gosh, still buzzing from last night. here are some photos. got much more to come….

thanks so much takahashi-san from “The Beach” for the best sushi…. hope you made it home alright….

this was us at the sushi bar having a ball. it’s so cool to see surfers that don’t dive, and divers that don’t surf get along. we all had a great time…

here is okinawa’s pro surfer legend satoru-san, “the beach hotel” owner takahashi-san, jacksan, expert diver kevin from italy, and photographer bruddah josh from the west side. thanks so much guys…
**and kevin, if your reading this, how’s your beautiful pink toe nails?? don’t ever sleep on us again. haha…. i don’t know a guy with pink nails can spear such a big ass dogtooth tuna. cheers….

good morning. 8am here on this hangover tuesday. gosh, it’s been 4 or 5 years since i’ve been here in okinawa and i forgot how fun it is down here. we went to surf sunabe yesterday and i bumped into so many old time friends. we all had dinner together and a few drinks after. well, a lot of drinks after. okinawa style is to have a big sayonara party the day before somebody leaves. and last night was no exception. satoru-san and takahashi-san took all of us out for some local style fun. i was laughing so much that my throat is sore. had a blast…. you know something, the people here are the coolest. it’s island style living and i love it. i use to come here every year until 4 years ago. i missed out a lot and ain’t missing out anymore. got the greatest surfer friends and diving friends. i’ll be back here every year from now on. so wanted to say thanks again to all the people here in okinawa who made this such a great experience for me. see you guys in hawaii….

i was in tokyo and seen this poster. “NO TRAVEL, NO LIFE”. enough said…..

good morning. 7am in okinawa. gosh, i was so tired last night but couldn’t sleep. just kept on thinking about the past 2 days of diving. the things i seen were like out of a national geographic show. the sharks, the bait fish, the ulua’s, tha mahimahi’s, ono’s, and the dog tooth tunas. the only thing i can think about now is getting back to hawaii and heading to the dive store to buy more equiptment. i usually go reef diving so it’s a lot different than blue water, or open ocean diving. need a bigger gun, longer tagline, bigger floats, and just everything bigger. even bigger balls…. when i first jumped off the boat in the deep blue, i was kind of scared. then after i started feeling comfortable. nothing bothered me. i was like in another world. the deep blue world. and i like it a lot. so to my diving friends back in hawaii, get your shit and balls together because we’re going deep!!! but before that, i’m going deep in indonesia. diving and surfing. oh, and about surfing, i didn’t forget about that. i’m just in diving world now and after i catch my first wave out at sunabe, i will get back into surfing world. but for now, i’m going to finish my oatmeal and head out of here….

james oshiro took this photo of me. look far in the distance and you can see a school of mahimahi’s. shit, i can’t wait to do it again.

anyway, leaving you off with a sick ass okinawan sunrise. have a great day where ever you are and what ever your doing….