No one listens to Turtle!

Haleiwa 11/30/14

Shred so hard broke da stick lol RIPieces 

Nah, it wasn't that big only like 2-3ft but I was sitting in the middle when a set wave came, turtled my board & buggah wen break in half, stringer and everything all bus. Luckily, I had my 5'2" fish in the car so I paddled back out. Snapped some pics, took my fins out, & gave it to some kid on the beach. I think I was most bummed about my Mitcho Kai sticker, love & miss you, brother. 

One uncle on the beach said, "you could just say it was like 10ft..." Haha thanks, Uncle. Board was old, we had a good run, got the specs & shaper's phone number so I might get a replica plus double glass all around lol. 

I'm actually pretty stoked, the first board I broke all the way in half!! At least it was on the North Shore! 

Surfers, we're a different breed. Keep it real & stay weird guys. 

"When the wave breaks here, don't be there or you're gonna get drilled!" -Turtle North Shore (1987)

Weirdly yours,

-K

Halloween 2014- Ghouls n' Gambling & Hulas!

After hearing the Savers commercial on the radio multiple times a day for what seemed like a month straight Misty & I finally had ourselves a look-see at their Halloween costumes. And we ended up being Crayons for Halloween 2014 I found a green aka Illuminating Emerald costume (big surprise, right?!) and Misty settled for pink aka Shimmering Blush since they were fresh out of yellow or orange.  

On the Wednesday before Halloween we went to a Halloween costume/charity event- Ghouls n' Gambling sponsored by Elite Parking which was actually really fun, getting there was a trip because it was in the Cupola Theater in the Honolulu Design Center which I had never been to before, I had been to Amuse the wine bar and Stage the restaurant but I had no idea where this theatre was and I was pretty hesitant to go exploring the Honolulu Design Center in my crayon costume, especially since I wasn't actually sure if people would dress up for this event.

We found the theatre after minimal exploring and minimal stares while walking past normal-dressed people hanging out in Amuse.  Upon our arrival we were asked if we were +21 to which I replied, "yes, would you like to see our IDs?" and of course they didn't and slapped some wrists bands on us and pointed us through the entrance (man, gone are the days I'm 28 and slowly accepting the fact that I won't be carded anymore haha). When we get in there I see a craps table and I tell Misty, "ohh I want to play this!" to which she replies, "lets walk around a little & see what else there is."  So we take maybe 5 steps and she sees a roulette table and immediately stops and throws some [fake] money on the table.  

So much for walking around, so I went off solo to find my co-workers & after I found them, I dragged one of them to the craps table with me while the other went to play Black Jack.  We were given $2,000.00 fake money which was super fun because we only had a couple hours to "gamble" before they closed the games and everyone was super nuts. There were $100 and $500 chips everywhere, $500 on everything!!  Hawaii people and gambling, I had a feeling everyone there either played backyard craps or frequented the 9th island aka Las Vegas.  It was a great event, there was so much excitement and noise, people were having a great time, the poor dealers couldn't handle our demands, they let as many people on the table as we could fit and whenever someone won it was just madness as they tried to pay out everyone but everyone kept pushing bets or re-betting, it was hilarious. At the end we redeemed our chips for raffle tickets and waited for the drawing.

We didn't win anything but it was a fun and eventful evening.  After the event Misty and I decided to grab food & we ended up at Zippys, I obviously hadn't thought this through because I planned to eat at the event (not spend all my time gambling) but neither of us had anything to eat at the event and I didn't bring a change of clothes to change into after so we showed up as Crayons.

Mom was still working when we drove into the Zippys parking lot so we called her to show her our costumes & took a selfie, she told my dad we are her 12-year-olds.

Ok, the first thing my mom said about our costumes after I showed her a picture when we tried them on at Savers was, "wow, that's kind of conservative huh?" and Misty, without skipping a beat said, "Auntie, we're getting old." Well conservative no matter, with a little hair and make-up magic they looked cute enough for me.

