james oshiro is the handyman. he can do anything and fix anything. he’s one of the main reasons why us divers land so many fish. diving takes teamwork and james is like the captain of the team. without him, we’d be helpless….

captain james helps get our gear ready, he helps us bring up fish, he fixes our gear with it breaks, he’s backup boatman, and most important of all, he always keeps an eye on every diver when where in the water. and last but not least, james also helps with the chumming. what is chumming? chumming is taking a dead fish, cutting it up into scraps while hovering over 100′ deep blue water, in hope of attracting attention. attention by small fish, then bigger fish, then bigger fish, then sometime big sharks too. the water starts to get crazy and that’s the idea. chumming is a dirty job but without it, no fish. james, your the man….

and not to mention, james can freakin surf!!! check him out in the barrel… i’ve been asked over 20 times, by friends or by emails about this spot. my answer is always the same: “this is a secret spot somewhere between timor and sumba. we spent 14 days and a lot of money finding it. so what the heck makes you think i will tell you where it is? find it for yourself. IF YOU DON’T GO, YOU WON’T KNOW”. so please don’t ask me again. i’m not trying to be an asshole, i’m just taking the boys scout honor on this one. you have to beat me up pretty dam good before i start talking….

good morning. trade winds back, waves in the 3-5′ range on the north shore. 20 guys out at pipe, 2 guys out at waist high bowls. tonight is the last UH football game of the season. my first one i’m going too this season. surf, tailgate, football. that’s my wonderful saturday schedule. hope you have a great day too….

forgot i had these photos left over from halloween. check um out. there were a bunch of japanese girls standing around and everybody was taking a photo of them. i don’t know why so i took one too. why???

and this girl was getting a lot of attention too. what is she supposed to be???

and this is the best photo that night. i had to go to the toilet so i went to the princess kaiulani hotel. right when i walked in, this is what i saw. haha… only in hawaii…

**and last, check out this aerial panorama view above Jaws on maui. CLICK HERE AND DRAG TO PAN AROUND. A FULL 360 DEGREE KILLER VIEW…..

it’s a trip how you meet people on the road. i was checking in to my hotel earlier this spring when i went to thailand. i met this guy in the lobby named grischa rubinick who is from Switzerland. he was one of the first professional snowboarders in his country and moved on to being an art director for a hugh advertising company. i asked him why he was in thailand. he told me that his company pays for him to take a trip on some secluded island where there are no phones or internet access. he goes on these 2 week trips to brainstorm. brainstorm for new ideas for advertising campaigns. that’s pretty cool. anyway, he had a stopover in bangkok so we hung out talking story. pretty interesting guy..

check out this fruit drink ad he thought of. shit. amazing. makes me want to drink that. i’m talking about the drink guys.. haha…

speaking of thailand, the international airport finally reopened up. well, the government finally got control back. imagine all the tourists that got trapped there and couldn’t leave? that must suck? if that was me, i’d go back to my hotel, walk back to my favorite yakitori street stand, grab a beer, and eat away. i would be stoked to be trapped there for an extra week….