Man, welcome to a very special episode of the podcast here.

I feel like this has been a long time coming.

I think we're almost coming up on our year anniversary of meeting for the first time somehow, Mark.

How are you?

We are, Eric.

I wish you were here with me today.

If you were here today, you would never leave it.

It is that nice.

As a matter of fact, I live right here on the 17th hole at the Bay Course at Kappalua.

And you could literally water ski.

You could swim across that channel today to Molokai.

The whales are out jumping.

They're all back.

And just a drop dead gorgeous day here on Maui.

I think just for the listeners, you know gorgeous day here on Maui.

I think just for the listeners, you know, marks in Maui, obviously, but more importantly,

I think I kind of want to start this off with, you know, obviously we made a film together last year in Maui about, you know, the fires, the line of fires, the recovery efforts.

I think for me, it's important for me to like put context on this for, you know,

obviously I think Mark, I told you this, but, but for those listening, you know, it was a

really wonderful experience, you know, meeting

you and like learning about essentially an intertwined experience that you and I have had,

albeit at different times, you know, like essentially global golfing adventures sponsored

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