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Surf Report 1-04-2009

nobody@vox.com(CourtsDawnPatrol) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:41:20 -0800

Waves: Looked like 1 foot in the dark

Wind: STRONG Onshore

I knew it was Kona winds but I just had to go down to the beach first. Somehow going straight to work on the first working day of the year doesn't seem right. I picked up my mother and brought her down for her morning walk. Only had Doug and Ryan hoping for a miracle. I left for work and here I am at 6:40am.

The news said it will be the same tomorrow with a return of the Trades on Wednesday. Bummer.

Work sucks - we need surf!

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Happy New Year 01-01-2010 & December Movie

nobody@vox.com(CourtsDawnPatrol) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:24:50 -0800

Happy New Year !!!!

I got down to the beach and found only Darek waiting on the wall. Where was everyone? We paddled out to some small glassy west bowls. Later Leighton, Sylvia, Mark and Sid joined us. It was a very mellow start to the new year. Always feels good to be in the ocean on the first day of the year.

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Click to play - I rarely get a shot of Darek because he usually surfs in the dark so I wanted to post this clip.

Question: Do you know why Darek likes to surf in the DARK?

Answer: It's in his name DAREK - E = DARK.

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Got Resolutions?

I got three.

1) Be a better husband and father

2) Continue to be green (recycle and re-use)

3) ~~Eat heathly~~ Surf everyday before work

What's yours?

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December Movie

Courts December 2009 - it was a good year

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Happy New Year's Eve 12-31-2009

nobody@vox.com(CourtsDawnPatrol) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:03:53 -0800

We're going to my sister Cat's house tomorrow and I'm making Kalbi. I cut the meat and am marinating in my secret sauce, check it out.

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Grandma and Grandpa treated us to dinner at Outback Steakhouse, our New Years dinner.

Dora wanted a Bloomin' Onion.

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Tonight's onion was very crispy and not too greasy.

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Dawn's usual the Mac-n-Cheese.

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Dora selected the Bacon Cheese Burger.

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Two 'tails' for me - there goes my cholesterol - yikes!

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After dinner it's fireworks time - I went to Longs today after work everything was 50% off!!!!

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I took this Moonlight shot yesterday morning.

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Surf Report 12-31-2009 & Happy New Year's Eve

nobody@vox.com(CourtsDawnPatrol) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:48:48 -0800

Waves: 1 - 2 feet

Wind: Light offshore in the dark, then onshore when the sun started to rise

Unbelievable - the wind was perfect as we waited for the sunrise. As soon as we started to hit the water, the wind switched to straight onshore. But being the last day of the year - 'you gotta go'. Actually had a few decent rides with some head high waves, just a little lumpy.

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I wanted to do this for a while but never found someone who could print in a small quantity, however this year I finally made some Courts T-shirts. Congratulations if you were fortunate to get on the rare, limited edition, exclusive Courts Dawn Patrol T-shirts.

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If you didn't get one read below...

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Happy New Year's Eve to all !!!!!!!

Have lots of fun but please be safe - you can't surf if you get hurt.

We'll be having dinner at Outback Steakhouse tonight (can you say Double Lobster Tails?) and playing some fireworks tonight. Tomorrow is Lunch at my sister's house.

I probably won't surf tomorrow so can someone catch a waves for me - thanks!

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Surf Report 12-30-2009

nobody@vox.com(CourtsDawnPatrol) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:07:30 -0800

Waves: 1 - 2 feet

Wind: 10 mph Onshore

'Oh Sh*t' was the phrase many of us said as we stepped out of our cars. Surf was crap. What happened to the glassy conditions we had yesterday?

Hat's off to Brandon who was the only regular to brave the wild surf.

Might be the same tomorrow - stay home and go pound some mochi.

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Surf Report 12-29-2009

nobody@vox.com(CourtsDawnPatrol) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:26:01 -0800

Waves: 1 - 2 feet

Wind: Glassy

Mostly 1 foot with a few rare 2 footers. Very crowded for the amount of waves we had - lot of second shift surfers sneaking out early to beat the onshore winds.

Surf going down tomorrow - stay home and save your gas money and go buy fireworks.

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Surf Report 12-28-2009

nobody@vox.com(CourtsDawnPatrol) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:02:28 -0800

Waves: 1 - 2 feet

Wind: Light and glassy

Santa's still giving us some waves to ride - fun small waves.

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Christmas Report 12-26-2009

nobody@vox.com(CourtsDawnPatrol) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:08:42 -0800

We had a great Christmas!

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When we woke up we found Santa came to our house and liked the cookies we left AND he drank ALL the milk - Dawn said 'Santa likes milk'. Santa also left alot of goodies for us. The Princess Books were Dawn's favorite.

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He also left Bakugans!

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and a Hot Wheels Race Track - Dawn really wanted this too.

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Santa also brought Dawn a new Snow White Dress - Santa sure has a lot of room in that sleigh.

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I was glad Santa didn't forget us - a new 'Pod' sytle coffee maker - really good and really cool!

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Time to cook - I decided to make 'Mini Beef Wellingtons'. Here's the beef simmering in beef broth.

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Next prepare the gravy - a rich Portobella Mushroom gravy to top the wellingtons.

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Christmas lunch was at Uncle Crow's house - Crow always has the best seafood pupus. Here's the fresh sashimi.

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This is his specialty - Spicy Ahi with tobiko poke - always a big hit.

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One of my favorites - Big Island opihi

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There was so much good food, can't show it all - Earline's BBQ Pork ribs.

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My Mini Beef Wellingtons

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Sushi

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Norman's baked Chicken was really good

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So was Cat's baked opakapaka with lup chong sausage.

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There's Cat and Norman.

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The kids having fun while 'trying' to eat.

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After lunch was 'play time' they're washing the tangerines they just picked.

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more play time

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Who said it doesn't snow in Hawaii?

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Crow tricked the kids with his 'Insta Snow' - it looked real!

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Last but not least, thanks Darek for the awesome embroidered beach towel.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas too!!!

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Surf Report 12-24-2009

nobody@vox.com(CourtsDawnPatrol) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:44:51 -0800

Waves: 1 - 2.5 feet

Wind: Perfect light offshores

SANTA DELIVERS!!! Nice bump on the South side with perfect conditions - thanks Santa! We definitely had a 'Holiday' atmosphere in the water with everybody and their cousin out. Just a beautiful day to be in the water.

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God's gift to us - a beautiful sunrise everyday! Just think 99% of the people who live here NEVER see this in person.

Special Bonus - Breakfast on the beach brought to you by New York Life. Miles and Eric prepares a fantastic cooked to order breakfast for everybody. Awesome!!!! Huge Mahalo!!!!

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Two Chefs who rip.

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Eggs easy over on top of special breakfast mashed potatoes with Portugese sausage and homemade toast. Killer!!!

Countdown to Christmas - 1 more day!

Merry Christmas everyone - I'll be home enjoying opening presents with Dawn and Dora. Enjoy the surf!!!

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Surf Report 12-23-2009

nobody@vox.com(CourtsDawnPatrol) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:29:37 -0800

Waves: Tiny

Wind: Perfect

Still small but at least it's not smaller than yesterday - it's 'holding' at 1/2 a foot. Wes and I went to Concessions where the waves were plentiful and rides long.

Countdown to Christmas - 2 days!

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