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School Report 7-31-2012

Daddy duty on this second day of school. They're so happy.

Dawn and her BFF.

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Surf Report 07-30-2012 & DD's Cookbooks

Waves: 1 - 2 feet

Wind: Light Trades

Super fun morning with nice waves and empty lineup!!!!

 

Phoebe scoring some good rights.

 

 

 

High-speed compression!

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I just found out that Jalna's sister Didi (who used to work at John Dominis) has her own cookbooks for sale.  Check 'um out!   http://ddstabletalk.com/

 

China's Day 4 07-29-2012

Last day of the contest and I'm still alive. Made it to the finals.

It was a rainy morning but we still had waves!

 

After a long day at the beach..... from 6am to 6pm, I was blessed with the win in my division.  Thank you China for another AWESOME contest.   NOBODY does it like China!

 

China's Day 3 07-28-2012

Amateur longboard today and tomorrow!

A little smaller but still surfable!

 

 

Bob and Jason checking the waves.

 

 

Courts gang in the judges tower.

 

 

Steve Mai'i and company was jammin'!

I surfed one heat in the morning and advanced to another round tomorrow. Then I left to join Dora and Dawn at gymnastics and help Dawn with her homework.

Tonight we have dinner at Le Bistro! I'm ready for that!

 

Waikiki Report 07-27-2012

Day 2 of China's contest.

Perfect weather!

 

 

Krispy Klean again!

 

 

I got to surf 4 times but my scores weren't good enough to make the top 4. 

 

 

Contests aren't just about winning. I got to meet and surf with Sylvain. Born in France but living in Tahiti, he's here on vacation with his girl friend.

 

 

We have the same good taste in food and surfboards!

 

Waikiki Report 07-26-2012

Down here for China's 28th Annual Contest. Small fun waves rolling in! I'm doing the Stand-up division today and tomorrow then longboard on the weekend. Should be fun!

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We had decent waves with super clean conditions!

 

 

Bruddah Kaleo Pilanca is the BEST MC!!! He did another impromptu Michael Jackson dance contest for kids only.  There were several kids - this girl was pretty good doin' the Worm!

 

 

In the end, this boy won the Dance-off and scored a new Tatsuno board!

 

Surf Report 07-25-2012

Waves: 1 - 2+ feet

Wind: Trades

BAM!  What a difference a day makes!

Super fun waves with clean conditions!

Sheldon busted out his NEW $20 9-7 Hull Ripper! 

That's right $20 in raffle tickets got him this awesome board!   Paddle Surf Hawaii is the BEST!!!!!!

 

 

Dougie - up and riding!

 

 

Then Tammy gave me breakfast AND did a quick Headlight restoration for me!  She's awesome!!!

 

 

 

Tony had to recruit her for his truck!   Thanks Tammy!

 

Video report....

 

 

 

Surf Report 07-24-2012

Waves: 1+ feet

Wind: Trades

Lots of wind-swell with an occasional good wall rolling thru.

 

 

Leighton cruising on 'Kona Red'

 

 

Dougie is back in the water!

 

Surf Report 07-23-2012

Waves: 1 foot
Wind: Trades

I missed the good weekend waves but had fun this morning riding my 10-0 Tanaka.

Mellow Monday.

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After all the Vegas food, getting back my oatmeal is tough.

Make it a great day!

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Raku 07-21-2012

It was a long day, as it always is when we Raku, but if your pieces come out nice it's all worth it.

The parking lot has many 'Urban gardens' maintained by the senior citizens living in the complex nearby. I'm always amazed how nice the vegetables are given the tiny space they have.

 

 

Chili Peppahs!

 

 

Beautiful lettuce.

 

 

I had to jam because everyone had started glazing last week and I didn't do a thing. Here's some of my stuff.

 

 

Dawn made a piece too!

 

 

Everybody working hard!

 

 

We heat the kiln to about 2000 degrees!

 

 

This is Bev's box - came out NICE!

 

 

Bev's other box using a different technique using ferric chloride - like an explosion of colors!

 

 

We were all required to make something with a dragon, since it's the year of the dragon. Here's my dragon plate - I like the shiny copper look.

 

 

Here's some of my stuff - this one cracked in half, but I'll try epoxy it back later.

 

 

Dawn's Raku fish.

 

 

Almost everybody asked 'what is that?'  This is the most practical piece i made - it's going to be my condiment tray at work, it'll hold all my shoyu, catchup, salt and pepper packets I keep at my desk.