good evening. the wind was bad, the water was dirty, and the swell created a surge that made it a bad diving day. but when you really want to do something, you just do it. well, that’s what i do. so off it was for a dive in green murky water….

this is ryo kubota. i met ryo through my blog. ryo is attending university of hawaii and is going for his PHD in biology. for all of you who don’t know what that means, i’ll tell you. your going to have to call him doctor soon and getting a PHD from the university of hawaii ain’t easy. in fact, you need to be very smart. anyway, ryo is an active member of the surf rider foundation and is in charge of putting on the event about Rokkasho in hawaii. what is Rokkasho? it’s something every single person living on this precious earth should know. and thanks to ryo, now is your chance. i’ll give you more information on the showings coming up july 12, and 13th at the UH campus. i heard japanese pro longboarder david kinoshita and former surf foundation japan director masuo uedo are guest speaking. i encourage all of you to go and i’ll be there for sure. anyway, back to ryo. ryo is from kamogawa and knows a lot of people i also know. so when he told me that he wanted to go diving, automatic. so we hooked up today and headed out on not the best of conditions. but you know what? we had fun and that’s all that counts…..

ok, so we catch some fish and get ready for our last dive because it was getting late. we jump in, i spear a big nenue and blood was everywhere. normally, i would put the fish on my belt stringer but i had a funny feeling all day long. i dive out sand island a lot and i see sharks all the time. the water was murky all day so i decided to put it on ryo’s float. yeah, carrying a dead fish in murky water in shark country is not a good idea. anyway, we headed to the inside to get more fish. i was only 10′ deep so i went down to the bottom and waited for the fish to come in. all of a sudden, this huge 10’+ shark came from behind about 3′ on the side of me. he passed me, turned around and looked me straight in the eye. i had my spear pointed straight at his eye. i didn’t panic because i know that this guy meant business. so i stared at him and held my ground until he turned away. then he started swimming in ryo’s direction. i came up and yelled “SHARK”… luckily ryo heard me. the water was so dirty that he couldn’t see it. that was a good thing. because if he did, he could have had a heart attack. and i ain’t joking. i remember the first time i seen a shark, i freaked out and my heart was pumping so fast that i was hyperventilating. anyway, after we came in, ryo told me that he was bummed that he didn’t see the shark. i was thinking to myself, “this guys nuts”…..
**anyway, tomorrow’s another day. wake up, check out the conditions, and enjoy another day in paradise…. good night…
**and big rights video coming tomorrow… got all the boys in there….

good sunday morning. 7:30am and finally the waves came down on all shores. knee/waist high and there’s like 20 guys out at bowls. and more at the park. wow, more people today than the other day when the waves were much bigger. because it’s sunday? anyway, the conditions look excellent for diving so diving it will be. going to look for tako. wish me luck… bye bye

took my fisheye lens to snappers last thursday to watch russ and ciara sing. gosh, it was so cool sitting in a bar in waikiki, sipping on a beer, and listening to my friend and niece jam to some music. awesome…

happy music, happy faces…

with every band, you have fans. and fans there were…

and with every bar, you have a bartender. meet sandy….

good evening, what a relax day it was for me. i put on my a/c, closed all the doors and windows, and chilled out. finally getting up to date on my emails and stuff. just got off the phone with my sister who’s in california with the kids. she said that it’s been perfect over there. trestles has been the spot and guys like kelly slater and all the top guns have been ripping it up. kelia’s been ripping on her shortboard. knowing her, she’ll probably quit longboarding, focus more on surfing, then get burnt out shortboarding, and start bodyboarding. haha.. just joking.. as long as she’s winning and happy, i guess you can’t say anything. but i’m so happy for the kids because they are all representing hawaii well. other news, how’s the typhoon in the philippines? watched some footage of flooding and stuff. shit, looks heavy… i hope everything is ok. as for hawaii, perfect weather coming up this week along with another south swell on tuesday. i was tuning up my gun and might have to hit a dive tomorrow. i feel like eating tako so might do some tako hunting. have a great weekend….

went to imanas last night to celebrate yoshi’s birthday. it’s been a while since i’ve been there so i was looking forward to the chanko nabe. this is satoshi-san cooking it up for us. satoshi-san works there and is hayato’s friend. small world yeah? thanks satoshi….

imanas owners are from nagoya. so the taste of the food and the sake collection are nagoya based. the chanko nabe is probably the best i’ve ever eaten. and when you got friends from japan saying that it’s the best nabe they have eaten too, that says a lot. after eating all this yummy stuff, the put the rice in, drop in an egg, and you got another meal. can’t beat it…

japanese style is to eat and drink, then move on to another place to do the same thing, eat and drink. we ended up at petite garlic because this is where this crew got to know each other. and this is where i got to know them. after some beers, wine, sake, and two bottles of tequila, i got up on the table and started dancing. haha.. just joking…

wanted to say happy birthday to yoshi again and wish him a safe flight back to japan…. oh, that’s if he made it to the airport….

also wanted to thank chef koki-san and chef roy at petite garlic for preparing the katsuo tataki for us. it was awesome….