good evening on this windy ass tuesday. gosh, it’s blowing out of the south/west and got some kite surfers out at bowls. waves came up in town but victory at sea. north shore is blown out too but somehow they finished up the contest. hawaii’s makua rothman won the contest. the wind and weather is bad and no sign of clearing up. but that’s ok because we live in hawaii and there will be many more good perfect swells coming in the next few months.

still can’t believe it only cost a quarter to call japan and talk for 5 minutes. so for all you japanese who come to hawaii, look for the nearest pay phone. that’s the call….

bowl tickets, but no flights. yeah, they are selling 17,500 sugar bowl tickets for new orleans but not enough flights to get everybody there and back. heard guys are flying to kauai and maui to make the flight to the mainland. and the prices is going up. $2500/per person. gosh, i could go to the mentawai’s for that….

looking back at okinawa. makes me want to dive again. check out those mahimahi’s in the background. such a beautiful sight….

check out this nice omilu kyle nakamoto speared the other day on the east side…. nice photo….

and check out these new vonzipper sunglasses. got my eyes on them…. i’m lucky to be sponsored by vonzipper which happens to be the hottest selling sunglasses in the world right now…..

good morning. 6:30am here on this cloudy, windy, stormy surf day. south/west winds are the worst winds for our surf here and it’s here to stay. as of 5:50am, kaneohe is clocking south wind gusts of 24mph and it’s supposed to get stronger throughout the day. get use to going shopping or watching movies because the surf sucks. if the winds go more to the south, the north shore might clean up it’s a lot cleaner than yesterday but still bumpy and lumpy. town, forget it. heard from micah that sandy beach was 6′ and epic yesterday but that was yesterday. today is a whole different story.. have a nice day….

no, this is not john travolta, this is me. when i was in high school, i use to be the best dancer. i went to all the disco’s to challenge everybody. then when i go to japan sometimes and see guys dancing at the train stations, i feel like putting on my dancing shoes and going for it. not too many people saw my moves and now i’m going to bust it out. being it’s the holiday season, i felt like i have to. so CLICK HERE TO SEE MY HOLIDAY DANCING ROUTINE I PUT TOGETHER…. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
***FINAL DAY FOR THE SUNSET BEACH WORLD CUP ON TODAY IN 6-10′ SURF….. CLICK HERE FOR LIVE ACTION….

good evening. still the big news in hawaii is not the the shitty waves, it’s UH football. SWEET!!! sugar bowl on new years day in new orleans. i really want to go but have to think about it. $2,000 not including the game ticket. kind of steep. i know that is a once in a lifetime thing and i don’t want to miss out. heard all travel agents today were slammed by emails and phone calls. i wish i can paddle my surfboard there…. as for the POLICE concert, a second show was added. tickets on sale saturday at 9am. can somebody please pick me up one??? please??? anyway, had a fun day today. going to stay home the next few days and catch up on emails and stuff. junky big surf on the way so not missing anything. have a great evening….

when i check the waves at diamond head, i drive down this hill. that way, i can see the size of the waves and the winds before i get there. if it’s junky looking, i make a left turn, jump on the freeway, and head somewhere else. if it’s good, i step on the gas and will be there in 2 minutes. and not to mention, this is a pretty killer view….

SURFING LANI is a program in japan on sky perfect tv. it’s kind of like japanese ESPN. this show features the daily lifestyle of surfers in hawaii that have some kind of connection with the ocean. i was pretty stoked they chose me for one of their shows. now everybody is going to see my hair standing up in the morning and the natto trail coming out of my mouth. haha. i had a lot of fun working with these guys today. makoto-san on the left is the coordinator here in hawaii for tv shows and photo shoots. makoto surfs a lot here and goes back and forth to japan. super cool guy. then it’s the director and president of free films inc., jisai-san. jisai san surfs too. he travels the world directing and producing all kinds of shows for japan tv. what a great job he has. and on the right is the camera man yamada-san. yamada-san has the coolest job because he can travel the world. something i wouldn’t mind doing at all. anyway, thanks guys for the fun day…..

check this photo of TSSC shaper Glenn Minami. he’s pulling into a huge wave at huge haleiwa. and yes, he made it. i wish i had a photo of me pulling into haleiwa like this. this takes balls. big balls…

and last. page 116-117 cloud 9 article. hayato pulling into a rainy day barrel over knee high deep reef.. 14 page article in a major japanese magazine. stoked!!! good night….