Halloween 2014- Misty wanted to experience the whole Waikiki thing, which is, if you don't already know an absolute shit-show, one that I had my fair share of seeing so I wasn't particularly stoked about walking through Waikiki but of course I did and we rallied with Adam.  My other-half opted out of celebrating Halloween, shucks I was so excited to pimp him out at Hulas too, "bebe, go get that guy to buy you a drink and give it to me." haha for another day, I suppose.

Adam picked us up from the apartment around 7-turtles and we went to Hale Vietnam to eat Pho before hitting the strip, then to Adams house in Waikiki, popped open some bubbly, used a few drag tricks to keep my thigh-high stockings up, took the most awkward picture of the evening which ended up being the best picture we could get of the three of us that night. We walked the strip where Adam aka freaking Waldo got shout-outs like no other, "I found you Waldo!", where there were no other crayons, and I did feel conservative in my with all the half and more than half naked people walking around, but also where any kids we passed loved our Crayon costumes, haha at least someone liked our costumes, we walked until Misty was satisfied then went to Hulas!!

We saw Edward Scissor-Hands on the strip and ended up behind him in the line into Hulas so we used the opportunity to snap a pic!  His costume was great!

Saw this Greaser aka Wally, he was walking the strip with his friend Juna and they came by Hulas so I went outside to say "Hi!"

OMG this guys' Troll costume took the cake for me, he had the jewel in the piko!  I didn't realize he was that ripped until I looked at the picture we took, poor guy- I made him take like 10 pictures because Adam couldn't work my phone camera and wasn't taking the picture the long ways to get his piko (the best part!) zomg Adam was photographer-fail that night lol but Purple Troll was super sweet about it cuz I was so stoked about his costume, I guess his bf didn't mind either cuz he was just waiting for him on the side while we stole him to take pictures.

It was like 10:30p or 11:00p when we decided to call it a night, Adam had to work the next morning, I was dawn patrolling, and we are just getting old haha.  Home before midnight, way to go team.  Scottie boo was going to pick Misty and me up from Waiks but Adam ended up driving us home and we stopped at McDonald's for some ice cream and fruit punch LOL.  I'm pretty sure we're not 28 - 30 years old.

Also pretty sure we dated ourselves on Halloween with the Crayola Crayon and Waldo costumes and trying to take a picture with the Troll guy, '90s kids much?  We brought it back.

I should post some pictures of us having epic Halloween parties in my garage when we were 8 - 10 year-olds, not much change except for our costumes- we were way too creative back when we were kids to have simple costumes and [possibly] store bought costumes like these.

Hope you had a fun Halloween too.

Weirdly yours,
-K

Wildfire by the Shook Twins

I'm not sure what this says about me, maybe it just reaffirms how much of a hippie I actually am but I seriously love this...dat intro doe omg sweet baby buddha

Wildfire by the Shook Twins

Weirdly yours,
-K

p.s. I think they got rid of their cellist, boooooooo cello is way better, can't replace that sound.

New Uemura Surfboards Single Fin

Single fin nation, whaaaat.   I picked up this bad boy from Kekoa Uemura a little more than few weeks ago (I know that's so specific, right -_^), I actually have no idea how long it took to shape either.  Usually, when I order boards they take 3-6 months (or longer) to be made so I order, then forget about it but this board took maybe about 6 weeks - 2 months which is speedy in my books.  Thanks Kekoa! Check out his website here- Uemura Surfboards

Specs: It says 9'0" on the board but I think it's probably like 9'2" cuz there's no way it fits in my board bag, which is all good with me because by Joel Tudor's Duct-tape Invitational rules the board has to be 9'2" haha the best classic longboarders surf in his contest but hey a girl can dream, can't she.

Ok, ok back to specs- 

• 9'0" x 2 3/4 x 23 
• 60/40 rails- not classic but good for responsive turning 
• Choke nose and tail rocker- very not classic but I love rocker so I'm stoked about it!
• Fat square tail
• Crazy concave under the tail, still working on where the fin works the best & also going to try a bunch of different fins I've got a standard 9" dolphin fin on there now, gonna get a little fatter 9.5" fin sometime and look into some other shapes & sized fins.
• Double glass on the bottom I think double 6oz, next cruiser board I get will have double 6oz bottom double 4oz on top, the weight feels good man. 
• No leash plug...oh yeah. 

