i never forget my GPS, camera, and dive watches. yesterday i did 62 dives, and joshua used my other watch and dove 61 times. add seth and gen and we dove a total of 200 dives. these kids were only diving half as me last week and now they are keeping up. and i’m sure they will pass me by soon.
so after we woke up early, dove all day, ate lunch, and cleaned fish, we were so tired and ready to go in. WAIT!!! i turn my boat straight out to sea. we hit the deep blue sea. i tell the kids, ok, get ready because this is where training begins. if you don’t grab sand off the bottom of the sea, i’m not taking you home. haha. pure pressure. you should have seen their faces, in total shock. they didn’t want to do it. but i wasn’t kidding. seth goes first and dives 60′. josh ended up diving 50′, and gen at 47′. as we headed back in, i told the kids that if we did this in the morning when our bodies were fresh, you could have dove about 20′ more. but that’s too easy. someday, these kids will get held down by a big wave somewhere in the world when it’s either life or death. this type of training will help. how do i know? because it saved my own life more times you could ever imagine. and if i didn’t freedive, i would have died a long time ago.
i’ve been so busy that i totally don’t have time to maintain my equipment. this is the wishbone that holds the rubber while the gun is loaded. as i was carrying my speargun in the water, it just broke all of a sudden. luckily i still have my finger. people lose fingers this way, i almost lost mine.
if i wasn’t wearing a glove, my pinky would be gone. this will hurt for a long long time. itai!
Pure Pressure
March 30, 2013 Hawaii Surf Report
Thailand. Culture. Amazing.
Good morning 7am.
North shore 3-5′ and PERFECT! Pipeline looking good!
South shore tiny at waist high.
Winds are none.
Weather is overcast.
Have a wonderful day!
Free dive training
i woke up at 4:30am and drove down to ala moana to meet the kids at 6am. i was surprised to see them there before me. it wasn’t the best day for a dive because the weather was pretty bad, but who cares. we were on a mission to dive, train, and spear.
gen, seth, and josh. josh got a new gun last week so it was his first time.
this is a dream fish for most divers. it’s called a Munu. this fish tastes best, and costs most. gen is holding it but actually didn’t catch it. he’s just dreaming of the day and i’m sure that day will come soon. i shot this fish at 37′ deep and 19 seconds. this will be my dinner.
from winning contest to surfing big waves, seth is going to the top in the surfing world. i called it when he was 8 years old and he’s on the perfect track.
seth speared this fish and was stoked.
but josh stole the show. new gun and new level. this is his biggest fish ever and i’m sure it’s just the beginning.
i’ve always stressed the importance of cleaning and eating everything they catch. if they don’t eat it, don’t spear it. all they were talking about was how awesome dinner was going to be. being a teenager and being able to bring home fish for the whole family is pretty cool. i’m sure their parents are happy.
good job boys.
look what came out of the mouth of this fish. nature is so awesome.
it was deep and i was chasing my boat out to the blue water because the anchor came off. then i heard yelling and when the 3 boys came back to my boat, josh was smiling. it’s days like this that will change a boys life forever. a boy becoming a man.
another great day with my nephews. just watching them grow is awesome. makes me so proud of them and their accomplishments. one day i’ll be too old to dive and i’m sure one of these boys will catch, clean, and cook a fish for me. well, the better. haha.
