good morning. 6:30 am on this cold north wind thursday morning. forget the north shore unless you want to surf in a washing machine. big and junky. town is super clean offshore but kind of small. 1.5′ perfect lines coming in at bowls. a great day to get things done… have a nice day!!!
went for an afternoon dive yesterday looking for tako. none!!! but got fish so it’s ok. can somebody let me know when the big tako start to come in on the south shore. thanks.

team dove/tssc in hawaii. welcome boys. get ready for some HUGE waves this winter!!! i picked up shun yesterday from the airport and took him straight to bowls. there were only 6 guys out and shun caught 30 waves, did 50 off the lips, 30 cutbacks, and even got barreled. i had a blast too!!!

i wanted to thank matsu-san and hiroe-san for the wonderful box i got in the mail yesterday. hope you had fun in hawaii and hope to see you both again sometime in this world…

and thank you so much for this beautiful dish. i used it last night for an amazing salad. arigato gozaimasu!!! keep on surfing…

and thank you to shun’s papa and mama for the himono. this fish is soooooo good!!! gochisousama deshita!!!

i went to fujiten 18 years ago and it was the first time i seen or touched snow. and my first time skiing. i felt like a kook in the mountains and i hope nobody saw me. anyway, toda-san works there and pulled off some free lift tickets for our go-naminori readers. thanks toda-san and fujiten snow resort. i hope i win one…
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Everybody Welcome to Hawaii!!!
Go-Naminori!!!

**hey, you probably heard the news of JAL on the verge of bankruptcy? yup, that’s the big news recently and it’s pretty scary to think that japan’s #1 airline might be finished. i love JAL and have been flying with them all around the world. good service and always on time. i hope they can survive!!!

when i flew back from indonesia to narita on my trip last year, i boarded my flight in jakarta and was shocked on all the passengers. i mean, what passengers??? i heard the airline door shut and couldn’t believe that there were only 6 people on board. as we took off, i thought to myself that something was wrong. it was pretty weird…

so here i am with practically the whole airplane to myself. i had 3 fight attendants all to myself serving me all the way back to narita. one was massaging my feet, one was massaging my shoulder, and one was feeding me ice cream. haha.. just joking… but it was really a weird feeling and i kept thinking on how the heck were they supposed too make money like this? JAL, GANBATTE KUDASAI!!!