...my first flight at Makapuu, 1985.
I was really scared this day but I had the desire to fly and I did. I was also surfing and skateboarding on the islands at the time. More about it here.
Over on the West Shore of O'ahu I would surf too. I've been beaten up pretty badly at Makaha. I used to go to the store and buy a cheap styrofoam cooler and fill it full of beer. I'de place that cooler on the picknick table near the guard tower and point to it. "Buff, tell your boys that this is from me." I did that a couple of times and I got left alone. I still wasn't shit, got beat up but at least I got to surf.
This web site should be my cheap styrofoam cooler of beer "from me" to a few guys in California. I just want to surf a few waves, skate around a few cones and make a respectable place to reflect on it...