so happy to pick up my new Matchi Shape from TSSC board. now i’m going to wax it up and give it a try this week. can’t wait!
after over 30 years of getting new boards, i’m still excited! i remember sleeping with my first few boards, hugging it all night long. sounds so stupid but that’s how happy i was, and still am.
i’m new to using a big tuna speargun so after making mistake after mistake, i took it into Maui Sporting Goods to have Wendell Ko take a look at it. Wendell is the hawaiian spear fisherman who just speared the 500lbs. world record marlin so he knows what he’s doing. good to get advise from everybody. i’m going to take a long flight to a very far place to spear the biggest fish in my life so i better be prepared.
this is called a slip tip. just for this piece of metal, it cost $100. so when i lost my slip tip yesterday in the ocean, it was like watching $100 sink into the deep blue. i bought another one today and hopefully it will produce me some sashimi.
and this is a double barb setup. $30 for this and everybody tells me that this won’t work if i want to catch a big tuna. that makes me want to try it. we shall see.
anyway, big free dive trip coming up soon so i’ve been busy getting my gear and confidence ready. and after spending so much money on gear recently, i’m not sure how my confidence will hold up. i still have 2 days open to practice shooting a gun i’m unfamiliar with. i’m actually getting nervous as time is running out.
by the way, the waves were small today but super fun. it’s not the wave you’re surfing, it’s who you’re surfing with. if i could laugh out loud, i’m having a great session! tomorrow double surf session so better get to sleep. goodnight.
Slip Tip or Double Barb
A beautiful afternoon!!
Just like summer!
Kagami and Nabeta
i’ve been watching the boys surfing in the world championships in equador. so cool to see Seth and Josh representing hawaii in such a great way. 2 hawaiian/japanese boys on the top of the world. go boys!
if you know me, you know i’m a very impatient person. fishing takes patience and i’m trying to learn how to be patient. after 10 minutes yesterday, i wanted to quit fishing and go diving. but before i left the harbor, i told myself, “don’t quit until you get a good fish.” so i tried, got frustrated, and almost gave up. then BAM!!! i hooked a fish and knew it was a good one by the way it was fighting. this prize fish is called a Kagami and it’s very rare. i’ve speared only 2 in my life and see one maybe once in every 3 years. it was the first one i caught fishing so i was very happy. and this happens to be very good sashimi. now i will officially quit fishing! haha.
Isaiah has patience. he tried and tried all morning but couldn’t catch anything. then finally at the end of day, he hooked fish after fish. the bottom 2 fish are called Nabeta. the most prized and delicious fish from hawaii. it’s so good that fisherman won’t give it away or sell it so you can’t find it anywhere. if you want to eat Nabeta, you have to catch it yourself or have a good friend give you one. i was stoked for Isaiah.
