gosh, surfing with Ai-san and Rika-san seems like so long ago. BUT, it was only a week ago from today! are my trips short? or is my memory getting short? or both?
Ai-san with the perfect smile paddling out early morning.
great job Ai-san!
and great job Rika-san! you girls did so great! thank you for the wonderful surf morning! and can’t believe i still went straight to the airport with sand on my feet. haha.
Akeo and Matsuo for the DJ’s. both cool guys with great surfing in their blood. both Dove riders for over 20 years. says a lot about these guys loyalty.
so happy that Asayama-san drove all the way from Saitama to see me. we had a great time in hawaii this summer and i was happy to hear all his stories on how he loves surfing so much. a great man with a brand new life at 66 years old. just ask Asayama-san and he will tell you that it’s never too late to start surfing.
and it’s never too late to start yoga too! after his first ever yoga session together in hawaii, Asayama-san went back to japan and practices frequently. so stoked for his new genki lifestyle!
the contest was amazing! just happy faces everywhere! good to see grass roots surfing living on for 40 years of excellence.
everybody supporting each other. from start to finish, everybody was winners!
Shin-san always with plenty of aloha!
last, check out this cool outside bath in chigasaki. awesome!
