Posts Tagged ‘surfing’
Out in the warm water , riding the bands of energy almost every afternoon this week . Had Ute out riding along in the bubbles and smooth faces . Switching off to my long board , had Ute on the cool Manta 46 body board . She rode it well , it worked good for her , last time she rode the smaller 42 that is a little too small for me too . The waves have been coming in all week , a little bigger on some days . Tuesday is Utes day off so I ended going out alone in a little bigger surf , then I had Ute back out on the other days . Except Friday , we had a long day stopping at Cosco for supplies on the way home , turning off the water at a couple of pools that needed some refilling along the way home .
All in all it was a good week getting out in the water so much with the waves coming back . having a good weekend so far , Kyle is down hanging out , Chris is off to the Home Coming game tonight and Kaylee has been a little sick over night she may not be able to go . But had planned to . Just roasted some Anaheim peppers and a big white onion for a little batch of salsa . Drinking lattes and Listening to Gregory Issacs the cool ruler on the Ipod .
Good Vibes , Steve
Mondays can be plenty of fun . After a mellow morning and early afternoon of work . With a cooling smoothie stop at midday before finishing off our stops . Ute and I pulled up to a warm and clear ocean down at Kahaluu beach park . Small waves broke softly with their white foam over the reef . After a summer of either no waves or too rough of waves , Ute and I went out for her first time surfing . Ute on the Slick a 9 foot long board with three fins in back , this board has been around almost 15 years . One of the classic boards made by the Slickermeyer a super cool old time Big island board maker . I went out on my black body board . Entering the ocean in a small channel thru the lava rock with its fresh cold spring water coming up in the warm water of the sea . With a little push out we paddled , Ute getting right on the board for her first time . Voyaging out toward the breaking waves with her first strokes pushing her out to warmer waters . Once out about midway we stopped for a little lesson in sitting on the board , Ute with her Horse back ridding experience just sat right up and balanced just right . Floating around a little we moved just inside the break after not getting any waves breaking where we had been . Now as the first ones came I had Ute lay down and paddle , but at the last minute I pulled her back worried about a wipe out . LOL I shouldn’t have , the next wave off she paddled and with a push she caught the wave and sped away . Riding along till the wave rolled up on the inside , her first wave . Back out right away we went just a bit farther out and caught a little bigger wave . Ute ridding cleanly right along again 50 or more yards right to the inside . Now the Slick is not the perfect learning board , one of those big foam one that float so much and are super stable are , anyone can ride those . Ute tuned right into the board and rode a total of 7 nice waves , the biggest one I thought for sure I would see her flipping and the board go flying . But off she went just the back of the wave visible , speeding in a long ride about a 75 yard cruise toward shore . Inside , right in line with the ride a tourist and a surf instructor sat catching the smaller inside waves . Ute unseen from the back was being propelled right toward them . The reason this was apparent was the instructors eyes slowly got wider and wider . Oh no , it looked like Ute was going to run right over them , realizing that there was no brakes on a surf board . At the last second she pulled a perfect turn right out of the wave . laughing away as the instructor asked if she was alright , Ute paddled right back out thru two breaking waves to ride some more . It was such a classic wave for the first time surfing that we laughed for several minutes , rode a couple more and headed in surfed out , happy and hungry . Just the way to be after a reat afternoon in the water . Now I don’t know if I ever will get the Slick back , I think I will have to drop her off tomorrow while I go work . lol
What a fun afternoon , Steve & Ute
After a long hot week of work , we found some beds finally . We found one on Thursday for Ute and I on Craigs list . Rushed down in the morning and got one , they go quick if you don’t get there . We had to load it up and leave it at one of the houses I work at so it didn’t have to ride around on the truck all day . It was a llloonnng day , we worked all day and then hit the big food store and loaded up at the end of the day . Then went back loaded up the bed again and off to home . Where we unloaded the bed again and hauled it into the house , we had been sleeping on a air mattress so long . Oh it was almost to comfortable to be on a real bed again . LOL It is pretty nice from a vacation house so it wasn’t used much and came with a bunch of sheet and pillows too , all almost new . Friday the kids had no school , due to the new furlough of the teachers to save money . Its a little crazy but they are not having school for 17 Fridays to save money on the teachers pay . Republican Governor has screwed up the state once again . Just a ploy to cause trouble to the teachers union . Anyway Ute stayed home with Kaylee and Chris and Kyle came to work . Ute found another bed and we called at the end of the day for that one . When we called back for directions to the house they didn’t answer so we thought we had missed it . After stopping at the book store for Kyle , he wanted a book that was his pay for working , and a couple of other stops we were just headed home when they called just before we left town . Hurray we got another one for Chris , another good one , we lucked out big on used beds . Now we just need a set of bunk beds so Kyle can have one and a extra for sleep overs and guests . Kyle hasn’t come down much but I hope he will .
Saturday the whole crew , Ute , Kaylee , Chris and myself all set out on a moving garage sale mission . Looking for a desk or table for Chris’s computer and also any furniture or other good stuff . We scored two boxes of really cool dishes , lots of plates and bowels and a plethora of coffee cups . Chris got a house intercom system , yikes , lots of buzzing the first day LOL . A set of small book shelves , but no chairs or anything , our offers must have been too low . hahahaha After shopping we stopped for lunch at Bale a Vietnamese French spot , they have a great crispy noodles dish and that Pho soup that is so good . It comes full of rice noodles and chicken . Then you add fresh bean sprouts and basil plus a little bit of fresh hot peppers . Yum . Then went for a little shopping for some clothes and shoes , a little this and that . Loaded up we hauled out booty home and kicked back sending the dishes thru the washer and getting buzzed with the intercom system . As evening set in we hauled down for a little swim with Dewey and then home for dinner and a little Movie watching .
We did have a little scare at lunch , a large bit of crispy noodles , almost had Ute . Looking over Kaylee had a wide eyed look and turning my head left next to me . Ute could not talk , some expanding noodles had got lodged in her throat . She couldn’t talk a sign of choking , just before I jumped up for a little Heimlich they slipped back out . Neatly into a napkin phew that was close . watch those crispy noodles .
Hanging out now having coffee in some of the new cups with the neat blue flower and leaf vine wrapping around . Ute got a new drip coffee maker since that was the kind she liked , but we may have spoiled it for her with all the espresso , oops LOL
Rubbing Ute’s toes on Sunday Morning , Stay Cool Steve
