Oneil Cat

I went to see the world premere of Innersection the other night.  It's a surfing movie made up of lots of surfers, professional and no-namers, that are competing to win $100,000!  Rob Machado was there, and so was John John Florence, Nat Young, Pat Gudauskas, and Mikala and Daniel Jones.  Matt Meola of Maui was the guy that won the money!  Anyways, I didn't have my camera...And me and Ryan got free hats and free t-shirts!!! 

Our free hat, modeled by our surfing cat, Tuey!  :)



Alive and Well in the MLCD

Today's weather conditions were perfect for a snorkel and a fish survey!  No waves, no wind, plenty of sun!  I went to the Marine Life Conservation District in Waikiki, because it's a no take zone, which means lots and lots of fish!!!!  The survey was very successful!  I identified at least 40 species of fish, not counting the ones I couldn't identify (like all the parrot fishes!).  Check out my photos!  :)  I saw only one Lagoon Trigger, which is really really rare, but I wasn't able to get a picture!

Saw 3 Moorish Idols

Orangespine Unicorns

Saw two Pearl Wrasses!

Many many weke, Yellowfin Goats!

Black Durgon, a triggerfish!

Rare Nenue, Hawaiian Chub, and some other chubs!

Saw only one Mu, Bigeye Emperper

Saw only one Paku'iku'i, Achilles Tang

Saw two Fourspot Butterflies!

Barred Filefish



Project 118

I'm gonna turn this old board into a new shape! I'm calling it Project 118.

Hopefully I can construct this board without too much of Ryan's help, but with lots of Ryan's supervision!  :)

Rock Piles was fun this morning! Clean, glassy, and building!



Thats some HOT sauce!

At BC Burrito:

Can you handle?  I cannot, Ryan can!

Fish Survey

Pics from my first REEF fish survey! 

 It was conducted in the Marine Life Conservation District in Waikiki, which is often confused with the Fisheries Management Area.  Most locals don't know, but the MLCD is a no take zone, which means you cannot take any fish, coral, rocks, or shells from the area at any time; it's a protected zone.  This is why the reef is healthier and there are more fish.

However, Diamond Head of the MLCD is the Fisheries Management Area , where it is open to the public to fish during every even-numbered year.  So in 2011, it will be closed for the entire year.

The water clarity wasn't great though....so the pics are very bad...

This is a cool pic cause there's 5 different species: a juvenile Christmas Wrasse, 3 Bluespine Unicornfish, 2 Orangespine Unicornfish, 2 Manini (Convict Tang), and a female Bird Wrasse!

The Humuhumunukunukuapua'a (Reef Triggerfish)

'Ulua (Bluefin Trevally)

Juvenile Hawaiian Sergeant

Female Whitespotted Boxfish

Very long Teated sea cucumber

Benthic Survey

This is from our benthic survey last week!

Juvenille Hawaiian Dascyllus

Setting the transect

Waikiki!

Cauliflower Coral

Slipper Lobster

An Ambon Puffer and a Juvenile Bluespine Unicornfish

Hawaiian Gregory

Anyone in Hawaii can do a fish survey!  REEF has come up with a protocol for fish counting that is really fun and really easy!  Visit their website to get started!!!  :)

Vans Triple Crown of Surfing

Watch it LIVE!

Benthic Monitoring in Waikiki

Do you think we have enough boards?  No I don't think we have enough boards!  Hahahahaha!  Most of the boards in this photo are Ryan's.  I think there are five in here that are mine, and there are five more that I have at home that aren't in this photo!  Together, we have A LOT of boards!!!

This is the surboard rack that I found for free on Craig's List . I thought it would be perfect for all of our boards!!!  We just had to strengthen it a bit with some bracers and we removed the bottom plywood, and it was good to go!

Just right!  And we even have a little room for a few more!

V-Land Sesh

Some shots of Ryan at V-Land.

We stopped at Haleiwa and they were building the wall for the Triple Crown Event!

It's Official!

I'm part of the team!  Check out my profile on the RWW blog!!!!  :)