Big Waves

Here's a video from the day we watched the big waves on the north shore!

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Pipeline

Volcom houses

Starting the Year Right!

Wow ok January is here!  

I had fun with my cousins from the Big Island!!!

Playing with sparkerlers

And eating apple pie!

And ice skating!

And watching fireworks!

Muddy Ka'ena Point

Me and Ryan decided to go muddy mountain biking at Ka'ena after the big storm!  However, it was a little bit too muddy!  Haha our wheels were so clogged, and mines even stopped rotating!  I think we must've de-mudded our wheels like seven times or more.  We only barely made it 1/8th of a mile in!  Haha!  It was still fun and we got to eat delicious pho at Cuu Long after!  :)

If that truck looks stuck, it's because it was!

That is what we biked through! I walked most of the way!

Muddy buddies!

Ryan's big feet!

Lunar Elcipse

There were so many clouds that I wasn't able to see the total lunar eclipse outside. Luckily there was a live web feed!  The moon was red!

Wet Winter

Rain, rain, and more rain!  That's the forecast for today and tomorrow! Red means LOTS of rain!

The river behind my house is getting big!!!  Might have to buss out my surfboard, wetsuit, and booties soon!  Haha

There's even some nice waterfalls in the mountains!

Star Struck

Me and my friend went surfing today!  I feel like I haven't surfed in ages!  I definately had the wrong board...shoulda had my short board!!!
The waves were gooood!  

While I was parking the car, my friend totally spotted this guy like super far away, she said "Thats the Caan guy!"  She couldn't remember his name, and I had no idea what his real name was.  He's the guy from Hawaii Five-0, Scott Caan!  I wasn't gonna go over to say hi, plus I didn't really think it was actually him, but my friend made me do it!  I'm glad though because it was the first TV star I ever met (afterwards I learned that he's actually this really famous guy that's been in a lot of movies, like Ocean's Eleven!).  If I look tall, it's because he's short!  SHORT! I'm only five feet!  And he's SUPER DEDUPER HAIRY, like gross hairy! 

This is me not wanting to touch his hairyness (my friend said his back was super hairy too when she posed for her picture!). And Scott Caan (Dano) looking, well hung over or something, he looked shaggy and tired I guess, and nothing like Dano, well except for his face.

At least I leaned in a little for the picture! I'd rather meet that Australian guy, the other cop guy, what's his name?! Or the skinny Korean girl, the one that plays Kono!  Sorry Dano! :)

Girls day out in the water!

Sunset session!

Christmas in Hawaii

is almost here!  Only one more week left to shop for gifts!  Luckily, I've done all my shopping!  This year I opted for food gifts rather than trying to figure out what to get people!  Yummy chocolate-dipped marshmellows, rolled in graham cracker crumbs!!!  Mmmmm!  

Someone loves Christmas trees, and can't get enough of them!  I think he gets high off of watching the lights...

Did You Know...

...that sand dollars can be found in Hawaii?  I had no idea!  But I found one the other day!  The correct term is Miniature Heart Urchin, and it only gets up to 3/8 of an inch!  Yes it's tiny!!!  It was actually kind of floating, and that's how I saw it!  (by the way, it's dead, it's rare to find them alive!)

Reef Watch Waikiki MLCD Monitoring Blog

Did I ever mention the Reef Watch Waikiki site?  Bookmark it!  :)  Everything that has to do with marine life is on there!

Even though there has been some wave action on the south shore today (yay for late south swells!) I was still able to get some decent underwater shots!  :)  The only one that has still eluded my camera is the Brighteye Damsel fish, which I hope to get a picture of by the end of the year!  If only I had a better camera....nah my Canon point and shoot is awesome (and so is PhotoShop)!

This is a juvenile Yellowtail Coris, a wrasse.  The adult looks drastically different!

The endemic Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby.

Juvenile Saddle Wrasse, the most common in species in Waikiki.