good evening. waves were big on the north shore this morning but dropped all day. and will be dropping this weekend until the next big swell hits on monday morning. perfect time for the bodyboarding contest at pipe. i wish there are waves everyday so they can get that 3 day event over and done. then about 300 bodyboarders will go back home. that’s the last contest of the year for pipe/backdoor so it’s time for the patient people like me to get some good waves. i can’t wait. as for tomorrow, i’m dawn patroling somewhere. then when the winds blow onshore, maybe go underwater patrol…. just got to wake up and see. when i was a kid and was looking forward to something the next day, i would sleep early because i thought the next morning would come faster. that’s how i feel now. so goodnight and abc u tomorrow…

drove past diamond head today and the waves looked super fun. lighthouse had like 25 guys out and cliffs only had 5. so i went out to cliffs and had a fun session. i haven’t surfed out there for a while so i forgot how slow that wave was. it took me a couple of waves until i finally slowed down my surfing. then i was just riding the wave and going with the flow….

WCT pro surfer chris ward can’t go to australia for the first WCT contest at snapper rocks due to his pending case. he’s up shit creek and hope he can find a way out of it or he’ll be missing more contests than that….

and went to check on the piggies this evening…. 3 little piggies left so 3 fresh liver sashimi’s…. get the sesame oil and salt ready….
**and last, i was looking for police tickets on internet for the sold out show tomorrow night. i came across this ad. this guy is selling 3 tickets and when i read his ad, i couldn’t stop laughing….. check it out…
THREE POLICE tickets on the aisle Sec.24 Sunday Night !
It’s Valentines Day week-end ! ,
take your wife AND girlfriend to see the Police !
Hard tickets for Sunday 2/17 show.
Seats are on the aisle sec. 22 row K . 109 each. Buy 1 , 2 Or all 3 !

**i’m going to the concert to see who’s sitting in those seats.. haha….

good morning. 6:45am aloha friday. the waves way down on the north shore but still big. got 8 guys out at pipe now but it doesn’t look that good. maybe some 8′ sets and more out of the north. town has some chest high sets with 4 guys out at bowls and 8 guys and a standup paddle surfer out at the park. looks like it’s going to be a nice day. see you in the water….

check out how nice diamond head was yesterday… head high, warm weather, and uncrowded…..

they ran the KU IKAIKA CHALLENGE at makaha point yesterday in 15-18′ surf. congratulations to aaron napoleon for winning it….

and check out this shot of pepen carving out a heart at keramas on valentines day….

and last, i heard japan was cold yesterday and yes, it looked cold….[:???:][:???:][:???:] makes me want to sit in front of a fire and eat nabe… and drink hot sake….[:??????:][:??????:][:??????:]

good evening. huge waves on the north and west shores today with the high surf warning posted. stayed in town and surfed with the super kids again…..

we pulled up to kewalo’s and the waves were going off!! only 2 guys out with off shore shoulder high perfect waves. we surfed for almost 4 hours straight. super fun session….

kairi is one of the cutest kids i’ve ever seen. 8 years old and his whole surfing life ahead of him. kairi has so much energy and is always amping out. kind of like me. haha. he surfs good already and his level of surfing is just going to go up and up….

we were surfing kewalo’s for about a half an hour then guess who comes paddling out? yeah, carissa moore. i think reika freaked out when carissa paddled out and said hello to everybody in japanese. then she caught her first wave, did a huge snap throwing her tail out, then did a power backside 360. carissa was surfing really good and is going to be the one to beat at the roxy pro next week in australia. gosh, i’m glad i had my camera to get this photo….

kota is another one of the cutest kids i’ve ever seen. at 9 years old. he’s going to be the sleeper. he doesn’t talk much but you can see his determination when he surfs. i pushed him into a big set today and he charged it. well, he had too…. and half way through the session, some other surfers board hit kota’s head. he was holding his head and crying. i paddled up to him and asked if he wanted to go in. he nodded “no”. then i asked him if he wanted to go back out and surf. he nodded “yes”. so surf we did…. tough kid….

and last, meet the parents… i think it’s an awesome thing when parents support their kids in what they love to do. for these kids, it’s surfing. and to have your parents stand by you and support you 100% must be an awesome feeling. starting from the left is kaori mayaguchi’s mom, next is kota iida’s mom, then taking the video is kairi and reika noro’s mom, and in the back is grandma. i give you mothers credit in what your doing for your kids. keep up the support….