I sent Koa this pic on the left for color referencing but I told him, "like this but BRIGHT! less pastel-y" the airbrushing came out PERFECT!  Scottie says it reminds him of a Push Pop (or something that sounded like push pop to me).  I love it.

Of course the first thing I did after picking up the board was go straight to Ben Franklin to get letter stickers, this seemingly small task ended up taking way too long (BECAUSE! the 3"/4"BLACK letter stickers were not with the rest of the stickers and glittery or polka-dotted 3" letter stickers, which I still don't even understand.)  Misty & I ended up spending about 30 minutes in the paint aisle as I settled on stenciling and painting "SURFSHINE" on my board as an alternative to the stickers (after a 15 minute tour of the store seeking out the stencils.) We spent the majority of those 30 minutes Google-ing "how to paint a surfboard" & I am unable to spray paint in my apartment so that was out of the question, and after many unsuccessful Google attempts as Ben Franklin does not sell POSCA pens which seems to be the 2nd most popular option to paint a surfboard I finally realized I should have Google'd "how to paint fiberglass" duh Kim anyway when I finally grabbed my acrylic paint and a clear coat to boot we were on to brushes when I passed this stand alone rack with what-do-you-know 3" and 4" black letters, no shit.  Misty immediately instructed me to drop the paint crap I grabbed and pick-up some 4" sticker letters- I figured go big or go home, right?  

I ended-up with awesome sticker letters and happened to see a cute stencil that I thought would look dope on my board and figured I would just Sharpie it, Misty kept insisting that I needed a fine-point Sharpie which I was adamantly arguing against because to me I thought the fine-point with less surface area and would take a lot longer to do, so stubborn me, I did not purchase a fine-point for this endeavor.  Once I started Sharpie-ing the stencil I realized that Sharpies freaking bleed, I was getting black ink everywhere but in the stencil only area, disaster.  Misty had fallen asleep at this time after she helped me put the letters on my board (sorry I didn't take a picture of the top of my board to show you guys but I'm sure you'll see it eventually) and I was royally f*cking up my board with this stencil idea, Misty also had a fine-point Sharpie of her own that I ended up borrowing to do most of the stenciling because as it turns out the fine-point bled the least.

I show you this picture below and you're thinking so where are all the f*cked up parts, well originally I was going to get sand paper and gently sand the mistakes away but before I started unnecessarily sanding the double 6oz fiberglass I had just paid for I Google'd "how to remove Sharpie from a surfboard" and apparently non-acetone nail polish remover is magic, supposed "permanent" Sharpie on a surfboard is like a dry erase board, buggah comes right off.  Non-acetone is important as it shouldn't damage/wear the fiberglass as the regular acetone nail polish will weaken the glass.

I could probably write another 2 pages on how it rides but I'll spare you (for now) the pic below is from my second sesh on my new log, airing out my toes, he's a real cruiser.  The only other sticker I have on my board is for Mitcho Kai (rest in paradise, brother), like the placement on my Green Tatsuno, when I'm on the board it's on my left-side close to my heart, right where he'll be for always.

Didn't have any extra GoPro mounts when I got this board but I got one from Greg so I should be running a front camera soon.  

xoxo & always Weirdly yours,

-K

Uemura Surfboards - Kekoa's Website (I also have a shortboard that I love from Kekoa, check out his shit!)

09/28/14 White Plains Beach

This past Sunday 09/28/14 I decided to bring my GoPro out and try to catch some shots of the WPB surfers.  I have a lot to work on film-wise & I have some ideas to test out next time but I put together some of the clips for my own entertainment, hope you enjoy.

Weirdly yours,
-K

ps: You can also get a glimpse of my new Uemura Surfboard in action, single fin nation <3

Perception- The Owl & the Hummingbird

My sis from Waikele-hood and current roomie, Misty was visiting her mainland home this past summer before she came back to the island and brought back with her some sort of realization of a projection of us in bird form.

