good evening. went to go shoot queen’s this morning. the china women’s longboard contest is saturday and sunday so all the girls were out practicing. and the waves were going off. i thought it was going to be packed but it wasn’t that bad. only had one shortboarder in the inside catching all the good double ups… gosh, i wish i had my board…. i ended up shooting for an hour or so and headed back home to finish up our deck. then after sweating all day, i jumped in at lighthouse before dark. the tide was so high that the water was coming all the way up to the mountain. there was no beach today. weird. the waves were lumpy, flat, and windy but you know what? i had fun…. anyway, check out the photos from waikiki today…

queen’s had a lot of queen’s out there today. the girls were on it and ripping… where else in the world would you have so many good surfer girls out at one spot? nowhere… only in waikiki….

maki vernon was on it too. she was ripping today. that’s photographer paul teruya getting up close….

this was one of the waves of the day… pure stoke….

crystal is a roxy girl. she makes hanging ten look so easy. so when i caught my last wave on my longboard in, i tried to do one. i took my first step toward the nose and ate shit. good think i didn’t lose my camera… i hope nobody saw because i felt like an idiot…

in my whole life, this has to be the coolest shot i’ve ever taken. to me, this is what surfing is all about. pure stoke!!! i’m going to send this to every magazine, book, calendar, post card, and surf company until it gets published somewhere. and i ain’t giving up until i find out who this is. i’m giving this father and daughter this photo for free. happy father’s day to whoever this is…. so if you know who this awesome tandem duo are, please email me the info…. mahalo….
**more photos tomorrow…

good morning. 6:45am and still got some surf in town. looks a little smaller than yesterday but should be coming up again tomorrow. bigger than the last 4 day south swell. 15 guys out at rockpiles, contest on at bowls so forget it, and a lot of surfers out at the park. schools out for the kids so expect all the rats in the water. summer starts today and so far, so good… have a nice day…

went to dinner last night to camellia buffet. all-you-can-eat korean yakiniku for $20. can’t beat it…

this is round 1 of 3. kalbi, barbecue meat, pork, and some veggies…

with some side kimchee. i still stink like a barbecue with kimchee breath. yikes…. do i want to eat more meat? no way…. i feel like eating fish so better go diving this week….

and last, i wrote about shinpei horiguchi on my blog a few times in the past. so many girls sent me emails asking about him. so figure we’d do a short interview on him. shinpei rips, charges, is humble, and super cool. i’ve known him since he was a kid and am stoked to see him grow up to be the lady killer he is… wait, i didn’t say that… i meant the ripper he is…. go shinpei…. CLICK HERE FOR INTERVIEW….

good evening. queen’s=packed. bowl’s=contest. concessions=30 guys. big rights=20 guys. looked everywhere and remembered about this spot that works on a south/east swell at low tide. and yes, it was working. paddled out, nobody out, perfect barrels, dream session. caught 20 waves, got barreled 15 times, did 30 snaps, 20 cutbacks, and came in. i left my house thinking i was just going to get wet somewhere and ended up having the best surf session all summer. that’s the cool thing about surfing; you just never know when and where you’ll have your dream session…. i love it… can’t wait till tomorrow…. and if you want to know where i went, not going to tell you. all i have to say that it’s a reef that’s fickle between magic island and kewalo’s. better not see you there tomorrow….

speaking about dream sessions.. was watching the tssc boat trip dvd to mentawai last night online. matchi and i out at HT’s, 6′, nobody else. unheard of. dream session? ask matchi….

then the last day of that trip, pulled up to kandui lefts. 4′, nobody out. unheard of. dream session? ask yuuichi…. dream trip? ask everybody that went….

and last, was searching the web and came across this website. check out this freaking huge tuna. 314kg? holy cow…. that’s almost 700lbs. can somebody tell me where this guy caught it from? i want to go there with my spear and give it a shot…. CLICK HERE FOR AN AWESOME JAPANESE FISHING ISLAND WEBSITE….