good evening. what a wet day we had today. it’s been raining near my house all day. just went outside to throw away the rubbish and got soaked. it really feels like winter in hawaii and i love it. two days left for christmas and i’m getting excited. christmas is the happiest time of the year and everybody seem to be so nice during this time. the waves are junk, the winds are strong, the weather is pretty wet, and there’s no sign when we will have a epic surfing day. but you know what? it could be worst. i had a fun day today in the water and can’t wait until tomorrow.. the waves on the north shore were 3′ today and on the rise tomorrow. they finished up the boys and longboard girls divisions today at haleiwa. congratulations to the finalists…. have a great evening and please drive safe…

this is another place i would love to be…. merry christmas….
**check out the lineup of contests in hawaii coming up….
The Hale’iwa International Open ??? for amateur surfers ??? Dec. 21-31 at Hale’iwa Ali’i Beach.
Da Hui’s Backdoor Shootout at the Banzai Pipeline, Jan. 2 to 13.
The Hard Rock Junior Pro, for the state’s top surfers age 21 and younger, is scheduled for Jan. 14 to 25.
The Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic, at the Banzai Pipeline, is scheduled for Jan. 27 to Feb. 6.
The Monster Energy Pro, a men’s professional EVENT, is scheduled ALONGSIDE the bodysurfing EVENT at Pipeline.
The IBA Pipeline Pro the first contest of the 2008 IBA World Tour runs Feb. 17 to 24 at the Banzai Pipeline.

good morning. 6:40am sunday morning. finally got some surf on the north shore. it’s not too big but big enough to get the haleiwa international open started. the boys will be surfing today. waves are in the 2-4′ range out there. town is knww/waist high and nobody’s out yet. it’s going to be a windy, but beautiful day. enjoy….

the new aloha street magazine came out this month. just picked up my copy from waikiki. it’s a pretty cool magazine with a lot of information about hawaii. even some things i’ve never seen or heard of before. and this girl on the cover. does anybody know her name? gosh, i swear i seen her somewhere before. maybe it was in my dream… haha… just joking…

there’s a 2 page spread of malia mizuno surfing town this past summer. the waves were pretty junk that day but all it takes is one lucky shot. i think malia is 10 years old. she’s such a cutie…

good evening. what a nice day it was today. clear water, sunny skies, and no traffic… i love it… went out to the north shore this morning. surfed lani’s and it was super fun and not that crowded. check out some photos….

this is ryota, shin-san, and shun in the water at lani’s today. shin-san came to hawaii yesterday and today was his first ever surf on the north shore of hawaii. surfing the north shore can bring out a big smile…. just another happy day….

shun and ryota surfed off-the-wall with matchi this morning. then came to lani’s and surfed with shin-san and i at lani’s. then the moniz kids came by to surf so they went out to lani’s again. three sessions and it wasn’t even lunch time yet. these kids got a lot of energy. here they are going out to lani’s the hard core way. or should i say, seth’s way….

as they got to the point, shun started yelling “turtle”… the kids saw 2 turtles swimming in the tide pool right in front of them….

we went to check it out and this is what they saw. green sea turtles. this one was lying on a rock sleeping and when seth woke him up, he swam in the water and out to sea….

and last. i was so lucky to stick my camera in my pocket at lani’s. check this out!! this is one of the best photos i’ve ever taken. look good and you can see a double rainbow. only in hawaii!! this is my new screen saver….
**the haleiwa contest was cancelled today because it was too small. the waves are coming up so it’s probably a go tomorrow morning. 2 north/west swells are on the way and so are the gusty trade winds again…. enjoy these beautiful hawaiian tropical days…. good night….