good evening. north shore was going off today!!! pipe was 6-8′ with some crazy backdoor barrels. not too crowded. in fact, everywhere was going off!!! surfed vland with everybody and scored. i say vland was a perfect 10 out of a 10. yeah, that good….

imagine watching perfect vland from a beach chair, with a bunch of friends from around the world, with the barbecue going, and the beer flowing. don’t imagine, we did it…

drive the cars on the grass, put up the tent, get out the barbecue, cook a lot of meat, and drink a lot of beers while watching vland going off right in front of us. we couldn’t have picked a better day to barbecue. it was absolutely perfect. team go-naminori, team moniz, team yamari, team okinawa, and team red sea adventures all in the house….

hayato, matchi, kenji, satoshi, kinsan are in this photo. i took more photos that will be posted tomorrow. or better yet, check out HAYATO’S GO-NAMINORI BLOG…

here’s kazuma and shoki enjoying their first hawaiian barbecue….

and the kids with the big kid tammy in the back. cheese…
**hey, i predict epic waves tomorrow on the north shore. perfect weather, perfect waves, and perfect winds. as for now, i’m freakin so tired that i’m going to take a nap before i head back to town… good night…
**and one last thing. i’m so backed up in emails and have no time to even check some. i will eventually get to all of them so hang in there. as you can see, i’m a busy man… a happy busy man….

10:30am. BIG backdoor 6-8′. Sometimes Good, Sometimes Dangerous…
Be Careful…

good morning. 6:30am saturday morning. chest high swell in town but south/east winds already on diamond head. bowls is clean but will probably be onshore soon. north shore is looking 4-6′ and pretty clean. the buoy is still pretty big so watch out for freak 8-10′ sets. 4 guys are out at pipe now. backdoor looking good. i’m heading out there. have a nice day….

big news!!! andy irons withdraws from 2009 WCT world tour. yeah, no andy irons, and no bruce irons on tour in 2009. that’s going to suck. 2 of the best surfers in the world and both from hawaii. now if kelly slater quits too, professional surfing will be finished. surfing needs their stars and andy and bruce were two of the biggest ones. hope they make a full comeback in 2010….

this is kazubo-san and kazuma-san the other day at kewalos. just wanted to say hello to everybody in okinawa. hello!!! and thanks for the emails. hope to see you guys soon….

hey guys, come feb. 11th, i’m going to get my new blackberry curve that i’ve been waiting for. from that day on, your going to see live shit. i mean, real time surf reports. keep posted…
**one last thing. it was wakita getting hurt the other day at pipeline, then yesterday, another japanese surfer got hurt out there. i don’t want to say his name because i don’t think his family in japan even knows yet. the 25 year old kid since i’ve known since he was 10 years old in the hospital being carefully watched. seeing him in the hospital last night suffering like that broke my heart. if it wasn’t for fellow surfers out there, he wouldn’t be with us. hey guys, please surf safe. the waves in hawaii are no joke and people are getting hurt everyday. watch out for everybody and don’t push your limits. i’ve been to queen’ hospital too many times and hate the feeling of waiting for the ambulance, or medevac helicopter bringing my friends in. that’s one of the worst feelings in the world… i’m just praying for a full recovery….