yesterday morning boys paddle out. Seigo-san and Yuki-san couldn’t have timed their trip any better. 3 weeks straight onshore winds before they came and just perfect weather for their 4 days here. they leave today and bad onshore winds here again for the next few days. so dam lucky!

Yuki-san kept on looking down and falling down yesterday morning. then after a while, i told him “hey Yuki-san, keep on looking down and falling down.” of course, i was joking. soon after, he looked up and never fell down after. reverse psychology? haha.

Yuki-san surfed for 3.5 hours catching wave after wave. this is the last shot before my gopro battery died.

2 days ago another golden morning surf session. i can’t explain how beautiful it is. you just have to experience it yourself. and once you do, you will understand why i like to start off my mornings in the ocean. even better than my bed.

when Seigo-san came on his first day, he could take off and just go straight to the right. but after 3 full days of boot camp, he was going up, down, side, side, and even doing cutbacks. i was also teaching him how to read and time the waves. pretty tricky, but once you can do it, you will understand the ocean and how it works. very important for surfing. good job Seigo-san.

yes, bend your knees and look forward. then you will do perfect cutbacks!

most of the island is sleeping during sunrise, not me.

the Marutaya cutback.

the Marutaya bottom turn. i think Seigo-san rode about a hundred waves on this trip. and all glassy ones!

a great 3 days with the wakayama boys. keep on surfing!

2/17/15 Dolphin Diving: Photo by Seigo Murata
Good morning 5am.
North shore 3-5′ and perfect.
South shore waist high and clean. Onshore winds coming soon. No wind now becoming South later and West tomorrow.
Cloudy becoming sunny, warm, and hazy.
Going dawn patrol NORTH!
Have a wonderful day!

omg, today was another beautiful long day. i knew it was going to be action packed so i took my go pro. but when i turned it on, the battery was dead. the only thing i don’t like about the go pro is the on/off button is sensitive so sometimes it turns on when it’s in your pocket. then it doesn’t shut off automatically so the battery just dies. it happened 3x already and i’m super bummed for the 3rd time because today i could have got some amazing photos.

we had an awesome 3.5 hour session this morning. went out at sunrise and surfed so many waves. just wave after wave and it was super nice and pretty empty. then we went to eat pho to fill up our hungry stomachs. then malasadas after.

the boys arms couldn’t paddle much longer after all the surfing we’ve been doing so we went to use our legs and lungs to go free diving. the conditions were perfect and the water was super clean.

Seigo-san’s first fish!!! we dove about 40′ or 13 meters and Seigo-san could go all the way to the bottom. i was pretty impressed with his skill level on his first spearfishing experience. next time i go to wakayama, we’re going to go free dive and eat free fish!

i managed to get 2 fish today. one for me, and one for a friend. that’s all we need.
thank you Seigo-san and Yuki-san for the wonderful past 3 days. i had a great time and great experiences. hope you have a great trip back to wakayama and i’ll see you either in the ocean, or at marutaya. miss your ramen!