good morning. 5:45am. it’s my turn to get barreled. i’m going north shore. still pitch dark but the waves look 3-5′ and good. have a nice day….

i forgot about these photos i had in my dig. cam. this was the party a few weeks ago on the north shore. starting from the left is akira shido. i think of all the japanese pro’s that came to the north shore this season, akira got the best barrel at backdoor. you will see that wave in some japanese magazine really soon. that’s a guarantee. next it zuccho. my first time to chiba back in 1992, i seen this guy ripping the shit out of shidashita. he was riding an “island classic surfboard” back then. i didn’t know who he was, he didn’t know who i was. but he said hi to me. i will never forget that….. cool guy… check out ZUCCHO’S BLOG…. next is kinsan. kinsan is the most hardcore photographer in the world. not just in japan, in the world. who else swims on a boogie board past 10′ waimea shorebreak to get out to the 20’+ lineup? he’s been doing that for 20 years and is still doing that today. no food, no water, but he’s out there all freakin day. oh, and huge sunset beach too…. next is hayato. i met hayato’s older brother claude about 14 years ago at a barbecue at my house. it was at the barbecue when claude told me he had two brothers. i finally got to meet hayato and taito a few years later. then hayato and i went on the same boat trip to northern sumatra. since then, we became super good friends that share the two same hobbies. diving and enjoying life. that’s what we do.. check out HAYATO’S BLOG….

and this is pro bodyboarder moe watanabe. moe is a super cute and sweet girl. i think she’s still in high school. still young so watch out bodyboarders, moe’s time will come….

check out the NEW GO-NAMINORI STICKERS…. got them in orange, black, and blue. looks pretty cool…. want one? wait just a little while longer till it’s all printed out….
SURF YOUR DREAM…. that’s what i’m doing. what about you???

good evening. woke up early and didn’t even check the waves. didn’t want to see it going off again knowing the bodyboard contest is on again. too much pain…. so loaded up my boat and went for some relax stress free underwater world diving. i was checking the forecast and this week and next week is going to be epic for surf. waves all around the island, no contest, and somewhere guarantee offshore. so with that in mind, i had to go diving today because i won’t be able to go for a while.. by the way, i heard the waves on the north shore was shitty today. lucky me….[:????????$B!r(B:]

the diving forecast, east side=EPIC!!!

this was half day catch. i took this around 12pm….. almost full…

i took this photo around 3pm and we weren’t done yet. this cooler was full by 5pm. now everybody has fresh fish for the next week. steamed fish, nitsuke, fried, or sashimi. all good….

shawn always catches fish. today, he caught many fishes. so much that i could barely pick up his stringer. shawn’s the man. i hope someday i can get that good. or just a little close….

the east side of hawaii is normally onshore and dirty water. maybe 10 days out of the year it gets perfect offshore with clean water. today was one of those days. it reminded me of tahiti….
**and last, got 9 emails from people asking to see the women’s pipeline contest photos. please wait because this guy is too busy. too busy surfing, too busy diving, and too busy doing things i love to do. sorry but that’s my life. women’s pipe gallery coming up soon on GO-NAMINORI.COM…..

good morning. last day for the contest so i’m not going out there to suffer anymore. back to back swells on the way with light winds. and get this, a big south swell coming up on sunday. i can wait one more day. umm, what should i do? oh yeah, diving right? right….

got a lot of good photos from yesterday’s pipe but your going to just have to wait. i’m too busy today. it’s sunny, no wind, and crystal clear water. i can’t stay in my house any longer…
**remember about that broken satellite in space that was going to fall down somewhere? well, the U.S Navy off hawaii took one of their 40 million dollar missiles and blew it up in space last night. that’s freakin nuts. some are saying the U.S is trying to flex their military muscle. shit, that’s one expensive muscle. and guess who paid for it? yeah, me. not all, but some….
**and so sorry about the eclipse last night. i was trying to find out what time it was then finally found out that you can’t see it from hawaii. that sucked. got so many emails about the time and stuff. sorry guys. my bad….
this is what it looked like last year from kapiolani park. pretty amazing yeah? yeah…