Sunday September14日 2025年

lunch in shonan


nagasaki champon udon. taste so good!

bye miyazaki

Retro Fever….

good morning. wow, i’m heading to the airport and going back to tokyo, then to shonan. i had a great time here in miyazaki. the first time i came here was 19 years ago and nothings changed. nice people, good food, and fun waves. it was a long 3 day trip here and so many things happened. it’s all on video and photos, which should be out the end of july in the surf trip journal magazine in japan. i wanted to thank nakano-san, toshi-san, kubota, maoh, u-ske, and everybody for this awesome trip. and also wanted to thank the people of miyazaki for their kindness. i had yet another great trip!!! doomo arigato gozaimasu…. oh, and thanks to the guy who drove all around town looking for jacksan for me last night. your the man….

i think i said this before but i’ll say it again. u-ske is one of the best fish eye photographers in the world. his photo aren’t just photos. his photos are ART!!! i can’t freakin wait to see the photos when it comes out in the mag…. yeah u-ske…

if you know me, i’m not the kind of retro guy. i usually ride regular high performance boards. but this trip, since satoshi told me the waves are going to be flat, i brought only a 5’8 and a 5’9. well, the waves weren’t flat but i’m glad i had these 2 boards with me. i took both down to the beach everyday and was changing back and forth. both are fast, and fun. if it wasn’t for these 2 boards, i wouldn’t have surfed as long as i did. thank you tsukurimichi-san for my single fin board, and thank you glenn minami for my 4 fin…. these boards will be with me this typhoon season in japan….. can a magic board change your life? yes indeed….
**by the way. i’ve had so many missed calls on this trip and i couldn’t call anybody back because my prepaid card ran out. sorry. i was trying to look for a softbank shop here in miyazaki and couldn’t find one anywhere. i guess it’s too country. hopefully i have time to grab one in shonan tomorrow… mahalo.