On March 31, 2019, I participated in the Puakea Wild Buffalo Relay race from Two Harbors on Catalina Island in California to the Newport Aquatic Center in Newport Beach. The race was about 40 miles of flat cold water. Originally I wasn't planning on racing, but two weeks prior I got a text from my friend Hunter Pfluger, who’s from Oʻahu but currently attending San Diego University, wondering if I was down to race. I got pretty pumped to get invited because Hunter is another y