had some photos on my desktop so wanted to post them before i delete it. been talking to a lot of snowboarders in hawaii recently. most of them going to whistler in america. in fact, one of my good friend has been going to whistler for the past 15 years. then last year, he went to hokkaido for the first time. he told me “what the heck was i thinking!!! hokkaido is the best! i will never go back to whistler again!” i told him “yup, Gerry Lopez told me that hokkaido is the Pipeline of snow. that says a lot.
snowboarding in waist high deep powder comes close to surfing. it’s like riding the foam!
everybody asks me if i’m going back to Niseko again. here is my answer “not planning to anytime soon. i don’t know how to take things slow. if i get the chance to go full speed in life, i will go full speed. i pretty much charged my hardest on that mountain. if i hit a tree, i’d be dead. so i’m taking a break from snowboarding because i love my life.”
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this spot is called “Cobra’s” and it’s off treasure island in the banyaks. this is Matsu on a gem! i stuck out my camera as he came flying around me. got the perfect shot that morning. makes me want to go on a boat trip again to surf perfect waves with my good friends.
the boys in el salvador took over 3000 photos of us. i looked at it all and found this golden moment. here is my good amigo friend Satoko coming from behind on one of the best sessions of my life. sunset time, no people, good waves, and a session i will remember for the rest of my life. i totally love this photo because it reminds me of that special time. great surfing amigo!
