good morning. 5am and we’re heading the the tssc users cup at ikumi. going to be a long day and long night. lot’s of fun… have a nice day and see ya later…

this is seth on the roof of yamari shirasu factory. if i was 10 years old, i’d be getting home sick already. seth keeps on asking me how many more days he has left in japan. he wants to know because he doesn’t want to go home yet. he told me 1 more week….

if i was seth, i wouldn’t want to go home yet either. check out all his new japanese friends he made along the way. and these kids were with us from day 1. i’m so happy for these kids….

this is how the waves have been. flat…. but who cares when your having a blast….

this is 9 years old surfer grom ren. ren loves seth and seth loves ren. they chase eachother all day long… so cute….

and how’s the technology now days? crazy. we can chat around the world with a live video stream. this is my new computer with a video attached to it. i can see you and you can see me…. scary yeah? here is tony and seth video chatting with tammy and kelia. so far but feels so close to home….

kenji sahara took this photo of me standing on the beach at pipeline last year. i love it…. and when ever i see it, i start to miss hawaii. the weather, the waves, my bed, my car, and all the aloha… been in japan for 1 week. flat waves. good for the kids to surf but way to small for me even to stand up. i did 2 days of stand-up paddling and but i miss getting barreled in my surf trunks…. ahhhh… that’s the way i’m feeling right now. but once i see a big sashimi platter, or some sushi, or a nice hot ramen in front of me, i’m not homesick at all.. haha…
**i was looking at yoko furuichi’s and yuko shimijiri’s blogs today and they are both in hawaii. i’m a little jealous…. wish i was there… now i’m starting to feel a little home sick again. i’m better go eat some good food right now…. good night…
CLICK HERE FOR YOKO FURUICHI’S BLOG….

CLICK HERE FOR YUKO SHIMIJIRI’S BLOG…
**and last, check out this interview i did with legendary shaper/surfer/coach ben aipa. bumped into ben one day when i went to check bowls. he use to be my coach and taught me a lot. in fact, ben coached most of the pro’s coming out of hawaii in the days. including world champion sunny garcia…

good morning. 8:30am here in beautiful sunny shikoku. gosh, what a crazy long day it was yesterday and today. torture drive. 7 guys in a van driving to osaka getting lost. almost 5 hours later finally arriving to the barrels renewal opening party. gosh, the shop looks killer. ishino-san did an awesome job and just wanted to say congratulations again…. check out BARRELS WATER SPORTS BY CLICKING HERE… had a big party in osaka after that. so many people and so much fun. had a blast. then it was 12pm and we headed our way back to shikoku. getting lost again and finally arrived at home at 5am. gosh, tony and i were beat. i hate car rides. japanese are use to long drives but after 16 years of coming here, i can never get use to it. my ass hurts from sitting on it so dam long…. anyway, got to get ready for our surf school today at ikumi beach. a lot of kids coming so looking forward to it. oh, seen kota and kaisa yesterday at the beach. they came to hawaii last winter season and i took them out to v-land. pretty big v-land. and they handled. their surfing is only going to get better and better… well, gotta get out of here. my body’s sore, my head hurts, and i feel jet lagged again. there’s only one thing that can fix that, the ocean…. once i jump in, it’s all gone…. have a nice day…..
check out this preview of the stuff i’m shooting. coming soon…