woke up early this morning for a planned fish/dive day. yes, it was storming, flood warnings, and totally crazy to even leave the house, but i left it anyway. it’s only water right?

loaded up Mayuki with spearguns, fishing poles, and friends. 1 hour after we left, we came back. haha. but hey, we got 4 fish so can’t be that bad right? at least we tried.

Mayuki was custom built from bottom to top. made sure she was built super easy to maintain. but even so, things break. thank goodness i can fix it myself.

so stoked to see my nephew on the mainstream media. he didn’t advance today, but he’ll be on the winners podium someday.

Seth Moniz sitting next to World #2 Felipe Toledo. Seth won’t back down to anyone! congratulations to making it to the round of 64 kid! your day will come!

wanted to wish Reid a very happy birthday! there are not too many places in this world you will find such an awesome couple like this.

waikiki is beautiful even when it’s stormy!

good to see Kimura-san, Atsuko-san, Matsu, and Yashi all having a great time in bali. you guys really make me jealous. i wish i could be there too! Salamat Pagi!

still tripping out on the free diving in mexico. i would love to go back again someday with my good camera. it was one of the most magical things i’ve ever experienced underwater.

and visiting Cuba was also a highlight of my travel life. just going to unknown places with such uncertainty is kind of freaky. but that’s the way i like to travel. freak out and experience the unknown.

now that i’m back in america, i wished i took more photos in Cuba. you won’t see things like this for too much longer.

Watanabe-san and i came back to town yesterday after watching the contest all morning. and after watching all that surfing, we wanted to surf too. we pulled up to ala moana and it was perfect! super glassy conditions and super good waves.

i can tell there is another south swell on the way. how? because when you see two waves with this close intervals, it means something is pushing something. south swell this weekend? i think so.

the waves were so glassy and perfect! i was looking for any opportunity to get barreled. and guess what? i did!

back in Cancun remembering my epic trip! can’t wait to hit the road again.

Heavy Rain! Welcome to Winter in Hawaii!
Good morning 6am.
North shore 2-3′ and clean.
Haleiwa chest high and contest ON!
Ala Moana chest high and bumpy.
Heavy rain today and tomorrow.
Windy East winds at 20mph.
Going wet fishing.
Have a wonderful day!