happy thanksgiving!!! gobble gobble…. i had my turkey last night and i’m still so full. it’s 6:30am on this cold thursday morning. i love these north winds. as for the waves, still got some on the north shore but the winds are onshore so the conditions are junky. town is super clean again and looks like there is a little swell coming in. the winds are straight off shore. diamond head is the spot again. i’m going surfing!! have a nice day. gobble gobble….

we call this fish “opelu kala” in hawaiian, or also known as “Sleek Unicornfish”. you can’t spear them if their under 16 inches. this one was 20 inches and i know that because i measured him up before i shot him. a lot of people don’t know but this fish is the best eaten “sashimi” style. and you can also throw it on the barbecue. i really like the white meat so when i see big ones, i spear them and bring it home…. so good….

by going on so many boat trips, i learned how to filet fish. sometimes i wish i didn’t because i always have to do it. but i don’t mind once i get a sample of it, it’s all good. we had this one for pupu’s last night at my moms….

i love sashimi. especially when it’s a fish i catch. so fresh and so free. by the way, these fish are from the “knife fish” family and the reason is that there are knifes on the tail that can cut you like a razor blade. that’s their defense. be careful while handling these guys. a lot of divers end up going to the hospital and getting stitches… oh, and when you spear them, go for the head. don’t break the belly sack because it stinks. and a body shot makes for junk sashimi. so go for the head and don’t let them cut you like a knife….

this is page 112-113 of the cloud 9 article. this spread is naoki getting shacked. naoki pulled up to sairgao over 10 years ago, bought the best piece of land with partner gerry. and now together, they own the famous “sagana resort” that’s right in front of cloud 9. safe, clean, good food, nice people, and epic waves. what more could you ask for???? thanks again naoki for taking care of us…

good evening. this is the view i get when i leave my house early in the morning. makes me think “wow, it’s going to be a beautiful day”… and yes it was a beautiful day…

check out diamond head this morning. sick!!! the waves were only 2′ but it was as epic as it gets. we ended up surfing kewalo’s and it was epic too. town was clean all day long…

something not too clean was the ala wai again today. drove by there and seen all this crap in the water. can’t believe this is hawaii. come on government, if you want tourist coming here, you better clean up this place. this is waikiki. unbelievable….

nao-chan from japan came to hawaii today to hang out with kelia. we went surfing, watched surf videos, and are about to eat a giant feast now… be back later…

nao-chan brought me some ratio fins from toyo ohashi-san. looks killer and can’t wait to try it. thanks so much toyo-san…
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good morning. 5am here on this dark wednesday morning. i slept so dam early last night that i couldn’t sleep. i feel like i drank 5 cans of red bull or something. anyway, got a lot to do today so i’m off to a good start. first, going surfing…. the waves in the north shore should be huge. the north buoy is 14 ft. 15 sec. that’s pretty dam big. expect high surf advisory to be posted and expect big waves at the contest at haleiwa today. and expect a bigger swell this weekend that should post high warning advisories, and expect all the sand from ehukai beach park to be taken off the beach and form perfect sandbars, and expect pipeline to be epic next week, and expect me to be out there…. gosh, a lot to expect for 5am. i’m out of here…

what’s up guys. uh vs. boise football SOLD OUT!!! 50,000 EXPECTED… GO WARRIORS… and if your lucky enough to go to the game, check out some infomation: UH FOOTBALL INFO…..

no, this is not sunny garcia, this is a sketch of the guy who punched a tourist on halloween night in the face on kalakaua avenue in waikiki. that punch knocked him unconscious and sent him to the hospital for 2 weeks. note: this guy is not wearing a mask. if you know him, call crimestoppers at 955-8300. we have to protect our tourists….

and no, this is not a sketch. these are my 2 nieces at my moms house last night. they are helping out with preparation for thanksgiving dinner. see, we have our dinner on the night before thanksgiving day. according to my mom, that way, our whole family can be together. then on thanksgiving day, you can do as pleased. we do that for christmas and new years too. i think that’s a great idea. can’t wait for tonight… quack quack. i think that’s what a turkey says before he gets his head chopped off. or was it a duck? whateva, same thing….

and here is a better photo of that double rainbow the other day. i took this with my olympus camera. nice…. now get out of your house and have a nice day. plenty of rainbows to come…..