good morning. 6:15am aloha friday. got some pretty good waves in town. 3′ solid with semi-clean conditions. 7 guys out at rockpiles and 15 out at bowls. bowsl will probably get more packed today because of the kids practicing for the big contest out there this weekend. gosh, i fell asleep at 8pm last night. i was so tired from all the diving excitement yesterday. i even had nightmares about sharks. gosh, i will never get that images of those sharks we seen out of my head. it didn’t seem real but it was. i was thinking that if i didn’t see that shark heading full speed straight for my brother, kyle, and shawn, what would have happened? would it have backed off? would it have attacked? would my brother have fainted in the water if he looked up and seen it coming straight for him? haha… seeing things like that makes me really think. i know that wasn’t the first time it’s happened. it probably happens all the time but we just don’t see it. surfing and diving has it’s risks and sharks is just one of them. surf and dive safe…..
toru-san runs surf garage. i think it’s one of the best surf shops here in hawaii. why? it’s kind of like japanese style. toru-san’s there everyday, well, after surfing bowls. hi knows his stuff about boards and equipment. his staff is pretty amazing. an pretty too. haha. and you can actually store your board there rather than spend a lot of money and hassles taking it back and forth to japan. and the best thing about surf garage is that i always feel welcomed when i walk in there….
last time i went in there, akoi-san was telling me about these paintings that just came in. some girl out on the north shore makes these and it’s pretty awesome. the same girl that designed this years jack johnson’s kokua festival poster. i wish i had some space on my wall for one of these….
click here for the link to SURF GARAGE…
