Hanauma Bay & Coco Head!

Today we decided to head down south towards Waikiki.
We planned because of the beautiful sunny day to head to Hanauma Bay.
For those that dont know what it is, it is one of the best Reef's in the world. Lots of marine life and it is conserved by the Hawaiian parks, marine and wildlife organisations.
It is also one of the biggest attractions in Hawaii.

So it was a must to goto!

We went snorkeling for a few hours and saw some unbelievable marine life!!..
Swam with 2 Sea Turtles and i went to take the video camera out in the housing and i got in the water and i found water inside the camera. Luckily nothing got damaged but its all fixed now!!.. 1 Piece of sand can do it all!!

Enjoy













In the Mustang heading to Coco Head!!..



COCO HEAD

Now this is CRAZY!
It is something that only many locals know about.

Its an extinct Volcano with a no longer used railroad track to the top.
So it is not a man made track. over the years it has formed to steps and people now use this as an intense form of exercise.
Pretty high up and after the rail bridge it becomes about a 70 degrees incline!

I carried my whole camera backpack up this thing which weighed in around 8-10kgs...
What an endurance workout it was for me....





Now this is only the start of the road...And look how steep it is!!






BUT when we finally got to the top.. It was the most AMAZING VIEW EVER!!... Unfortunately the clouds were around so we didnt get a perfect sunset but it was still amazing!!!....















We were last to leave the top after sunset, the moon was out and it was dark walking back down. The light from the baseball field gave us a way down. Was an unbelievable experience and a hard workout!!..

Overall over 2000 steps!!!

Waimea Sunset In Paradise!

Today we had an AWESOME day!!..
Stayed at the beach all day filming the boys surfing and preparing for the Pipe Comp.
There were some great waves to be had, the swell has picked up and you can actually see that it is going to increase hour by hour. Its amazing how pipe works!!..



Anyways, we decided that it was finally time to visit Waimea cemetery to watch the sunset.
Santiago, Julia, Justin, Magno and Myself took the mustang up and then hyked around through the bush to find this place Magno knew about.

It was amazing, when we got to the Ridge, you could see Waimea beach and everything!...
AMAZING!

Check out the sun trying to break through the clouds.. We call it here ILLUMINADED after UZMI!! :D






Check out the Swell lines coming through!



Uzmi in the Waimea Jungle!


CLOUDS CLEARED SLIGHTLY AND CHECKOUT THE SUNSET WE WERE GREETED WITH!!...
Another Added to the Tally!!!










OBRIGADO!!!..

Thats it from me besides a Happy Valentines Day to everyone!

Media Takes Time Out For Science

Today we were greeted by an Aussie guy who wanted to interview the Science Bodyboarding Team.

It was setup in Mike's backyard and i decided to take a few photos for reference.

Check them out below.

Magno is Being Interviewed. His English speaking is very good now. Awesome Brother!

The Boys are real Eager for a surf, Had some friends of Mike drop by to Check it out and join the session!!

Mark getting ready for his Interview. Chilled out South African man he is!!

Magno is now very happy that it is over and he can hit the surf!!!

Bring on Pipeline he says with his expression

Young 15yr old Tom Rigby from the Gold Coast is being interviewed. Big future ahead of this kid!


We were then greeted once again with a Beautiful sunset from Mikes Backyard!!.. Check it out!

After Sunset Dusk shot of Pipeline PERFECT!

Tallying Up The Sunsets!

Well, there hasnt been much action lately on the North Shore..

Smallish waves, but great winds have allowed for some small but fun surf.

We were greeted by another sunset and these have been absolutely awesome!

Thats pretty much it from me today!

Beauty Barreling By!

Well today was absolutely crazy waves. Perfect conditions in the morning until around 3pm. Then the wind started to change but around 5pm it was back to normal again!...

All day i filmed and photographed and captured some awesome stuff. Pics to come later.

I went back to Magno's place and recharged my camera battery and we had a chat.
After finally convincing me, it was time to experience Pipeline from the water this time.

I was very nervous, even though it was only like 6-8ft in the afternoon, having these Heavy waves roll in in no less than a meter of water does get scary. Nowhere to go when they land on your head!. Good thing that there is a channel.

So it was time, camera came off the charge and housing was prepared.
It was GO TIME!!... We walked along the beach to Pipe seeing these crazy barrels rolling in to the crowd.

I swam out with the housing and Magno paddled out with his board. He instructed me on where to stay and what to watch.

I was amazed and dazed at what i was seeing.
UNBELIEVABLE waves barreling in front of my eyes!...
It was like something you would see of a full professional Jack McCoy film. Beautiful colours and awesome waves.


It rained whilst i was out there as well, which calmed down the weather and it became Beautiful!.

I managed to get some great shots for my first time, i stayed further out towards the channel and used the zoom until i became more confident then i moved in a little. A little shaky but very happy with what i captured.

I stayed out in the water filming until the sun fell. Watched a beautiful sunset whilst watching Barrels that were perfect in texture and colour rolling in.

i just finished editing a video. Hope you like it!