now, bali is pretty savage. it is filled with monkeys, feral dogs, and so much cocaine its like baby powder. you cant drink the water, the toilets overflow half the time, and you have to be careful where u eat. still, that is nothing compared to the Indonesian island of lombok. no running water, komodo dragons that can kill you in 5 minutes with one bite, and every cut you get is an infection. Pretty f ing savage.

when jamie first told me we were going to desert point i was so stoked. being a goofy footer that wave is pretty much my dream wave. It is a left that barrels for an easy 500 yards on a razor sg=harp reef. the drops are buttery and easy with every wave perfect. sounds great huh? the drawback? a all day(or night) misiion to get there. first, we left our hotel at 11 pm and drove 2 hours to the harbor. We then caught a grease bucket ferry 5 hours in fear that it would sink. As soon as we landed, on absolutely zero sleep we still have to drive another 2 hours n a bumpy hellish road to desert point. We finally get there and its flat. We go stay at a little shack on the beach with no running water, barley any bottled water, and everything is like a million dollars. I was so pissed and so tired I didn’t know what to do. what a mission.

everything turned out allright tho. the tiide went down, the sun hid between the clouds allowing for some comming out of the ac car, and i got shacked. it wasnt amazing deserts, but it was still sick and i got some fun barrels. I surfed for 6 hourse the first day and 7 hours the next day. a mission and a half but it was all worth it. desert point. best place ever, worst place ever. Im there

A typical day in Bali goes like this:
I wake up at about 6 am and eat whatever the people in the villa have made us. Then we talk about where the waves are the best and where we could get shots. We might go to keramas and do some airs or padang and get shacked. Lets say that today we went to uluwatu. On the 45 minute drive JOB is constantly organizing camera men, not including the 3 with us, to shoot our days exploits. We arrive at the ripcurl villa uluwatu at 7 sharp. We might go straight out or cruse around for a while with the various pros hanging around. This day there’s ry craike and flynn novak. After raiding the fridge we are out there. Surf all day, multiple sessions, and on the way home review our shots. Get home, take a cold shower, jump in the pool, and play cards till whenever we decide to go eat. We choose this little warung that we always got to. Jamie, rubin, crawdaddy, damien, and alyssa all jump on their motorbikes and set out. My parents don’t let me ride on them so I have to call a taxi for 50 cents. After stuffing our self’s for about 2 bucks we head home. If somethings going on we go out if not we play more cards then get to bed. When I lay in my bed I wonder why I have 3 photographers following me around and when I go surfing every camera is pointed in my direction. I might be a super star! It’s probably because of who im with. The last thing I feel when I fall asleep is that I am the luckiest grom in the world.

Just arrived in Bali, Ive been here for about 4 days now. Definitely the greatest place I have ever been. I am here with Jamie O Brien, Filmer Ruben Tejada, Photographer Damien Robertson, and Jamie’s chick. We are staying in a huge villa in the middle of Kuta Beach and its so sick. We have only surfed once so far at Keramas, the most rippable wave I have ever seen. I got a couple good shots and some good barrels, but unfortunately I tweaked my knee on my last wave. I haven’t surfed since, but I should be good in a couple days. The next day we woke up at 5 in the morning and drove the hour to padang for the tube riding championships which Jamie had one last year. He got me a spot on the alternate list so I might get in. They called the contest off for some reason, I thought it was perfect, so we went to the monkey park. Those little things are crazy! Right now we are just cruzing at our villa resting our knees because Jamie knee is messed up too.

awoke up in the morning feeling pretty shitty. super tired and kind of sick from rocking on the boat. When I went above deck we were already well on our way to lihua rock to get some different kinds of fish. as sonn as we got there we dropped our lines and immediately bang! fish on, all of us we spent most of the day there catching super duper secret fish that were worth 15 bucks a pound. Finally, after my shoulders burned and my fingers were bleeding from catching so many fish, we packed up and sailed around the island to find a new anchor spot. We found this insane cave and decided to take a quick swim. I brought the spear and as soon as I jumped in I seen a huge snapper right in front of me. Without even thinking I brought the gun up and fired. It was a god shot and I killed it instantly but as soon as I did, 3 6ft sharks appeared! We stayed in the water but it was still pretty scary. scared but not shaken, we jumped back into the boat and drove the 2 hours to out mooring point, catching a couple onos along the way. We spent all of that night catching even more manpachis and eating hot dogs. When we woke up in the morning me and dano got a couple more opihi ans speared some small colorful reef fish that are very rare. Micko then lifted up anchor and we drove back to Kauai. The ride back was super bumpy and I threw up, but we never caught anything. When we finally got back to nawiliwili harbor and we said our goof byes and we got in my moms car, I couldn’t help but look back at Ni’ihau and wish I was still there.

