Thank you for the great surf session Niimura-san couple!!!

ok, i don’t even have time to download things off my other cameras. but i carefully opened the gopro i found yesterday and took a snapshot of one of the videos. how did i find it? i was sitting in the lineup yesterday and i always look down because i love the ocean. i look for fish, turtles, tako, and anything that moves. but i seen something that i haven’t seen before. it was a weird shape and being 5′ underwater, i took a dive down to get a closer look. as i approached it, i knew it was a gopro. OMG! yeah, it’s like looking on the ground and finding $400. what a lucky day!

ok, if anybody knows this girl, send me an email so i can get her gopro back to her. the memory stick is probably full of memories. not mine, hers. so from this this photo and from my instinct, here is more info. the gopro was in quite good condition except for a lot of sand jammed in the housing. it took some careful tender care and i managed to open it, clean it, and put it back together in mint condition. with that being said, the gopro can’t have been in the ocean for more than 3-5 days. and looking at this photo, it was exactly 4 days ago when the weather was really bad like this. i surf bowls everyday so i know the weather, waves, and people that were out. so this gopro must have been lost on sunday, december 15th. the girl looks young, guessing 16 or 17? i’ve never seen her before so she probably doesn’t surf out there too often. i’m sure she was sad when she lost but i have hope that i can find her and give it back. so if anyone of you know her, let me know. and if in 2 weeks i don’t get a response, i’m going to take it out to pipeline to make another youtube video. yeah, i always wanted a gopro hero 3. maybe this might be my gift from santa? haha.

i worked yesterday morning and was almost done when my nephews texted me telling me they were going to dive. i was planning to go home and spend my afternoon fixing their boat but instead texted them, “ok, let’s go at 1pm.” i met them at the harbor and off we went! Josh and Seth bought a new boat so they used theirs and i followed them in mine. i was stoked to see them turning into watermen.

Seth bought his gopro and wanted to film. but once he hit the water to spearfish, he didn’t want to do anything with his gopro. all he wanted to do was spear fish. it was so funny watching him so anxious to get into the water.

Benji is from South Africa and is the boys friend. he wants to learn how to spearfish so he was in the right place. i told him, “just watch and try to copy what we are doing.” i’m sure this kid will become a good spear fisher someday.

as for my nephews and Kaito, they really impressed me yesterday. watching them feel so comfortable going down to the bottom, waiting, and even going in and out of caves was cool. i can see their confidence level going up each dive. they caught a lot of fish, and i think they had it for dinner right after. great lifestyle boys!

i’m so proud of these kids. watching them grow up into international surfers, hawaii spear divers, and being so humble is precious. they deserve the world and i will support them until they achieve all their dreams!

OMG, i freaking found a gopro yesterday!!!! yeah, found one! it’s like finding $399 on the ground and after i picked it up, i was so happy! but as i drove home, i thought about the times i lost my cameras. i was so bummed out and will never forget the feeling of all the lost memories on the memory stick. so today i’m going to open it up, see if there are images of the owner on the memory stick, and find him or her. stay tuned because this could be yours! i watch Hawaii Five-O and learned how to investigate so i’m pretty sure i can find the owner before christmas. d