good morning. 6:30am saturday morning. small waves around the island. knee/waist high in town and looks packed. 9 guys out at rockpiles and 8 out at the bowl. north shore flat. huge typhoon heading to japan. wish i was there…. i’m watching the volcom contest live now. kelia made her heat and nao’s heat is next. yeah!!! have a nice day….

**got an email from reid inouye about the Hard Rock Cafe Series Quiksilver Kewalo Basin Final Showdown. it’s happening today at kewalo’s so go cheer on the local boys and girls. this is kewalo’s local derek wong ripping the rights. photo: bernie baker

for all of you, including myself, that missed the jack johnson kokua festival last month in hawaii. got a treat… the whole concert is on msn video. the video and sound quality is pretty awesome. way better than youtube. i was watching it last night and thought it was pretty cool. check it out by CLICKING HERE….
**one last thing, who got 4th place in the kid’s division at the TSSC users contest at ikumi last month? who ever it is, they forgot their trophy in the dove wetsuit car. i got it from tokura-san the day before i left japan. he thought it was seth’s but it wasn’t. i totally spaced out and forgot. sorry…. please let me know who it was and i will send it to you when i get back to japan. but if you don’t want it, i’ll bring it back to hawaii and put it on my shelf. it’s such a killer trophy….

good evening. small waves around the island today. surfed bowls this morning. knee/waist high but not flat. actually had a fun session… on the way home, kazuko-san told me there were some ono pineapple malasadas at leonard’s bakery so i stopped by to pick some up. the guy told me that was last months special. this months special was the mango malasadas. even better. it was so good….

i see this car all the time in the bowls parking lot. this is what you call a surf mobile….

when i went to check out queen’s this morning. there was this japanese lady and husband walking near the nice grass area. the lady put down her purse and started doing the hula. gosh, it was pretty cool. she must have been in her 60’s but looked as happy as can be. she danced a few songs, picked up her bag, and walked on. only in hawaii….

the first day of the volcome VQS contest went off today. heard the waves were small but big enough for seth and isaiah to make their heats. micah told me seth ripped and won his heat. he’s only 10 but surfing against the best 14 year old groms in the world. 2nd round tomorrow. kelia and nao surf tomorrow too. good luck guys and girls. kelia is in heat 3 and nao is in heat 9. their division is at 7:45am-10.15am tomorrow morning. california is 3 hours ahead of hawaii so wake up early if you want to see the heats. if you in japan, the girls division starts at 11:45pm tonight japan time. support the girls and boys….
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**and last, check out seth’s first experience with a japanese toilet…. classic….

good aloha friday. 6:45am and small surf around the island. north shore is flat, town has knee/waist high wind swell waves. nobody’s out at rockpiles and 4 guys out at bowls. diamond head will probably be the best spot again this afternoon when the tide fills in. just watch out for those wind surfers and kite surfers. looks sunny outside so get out and enjoy this beautiful day. i’m going surfing. see you in the water….

check out this photo i took last winter at backdoor. check out the launching pad and spray in the sun… this is a small jpeg file but the original photo looks sick… this is reef macintosh going big!!! it’s so funny how you get the coolest photos on the smallest days of surf…

and here’s another cool one. this is seth cutting back at backdoor. he’s got a photographer on both sides… i would love to see the other guys photo. must be a cool angle…
**the WCT billabong pro waiting period starts today. it’s postponed due to small surf. keep on checking back by clicking on BILLABONGPRO.COM….