Finally! At the crack of dawn we all headed out to Niʻihau and boy was I excited! I was promised that the trip across that channel would only take 3 hours. Of course, it wasn’t. After almost 5 hours of hull cracking seas, we finally arrived about a half mile off the coast of the forbidden isle. All the way there we were followed by huge flocks of birds but we couldn’t seem to get even a nibble. That all changed as soon as we entered the shallow waters off Niʻihau. Bang! double mahi strike! My dad and I didn’t even have enough time to be stoked on our first big fish before bang! a double ono strike. It took about 15 minutes of hard fighting before we reeled those things in and they were so sick. About 30 pounds each, they had a mouth full of razor sharp teeth that dano said could take off your hand. I didn’t want to find out. After the excitement, we trolled around until the late afternoon but never caught anything else. Mick’o decided that we should go find a place to anchor for the night. Right when we got to this beautiful little bay and were just about to reel in the lines, we hooked up a hung omilu. That is my favorite fish so I immediately threw out another line and within 20 seconds I had another on deck. I decided that I loved Niʻihau. We anchored the boat and got everything cleaned up. Right before dark Dano took me to the rocks so we could pick limpits (opihi). They are only about 2 feet down but they are right in the middle of 60 foot tidal surges. I got so worked I was genuinely scared. We then returned to the boat and proceeded to catch manpachis till day break. I remember falling into an exhausted but satisfied sleep.

I woke up with a mean headache and I was feeling pretty sick. I had squeezed my self into a tiny space on jamies boat and my neck was sore. On top of that the boat was rocking all night so I felt horrible. I said hello to mick’o and dano then started the 2 mile walk to the nearest store. I saw a bunch of my friends driving the other way and I’m sure that they thought I was doing ice because of my crazy appearance. My hair was standing on end and my eyes were blood shot. I looked like dog the bounty hunter. Anyway when I got to ABC store all my 10 dollars and 20 minutes of walking got me was a chocolate milk and a yogurt. God that place is expensive. Right as I started walking back my dads friend Jackson picked me up and gave me a ride back. As soon as he dropped me off he called my dad and asked him if I was alright. hahahaha. The rest of the morning and part of the afternoon was spent watching the boat while everyone else went to the store to get supplies. I called my dad and convinced him to come on a 2 day trip to Niʻihau because he has never been there.When everyone was back and the boat was refueled, we set out to Port Allen where we would spend the night. On the way there we ran into some amazing bird piles and ended up getting the cat off my back with fish. We caught 3 akus and headed into port all stoked. We went to sleep with high hopes and excitement Niʻihau.

The trip started pretty weird. My mom and I went down to a harbor on the west side of Kauai so that we could help our friend Mick’o refuel and get ice for his boat. When we got down their Dano, the other member of the crew jumped in with my mom to get the supplies and left me with Mick to help clean the boat. I hate going on boats because I always get sea sick. Further more, every time I go out I never catch any fish. Mick’o eventually convinced me to ride with him and Dano on the Kanaloa the 3 hours to Nawiliwili harbor. We set off at around 4 pm and as soon as we cleared the harbor we were immediately swarmed by flocks of birds. That usually means that there is fish nearby so we all got ready to get the first hook up of the day. It never happened. After trolling around for a hour we gave up because we were running out of gas. we made it in at 9 pm. After we cleaned the boat and got everything ship shape, I called my parents to come pick me up. They were over coming to get me so Mick’o suggested I just sleep on the boat with them and go fishing in the morning. I was pretty skeptical but my parents were thrilled so I had no choice. The last thing I remember is curling up on The next boat over (Jamie O Brien’s boat) and wishing for some Dramamine.

This is going to be a 4 part post simulating a diary of the 4 days I went fishing on the Hawaiian Outer Island of Niʻihau. Niʻihau lies 17.5 miles across the Kaulakahi Channel, southwest of Kauai. There is no reception or internet on the island and it is a pretty raw place. Niʻihau is privately owned by the Robinson family and it is strictly forbidden to set foot on it unless invited. The fishing took place on the boat and we slept on the boat. It was quite an experience and I hope you enjoy the story.
aloha
-kaikea

Today i hung out with my good friend and fishing buddy, Jamie O Brien. He’s on the Island for a little bit for some quality fishing with his dad on Kauai. Maybe ill get to go out on his boat soon and catch an ahi. I love sashimi! In other news today I slept. I need my beauty rest so I’m off to bed. night night
-kaikea

Back from Nebraska after 3 weeks!
so stoked. Im going to keep this post short because I have been up for over 24 hours and have been on planes all day.
Anyway, I finally saw the ocean for the first time this morning from the airplane. As soon as i wake up Im going to touch it!
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-kaikea