kelia and my sister worked really hard on this design on her new longboard. kelia told me not to put it on my blog because somebody might copy it. haha… so to everybody out there, please copy it… haha…
**wanted to give DAVID YI from california a plug. david sent me a pretty cool email about a month ago. when i started my blog, i told myself that if i could make people happy through it, it’s all worth it. getting email from people around the world makes me super happy and makes me want to share more and more. it’s like an addiction. yeah, i’m lucky and living a dream. but the thing i want everybody to understand is, SO CAN YOU….. CLICK HERE FOR DAVID YI’S BLOG….

**this is youtube part 2 of my wonderful day in yugawara. when i was driving back there, it was really sunny and hot but i was seeing lightning bolts in the clear sky. the kind of lightning bolts coming down onto the ocean and streets. it was nuts and i was freakin scared. the lightning here in japan kills surfers all the time. and i didn’t want it to kill me. especially when i’m driving a car. anyway, we had a barbecue on the beach, got to watch some japanese style lifeguard training, and had a great time. check it out…

when i went to thailand, i heard it’s cheap to get your teeth cleaned. so i went to this dentist near my hotel. it’s called Bangkok Dental Spa….

i was surprised how clean it was…

so i fill out the necessary forms and get a complementary wet towel, water, and some sweet watermelon…

i walked into the room and was greeted two beautiful thai doctors. gosh, it felt weird to have a girl work on my teeth. first time for me. but the cleaning went good and then they asked me if i wanted a massage. what?? a massage? what kind of massage? haha… there happened to be a spa in the dental office and they give free massages to their customers. free? yeah, i said free. i’ll take it…

one of the best foot massages i’ve ever gotten. and the shoulder massage was awesome too….

so there i was enjoying my massage when my dentist walks in. she gave me a chocolate bar. i asked her if it was ok to eat it right after i get my teeth cleaned. she said “why not?” so why not, i ate it.. only in thailand…

then her assistant asked me why i was in thailand. i told her that i wanted to go deep and explore the thai lifestyle. she went to grab a pen and paper and wrote this down. and let me tell you, that place was deeeeep in thailand….
*just wanted to say that the thailand people are awesome. so friendly and so kind. kind of reminded me of the first time i went to japan. i was so lost but everybody seemed to get me on the right track somehow…. so wanted to day “KHORB KOON”
*will i go back there? heck yeah… and if you want to go there and get your teeth cleaned by 2 hot chicks, i mean 2 beautiful dentists, eat sweet water mellon, get a free foot and shoulder massage all for $37, check out their website by CLICKING HERE…. ask for doctor lily….

good morning. yesterday i was watching 2 contests. the tahara pro in irako to the left, and the rip curl pro in bali to the right. it was a day for the hawaiians in both small shitty beach break waves to epic 100 yard perfect barreling lefts….

dustin cuizon kicked ass, pulled airs, and ripped up the waist high waves to win the tahara pro. check out the shaka….

while bruce irons was half way around the world pulling into 5′ barrels beating fellow hawaiian fred patachia in the final to win the rip curl pro. it’s about time the hawaiians start to get some results. i’m tired of watching kelly slater and the australians winning everything. i hope this is a confidence booster and hope more wins are to come. hawaii needs another world champion…. and so does japan….

gosh how time flies. a big project was in the making about a year ago that i was invited to. it’s coming up next month but i can’t talk about it too much. all i can say is that i will be somewhere in the indian ocean standing in the front of this huge boat holding my surfboard in one arm, my speargun in the other, my camera around my neck, and my a beer in my mouth. it’s called “DREAM SURF TRIP”….. shit, i can’t wait. bon voyage….
**and last, check out CHIAKI’S BLOG for a clip of the fireworks saturday night in chigasaki. pretty sick…