good evening. the winds today picked up twice as much compared to yesterday. but if you still wanted to surf some fun waves, diamond head was the spot. i surfed bowls this morning. 3 guys out. it was waist high and perfect. then surfed diamond head lighthouse this afternoon. 3 guys out. shoulder high and super choppy but i had a great time. i guess windy waves is more challenging because when you pick a good one, your stoked… more windy waves until sunday so better get use to it. no south swells or north swells on the way either so better get use to that too. i’m just happy to be able to surf uncrowded waves here in hawaii…
**gosh, i was walking around the streets of bangkok and was tripping out on how beautiful the women there were. all my friends told me that thailand has the most beautiful women in the world… i didn’t want to get arrested taking photos of girls so i took these off the web. check it out…..

this girl will turn any of the boys heads if she walked into a club in hawaii… and if you said no way, your lying….

those are real. hey, i’m talking about her eyes…

those are real too. hey, i’m talking about her ear rings…
**so there it is, 3 beautiful thailand girls right? WRONG….. these are “Ladyboys”…. yeah, ladies that are really boys. don’t believe me? you better or else i’ll send you the bottom parts of the photos i cut off. then you might throw up…. if my blog wasn’t rated PG, i would post it. and my mom won’t be too happy about it. haha…. but it’s pretty funny because “Ladyboys” are all over thailand and you won’t be able to tell the difference, especially the ones that get the full operations. i don’t know why they do it, but what ever makes them happy, it’s all good…. the funny thing is when i got back to hawaii, all my female friends started to look like boys to me… haha… just joking… have a great evening and better check your girl again… haha….

good morning. 6:30am thursday morning. small surf around the island. east wind swell hitting sandy’s and makapuu and wrapping around to diamond head. want to know where the best surf will be today? go surf diamond head around 1 or 2pm. that’s going to be the call today. see you in the water….

went to therapy sports bar out in hawaii kai last night. pretty cool place. i wish we had that bar when i was living out there. anyway, bumped into calvin maeda. calvin is the marketing manager for steinlager beer here in hawaii. he turned us on to the new STEINLAGER PURE. it’s a new beer that just came out. get this, no additives and no preservatives. made from water, malted barley, hops, and yeast. sound familiar? yes, just like bintang beer in indonesia. so chemicals so no hangover. i was in the middle of my corona when calvin bought me the steinlager and after i took my first sip, i couldn’t finish my corona. it tasted really smooth with no aftertaste. ended up drinking that all night. from now on, i’m drinking STEINLAGER PURE….

they are having a $3/beer promotion out at therapy and other bars in hawaii. try it, i’m sure you’ll like it….

when i picked up tony and seth from narita airport in japan, this is what they got to see on the way back to shonan. i had to stop the car to take this photo. gosh, i could never get bored of looking at mt. fuji. it’s just too magical…

then we dropped by the dove factory to pick up some wetsuits. these are not just dove workers, this is one big family…

good evening. drove around today checking the waves in town. i knew it was small and windy but i wanted to see it with my own eyes….

pulled up to diamond head around 1pm. the waves looked so fun at cliffs and lighthouse. head high, clean, and not too many surfers out. i was so dam lazy today. i really wanted to surf but didn’t want to walk down the cliff and paddle all the way out. one week ago, i would have jumped off the cliff to surf. i just felt like being lazy today so i came home and took a nap. a much needed nap… by the way, is golden week over? where are all the japanese? been driving through waikiki and haven’t seen too many tourists. heard the hotels are pretty slow too. i can’t figure it out? the dollar is so dam weak now you can buy anything you want here. anyway, where ever you spent your golden week this year, hope you had a great time….

this is my mom’s remote control. i thought it was a joke. this thing is bigger than my laptop….

check out little kairi’s off the lip at uluwatu’s. this kid’s going to get good… wait, he already is…. check out kairi’s blog by CLICKING HERE….

speaking of groms, the volcom VQS championships is coming up this weekend in california. 14 and under grom division winner gets $8,000. that’s sick… i’m watching it live and cheering on the kids…. who? isaiah moniz, seth moniz, kelia moniz, and nao omura…. yeah, they all had to qualify to get into this prestigious contest. go get um guys and girls. kick some ass…
**for more information: CLICK HERE….
**and last. some sad news from Myanmar. if you don’t know where myanmar is, it’s right next to thailand and use to be called Burma. the cyclone hit there a few days ago and the death toll might exceed 100,000 people. i really feel for these third world countries that are affected by natural disasters. why? because most people die because there are no warning systems set up. we are so lucky here in america that we have top experts forecasting weather events and have all kinds of warning signals which give us time to prepare. but in countries such as myanmar, indonesia, philippines, and most third world countries, there are no such warnings. you could be outside flying a kite and here comes a cyclone. or you could be drinking a maitai at the beach and here comes a 40′ tsunami. that’s how they live their everyday lives. whole entire families can be taken out in a flash. pretty scary yeah? something to think about…. check out this list of worst natural disasters in the world’s history. this past cyclone in myanmar will probably make the list…
Bhola cyclone, Bangladesh (East Pakistan), 1970. Death toll estimated at 150,000 to 550,000.
Hooghly River cyclone, India and Bangladesh, 1737. Death toll: 350,000.
Haiphong typhoon, Vietnam, 1881. Death toll: 300,000.
Coringa cyclone, India, 1839. Death toll: 300,000.
Backerganj cyclone, Bangladesh, 1584. Death toll: 200,000.
Great Backerganj Cyclone, Bangladesh, 1876. Death toll: 200,000.
Chittagong cyclone, Bangladesh, 1897. Death toll: 175,000.
Super Typhoon Nina, China, 1975. Death toll: 171,000.
Cyclone 02B, Bangladesh, 1991. Death toll: 140,000.
Great Bombay Cyclone, India (from the Arabian Sea), 1882. Death toll: 100,000.