good evening. it was my first drive out to the north shore this year and gosh, it felt like it took forever. the waves were small but the conditions were perfect. i was in my garage all evening getting out my guns for this winter. got my 6’3 mike woo, my 6’6 matchi, and my 7’0 glenn minami ready. come tomorrow, i’m ready for anything… see ya out there….

as i drove by waimea bay, i seen two big black spots in the water. see it? one’s in the middle close to the shore, and the other one a little farther out. those black spots aren’t reef, their fish balls. yeah, thousands of fish hanging out. the bummer thing is that when i was coming back, i seen a fisherman surrounding his net around them. so now, it’s probably all gone….

i stopped by to see kelia and their house at vland. it’s pretty sick!!! i thought the bathroom walls were pretty cool. check out the pebbles that make up the wall. cool…

and when kelia wakes up, this is what she sees out of her window. i’m pretty stoked because i have my new v-land surf checker… kelia, expect calls every morning around 5:30 or so. i know it’s still dark outside but i’ll get you a flashlight tomorrow.. haha…
**and speaking of kelia. i’m so happy that one of the moniz kids stepped forward to learn how to edit video. tony has been taking video of the family and friends for a while now. and he probably has some awesome video. now we can finally see it… keep up the good work kelia. check out kelia’s first video on 8 year old grom finn mcgill….
**oh, wanted to let the 2 people know that i sent out the hawaii license plates in the mail yesterday. enjoy…

saki no kamiland desu. nami wa chisai desu kedo kore kara agaru
mitai desu. ashita wa sugoi ii nami kana? this is kami’s earlier.
the waves are small but on the way up. tomorrow should be going off!!

good morning. 6:30am on this historic day. obama is president? really? gosh, when he decided to run for president, everybody thought it was impossible for him to win. except him. talk about dreams coming true!! what an awesome story and i can’t wait to see what happens. “change”. that’s what this country needs. congratulations to hawaii surfer barack obama!! let’s take america to the top again!!!

check out this picture of obama that jasmin drew. i seen it hanging on her wall back in july and i thought it was so cool that i took a photo of it. change. yeah, that’s what america is waiting for….

last night was a blast. we went bowling and i haven’t laughed that hard in a while. this is toda-san hoping for a strike… i ended up doing pretty good. 190 for the first game. 3 strikes and 6 spares. 170 for the second game. 3 strikes and 5 spares. and the third? don’t ask. i barely made 100. i’m going to practice more because i want to break 200…

toda-san came to hawaii to eat. and he did a great job. shoyu chicken, yakiniku, steak, bubbies, yogurt land, and yogurt land. here is his favorite shoyu chicken plate. wanted to thank toda-san for the great time we had. have a safe flight back home!!!

and last, how cool is this tree? lonely but cool….
**oops, forgot the surf. waves small around the island but perfect conditions. town is waist/chest high with diamond head being the best. bowls has 6 guys on it and looking fun. i surfed it yesterday morning and the tide was too high. diamond head too. waiit to the tide drops a little and go surf. have a nice day!!!