good evening. woke up early and felt kind of tired. maybe from spending 9 hours in the water these past 2 days? i had my boards packed and was ready to go to the north shore. then last minute, i decided to take a day off. it’s still early in the season and the waves aren’t going anywhere right? i probably saved a broken board, and possibly a broken bone.
i drove over to bowls and had a treat! perfect waves with 5 surfers out. toda-san, takami-san, maki-san, mari-chan, and one other local. really? we had bowls to ourself and it was going off!! it was so clean that i felt like i was in macaroni’s. everybody was happy and excited! after i came in, i was thinking to myself.. “wow, i surfed pipe/backdoor for the past 2 days and i had more fun today in town?” i guess surfing perfect waves of any size with your close friends is what surfing is all about. i felt like a kid again…
camping at pipe? wow, cool….
thank you sugimoto-san from bali for sending me this photo. is this really changu sandbar? perfection!!!
hey masato-san from niigata. thank you for sending me this photo. how come nobody is out? oh my gosh!!! i would surf that all day long!!! and ramen party in hawaii? LET’S DO IT!!!
the 20th anniversary party is set for HARD REEF IN OKINAWA!! it’s happening on november 27th at hard reef. i’m so bummed i can’t make it!! i know that party is going to be fun, fun, and fun!!! i want to congratulate Kazubo-san for 20 years of making millions of people happy, including me.
to: Kazubo-san and Hard Reef Staff,
thank you for everything. i know you for more than 10 years and you guys are like family to me. i respect your lifestyle, respect your friendship, and respect your “mensore” spirit. by going to okinawa all these years, i learned how to become a nicer person, i learned how to welcome people to hawaii with the “aloha” spirit, and i learned how hard the reef is. my scar on my shoulder won’t go away… haha..
anyway, have a great time. take a shot of “jacksan” for me and i’ll take one for you!!! kanpai!!!
wish you many more years of happiness….
aloha, kirby
