Bagus Surf

Queen Katie

Great weekend of surf.. so much so, have not had a chance to write.  Let's see where to start.  Headed out Sat morning not expecting much and threw the ITP in the car.  Ended up at Bowls and saw a couple tasty chest high waves rolling through.  Jumped in and had a fun session at in betweens managing to snag a whole bunch of lefts... enough to get some quality tip time.  Ended up trying to tuck into some of the small tubes, but realized that 9'3" of board was not going to fit into such a tight space.  Headed back out last night for a sunset surf at Queens with Katie.  With Sunset on the Beach and a concert at the Shell I thought it was going to be quiet in the water.. nah.  Got dropped off at the beach, but it was pretty crowded in the lineup with big mouth making a scene and yelling for no reason.  Bad vibes in the water.. it sucked.  Once he was gone it was back to aloha and surf.  Had a bunch of nice noserides on the new Cooperdesigns.. that board rocks hanging five and tens all around.  Beautiful to watch the sunset from the water, it is great to live in paradise.

This morning headed out to Aina's on the ITP and met Mark for a session.  Looked like it was going to be too windy, but ended up being super fun.  Nice sets rolling through and managed to snag a bunch of long fun rights. Aina's can really be great when the rights line up and managed some long rides down the line.  Good times had by all. Where ever you are today, I hope you get a chance to get in for a surf.  Surfing is fun!

Sunshine Daydream

Today we introduced a new member of the Bagus quiver family.  My 10 foot Cooperdesigns arrived and all I can say is she is a beauty.  Sunshine yellow and sooo smooth!  Noserides like a dream, but will take me a while to learn to smoothly turn that much board.  The rails are super foiled and sharp with a kick in the tail and tapered rails.  I can't wait to get a couple more sessions under my feet.  No leash plug, so old school style riding only.  Big 10.5" Grenough 4A fin.  Watch out.. here comes the fire truck!

Big mahalos to Gene Cooper at Cooperfish for his craftsmanship.  Also big shouts to Fiberglass Hawaii for helping arrange the shipment to Oahu. 

Pics coming soon when the rains move on.

Visual Candy...

Check out these vids.. don't you wanna go surf?

http://cisurfboards.com/vid_rob1.asp

When it's flat...

What to do when it's flat.  Woke up to look at Bowls with ankle biting dribblers rolling in.  Lots of boats from the Transpac race in the harbor.  These beauties look fast just docked.  Must have been one hell of a ride, the record was shattered by almost a day!   Gonna be another beautiful sunny day... life is good.  So what do you do when it is flat out? 

Play some surf video games?

http://www.ripcurl.com/stuff/

http://www.freeworldgroup.com/games/surf/

Feel like you're caged?

Shake your booty?

Hot Hot Hot

Checked out Bowls a little before 6 a.m. and I can already tell it is going to be a HOT day.  Not a cloud in the sky and super small waves lapping on the reef.  Looks much like a huge lake.  Needless to say, it is going to be another beautiful day in paradise.  So what is life all about?  Here's one way to look at it.

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

Mother Teresa

Papillon

Another beautiful day in paradise. Small kine surf, nothing on the long range scanners for surf.  Better drag out the paddleboard.

Out fishing

Been working on a business plan for the past three weeks which has limited my surfing, but alas today it is basically done.  Luckily I had my fish in the car, so after our meeting I headed out at around 3 pm to look for surf.   Kewalos was pretty windy and the high tide was starting to kill things.  I headed down to bowls thinking it would be protected from the wind a bit more.  Paddled out to rockpiles to look for something to get into.  Tough on the fish with all the longboarders, but a couple waves here and there.  Needed a bit more, but some is better than none.

Kyoto Protocol

Paddled out on the Miller Noserider today for some cruising fun at Queens.  Hopped in at Publics for a casual paddle over around 6 ish.  When I got to Queens, they were clearing out the lineup for the Japanese pro tour surf contest.  Bummer.. and the waves were looking pretty clean and juicy this morning.  Looks like the swell was late arriving and filling in this morning.  so off to Canoes I go... too far to paddle to 3's this morning, although 3's did look good from my vantage.  Needless to say, today re-affirmed why I don't ever surf at Canoes... too many people, drop ins are the norm... but heck, I got wet, got a bunch of ok waves, and it is Aloha Friday.. life is good!

calmness

I was great to get out to 3's this morning to a light rain and minimal winds.  Had a bunch of fun lefts, one in particular I dropped in and the wave just shot up with a translucent wall showing itself for me while hanging 5 1/2.  Kept going and going... ahhhh so much fun.  This might be the last of the swell for a while, so get out if you can.

Standup surfing picture.  I tried this variation of surfing a couple of months ago on Maui.  Good times, and you can see sets coming in for miles.  I have seen a bunch of guys standup surf in Waikiki.  Catching on here.

Days...

two reports in one day... surfed 3's yesterday and had a fun time with inconsistent sets rolling through and a moderate sideshore breeze.  A couple fun rides with those beauty 3's walls lining up.  Randy French and gang paddled out so I figured it was time to paddle in.  Headed out this morning with the intention to surf 3's or courts, but Pete insisted we go out to DH.  On the super low tide and strong trades it was a challenge.  One or two good waves holding on in the winds.. wrong equipment.  Had the ITP with me, but always good to get wet.  It is a privelege to surf and every wave should be looked upon as a blessing. So all is good.  Get out and get some!!