Let me just start with this fact, she likes birds and so I'm assuming this is why the projection has come in bird-form instead of mythical creature, pokemon, ninja turtle (my personal fave) or patronus form.  No idea how we started talking about this but I never know how we get into any of our conversations but she ended up telling me that her equivalent in bird form would be an owl and mine would be a hummingbird.  Which I thought was cool..., then she continued with her rationalization- that owls are actually huge and when she thinks of them she thinks of them perched on branches (as she tells me this story from the comfort of her recliner chair where she was currently posted) and hummingbirds are very small and always in motion.  

I'm pretty sure I found this conversation unusually amusing and I think I recall laughing, I probably laughed so hard I gave myself short-term memory loss. Which would explain why I can't remember how I actually felt hearing this for the first time, and I'm still not sure how I feel about it but it has been the running topic of inside jokes between us.

I thought it would be fun to show this similitude via pictures (thanks Google images).

How Misty sees us...

Not exactly sure if she described herself as a "great owl" but she definitely requested an owl w/ "a tasty morsel in it's beak." *gross

And this is how she sees me, tiny. Just tiny. 

So according to Misty, this is what we would look like in a picture together.

If I had to describe us using her preferences...

How I see Misty...

This is the look she gives me when she describes things to me, "you know that song they've been playing on the radio? The marry me one? Sounds like it's from a band here?"

K: Rude by Magic? 

M: No the other one that sounds local...[see pic below]

Misty, I still have no idea what song you're talking about.

Or, "I like the craft fairs they have in town better" (while we are driving through town) 

K: where in town? What part of town? WE ARE IN TOWN NOW (x_x)

M: the other side of town

K: ...

M: [see pic below]

Like this owl, Mist hates getting her face wet. 

Recently, I've spent quite a bit of time with this girl and one thing if anything is apparent, she thinks I am a very small person I wouldn't even be surprised if she described me as "kiddie-sized" and of course this is definitely not how I perceive myself.  I always tell her I think I'm gigantic, huge, gargantuan, half seriously, but most of the time I'm serious and she wonders how I could ever see myself as a gigantic person & I will demonstrate how I would describe myself in hummingbird form. 

Seeing a hummingbird by itself you have no idea the actual size of these buggahs relative to anything so here I am, "yeah I'm flying, I'm colorful, I'm beautiful & I'm hungry! Going to get me some sweet sustenance in my outrageous pants suit.... Check it out, guys."

Here's another of me, loving being a mean green machine. 

I met Misty when I was 7 & she was 8, I'm pretty sure nothing has changed since then, where did all the time go we are two 8 year-olds stuck in big (large, very large) adult bodies...help! 

Great Owl & the biggest f*cking hummingbird you ever did see riding the Swings at some fair in HK 2014

Weirdly yours,

-K

Surf Video Time!

Aloha kakahiaka,

No matter what else I do in life, start, or get into, strip it all back, & surfing is where my heart is.  The best time of the day is neither morning nor night, it's any time that there is a surf sesh or sex but I definitely surf more than I get laid [insert sadface] but they're both still equally the best parts of life...food is up there but surfing takes the cake! [pun fully intended] 

I've been working like a mad woman (honestly!) sitting at my desk for 8+ hours a day which is the pits, I don't mind what I do but it's hard keeping my mind from straying, I seriously need to run- my other-half and I have a race this coming Sunday, a 20k at that! Eep!  And I'm not sure when it happened but I've been fascinated with body building & physique not that I necessarily want to get into the sport but I find these human beings/anatomy charts to be attractive, appealing, and visually intriguing, combine that with my new thrill lifting weights & I'm pretty sure you've got one more newbie on the supplement & body building trend wagon.  Can't wait to show you all the goodies I just ordered, I'm hoping all aspects of my active lifestyle will hold hands and support each other.

I've also got a new Uemura Surfboards 9'1" Single-fin Cruiser coming in, I was calling the board "Kind of Classic" but after talking ideas w/ Kekoa Uemura it ended up hardly classic at all and I had to drop the catch phrase.  I wanted an old school- inspired by Joel Tudor's Duct-tape Invitational type rules shape but I decided against the 50/50 rails and some other details but hey if it surfs well I'll be stoked.  I've kind of self-dubbed it a "concept board" because of the contours I asked for in my tail but it's hardly conceptual compared to asymmetric boards and things like that but for a Classic longboard it's a conceptual contour that even Kekoa has no idea how it will ride, pretty stoked to be trying some new design, hopefully it works if not, oh well I better adjust my surfing cuz I'm hoping this board lasts me at least 4 years.  My Tatsuno is going downhill fast [tear] I'm definitely thinking about calling him for another performance board but I think my roomie and bf would not be so stoked on two brand new longboards... can you ever have too many boards in your quiver?!  Nahhhhhhhhh.

