Oalkey Grom Contest in Chiba….

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was looking through my photo library and found this photo. i don’t know how i got it or who took it. but this is my friend matchi doing a pretty sick ass layback snap at either backdoor or off the wall. i think this was a few years ago. sick photo….
**since i started doing youtube. been getting some comments here and there. then sometimes, i’ll get an email too. 99.5% of them good emails but once in a while, i get some wise ass. yeah, somebody who thinks they know everything. well, more than me. haha… just joking. so a week ago, this spear fisher guy from florida wrote me saying that there are only small fish in japan. and the water is too dirty to dive. and that i should go to florida. and on and on. he was pretty much writing to me like i was lying about diving or something. i just let that mail slide and erased it. until i was going through my iphoto and came across this photo i forgot i had.

so here’s to that smart ass mr. know it all in florida. this is japan. japan has big fish, japan has clean water, and no, i’m not going to florida to dive. if i go to florida, the only place i’m going to florida disneyland. and one more thing, before you start saying things about other countries, get a passport…. and sorry for being a smart ass myself. sometimes i just have to let it out. we call that in english: VENTING….
**i took that photo of air force soldier rob with a huge tuna in a place known for small fish and dirty water, JAPAN….
**anyway, going to close my laptop and head to chiba. i gotta surf. and there is a big oakley grom contest this weekend so i’m going to cheer on all the kids. shun, kairi, nao, kent, and everybody else…. ganbatte!!!
**and last, i haven’t had time to go through all my emails recently. i only have limited internet access so that’s when i do this blog thing. if you have an emergency, call me. if not, please be patient before i get back to your mail. i’m not going to chiba to sit in front of my computer responding to emails. i’m going to chiba to SURF!! yeah, GO-NAMINORI….

KIRBY FUKUNAGA
ハワイで生まれ育ち、プロサーファー、フォイラー、スキンダイバー、カメラマンの肩書きを持ち、ウォーターマンとして、海で多くの時間を過ごし、海から多くのモノをもらいながら生活しています。彼が伝えようとしていることは、海がある生活は僕らを豊かにしてくれるということ。そして、自分だけではなく、いろいろなことをみんなにシェアし、人生を楽しむということ。現在は、ハワイでプライベートサーフィンガイドを主催。
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