Now where's that Photoshop so we can paste Gigi's face on it?

BTW Olaf:

This morning I got into a phone conversation with a Vegas area friend I have not spoken with in a while.
"Scarry, Larry-D".
Larry gave me kudos for:
1. My writing in general and particularly the Hawaiian culture/surfing post I made above.
2. For gaining your (Olaf Mitchell) respect as a water man and writing about it.

Larry then went on to ask me if I knew who you are?
That got me to reviewing the thread:

A wave that has enough power to really bury the rail on a 6'10" is a beautiful thing...w my dorky Gath helmet haha

Uluwatu 1991.. God I loved that place...Get barreled all morning, go up to the warung at the very top of the cliff where you could put your chair out and watch the surf with a Bintang in hand, cheese-egg jaffle, banana lasi..

Get a massage and shoot the shit w the massage lady ("You get barrel last night at the Sari Club?" "No, I get barrel at the Double Six!" hahaha)...

Low tide afternoon sess, cruise back to Kuta in the dark on the bike with the tunes blasting and these massive trucks trying to see how close they could come to you without actually hitting you..

The first time you're buzzing hard and start talking to one of those Aussie girls with the gorgeous accent...

That place was surreal..

Ulu Submitted By: Christian on Nov 5, 2009

I'm pleased to see such eclectic posts showing up here! Thanks guys !
The North Shore has been de liver in!
We've had back to back swells and I haven't so much as touched the water.
The doc said 6 weeks and I am at 5 weeks 1 day!
Business at our kite and sail repair loft has been good so I get down to the beach every day to pick up and deliver and check on the gang at the Kuau Yacht Club.
There's lots of epic stories of this early season wave event. Yesterday the wind just shut down with six of my buddies out.
It's a very long swim with gear from outside the break to the back of the bay.
I've personally done it many times and am glad that I wasn't there with them last night.
Points toward the Kuau Cup were scored by all six swimmers.
Perhaps I should explain: We have an award for the sailor that doesn't make it back to the launch site the most times each year(4/20-4/20).
The score is kept by the official score keeper and the not so coveted award trophy is presented at the annual 4/20 party held at the pile of rocks we call a beach and launch from.
Basically it is presented to the sailor that has had the worst luck of the year, ether equipment failure or loss or the wind shutting off like last night.
Once again much Mahalos to Jim, Gidget,Fat Paul on the right coast, Christian for your images both visual and verbal and of coarse trundlebum just to name a few recent posters. It's great to get to know and share the stoke with you dudes and dudesses!

Christian:
Keep it up man, great pics and stories.
Dang you guys are gunna put the ultimate jones in me.

I've got a season pass to ride snow board all winter. I miss surf but man I have wanted to get descent(pun son) at snow boarding for many a moon.

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Olaf:
Are you avoiding comment or did you think I was addressing Mr. Thompson when I wrote:

I have had the pleasure of digitally meeting a lot of my childhood/teen age climbing heroes through the modern internet.

(If I am not mistaken...)
It's been a pleasure getting to know you Jim.

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Olaf:
I would love it if you would take and publish here some pictures of the Kuau cove launch. That is ne tight little in and out. Do they still have a couple of small boat moorings in the cove?

2 recent multimedia/video pieces recently posted on surfline.com that are definitely worth watching:

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/on-location--slater-reynol>>>>>

- dane reynolds super slo-mo punt in this piece is unreal

this one is amazing too:
http://www.surfline.com/surflinetv/sixty-seconds/bethany-get>>>>>

Bethany Hamilton pulling in to a sweet left at Padang- with only one arm. so cool.

trundlebum, yes that is the same narrow rocky access that you remember and it definantly keeps the crowds down.
It's VERY committing on the big days!
Wouldn't you agree?
I do have some images of the beach, but, out of respect to my bro's can't post the launch.
You know, A bunch of Mountain Projecteers might swoop down and take over our little section of the north shore and I could be banished to Kanaha,or,be buying the beer for the club for a very,very long time!

trundlebum wrote:
"Olaf: Are you avoiding comment or did you think I was addressing Mr. Thompson when I wrote: I have had the pleasure of digitally meeting a lot of my childhood/teen age climbing heroes through the modern internet. (If I am not mistaken...) It's been a pleasure getting to know you Jim."

Hay there trundlebum, My friend your comment didn't slip past me. I just didn't know how to respond. I don't have an internet alias.
I'm just me(GEEZER) climbing/surf bum type guy. No more no less.
It is great swapping stories with you on this thread.
Realistically we have probably sailed surfed and climbed together for years (the time lines and places work) and just not known it. We do know a lot of the same folks in HI,Cal.CO.
Peace and Aloha,Olaf Mitchell

Thanks for reminding me Trundlebum, need to do some snowboarding this winter for sure..Been way too long..

Surfed Woodys today with five friends. We all got good waves!
North swell tomorrow, Game On!

SURF ZONE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
700 PM HST SUN NOV 22 2009

OAHU-
700 PM HST SUN NOV 22 2009

HIGH SURF ADVISORY NORTH FACING SHORES

Surf along north facing shores will rise to heights of 12 to 16 feet the rest of this evening and to 14 to 18 feet Monday.

Surf along west facing shores will increase to heights of 4 to 8 feet the rest of this evening and to 6 to 10 feet Monday.

Surf along east facing shores will remain 4 to 6 feet through Monday.

Surf along south facing shores will be 2 to 4 feet through Monday.

Outlook through Saturday Nov 28: this forecast period includes a series of large northwest swells.