Ok gotta go back to the part of life that lets me buy my surfboards...work.  Hope you enjoy the video, LOL to the one random part in the middle of this thing- wtf happened Windows Movie Maker?!  I'm far to lazy to fix, save, and upload the same video because of one minor part so enjoy the accidental artistry :)

Weirdly yours,
-K

Surf Videos

Here are some of the recent surf videos my friend Greg and I made, iMovie pwns Windows Live Movie Maker but I love my PC so for now basic b*tch movies make me happy :)

Greg's Haleiwa Video

The video I made for my friend, Higgs!  I don't really call him that but I think it would be a cool nickname, this is Scott's surf video from Ala Moana Bowls pre 4th of July weekend.

Also, from the same day Ventura California surfer Eric Esse back in HI catching waves.  I will film anyone out there who doesn't mind being in my GoPro videos lol.

Stay stoked everyone!

Weirdly yours,

-K

4th of July 2014

The time was approximately 10:45am when I found myself circling the Ala Moana Bowls parking lot, determined to surf I stalked the lot for at least 30 minutes trying to find an open or soon-to-be-open stall (without being annoying and driving exceptionally slow or blocking traffic to wait and pressure someone who just got out of the water into leaving hurriedly), at the 30 minute point I could feel myself starting to lose it and almost started seeing red.  I then realized there are very few things that can ignite such a fiery rage within, apparently desperately looking for a parking stall at my normal [never-this-crowded] break makes me curse all the people on holiday who came down to watch fireworks, BBQ with their friends and family, and hangout, "YOU'RE NOT EVEN SURFING!! WHAT THE HELL. F*********CK rahhh blahhhh laaaa."  

I found a parking stall which ironically happened to be a stall occupied by some single-fin longboarder guy who had previously told me he wasn't leaving, but whatever because he conveniently vacated his space as I circled for something like the 8th time with no other cars around me, 'I'll take it!.'  The rage dissipated once I was finally parked & attaching my GoPro setup to my board, the good thing about holiday crowds taking up all the parking is that the water is usually much emptier than it would normally be.  I think the regular casual surfer would be smart enough to avoid the area completely on 4th of July due to the mass of people who flock to the beach to BBQ or they would be discouraged and either go look for another surf spot or give up on the idea entirely once they saw the chaos that was the Bowls parking lot but not stubborn ol' me- all I wanted to do was surf at my normal spot.

I had myself a wonderful 3 hours surf session with friendly people (except for one aggro female nihonjin longboarder) she muttered "asshole" under her breath when some guy dropped in on her but from where I was sitting he thought he was party waving with her & was smiling at her.  Ok, let me just say the surf report was 0-2ft, really you're going to get mad that someone jumped on a waist high wave with you, wow, Oooooookay.  I just smiled at her, f*ck if I cared I was having a grand ol' time.  Duude, I had just driven around for 30 damn minutes trying to get a parking stall so I could get into the water & enjoy it, I enjoyed most of it until I started to get tired and stayed away from that wahine- negative vibes not needed. 

I had a blast party waving and filming my fellow surf-aholics- honorable mention goes out to a classic single-fin rider doubt the board he had even had a leash plug, looked old the board was aged and that sunburnt color white boards turn over time, looked heavy, glassed-in fin, and he rode with style and grace. I sat on the inside left bowl- hardly anyone sits here, especially if there are only 10 people in the water, the peak was relatively uncrowded in comparison to a normal day at Bowls so most people took advantage of that.  Toward the end of my sesh my friend, Justin paddled out, which was awesome because I used to see him all the time when I surfed more consistently, too bad he came out after my memory card was filled or I would have been able to capture his relaxed style and sweet nose-rides, his chill style has got to be because he's from Big Island, I could never replicate that.  Oahu girls, we're frantic amongst a plethora of other things.

