good evening. after finding parking at ala moana shopping center, i rode my skateboard to magic island to watch the contest. i use to surf the local motion surf into summer every year when i was an amateur. it was my favorite contest because there were so many prizes for the finalists. and to get bowls with 5 other people in the water, can’t beat that. i’m so stoked that the people i went there to cheer for all did really good!!!

“local motion” maki yamamoto surfed the industry division. it was her and jeannie chesser surfing with the men. i think she got 4th or something but if that was a womens final, she would have won it. she caught 2 sets and ripped it all the way in. great job maki-san…

kelia moniz got 2nd in the girls division. her surfing level is getting much better and if she just doesn’t fall on waves, she’d win every contest… i always get mad at her for falling and i’m still going to get on her for that… don’t fall kelia!!!!

seth moniz won the menehune division. he beat rival kalani david. i was in the water shooting video of that heat and seth was ripping. he got the sets and did what he had to do. good job seth….

i paddled out yesterday evening at bowls and the last heat was in the water. it was micah’s semi-final heat. he surfed it so good and i was really happy seeing him throwing those big sprays from behind. almost has big as mine… haha.. today he couldn’t get a good wave in the final and had to settle for 6th. i hope he understands that he made this uncle happy because nobody his age can throw as much spray as him… go micah!!

angela maki vernon free surfs really good but gets super nervous during contests. today wasn’t any different. right before her heat, she looked super nervous so toda-san and i told her to go out and have a good time. that’s what she did and that’s what it took for her to win. 2 big scores for the victory!! congratulations!!
anyway, gotta get ready for a big party tonight…. kampai[:?????????:][:?????????:]

STEPHANOTIS…. GOOD FLOWER, GOOD SMELL. SOON IN MY YARD…..

good morning. 6:15am memorial day monday. the waves looked like it dropped a little but there are still chest high sets at bowls. the surf into summer finals are today so i’m going down there to watch some heats. i better not forget to throw my skateboard in the car because there won’t be parking anywhere close. looking at ala moana park now and see 100 surfers and about 10 stand up paddlers out. it’s going to be another beautiful day here so get out and enjoy…. have a nice day….

yesterday was pretty action packed. we pulled into surftech to grab a board for toda-san. it was closed on sundays but i seen an open sign on the door. so i opened it to see that it was dark and nobody was in there. i guess somebody forgot to lock the door. 5 seconds later, the security alarm went off. oh shit!!! i called tony and had him call the owner, who is his friend. he lived kind of far away so tony told me to wait there. toda-san and takami-san walked to the gas station to get drinks. so i was just waiting there by myself when all of a sudden, 4 police cars pull in and block my car. they got out of the car and told me “stay right there”. i was laughing and thought it was a joke. but they didn’t. i’m glad they didn’t tackle me to the ground and handcuff me. one cop was being an asshole to me but finally started acting cool after he found out that my sister was tammy. yeah, if you mess with tammy moniz’s brothers, your screwed… haha…

after we got everything sorted out, the owner came and said thanks to us. the owner was pretty lucky that he had honest people like us that walked into his store. if it were dishonest people, his store would be empty in 2 minutes…. toda-san and takami-san were laughing at the whole thing… and i’m still wondering why these things always happen to me….

check out this volcano erupting. in my lifetime, i seen 2 volcano’s erupt with my own eyes. one in sumbawa, and one in japan. one from a boat, and one from an airplane. both freaking amazing events of nature. i still can’t find the video i took. i have it some where lost in the hundreds of tapes i haven’t gone through yet…. somebody help me!!!
**it’s so cool to meet people around the world on the web. this musician from france named alexandre cloutier invited me to become friends on youtube. my 42nd friend. i went to check out his website and liked his music. i don’t know if he’s famous or anything but he got a pretty cool voice and jam on the guitar. i’m going to try to find out how i can get a cd.

CLICK HERE FOR ALEX CLOUTIER WEBSITE…..

**check out this cover of jason mraz’s “I’M YOURS”…. pretty dam good….