The current above normal northwest swell will likely remain at advisory levels through Monday, before slowly diminishing Tuesday. This swell is expected to be reinforced by a larger northwest swell early Wednesday morning with the potential for the surf to top at or near warning levels for the north and west shores. This will be followed by a smaller northwest swell with advisory potential over the weekend.

GAME ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yowzah ;)

Sounds like outside Kanaha for the mortals and...
Jaws for the immortals !

How's dah wind?
If it blows good and a little northerly wouldn't places like 'Secrets' on the upper west side be going off as well?

Keep us posted Olaf.
Yer kill'n me and I love it :)

At least I got up too the slopes a few times already.
Man made snow over a crappy early season base, but...

As you say 'Game On!
Bring on 'El Nino!
Bring on dem 'Pinapple Express'!

Very sick stuff around here lately!
There are No winners in this game,only survivors!
BUT,We wouldn't want it any other way!
Now would we?
If you can make it through the mast high white water on the inside,you choose the waves that you drop in on very wisely!
These are not conditions that you want to be swimming in!
GAME ON !!!!!!

The north shores - A large NW swell remaining up into Thursday…then dropping into Friday. Look for a very large northwest swell arriving Saturday, remaining large into Sunday. An even larger northwest swell will arrive Monday, both of these last two swells will reach high surf warning levels!

We are engaged in a big wave event!!!!

Hey,

Just found this website a few days ago. I'm rehabing after hip replacement surgery and getting back into the swing of active life. Climbing a local outdoor climbing wall (James Island County Park) and surfing our mediocre waves here in Charleston S.C.

I've sat here for almost an hour reading this thread. Love hearing about Maui. I lived there from 88 thru 94 and worked on the fence building/ pig killing project up in Hanawi the last 4 years I was there. Kind of put a damper on my surfing but I got to see some surreal forest.

Seeing the name Johnny V was a crack up. I was hoping to maybe find some old climbing buddies thru this website and there is Johnny V. I have a 7'0" gun he made for me in 1990 sitting right beside my computer table as I type. I even won 2 divisions in a local contest riding that "funny lookin board" back in 94 when I first came back.

On climbing Maui, I never had gear but remember the washout streams on the backside between, Ulupakalua (? can't remember the names anymore) and Kaupo, seemed to hold some promise. Also I always wanted to climb the slab behind the cabin in Haleakala, the one at the bottom of the switchbacks. I spent some time on Oahu and climbed the wall there, which I see is listed in the destination section. Awesome. I remember some people from UH. One guy named Terry or something.

Can you still hike the water flumes above Olinda?

Favorite spot to go by far was Honomanau. I lived with a dude from North Carolina up in Haiku. We were happy with smaller waves and can't count the number of times we'd the little left at the river mouth all to ourselves. We lived right by the Dome house above Jaws. Spent many an afternoon watching that wave before it got famous. Seems I remember Johnny V and his glasser Everett ? gave that wave a go straight up paddling for it...

So much to think about....but my monsters have awaken and I must attend to their needs....I'll try a few photos...

Jaws circa 89 or 90 and a late evening (spooky time) shot from Honomanu on the 7'0" Johnny V.

Cheers

Jaws Submitted By: Hayne von Kolnitz on Dec 6, 2009

Honomanu Submitted By: Hayne von Kolnitz on Dec 6, 2009

Hayne, Welcome aboard it's great to get your input!
This thread can be a great diversion while rehabbing so run with it! K,m8t?

This morning the waves look big but doable from my house, so, I'm gonna try to get a sesh before it gets much bigger later today. Rummer has it that tomorrow is gonna to be as big as has ever been forecasted for the north shores of these islands. All the big time tow in gang has assembled and Jaws is supposed to be EPIC!
How about a little info on So Car. water sports?
Aloha

Glen James says this about this swell:
The north shores - Look for the northwest swell remaining large Sunday. An even larger northwest swell will arrive Sunday night into Monday, both of these two swells will reach high surf warning levels! This final extra large swell on Monday will continue into Tuesday, then dropping on Wednesday…with no additional very large northwest swells on the horizon at this time. These high surf episodes will be very dangerous, only the most experienced water persons should be getting into the ocean! The call is for the outer reefs hitting 40-50 feet on the Monday swell! These numbers will be happening on Oahu, but somewhat less large on the other islands in the chain.

Hey, I bet yall awake to that rumbling sound of the ocean there today. If they run the Eddie I sure hope it is available via the internet like the Triple Crown has been.

Some memories from in front of Mamas Fish House include being circled by an 8 foot plus Tiger shark... (locals told me he left me alone because I stay too skinny and he nevva like one skinny haole)...catching the biggest, sickest wave of my life at the left, but then about an hour later getting caught inside by a solid set, spanked and held under for 2 waves in row, thus losing my desire to ever paddle out in a rising swell that going to get over 8 feet.

Noriegas/Mamma's was of my go to spots to be able to catch waves and avoid the crowd. When my buddy first came over from N.C. I took him out there, he wanted nothing to do with that left and the first sneaker set that came in on us over at Noriegas made him scream like a girl...good times.

Olaf, you know a carpenter named Erm? I'm pretty sure he is still building stuff on Maui... if you do, tell him "Boy" from South Carolina say hello.

Surf report here: Maybe waist high mushy side shore and cold, possibly building a little for the next few days....

A few more Maui shots, I could bore you to tears with these....

Hanawi Submitted By: Hayne von Kolnitz on Dec 7, 2009

Hookipa Submitted By: Hayne von Kolnitz on Dec 7, 2009

Frisbee Meadow Hanawi Submitted By: Hayne von Kolnitz on Dec 7, 2009

That left looks way fun, looks like you could do like 50 roundhouse cutties before it peters out..

Always thought Hookipa was just for windsurfers.