After my sesh I thought my schedule would sync with my other half's but that was certainly not the case, I was under the impression he would ride his bike while I surfed and we would chill out together after completing our respective activities, but as I was preparing to hele on over to his place he pushed back bike riding to that moment so I ended up falling asleep and being a very grumpy butt when I awoke.  Earlier we had been debating whether or not to head out to Tracks on the west-side to meet up with his friends who were cruising there but we decided to stay in town, I didn't think he had anything planned regarding the fireworks show (it's like I don't even know my own bf or maybe I was in denial because I hate getting my hopes up for nothing) and I didn't want to excite myself if we were going to have drive around looking for nonexistent parking especially as evening fell upon us and the time drew closer to the show. 

Just on a side note, I have this impeccable ability to share my grumpiness with those around me, if I am in a foul mood I suggest you steer clear because I will undoubtedly (and usually unintentionally) make you grouchy as well [I think it's because I am that much of a b*tch].  Anyway after putting my man in an exceptionally stolid mood I slowly began to realize he had planned something and my uncooperative unenthusiastic shit was bumming his trip and ruining his plans.  I actually really wanted to watch the fireworks because we figured out we both had the day off earlier in the week but I was just tired and didn't want to hassle with the crowds and trying to find parking.  

Scott went downstairs to smoke a cigar and I came to sit with him after I ate some dinner and at 6:45pm we got into the car and made our way to Foodland and bought a bottle of wine, went back to his house, I changed into some jeans while he emptied the bottle into his Hydroflask and added a few ice cubes, packed it into his backpack with a beach towel, then we started our brisk walk to Ala Moana Beach Park two cigars in hand.  We got to the beach a little before Courts on the Diamond Head side with four minutes to spare, we laid out the beach towel, kicked off our slippers, took in all the excitement and sounds while we waited for the fireworks show to start.  It actually started a few minutes early, how uncharacteristic of Hawaii, I thought if anything they would be on Hawaiian time but I Scott said when you're blowing millions of dollars worth of fireworks they would probably be on-time, like most times he was right. 

It ended up being a fabulous show and we had a great view from the sand, it was super romantic, and I fall more in love with my man the more time I get to spend with him. We got a bonus show after the firework displayh because there were some people practicing fire knife dancing on the beach and put on a little show for the kids and spectators who were around. After we polished off the Hydroflask we embarked on our leisurely stroll home, by the time we got home I was pretty drunk, goodtimes.   

Weirdly yours,

-K

My M-1 Story

Today 07/01/2014 is my 3rd anniversary with M-1.  We had our last class last night & it was solid, some of us were totally gung-ho while others were in denial & rebelling a little- instead of jumping rope we danced or shadow sparred to warm-up trying to keep the trademark lighthearted ways a prominent part of the class.  Bittersweet is a decent way to describe the atmosphere of class last night, it was great to have a lot of the "original crew" back in class for one last shabang but it was a sad reason for bringing everyone back together.  I wasn't expecting to cry because I had thought about the school closing for a while but there was a moment after I signed the banner and saw everyone else's signatures/messages that really got to me.  We all joined for different reasons, whatever they might have been but we all ended up staying and committing for the same reason.  

The day I joined M-1 was the day my engagement was broken, I joined to fill a void in my life and the art plus the people I met lifted my spirits and filled my heart with happiness and laughter.  I joined to learn Muay Thai and for a distraction (hitting pads was also a big positive in my books) and ended up finding a team and a family.  I didn't know there were all these people missing from my life, but now they are found & forever a part of my life experience and experiences to come.

My dad says something like all good things come to an end, a few years ago I was in complete disagreement with him, I thought to myself, "I'll always love surfing, I'll always surf, I'll always want to surf, always always always." but the reality is that one day I may not be able to surf anymore if I'm fated to live that long and I don't think his point was to crush my spirits and burst my bubble but help me appreciate all the things, all the passions, opportunities, moments, and even the people I am able to have in my life now because one day they won't be there- for whatever reason.  

