Mentawai Blues

Another great trip in the books!  Great times with good friends is always fun!

We were blessed with good swell.

Hollow Barrels at HTs all alone.

And our floating paradise. Naga Laut.  Mahalo boys!  See you next year!

Mentawai Tatoo

Having a great group is key for a successful trip.  We were blessed to have such a great crew.

Great Doctor and Guide are important too!  Mahalo Spencer and Didit for all your support!

Anton the magician can do it all!  Always capturing the moment with his camera.

Donn Arizumi got us pupus!

Matt got his mentawai tattoos at Lances left also.  He got rolled over the reef after getting cleaned out.  Good thing his brother Jeff was there to tape him up.  

Going Off!

Swell picked up at Hts was on fire with nobody out!  We couldn't believe it and we waxed up and had a day to remember.

Epic waves!  Best waves all summer for sure!

Crowd control

Jeff, Matt, and Julio are jujitsu fighters so we got no problems in the line up.  Ha ha!  If the crowd is thick no problem, our boys got it covered.  

Warming up on a fun right hander.  This spot is called Roxy rights and it's a perfect wave.  Easy take off and a ripple wall with a barrel.

Surf travel

Finally back on the grid to post a few pics of our trip to Indo.  Our group of surfers from Hawaii and California made for a great time.

First stop in taiwan to break up the trip.

Then to Padang where we got all our bags.

Then on the boat for 12 hour ride.

Set up the board quiver and everyone was ready to surf!  Boards from 21 liters to 38 liters on the rack.

Young Ocean Explorers in Hawaii

We got the honor to meet and film with Riley Hathaway from Young Ocean Explorers.

This 18-year old is making great strides in her career in TV production.

Education is the key and Dana Sato helped arranged a presentation at HBA.

Grades K-5 attended and were in awe!  Lotsa Oohs and Ahhsss.

And meet these 2 new young ocean explorers Austyn and Kinsey Sato!

Getting the Shot!

We had a good day fishing/diving other day.  Found some gold and silver, Mahis and Onos.  So many mahis this day it was crazy.  We ate lunch at 3 pm.  After we ran out of bait, I jumped in the water with my spear gun to get more mahis.  Check out HSDTV coming next mont for some action!

Mahalo Neal Miyake for the cool shot out in town.  He got kinda close taking this shot, I thought I was going to run him over.  Not much surf now so good time to travel soon!