good evening. hot, hot, hot… gosh, the sun was pretty strong today. i got sunburned walking to the store. waves small, strong trades, so no good for surfing or diving. still looking for an underwater camera… still freaking about that near dog attack… and still loving life….

as a surfer, my dream was to be on a cover shot in america. i was lucky enough to get one on H3O magazine back in the early 90’s…. as a photographer, my dream was have my photo used for a cover shot in america…. this months hawaii skin diver magazine made that dream come true…
**i shot that photo in okinawa last year using my canon 30D with a 10mm wide angle lens in my SPL housing. that is marine friend kevin holding a big dogtooth tuna that almost got away…. wanted to thank kyle nakamoto and hawaii skin diver magazine for making one of my dreams come true….
**and last, i get emails from people all around the world. i respond to every one and when ever somebody asks me something about japan, i try to help him as much as possible. i got this one the other day. i know about the waves and stuff but don’t know of any hotels near the beach. well, except for “love hotels”. haha. anyway, if you can help this guy out with some information, i will forward it to him. mahalo….
hi, im an australian surfer who is going to shonan in november/december, just wondering how the waves are at that time? also can u recommend some surf spots and also some close hotels to the beach?

good morning. 6am and i feel like a champ. maybe because i slept at 8:30 last night? haha… but once again, i’m feeling pretty fresh. fresh from diving… i like this feeling because for some reason, the air in my body feels so clean. weird yeah? wow, look at me, i’m freakin talking to myself… haha… ok, where’s the waves? heard 2 days ago that north and south shores on the way up. north is flat. town is small. waist high with 11 guys already out at bowls. small waves but you know what? it could be worst…. i’m going to get wet… have a nice day…

if you know where to go, you can find some pretty awesome shells right on the beach here in hawaii. once in a while i grab a few and bring it back home because i have this project i’ve been working on….

my project was to fill up this corona beer bottle with some of my favorite shells from hawaii. it took me a year but it’s finally full…. mission accomplished….

and last, wanted to thank abe-san from sponavihawaii.com for this photo he took of me the other day at bowls when i went to shoot my nephews heats. that’s photographer kazz on the side. check out abe-san’s blog BY CLICKING HERE….. thanks abe-san….

**and last, the surf into summer finals gallery is up on WWW.GO-NAMINORI.COM….

good evening. what a beautiful day in hawaii. super clear blue skies and expensive gas. yeah, i went to put some gas in my boat and freaked out!! not too long ag, one tank use to cost $9 to fill up but it costed me $24 today. and i had to fill two. i’m scared to ask how much my next ticket to japan is this summer. heard a rumor that it’s $1,300. no freakin way…. watched the news today and travel to hawaii in april was down something like 15%. i wonder why???

went for a dive on the east side today…. drove my boat over an hour using precious gas looking for clean water. no clean water to be found and things were looking pretty bad. wasted money on gas, ice, and food? no way man, not us. never say never….

how’s this? on the way in, we came across some clean water. we jumped in, filled up the big cooler, and headed back happy divers… never say never….

my good friend russ is jamming with his niece ciara at snappers tomorrow night. russ has been into music for as long as i’ve known him. he’s been practicing and has a gig at snappers. snappers is in the discovery bay at waikiki so be there or be square. 69, oh, i mean it’s from 6 to 9…. see ya there…. go russ….