good evening. gosh, what a surprise today. i thought the waves went down so i headed to the park to jump in and get wet at concessions. but when i pulled up, big rights was going off. and nobody was out. well, guys were out but not too many. the wave were perfect… some barrels, and some clean ripable faces. winner of the last 6 star kekoa basalco paddled out and just killed it. fresh off the plane from the other side of the world. yeah, it takes 2 days of traveling to get back to hawaii. been there, done that. and don’t want to do it again. it took me weeks for my body and mind to get back to normal. anyway, the waves are going off here in hawaii and the weather is perfect. sleeping early because can’t wait till tomorrow…. good night….

i was at pier 38 the other day driving around and noticed this new restaurant. uncle’s fish market and grill. being the curious guy i am, i parked my car and went on in….

the inside was pretty cool. good atmosphere and great menu. kind of expensive but if you want fresh seafood, nowhere is cheap. if it’s cheap, don’t eat it…. did anybody try here before? please let me know before i spend $20 on lunch the next time i’m around that area…

palolo valley has an olympic size pool. and it’s free for everyone. i never use to appreciate it until i started going to japan and payed $5-10 to jump into a pool the size of a jacuzzi. not including $6 for parking, and $10 of toll road fees to get there. lucky i live hawaii….

and last, who ever has been stealing the empty bottles from kiki’s every night, please stop it. the kids in our schools need it more than you….

good morning. 6:45am on this beautiful wednesday morning. wow, did you see the lakers/celtics game last night? it was awesome.. well, my team won so i guess it’s awesome. to all you lakers fans out there, sorry… haha… well, still got some waves in town and on the north shore. seen some shoulder high sets in town but got some morning sickness conditions. wait, i just seen a 3′ set at bowls. the trades are starting to kick in so it should clean up as the day goes along. it doesn’t look that crowded so get out there and enjoy before the next south swell crowd hits this weekend. laniakea looks super fun too. 10 guys out with chest high and epic conditions. waves everywhere for everybody. i’m outta hea….

i wanted to thank shinobu-san for sending me these photos from japan. this is matsuo and tatsuya teaching her kids ryoma and taku how to surf in chigasaki. those kids are the cutest. and matsu and tatsuya are the coolest….

hey, isn’t that alyssa? yeah it is, alyssa is in japan doing promotions for RLM wetsuits. it’s so amazing how everybody is linked somehow. everybody knows somebody and somebody knows everybody so everybody knows everybody. get it? that’s the cool thing about the surfing world. it’s so huge, but at the same time, so small….

and last, wanted to wish yoshi a happy birthday. he busted out this expensive bottle of red wine last night. that was the best dam red wine i’ve ever tasted. after a couple glasses, i forgot what it was called…[:????????????:][:????????????:]
**and last last, i was wondering how golfers get hurt all the time. tiger woods has a bad knee? how? how do you get hurt playing golf? did he fall off the cart? i just don’t get it. i play golf and the only way i almost got hurt was when i tripped over a tree root when i went to take a piss…

good evening. another great day here in paradise. the waves are around and doesn’t want to go away. headed down to queen’s this morning to meet up with shuji, jun, and photographer kondo-san for a morning photo session. i stuck my camera in my pocket and had a blast surfing, shooting video, surfing, and shooting video. so many of my friends were out so it was pretty cool. the waves were still good and there are more and more south swells on the way. and yeah, the north shore was going off today too. waves for everybody. this is the best summer in hawaii for many years. and it’s just the beginning… everybody be happy and go naminori….
**oh, just wanted to thank everybody for the nice emails. been getting a lot from all over the world and am pretty stoked about it. i really appreciate you guys checking out my blog would do more if i had a secretary. haha… just joking… but thanks again and to all the guys that send me emails about showing more chicks on my blog, go easy. it’s not good for the kids… if you want to see that kind of photos, go buy a playboy magazine…
**anyway, check out the action from waikiki this morning. got some sweet video of shuji and jun rippin it up. and got some sweet video of some hot chicks.. wait, i didn’t say that…. haha… enjoy….