the coldest early december day in 5 years is what the news is saying. welcome to snow country.
it was so weird that i was right next to Mt. Fuji when Toda-san send me this photo. he and i were looking at the exact same mountain. what a beautiful photo! and can’t believe hakone was minus 3 degrees when i was there. no wonder it was freezing, and no wonder the onsen felt so dam good!
if you were smart and invested in dollars when the yen was 75 yen/dollar 3 years ago, you will be a rich man today. congratulations!
super typhoon is hitting the philippines now. i hope everybody is ok. it’s crazy how this late and rare typhoon just popped up out of nowhere.
after this typhoon passes over the philippines, it’s going to send some south swell up to taiwan.
check out the swell that showed up yesterday. Keith sent me this photo and hopefully we will be able to share some awesome waves in the upcoming days. waking up at 4:30am, getting a taxi, catching a train, jumping on an airplane, then jumping on another airplane, then renting a car and driving 2 hours. a long ways to our destination but i’m looking forward to it. see you in taiwan!
Yen and Snow Country
Big typhoon = Big waves
I’m going to Taiwan tomorrow!!!!!
Chase your dreams!
Beginner or Expert…
when i started diving, it was just my friends and i fooling around. there was nobody older than us that gave us tips and advice. we had to learn the hard way but i think that we learned more, and remembered more. these days, the kids are lucky. there is skin diver tv, magazines, videos, and so many people with knowledge. is it good? i’m not too sure about that…
take gen for example. gen just started out diving. for me to even see an ulua, it took over 10 years. and for me to even take a shot at one, 15 years. i take the kids to an ulua house where you can spear one blindfolded. was it the right move? now that i think about it, i don’t think so. it was just too easy and i don’t want them to think it’s like that all the time. and i also don’t want them to think i’m going to take them there all the time. i leave that hole alone for long periods of time for many of reasons. one is to let the fish replenish, and another is to hunt for other spots. if people keep on going back there, they will kill all the fish, scare them, or chase them away. in the past 4 months, i think i went there too many times. we pulled 6 Ulua’s out of there. yes, there is like 20 or so in there, but not it’s time to replenish and move on. i probably won’t go back there for a few years again, and hopefully things will get back to normal. that hole is just too magical to exploit… i just hope the kids understand what i’m saying because i’m sure their waiting for me to take them back there right now…. instead, i’ll take them to another ulua hole but there is one thing that it different. this ulua house in 62′ deep. come on boys, step it up!
i guess another thing i’m trying to say is that spearing fish this big is no joke. if you take a bad shot and the line gets wrapped around your arm or leg, your going down with the fish and if you panic, your dead. that’s why i always carry a knife with me.
