good morning. 7am on windy saturday. small waves around the island with choppy conditions. cloudy, overcast, and not a good day to go to the beach. i don’t see one surfer in the water as of now. small craft warnings due to these strong winds. not a good day to go diving too. but gotta make the most of it. putting on my full suit and going into the underwater world. hope my boat doesn’t fly away in these winds…. have a nice day…

had a blast last night. it’s been a while since i’ve been out into the town. team wakayama and team okinawa were in town so i knew it was going to be a long night… started off at momomo for dinner. these are my friends… starting off from the left is kimura-san, atsuko-san, satoru-san, kohei-san, ryoji-san, and takahashi-san. after this, i forgot what happened. i just remember flashing lights, loud music, lots of beer, and a hangover…. thanks guys for the awesome okinawa style night. maybe see you again tonight? haha….
**by the way, been traveling throughout this world and wanted to say that nobody parties as hard as the guys in okinawa. these guys go from afternoon all the way to morning light. sleep for a couple of hours, and are pulling into huge barrels over sharp reef the next day. i don’t know how they do it. i always have a blast when i go to okinawa but when i leave there, it takes me a couple of weeks to get back to normal. so much island style fun with the nicest people in the world. that’s one place in the world where i never get home sick. can’t wait to go there this year. and just wanted to say what’s up to the rest of the boys in okinawa… save some snake sake for me… haha. just joking….

good evening. went down to bowls this morning to check out the waves and surprise, surprise, bowls had some little fun ones. had a really fun session and was glad to get in the water. north shore was really junk today so a lot of my friends came to town. ran around getting things done in town, including setting up my new gun. and in the news today, microsoft is making a bid to buy yahoo for 44 billion dollars. why? to get bigger and compete with google. gosh, how everybody wants to be number 1….

nothing like shirasu, natto, and miso soup for lunch…. ummmmm……

and wanted to let you know that nothings changing here in hawaii. wind and rain for the next 5 days…. same old shit…..

and last, there are so many sharks in hawaii. they are all over and we just don’t see them. but if you go diving, you’ll see them all the time. check out this 12′ shark swimming in 5′ deep water. i took this photo while on the way out for a dive a few years ago. just another big boy….

good aloha friday!! 6:30am and it’s blowing outside.[:???????????(J\(B:][:???????????(J\(B:] the winds are whipping and things are flying around my house. can barely see the waves but it’s got to be windy and choppy. and small. probably no contest today at pipe. they are looking at sunday to finish it up. it’s rainy right now and there is so much traffic on the roads. been hanging at home for the past 3 days so i’m going outdoors today. if your planning to go in the water in town, watch out for the box jellyfish. those hurt…. well, have a great day and drive safe. police drunk driving road blocks going up tonight for the next 2 weeks…. get a cab….

the moniz kid’s quiver. gosh, when i was a kid, i don’t remember having this many boards. i only had one…. lucky kids these days…

check out this collectors edition 1986 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational Silver Surfboard. not too many people in the world have this. it’s 22 years old and i bet a lot of people would like it have it hanging on their wall. including myself….