good evening. i left my house this morning with my new video camera. took some clips and put together a little video. check it out!! i can’t wait to go to japan and take some nuts kine video. i’m stoked with my new toy. i’m still beginning but give me a month or so and i’ll be making some killer video clips. haha…. so if you see me with my camera, you better run or you’ll be on youtube before the days end… haha……..
**by the way, did a short video interview on ben aipa this morning. bumped into him at bowls and had a little talk about his take on japanese pro surfers, top hawaiian amateurs, and the importance of coaching. that video coming soon….
**and last, i get tons of email from friends or some of the locals that ask me about japanese chicks. guys, i don’t know. i don’t look at girls. but i found a website that has some pretty good looking chicks. and they all surf with g-strings… haha.. just joking…. check out some of the faces in japan by CLICKING HERE…..

good morning. 6:15am wednesday morning. still got the north swell running out in the country. lani’s is going off again. and probably pupukea too. i wish i could go out there but too many things to do today. town is small. waist high with a freak chest high set if your lucky. 8 guys out at rockpiles, 12 guys out at bowls, and 25 or so at the park. i’m going out to bowls and hope it’s uncrowded like it was yesterday. going to catch my 3 waves and stick my board in my bag for japan. i was packing a little last night and i’m really excited this time about traveling. i can’t wait…. anyway, gotta go. have a nice day….

and check puerto rico freaking going off!!! i didn’t know it could get that big over there. that’s pretty nuts… check surfline.com for the full story….
**got an email from a friend in hawaii. i don’t know why, but he sent me this email “Who is this chick? She’s awesome.” i’ve never seen or heard of her before. anyway, here’s her photo and link to her website. can somebody tell me who this is????

CLICK HERE FOR MAHO TANAKA WEBSITE….

good evening. yet another beautiful day here in hawaii. paddled out to bowls this morning around 8am and nobody was out. i swear not even one local guy was out there. i was kind of freaking out because the waves were going off. chest high on the sets and perfect rights and lefts. then jeannie chesser paddles out and it was just her and i for a while before the boys started making their way out. where the heck is everybody? or is it just that i have lucky timing? well, just have to see tomorrow morning because i’m surfing early again…

when ever i go on a long trip, i take the bands off my speargun and stick them in the refrig. that way, it lasts longer and keeps it from cracking. once i forgot and when i came back to hawaii, i had to change all my bands on all my guns. it took time and money so i always remember. gosh, feel like diving now….

thanks takeshi-san for sending me this photo of isonoura. i like it there for many reasons. for the nice people, for the best yamari shirasu in japan, for the biggest creamy oysters, and for the tourists. this beach is packed in the summer and i just can sit there for hours just watching people. it’s like waikiki on acid…..

and in just a few more days, i’ll be eating things like this. oh my gosh…. can’t wait….

and last…. i got a dream!!! a dream as a kid. a dream as an adult. and a dream i think about every day. well today, i took a big step in achieving that dream. it’s going to take a while but i’m moving forward to something i wanted my whole life. i’ll give you a hint. one day in the future, this is going to be my evening view…..