The last few weekends have been a blast, sometimes even a place like Kite Beach on Maui can get boring. The waves kind of die down and its just another windy beach. So DeeDee and a few friends of ours headed out on a badass 55' Power Cat. Its a Charter boat that takes you out to some of the closer islands here off Maui. Our buddy Trey works on the Four Winds II and boy did he and the rest of the crew show us a good time. I'm not really to into the whole tourist thing but that was not that vibe at all. They feed you hamburgers, Hotdogs, Chicken and all the beers you can drink all included in the the price of the trip. We were all so stoked on the trip I can't wait to do it again. I would recommend it to anyone its so different beneath the surface.

They have a morning trip and an afternoon trip, we hit up the afternoon one. You meet up at the Maalaea Harbor which we learned is the second windiest harbor in the world!!! Usually its super windy all day, but today we scored and it was one of those rare days where the wind never came up.

Depending on the weather conditions these guys pick the right spot for the right day.

Beautiful boat and awesome friendly crew

Our Buddy Tray rents out these underwater cameras that actually work great, before you leave the boat, he puts all the pictures you took on a CD for you to take home.

My DeeDee loving the boat ride

Her dad came out to Maui for a visit and he's never been snorkeling before, he loved out out at Molokini. I'm sure he loved the open bar too.

All you can eat food, 3 miles offshore

The crew puts out a few lines to troll on the boat ride out to the Molokini, No we didn't hook up but I'm sure every once in a while they do....?

Molokini is a partially sunken volcanic crater about 3 miles off Maui

Trey Akin takes amazing pictures underwater

This guy looks more dangerous than the shark

Baby white tip reef shark

Crazy colors down there

Our buddy Jose took a day off Kitesurfing and came out with us

TACO...

DeeDee posing with the baby fish

Not to many people know, but where there are turtles there is sharks...

Thanks again Trey for all the killer pics, we learned so much and had a great time.

The owner asked us what they could do to make it a better trip and honestly I couldn't think of a thing other that if we hooked up a his on the way out!!! Thanks again Four Winds II captain and crew we will defiantly be see you guys again.

Pismo Beach Ca. Kite Expo 2012

The 10th annual 2012 Pismo Kite Expo went off this year, we couldn't of asked for better conditions. This is probably the 5th or 6th time I've shown up to this event. With DeeDee and I living in Maui it wasn't going to stop us from showing up again this year. So we dug up our wet suites and packed our bags for a fun filled weekend that was one to remember. This event is one of the biggest events in the US that shows off all the latest gear for the upcoming season. Those companies that couldn't make it only hurt themselves by not showing up. The Expo was also a fundraiser for Kinsley ThomasWong a fellow kite boarder and friend of mine that was injured a few years back. Click on the link to check out his progress. What a great event it turned out to be. If you missed it, you missed out!!!!

Even the Santa Maria Times came out to cover the event

It was around this time last year I made the switch from Wainman Hawaii to RRD, and what a great year it's been. I have 4 different model kites for all conditions, plenty of sizes to chose from, all sorts of killer boards and the best customer support I've ever had with a kite company. Thanks again Live2Kite for all the support you provide for me out here in Maui.

Thanks for the Photo Todd Case

Susi and I heading out for the big ones

Paul Lang caught me going out

Thanks for the photos Paul

Mr. Lang doing what he does, and I must say he does great work check him out.

Paul Lang Photography

The sun was shining and wind was blowing. Perfect!!!!

Thank god Red Bull was there for the entire event

I think we all had a few too many of these...

The chicks were loving the Mystic tent,

just about any size, color and model to check out

Susi and Peter

RRD SUP's and Surf's up for grabs

Evan pulled a slick one this year and showed up with all strapless surfboards

UnderGround POHUTU 5'10" come in a quad fin set up

RRD's 6'1" Maquina

The RRD Surfs are looking sick

Live2Kite's West Coast Crew representing

This was honestly the most wanted board of the Expo.

The RRD "Style"

Jeff our So Cal guy taking it for a ride

Nothing but great reviews on this thing

My buddy David Lector trying out the RRD gear

Slawek Krauze

Slawek & Yuri

Look it's actually WINDY

Live2Kite had so much gear out no wonder they are the leading shop on the West Coast

With such great help by Gerrit and the rest of the Live2Kite crew everyone got to demo out gear

TJ, owner of Pure Water Sports

The last day of the event the waves flattened out a bit but still super fun

Evan on the UnderGround 5'8" KIPUNA

So many different kites to try. I can't say enough good things about this event. Thanks to Marina Chang and all the people from the Kiteboarder Magazine for making this event possible.

I counted over 100 kiters out at one point.

Everyone was out loving the killer conditions Pismo had to offer this year

Bruce with UnderWave

Todd Case has been a usual at the Pismo event.

Paul Lang getting some riding time in

I absolutely love Pismo and think it's one of the most beautiful beaches in California. So glad I made it. Thanks again to Evan at Live2Kite