good morning. 3 more days till christmas!!! i went looking for a christmas tree yesterday and guess what? nothing!!! not even the fake ones. every store in hawaii is sold out of real or fake christmas trees. i’m kind of bummed….
north shore is ok. small and kind of bumpy. huge swell coming tonight. town is pretty much flat. good day to relax and enjoy the holidays…..
have a nice day!!!

my friend holli always goes the extra mile with everything she does. we had dinner last night and when i showed up at the restaurant, the table was decorated with christmas ornaments. thanks holli for keeping the christmas spirit alive!!!

i went to hanamaru restaurant for the first time. the food was pretty good and the big pitchers of kirin beer went down like water. i’m feeling it this morning… sushi, oysters, goya champur, clams, and much more!!! gochisousama deshita!!!

hey, now is your chance to meet UFC world champion fighter BJ Penn. he’s going to be over at local motion in the sheraton hotel wednesday night, december 23rd from 7-9 pm signing autographs. don’t miss it!! and when your at local motion, say hello for me to maki-san…
Here are the final rankings for the ASP WORLD TOUR FOR 2010…
ASP Top 27 (ASP World Tour)
Mick Fanning (AUS)
Joel Parkinson (AUS)
Bede Durbidge (AUS)
Taj Burrow (AUS)
Adriano de Souza (BRA)
Kelly Slater (USA)
C.J. Hobgood (USA)
Bobby Martinez (USA)
Damien Hobgood (USA)
Dane Reynolds (USA)
Jordy Smith (ZAF)
Taylor Knox (USA)
Tom Whitaker (AUS)
Kieren Perrow (AUS)
Fredrick Patacchia (HAW)
Dean Morrison (AUS)
Kai Otton (AUS)
Kekoa Bacalso (HAW)
Mick Campbell (AUS)
Chris Davidson (AUS)
Michel Bourez (PYF)
Ben Dunn (AUS)
Adrian Buchan (AUS)
Tiago Pires (PRT)
Jeremy Flores (FRA)
Roy Powers (HAW)
Drew Courtney (AUS)
Top 15 (ASP WQS)
Dan Ross (AUS)
Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
Jadson Andre (BRA)
Adam Melling (AUS)
Owen Wright (AUS)
Luke Munro (AUS)
Jay Thompson (AUS)
Nathan Yeomans (USA)
Dusty Payne (HAW)
Brett Simpson (USA)
Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
Tanner Gudauskas (USA)
Travis Logie (ZAF)
Marco Polo (BRA)
Blake Thornton (AUS)
ASP Wildcards:
Andy Irons (HAW)
Luke Stedman (AUS)
Neco Padaratz (BRA)
The national breakdown for the 2010 ASP World Tour is:
Australian: 46.7%
American: 22.2%
Hawaiian: 11.1%
Brazilian: 8.9%
South African: 4.4%
French: 2.2%
Tahitian: 2.2%
Portuguese: 2.2%

driving to the north shore today, i had butterflies in my stomach because i knew it was going to be big. i had my 7’6 in the back of the truck and sunset beach was my destination. it’s my first time surfing big sunset this year so i was excited. i came over the hill and the waves were big and still getting bigger…

as i pulled up, the sun came over the mountain and sunset was as nice as it gets. i’d say 6-10′ with bigger sets. some of the boys were calling the sets 12’…. i got 2 barrels and that made my day. or should i say, made my christmas…. ended up surfing for 3 hours. guys out? kohei chiba, kaishu, joe tanaka, teppei tajima, sunny garcia, kala alexander, noah johnson, and about 50 more surfers. sunset was the best spot today for sure….

look what the big waves did to the beach. i’ve never seen such corrosion like this before. before you could step off the sidewalk onto nice sand. now? if you step off, it’s almost like falling off a mountain….

then i went to haleiwa to watch the haleiwa international contest. it’s good to see so many japanese competitors down there. jason shibata’s doing a great job!!!

the waves were 4-6′ and super nice. i wish i could have surfed out there today….

this is seth and my grand-nephew noah. seth cut his hair and got so tall that i didn’t recognize him… don’t you think he’s starting to look like me? lucky boy. haha.. and baby noah fell down and got stitches in his eye. ouch…
**on the way back to town, i had to stop by a four places to get things done. everywhere i went, the service i got was so terrible. everybody seemed so down and unhappy. no smiles, no aloha, and no christmas spirit. i couldn’t believe this is hawaii. hey guys, if your not happy, quit your job. our economy is bad enough and everybody is feeling down, but to take that to work and bring customers down too is terrible. if i were their bosses, everybody would be fired. i almost lost my cool and was going to say something not too nice but i held back. i thought to myself, i just got barreled at sunset beach, christmas is in a few days, and i’m not going down to that level. so i kept on smiling and said to everybody “merry christmas”…. and guess what? i had no reply. haha… go surf guys!!!!

Today Boys and Girls Division.
Waves 4-6′ and FUN!!!