good morning. 6:30 aloha friday!!! last day of school for the kids today so the christmas holiday season officially starts. waves small around the island so nothing happening. good day for shopping or building something. i bought a lot of wood yesterday for a project i’m working on. so i’ll be a carpenter all day today… have a nice day…

here it is, kelly’s 2008 pipeline masters winning board: 5’11″x 18.5″ x 2.5″ round pin

school before surf….

bodyboarders having fun….

one broken board, one more order. i get kind of happy when i see people breaking their boards. that’s keeping our surfboard industry alive!!!

and last, christmas in alaska… awesome photo….
**and last last, a quote for today:
NEVER LOOK DOWN ON ANYBODY UNLESS YOU’RE HELPING HIM UP….

** i was just going through some photos from my 2008 trip to japan. i went all over the place, and once again had a great time. these are just a few of the places i visited and just a few of the special people i know in the country i love, JAPAN…

I [:?????????:] YUGAWARA

I [:?????????:] WAKAYAMA

I [:?????????:] OSAKA

I [:?????????:] CHIBA

I [:?????????:] SHIKOKU

I [:?????????:] CHIGASAKI

I [:?????????:] OKINAWA

I [:?????????:] HIRATSUKA

I [:?????????:] CHIGASAKI
**65,000 PHOTOS IN MY IPHOTO AND COUNTING. MANY MANY MORE TO COME….

oh my gosh!!! 7 days till christmas!!! hayai ne…