dai-kun and the Koguma-san family. felt so good to jump in the water.

and yes, the day couldn’t have been any more beautiful than it already was.

and the water was really clean too. here is Dai-kun and his sister Lena-chan checking out all the fish.

Dai-kun told his father that he wants to go spearfishing with me. first, he has to learn how to free dive. maybe next year we can go spearfishing?

then Lena-chan took a dive and i was amazed how deep she could go. she seemed so comfortable under water and i’m pretty sure after some practice, she will be able to dive pretty deep.

then Koguma-san jumped in the blue water. stoked to see father, daughter, and son enjoying the ocean in beautiful hawaii.

this is a cool photo of Lena-chan. it was her first free dive and it looked like she was enjoying being a mermaid for the day.

Beautiful!
Good morning 5:30am.
North shore 2-4′ in the morning coming up to 6-8′ by this evening. Everywhere super clean and good. South shore waist high, Diamond Head chest high and best.
No wind so perfect conditions everywhere.
Cloudy becoming sunny and very warm.
Surfing 3 rounds.
Have a wonderful day!

for the past month, i must have spent over 150 hours in the water. just non stop surfing! today was no different as i spent 6 hours in the beautiful sun. it finally warmed up and felt so good. super warm weather for the next 10 days as big waves and light winds will make perfect north shore surfing conditions. hopefully to get a big barrel soon!

Minemura-san and Yurika-san are here for their honeymoon. first time in hawaii so i was excited to show them around. a very happy couple with lots of energy and lots of power. after our awesome morning session, we drove over to kailua because they wanted to look at “Heaven’s Beach” or also known as Lanikai Beach. it was freaking beautiful on the east side!

as i drove past kailua beach, i seen an “Open House” sign so i took them to check out this amazing house right on the beach. yes, i’m a fake realtor. haha.

welcome to the million dollar view. opps, i mean $8M view. 4 stories, 5 bedrooms, pool, jacuzzi, and even an elevator in the house. we checked in and out of each room and found out what $8,000,000 can buy in hawaii. a little out of our price range. good job surfing and had a lot of fun Minemura-san and Yurika-san! keep on surfing.

then i went surfing with Matsushita-san this afternoon. Matsushita-san came to hawaii many many of times and knows this island very well. he was always interested in surfing and today was his debut. surfed a very long session and caught so many good long waves. great job Matsushita-san! stoked you stood up on your first wave! keep on surfing.

oh, wanted to thank Yoshimi-san from Island Aroma in okinawa for giving Enomoto-san this soap for me. Mozuku hand soap? can i eat it? haha. i can’t wait to scrub my dirty body with this amazing soap. thank you and hope to see you in okinawa sometime soon. haisai!