order wetsuit time…

good morning. i spent 3 days this past weekend almost fainting 5 times from the hot sun. i wouldn’t do it for anything else but i did it because i needed to know where kids surfing was going in japan. from the firewire asp junior pro to the saiko series grom contest, i watched it all and was really impressed….

what impressed me the most was the ’09 shonan saiko cup yesterday. tomo-san couldn’t have done a better job at making kids and their families happy. can you believe that the entree fee was free? and free surf school? and free lunch? and free tshirt? this contest was made for the kids and i think every kid and parent appreciated everything….

who ever signed up for the free surf lesson by pro surfers scored. these opportunities don’t happen too often….

then you have an autograph session for the kids? that was cool….

then you have guys like kenji sakaguchi coming down to support the contest? great for the sport of surfing….

the autograph line was so long that it was going down to the water. i grabbed a poster and tshirt signed by everyone that will be on the go-naminori presents next month. so if you didn’t get the chance to go down there, you will have one more lucky chance to get one… thanks tomo-san for putting on such a great event for the kids. seeing all the smiles made me a happy surfer!!

with the miyazaki groms…