good evening. they ran round 1 at the x-cel pro today at sunset. the waves looked 3-5′ with shifty and windy conditions but they had to get it started. got a call from a friend saying the waves were shitty on the north shore so i jumped in at bowls. there were some 3′ sets and it was super fun. more solid south swells on the way. still waiting for a huge west swell to take the sand off the beach at pipeline. then i’m surfing backdoor everyday…. yeah!!!! until then, i’m saving my gas….
check out one of my favorite waves in the world. this was yesterday. shit, i missed out. this wave is so good. it’s actually similar to cloud 9 in a way. meaning, barrel after barrel. this is somewhere in japan and i ain’t saying where. want to thank kobayashi-san from selection surf shop for the pics….
i was actually jealous when i seen these photos. i know how good this place can get and i know how it feels getting barreled there. makes me want to jump on the next flight back to japan. surf and sushi. can’t beat that….
LOCALS RULE HERE!!!
and check out cloud 9 yesterday. typhoon 20 action. this is gerry from sagana getting tube time. gerry was super busy during the contest last month that he was complaining to me that he couldn’t get in the water. now that nobody’s around, he’s probably laughing in the barrel. go get um gerry. more barrels heading your way….
round x-cel pro heat 5 results. top 3 advance. wow….
2 Red 12.00 KENTA HAYASHI JPN
1 White 12.50 TATSUYA FUKAGAWA JPN
3 Yellow 9.66 NAOTO TAKANAHI JPN
4 Black 8.73 IAN ROTGANS USA
5 Green 7.50 KAINOA MCGEE HAW
6 Orange 5.60 ARJUNA MORGAN HAW
shota nakamura, kyohei yamada, and joe tanaka also advanced to round 2. go-japan…..
look down south!!! huge storms!!! tahiti will probably be huge. and another solid south swell coming next week. save gas, surf town….
***one last thing. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHIAKI!!!! TANJYOBI OMEDETOU GOZAIMASU….
i stole this photo off chiaki’s blog. save a piece of cake for me… check out the rest of CHIAKI’S BIRTHDAY PARTY PHOTOS BY CLICKING HERE….