Last night Yoshi, coach Arthur's wife noticed me having my moment of coming to terms with the school closing, she embraced me like she always does and I told her "I'm not sad" with tears in my eyes, she just laughed and said, "yeah, OK."  I was sad but what I had I meant was more like I'm not sad because I was able & lucky enough to share the past three years with her and her family.  My words just failed me as my brain raced through all the memories and thoughts I had- all the things I wanted to say but you know what, she and her family were there for all those moments and memories I couldn't express with words so I guess there wasn't much to be said anyway.  I'm not sad because I was fortunate enough to have created so many memories at M-1 & met all the great and colorful people I now call my friends.

What can I say about last night's class, there was no "highlight" because from start to finish it was awesome.  After our normal warm-up rounds we did Freestyle Padwork the only move we were to incorporate with our partners was none other than the freaking Flying Knee, oh yeah so fun.  We had a good time with this.  The Flying Knee is not a common practice at our gym because we spend most of our time drilling the basics but it was the last class so heck yeah we practiced it.  The next best part was the Conditioning Round *dun dun dun the M-1 signature is 50/50/100 so of course Coach Arthur doubled it 100/100/200 that's 100 left kicks, 100 right kicks, and 200 knees.  I gave it 110% never have I ever done 100/100/200 and I remember I used to struggle with 50/50/100 but I powered through with everything I learned- technique wise and mental toughness came into play I didn't want to skimp on my last session.  I tried as hard as I could through 100/100/200 usually I pace myself because I worry about not making it to the end but there was absolutely no way during my last class would I not make it to the end of the exercise, there was no giving up, in my mind it was my last opportunity to experience this moment in our gym with my teammates, failure was not an option, physical fatigue would not get the best of me, not last night.  I'm happy to report I made it and I feel good about the effort I was able to give.  Ah, when we thought it was all over the Muay Thai music came on and it was Wai Khru time, we asked Coach Arthur to teach us the Wai Khru again and he led the entire class in the pre-fight dance.  Couldn't have asked for a better last class.

As for the future, who knows what will happen we've got plans to stick together but if we do or don't it's all good.  My M-1 experience was a very positive and uplifting passion/obsession I was able to share with people of like-mind & heart when I think of each person individually I can't picture them without a smile on their face and imagining all of your friends smiling with genuine smiles on their lips and in their eyes is quite touching & therapeutic (for a lack of a better description.)  

06/30/14 just "a bunch of strangers M-1 brought together who enjoy kicking, punching, elbowing, and kneeing each other" -First Lady aka Mama Yosh

Body by Sea-shels, Duchess, Wasabi, Coach, Shoots, Duke (I can't remember what he recently changed his name to so we're sticking with given nicknames), Mr. Perfection, Magday Delight 

"That's a lot of thigh." -Nate M-1

Weirdly yours,

-Kimmie M-1 aka Wasabi 

Barbers Sesh 06/29/14

Fun longboarding sesh at Barbers (White Plains) on Sunday morning 06/29/2014.  I ran the front mount GoPro Hero 3 and the tail view GoPro Hero 3 (no video has been posted yet).  Here's one of the fun rides I had, one of these days I'll get a video editing program and put together a real video instead of just posting raw footage.  

I was completely sunburnt from Saturday's surf sesh hence the wetsuit top, shorts, and hat but like I always say any day in the water is a good day.  

There was supposed to be a south swell, whether or not it actually hit is debatable but the winds were right in the later morning, the water cleaned up nicely & there were some fun little waves.  I am especially a fan of the people who surf at this break, they are incredibly friendly, and they have a very high tolerance for our ridiculous mount setups (and seeming obsession with our GoPros), it's good vibes all around.  Lucky we live Hawaii, for sure.  

Weirdly yours,

K

International Surfing Day 2014 :)

Let it be known, today is International Surfing Day :) my biggest sadness today (and almost everyday) is that I won't be able to have myself a little surf seshie!  There are so many "what ifs" in life and circumstances we use (mostly as excuses) to rationalize our daily lives for example mine is: If I wasn't in a pretty solid relationship w/ a man who doesn't surf & is into triathlons (a whole separate beast of traveling in itself) and also you know the whole I have to make car payments and pay bills etc etc, I would pack my bags and surfboards and surf waves all over the world.

