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0809 Trip Day 12 | Maui

Today was my first full day on Maui. What better way to start out the day than going to a coffee shop. Julien and I spent a couple hours getting some work done. Then we headed around Maui getting some errands done such as permits for the Jet ski etc… Julien then took me to Kite Beach to check out the scene, but there was no wind yet. The riding area was much smaller than i had thought.

We then cruised up to Waiehu again. It was windy enough to ride. But first we had to do a couple modifications and testing to a new design Julien is working on. Once that was done, he headed out on a 12m Liquid Force Havoc and a brand new out of the box LF Rawson Quad. I geared up with much thanks to Jerry Chalk, for loaning me his water housing. I swam out for about an hour and a half and practiced a bit with the housing. The waves were a bit smaller than yesterday and the wind was still straight on shore, but still was a good session.

After the session we headed back to the house to relax, download images and charge batteries. Later that night we went cruised back into town to grab some sushi and beers with Brazilian big wave legend Eraldo Gueiros. We called it a night after that and headed home.

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January 7, 2009
0809 Trip Day 11 | TVC to OGG

Travel day 2 started out early. I arrived at 6am to TVC to take a quick half-hour flight to Chicago. Then it was an hour layover. I did find that it was nearly impossible to find a power outlet to charge my computer for the 14+ hours of flying I had to go

Update (10am): So I made it to LA. Oddly the movie on the previous flight was Nights in Rodanthe. It was kind of weird to see Hatteras all the way to LA. The movie didn’t really do it for me but it was good to see the banks again.

Update (3pm): I made it to Maui, baggage and all! Julien Fillion picked me up in style in a local looking pickup. We headed straight for Waiehu to go kite. We pulled in and there was Lou Wainman. It was good to catch up with him again. They were out testing some new kites. Julien and I headed out in the waist to should high BLUE waves for a session. It was straight on shore so I rode a 12m a bit overpowered.

After that we headed to a surf shop of one of Julien’s friends. There I saw the new Standup Journal, which had one of my shots of Brandon and Trevor in it. After that we headed to Mauricio Abreu’s House and then to a Mexican place for some grub.

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January 6, 2009
0809 Trip Day 10 | Traverse City

We met up with my Uncle today. It was off on another snowshoeing adventure. We all packed into a car and then drove out to Ransom Lake. We parked then walked down to the trail. The trail took us down to the lake. From there we headed east around the lake, and then circumnavigated the lake taking pictures along the way. The hike took us about 3 hours. It was a great adventure as its was sunny with blue skies all day and not too chilly either. It would be a great hike in the summer or fall as well.

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January 3, 2009
0809 Trip Day 9 | Traverse City

We headed back out on another snowshoeing adventure. Back at the old State Hospital we explored a couple different paths that lead us to some pretty deranged and scary buildings along the way. We took a couple photos along the way. I also played with a red filter for one of the flashes for the first time and am liking how they turned out. I have a couple ideas that came to mind to try and shoot at dusk or night but honestly I’m pretty freaked out about being in the wood with all the creepy building around shooting pictures. But i think we’re going to give it a go.

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January 2, 2009
0809 Trip Day 7 | Traverse City

Today we headed back out into the cold and snow. We decided to go snowshoeing in a park near by. It was a blast to go out and explore a hill with long paths through the woods. I stopped a couple times to take a couple photos. I think im going to head back there at night to r shoot some of the shots with some other gear.

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December 31, 2008
0809 Trip Day 6 | Traverse City

Today, we headed out on another adventure. This time it was to Old Mission Peninsula. There was a nice little lighthouse on East Bay, so we took a look around, and had a great burger at Bubba’s.

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December 31, 2008
0809 Trip Day 5 | Traverse City

Melissa and I headed out on a little road trip today. We headed to the coast to check out Lake Michigan and the towns along the way. We stopped at a couple places to take pictures. Once we made it to lake MI it was cranking. It was probably blowing 30+ knots. Needless to say it was a bit chilly so we ran around trying to get a couple shots before running back to the warm car. We headed back in time for dinner and a movie and called it a night.

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December 30, 2008
0809 Trip Day 4 | NYC to MI

Today was a travel day. NYC to TVC. Though, I spent nearly the entire day in the Chicago airport, I did run into Mark Brown and a packaging school friend Blair.

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December 30, 2008
0809 Trip Day 3 | In NYC

I headed out in the morning to meet up with my parents at a nice little restaurant a few blocks away from my sister’s place. It was a nice change from yesterday’s Starbucks. From there we headed to the Whitney Museum to check out a couple exhibits.

We then headed to the plaza to wait for Jamie to meet up with us. I stumbled across a very cool gallery. Peter Lik photographs were amazing. The shots were great but what made the gallery was how the images were presented. They were printed up on a special photo paper, which increased the vibrancy of the colors like a movie screen will.

Jamie met up with us to give a little tour of central park. I think this was my favorite thing about NYC. We had a great time wandering around the park hearing all of Jamie’s stories. Then we all headed to the Palm for the best meal I’ve had in the last 2 years or probably the next two years to come. Jamie headed home after dinner and then family headed to Wicked for the evening activity. It was a great, but cloudy day in the city.

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December 28, 2008