good morning. 6:45am on this cold, overcast, windy monday morning. small waves around the island. town is knee high with nice offshore conditions. nobody out bowls and only one guy at the park. the north shore is 1-2′ with lani’s and ehukai the best spots again. it’s windy now and going to get stronger. keep warm and have a nice day….

i bet you didn’t know i could sew? my grandma’s on both sides use to make all of our clothes for us when we were kids. they would spend hours and hours on the sewing machine and just by watching, i picked up a few sewing tricks. want me to make you a dress????

i think this photo is cool. saw it on msn.com and it caught my eye. i would love to see it with my own eyes….

the other day when i went to watch the pipe masters, somebody left these flyers on all the cars windows. WIN FREE BREAST IMPLANTS??? yeah, there was a party at the Skyline bar on the top of the Sheraton Hotel this past weekend. i thought to myself, “what is this world coming too?”…. go to a club and win fake boobs? so i went. haha. just joking….

good windy sunday evening. gosh, feels like hurricane winds everyday recently. i love it but kind of feel sorry for the tourists. hawaii is really a beautiful place. just not this past 20 days. the waves were small and out of the north so only spots like laniakea and ehukai beach park were breaking. no swells on the way and the strong winds will be with us for a few more days. heard from a lot of people that most of the pro surfers are out of here dec. 20th. that means more waves for us. i’m looking forward to that…. but for now, just got to be patient a little while more. oh, just wanted to say something. recently there have been some freaky car accidents here. people are dying and innocent people are getting hurt. please be careful while you drive and always be alert. the winds and rain isn’t making it any better. but be safe and enjoy the holiday season…. good night…
***sat down with the two groms and had them introduce themselves. they were kind of shy but i told them that if they keep up the way their surfing, more interviews will surely come their way. in other words, let’s practice. so here is their first interview from Hawaii and this is what they had to say….

Hello, My name is Shun Murakami. I am 10 years old and from Japan. The thing I like most about surfing is when I catch a wave and can hit the lip. It feels so good. This is my first time to Hawaii. I like Hawaii because there are waves everyday. I surfed V-Land, Haleiwa, Jacko’s, Laniakea, Ehukai, and Kewalo’s. My favorite spot is V-Land because I got a backside tube. My dream is to become a WCT pro surfer. I’m going to practice hard, surf everyday, and do my best. I’m in Hawaii for 10 more days so I want to catch a lot of waves. To my sponsors in Japan and to my family and friends in Yugawara, your going to be surprised on how good my surfing got from coming to Hawaii. Thank you. Bye bye.


Hello, My name is Ryota Matsushita. I am 11 years old and in the 5th grade. I’m from Yugawara City in Kanagawa Prefecture. I’ve been on a surf trip to Bali before but this is my first time to Hawaii. When I got here, I was so surprised on how beautiful Hawaii is. And the rainbows are so nice. The waves in Hawaii are much better than Japan. There is more power and you can get so much speed. Since I got here, my favorite spot is Laniakea because i caught a long wave from deep all the way through. It felt so good and it was so fun. My dream is to become a pro surfer and enter a lot of contests. And of course, WIN!! While I’m in Hawaii, I think my surfing is going to get a lot better before I go back to Japan. I have a question to my friends in Yugawara. “Hey, Is there any waves in Yoshihama now?” See you soon, Bye bye…

good morning. gosh it was raining hard and so windy last night. the roads are wet, the water is all bust up, and my car is so dam dirty. want to wash it but it will get dirty again right when i leave my house. going to stay home today because the waves are terrible. town is flat. north shore has 2′ max and super windy again. and today is sunday so expect another super grom session at ehukai. might go watch the boys surf in the evening. but for now, i’m staying warm and relaxing… have a nice day…

gosh, those guys in okinawa never quit. kevin sent me these photos of this huge grouper. they caught it off a cliff at some secret spot. look how huge this thing is? imagine how much bigger it looked in the water….

imagine how heavy this thing is? they have to lug this fish up 400 vertical stairs to get it back up the mountain. how would i do it? drag it by the tail or make somebody else carry it..

this is how the boys down in okinawa do it. when i first saw this photo, i laughed. but not that i think about it, what a great idea… maybe they can carry me up the stairs too? haha…. thanks kevin for the awesome photos. keep diving and save some fish for me. i can’t wait to go back there next year….