good morning. 5:45am tuesday and i’m starting my day off. i’m looking at laniakea right now and it’s looking pretty fine. 3′ and perfect rights. town is kind of weird. small and morning sickness. i just found out yesterday that it’s already june. yeah, half the year is gone by. so fast yeah? so far so good. good traveling and good waves. the next 6 months will be more traveling and hopefully better waves. i can’t believe how busy i am with surfing/diving/shooting. i remember when i was young, my teacher told me that life gets better with age. now i understand what he meant. life does get better!!! anyway, wanted to thank you all again for checking out my blog and sending me such supporting emails. i’m stoked on that. well, gotta get going. another busy day of fun!!! surf safe and enjoy this day in paradise….

nice ladybug airbrush….

have a safe flight home eri-chan…

don’t drop in on egan inoue… unless you want to get choked out by a world jujitsu champion….

this is what i’m taking with me to queen’s this morning. stay tuned for photos, videos, and a lot more… hope to see you out there….

good evening. i kind of feel like surfing but not really. do you know what i mean? don’t call me spoiled but i’m going on another boat trip this weekend and i’m still kind of surfed out from my the other one. so i decided what i will do this week, which is not to surf. i’m going to watch other people surf and get hungry again. 5 days of that will be more than enough for me to get that hunger again. so when i board the boat somewhere in the indian ocean, i will be ready. ready to surf all day for 8 days straight. but until then, i’ll just shoot photos of people enjoying hawaii….

3 years ago, i remember seeing this young girl surfing queen’s all the time when i use to go shoot kelia out there. i didn’t know her name back then but now i do. it’s haunani she’s surfing pretty dam good. watch out for this young girl….

maki-san is the coolest. she’s super hyped on surfing and when ever she catches a good wave, she’s smiling ear to ear. check her out ripping kaisers this morning. nice turn maki-san…

i have so many good photos of japanese surfing in hawaii throughout the years. enough to make a 100 page book. i’m going to keep the best shot i take of every friend that comes here. then one day, put it all in a book. so from now on, i won’t post the best shot on my blog because i want it to be a surprise. this morning, i finally got my best shot of takami-san. 3 sequences after this was the photo i’ve been waiting for…. stay tuned…

oh, wanted to thank toda-san for towing me out the past few sessions. instead of swimming all the way out there, toda-san has been pulling me out, and pulling me in. gosh, i feel so special…. thanks….

and last, i’ve been hooked on longon. it’s way better than lychee and cheaper too. i went to china town just to buy some. i bought 2 pounds and it’s going to be my dessert for the next 5 days….

Fun in the Sun….