**it was our second to the last day before shun and i had to come to japan. so we planned a dawn patrol and seth slept over my house. i woke them up before 5am and we were on it. it felt good pushing those two kids. i felt like an ass for waking them up but they will thank me someday later. we had a blast and i felt younger than the boys that day. that’s how excited i was to see them both ripping and pushing each other. i wish there was some urusai uncle like me pushing this hard wheni was a kid. then i would have probably been kirby slater. haha. this video goes in my top 3 youtube videos. if you haven’t dawn patrolled before, now you will sort of get the feeling. what better way could you start off your day???

**wanted to say sorry to seth for missing his sick grab rail barrel on a nice double up set. i didn’t even shoot it because he was so deep and i thought he wouldn’t make it. then here he came flying out with the spit. i should have had more confidence in you. my bad…

was looking through my photo library and found this photo. i don’t know how i got it or who took it. but this is my friend matchi doing a pretty sick ass layback snap at either backdoor or off the wall. i think this was a few years ago. sick photo….
**since i started doing youtube. been getting some comments here and there. then sometimes, i’ll get an email too. 99.5% of them good emails but once in a while, i get some wise ass. yeah, somebody who thinks they know everything. well, more than me. haha… just joking. so a week ago, this spear fisher guy from florida wrote me saying that there are only small fish in japan. and the water is too dirty to dive. and that i should go to florida. and on and on. he was pretty much writing to me like i was lying about diving or something. i just let that mail slide and erased it. until i was going through my iphoto and came across this photo i forgot i had.

so here’s to that smart ass mr. know it all in florida. this is japan. japan has big fish, japan has clean water, and no, i’m not going to florida to dive. if i go to florida, the only place i’m going to florida disneyland. and one more thing, before you start saying things about other countries, get a passport…. and sorry for being a smart ass myself. sometimes i just have to let it out. we call that in english: VENTING….
**i took that photo of air force soldier rob with a huge tuna in a place known for small fish and dirty water, JAPAN….
**anyway, going to close my laptop and head to chiba. i gotta surf. and there is a big oakley grom contest this weekend so i’m going to cheer on all the kids. shun, kairi, nao, kent, and everybody else…. ganbatte!!!
**and last, i haven’t had time to go through all my emails recently. i only have limited internet access so that’s when i do this blog thing. if you have an emergency, call me. if not, please be patient before i get back to your mail. i’m not going to chiba to sit in front of my computer responding to emails. i’m going to chiba to SURF!! yeah, GO-NAMINORI….

happy hot day!! how much pounds did you lose today from sweating? hot yoga in hawaii is popular but you don’t need to go to yoga to sweat in japan. just go outside your house. i feel like i’ve been working out everyday but i haven’t. got to drink 4 liters of water a day to keep me from getting dehydrated. help!!! i’m sweating as i’m typing this right now. atsui….[:????????????:][:????????????:][:????????????:] get me a [:?????????:][:?????????:][:?????????:] ahhhhh…[:??????:]

when typhoons hit japan, the ocean gets mad. ??it might be flat today but we’re in typhoon season now so things can change really fast. ??just ask munetoro tanaka on his 9’6 waimea gun. ??and no, this is not waimea, this is japan. and this was not 10 years ago, this was just last year. shit, i can’t wait…

and somebody set fire to the grounded boat at padang padang in bali. was that the “save money” last ditch effort? was it on purpose? why would you want to do that? i don’t get it…

and here are more photos from the 4th of july floatilla out in the ocean at waikiki. gosh, it seemed so long ago but it’s only been a month. check out this guy. he paddled out a big cooler on his longboard. that’s pretty cool…

stand up paddle board with cooler. this guy should paddle out to big rights on the next good swell and sell water to the boys. at $5/each, he’ll be sold out pretty fast….

and i still think my friend brandon has the best party boat in hawaii. can’t beat it….