good chilly friday evening. wow, after 2 hours of sleep last night, hayato and i went for an early morning dive. we were in the water at first light. the water was clean and a good day to dive but after throwing up in my snorkel, it was time to head in. that was at 10am. we caught fish which was good, but at the same time, i saw something that freaked me out….

remember this huge navy ship that was stuck on the reef for 4 days???? well, initially the navy said that it got stuck on a sandy bottom so there was minimal reef damage. BULLSHIT!!! BULLSHIT!!! i have a GPS and one of my favorite dive spots happens to be where the ship got stuck. i found the mark, jumped in, and what i seen was horrifying… the precious reef that held a lot of big fish, WAS FREAKING GONE… COMPLETELY WIPED OUT FLAT. what was left was big chunks of reef spread out like a freakin battlefield or something. it looked like a 100000 ton rolling pin rolled over the reef and took out everything in it’s path. and no fish was anywhere to be seen. i was bummed, and freakin pissed off. yeah, the navy screwed up and got one of their ships stuck, but to come out after and say that it was a sandy bottom? that’s bullshit!! i dive out there a lot and know all the reef out there like my backyard. and to see one huge area completely wiped out was sad. and now they want to glue the reef back? oh my gosh… it’s going to take thousands of years to bring back the life that was taken away. for divers like myself, i compare this to somebody blowing up the reef at ala moana bowls for surfers or something. that bad….

this is how big the navy ship was. my favorite reef and fish are gone and i will never ever see it come back in my lifetime… somebody’s got to pay for this….

our day started out fine… leaving the harbor watching another amazing sunrise… but after what i seen today, i’m still traumatized…

6:30AM DIVING DAWN PATROL…

good morning. 5am aloha friday. waves are small, winds are north so north shore, forget it. diamond head is probably your best spot for surfing. town is your best spot for diving. going to go wake the boys up and go diving… wish us luck…. have a nice day…

it’s amazing how surfing brings people from all walks of life together. if it wasn’t for go-naminori, i wouldn’t have half the friends i have today. just wanted to thank everybody for that!! and thanks hayato, naoka, yoko, and jacksan for a great time last night….

hey, go-naminori’s been getting a lot of emails about the new 75-85 surfing japan history book. what is it? where do i get it? as for me, i don’t know what it is because i haven’t seen it. but here is how you can get it…