Well, maybe not so extreme to quit my job, drop everything, and wander the earth in search of waves (that would be ideal but totally unrealistic).  During my year of single-dom I went on my first surf trip to Nicaragua and it was THE BEST TRIP I've ever taken my little okole on.  I surfed twice a day everyday, we ate fish and rice dinners, drank lots of tona (beer) and flor de cana rum, we danced- almost every night we danced, woke up early before the sun, we surfed, we laughed, my buddies Matty and Nate fought over whose music would rule the cabana or car or wherever we were resorting to elementary school techniques- as soon as one would abandon the stereo to get another drink or just wander away for a second the other would seize the opportunity & swap out the iPod, hilarious.  I dream about that trip often, Colorados, Mechapa, and Rancho Santana mostly and of course Gigante for other reasons.  I know I already wrote a blog Nica Heart recapping a small part of my trip experience but I keep reliving the trip and dreaming of the next one.  There are so many spots to surf in the world Bali, Fiji, Australia, Costa Rica, Mexico, too many to list.  I wouldn't mind going back to Nica although I don't think I could top that first trip and there are so many places I want to visit I would love to surf some other breaks.  

My surf life is the epitome of  "lucky we live Hawaii" surf all year round, with a world class 7 mile stretch of breaks up north shore, and I've amassed a solid quiver.  Not much I can complain about :) just wanted to say...

Happy International Surfing Day!  Stay stoked! <3

Awesome photography by Jim Walsh (Roxy Girl Vanina Walsh's pop).  Mahalo! Still one of my favorite shots<3

Queens, Waikiki 2010

Weirdly yours,

-K

M-1 Nate's Last Sparring Sesh

Although the picture maybe a little blurry and a little candid, it was the perfect moment captured. This is the epitome of M-1, we're a silly light-hearted ohana who share a passion and appreciation for Muay Thai. 

It was Nate's last of sparring at M-1, he leaves for law school on Wednesday.   So we had what felt like an extra long sparring night but so awesome.  I wish you the best of luck buddy!  If you ever decide to train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/Submission Grappling please check out Marcelo Garcia's academy for me!!! Let us know how you're doing from time to time & if you get in any training up there ^_^ Unless my other-half is free on a Friday night, there's no place else I'd rather be<3 M-1 Martial Arts & Fitness practicing & learning w/ the fam. 

Weirdly yours,

-K

A New Old Beginning

Life was much simpler when all we had was Xanga.  I logged into my old account this morning & much to my surprise I logged in with ease.  Before I was SurfShine I was KimPossible808 and before that, SweetRice808. 

I'm temporarily over "social media" aka Facebook and Instagram.  My best friend hasn't had Facebook for a while now and I don't miss her on it because I can text her or call her whenever I want <3.  I'm not even sorry for not wanting to see what you like or what you write on someone else's wall.  I'm friends with people in real life and interact with them on a daily basis, I think that should suffice.  I especially don't want to see who my other-half is "friending" or what the hell he's doing on social media and especially what exactly his conversations are with certain individuals cuz he can do whatever the hell pleases him, I don't have to agree with it or like it.  It's his life & his choices, instead of being annoyed and getting all frumpy about stupid Facebook/Instagram I'd rather just cut it out of my life completely.  Hey anyone who wants to talk to me knows my number and/or where I'll be because well, I have a pretty routine life.

If I happen to make (knock on wood) I don't want people blowing up my Facebook.  If you can't tell me now I won't know then, I'll be in another place and no one should grieve anyway.  My life is sweet and full, no regrets.  When it's my time to go all I hope is that I leave no loose ends & for my finances to be in order so no one is left with that burden, honestly that's pretty much it. 

I'm pragmatic and emotional, I know it's a paradox but hey welcome to my life. Here I am regressing back to my blogger days because who am I kidding I love to write. They say a picture is worth a thousand words you better be damn sure I'll give that a run for the money ^_^

Let the surf shine!  Here's a shorebreak picture I took at Hapuna beach (05/30/2014) on the Kohala coast of the Big Island of Hawai'i with my GoPro Hero III black edition.

Weirdly yours,
K<3