good evening. the full moon tonight supposed to be 30% closer to the earth than normal. and it’s also supposed to be a lot brighter than normal. so get outdoors and check it out. that’s where i’m going right now. have a great evening and get ready for the swells coming this weekend….
**i just finished downloading some diving photos i took in bali. got some sick ones. wanted to share this sequence of kyle nakamoto spearing an ulua. the real deal…. kyle was filming pretty much the whole time. he was underwater more than anybody else because when somebody took a drop, he went down with them. at one point, it must have been frustrating for him because he followed me down a lot an i missed so many fish. it was kind of funny because he probably could hear me saying “shit, shit” down 50′ deep. i don’t want to blame my gun but it was only a 100mm picasso and it was firing off to the left. i had to acutally aim to the right to get a good shot. and i finally figured that out on the last part of our trip…. “shit, shit”….

on the last day, i grabbed my camera to get a few shots of andre’s dogtooth. we jumped in at the same time, i had the camera, andre had his fish, and kyle took a speargun just in case. and lucky he did. as i was shooting, i seen a school of ulua’s under me. the water was kind of dirty so it was hard to see. i called kyle and pointed out the school. he seen 15 or so under so he took his dive. the ulua’s came in to check him out and he lined up on one…. i dove down a little and took this shot. luckily this was my wide angle lens so you can capture everything. check out the ulua’s coming in from the right side. that was just half the school….

kyle lined one up, and got a stone shot. the fish died instantly and as he was bringing up the ulua, an even bigger 60lbs+ giant came up and tried to eat the ulua he speared. it was nuts….

then a huge school of BIG rainbow runners came by. i went down and got a few shots of it. i wish i had my gun because i could have gotten one for sure. they came in so close that i could have touched them. it was as awesome experience and now that i think about it, i’d rather have this photo than the fish…

nice shot. this was a pretty big ulua. right as kyle was about to grab it, the fish made one last kick and came off the spear and sank with it’s dead weight down to the deep blue…… but who cared, we had a dogtooth and another ulua in the boat already…..

i wasn’t joking when i said the rainbow runners came right in. these guys were huge and shooting with at 10mm wide angle, you can imagine how close i was when i took this photo. it was so beautiful to see….. and don’t forget, this is bali. not only great for surfing, but great for diving too. can’t wait to go back next year….
**by the way, if somebody’s going to bali anytime soon, please let me know. i had a custom speargun made by andre and i really want to get it soon. a friend is going to bali in the end of november to get it for me but i can’t wait that long. please!! please!! at least bring it back to japan for me. i’ll give you a free go-naminori t-shirt….

good morning on this windy thursday. 6:30am and the waves looks a little blown out around the island. still some waves on the north shore. nobody out at pipe now but the waves should be getting better as the day goes by. town is small. knee/waist high with one guy out at bowls. solid north/west swell coming this weekend. x-cel pro at sunset beach coming up. the circus should be in town soon. something i’m not looking forward too. better get it while i can. have a nice day….

kelia doing home school yesterday. i was so glad to see her and my nephews. they are off to the big island this weekend for the amateur contest. good luck guys…

check this out. my uncle tim who lives in the mainland has been doing watercolor paintings all these years and i didn’t even know about it. they were here for my cousins wedding this past weekend. i was bummed i missed the wedding but my sister showed me his website today. gosh, i was amazed on how artistic he is. awesome work uncle tim. i hope someday you can paint a photo of me. a photo of me spearing a 600lbs tuna. i’ll send you the photo when that day comes. or if that day comes…. check out TIMGOSSWATERCOLORS.COM…..

good evening. gosh, what a beautiful day it was today. got some things done and finally getting back to my emails. sorry for the late response but i’m trying to get to them all. trying to get back to my normal life. been living out of my suitcase for the past 3 months and feel like throwing it off the mountain. with everything in it. maybe i’ll just keep it closed until next march when i do it all again. took a spin by my sisters house to visit the kids and kalua….

kalua seems to be fine. getting much bigger, but fine. he was lying on one of my slippers when i was trying to leave and it took a lot of pushing to get him off it. worlds biggest pig? i think so. makes seth next to him look like a toy GI joe doll….

this was our last day in bali. we went down to changu sandbar and the waves were really fun. had some solid 4′ sets and some waves were barreling. a great way to end a great trip….

these are my two bro’s…. garut in the middle and bol on the right. garut is on fire!! plans to do the WQS events in japan and australia next year. watch out world cause this kid can surf….. bol on the right, just came off a win last weekend at the pro contest at changu. every year i go to bali, these guys are ripping harder and harder. i’m super proud of them….. and the guy on the left of the photo is kelly slater. haha….

anyway, look what i just ate for dinner at my mom’s. some laulau, poke, opihi, lomi salmon, and poi. lights out. goodnight….