good morning. 7:30am hawaii time. looking at bowls now and it’s pretty small. maybe some chest high sets and pretty clean. only 6 surfers out. the weather is overcast now but should be clearing up later. might have to get wet today because come monday, i won’t be surfing for a while. maybe i’ll take a trip to las vegas and gamble my life away… just joking… anyway, have a nice and safe day….

while we were in timor, andre was in sumba. he went there on a little indo boat for a week and scouted new diving grounds. he showed me what they caught and from the photos i seen, they found some good dive spots. check out that huge dog tooth tuna their holding. poke for everyone….

andre’s factory is amazing. he’s got a great team putting together custom made spearguns. all made out of top quality teak wood. whenever i go there, i feel like a kid in a candy store. and most likely, i can’t resist and buy one….

so i bought one. a new 140cm blue water gun made for big dog tooth tunas. can’t wait to use it….

and last, alyssa came by yesterday to grab some shells to make ear rings. i like talking to her because she has so much drive. drive for success….

good evening. weird surf in the morning because the winds were trying to come back trades. well, after it finally kicked in, the waves cleaned up and there was some fun surf in town. i checked it and said forget it. i’m still on a high from indonesia and don’t want it to go away yet. i know that once i take off on my first wave here in hawaii, it’s going to be “back to reality”…. and i ain’t ready for reality….
and how’s the news recently? the good thing about being on a boat is you miss news. and the news has been pretty bad. for the past 6 days, investors lost $5,000,000,000,000, that’s 5 trillion dollars. and that’s only in america. other countries got hit just as hard. the worlds economy heading down and the future looking dismal. pretty scary. i wish i could jump on a boat, live off the ocean, and get away from the bad news. as soon as i save enough money, i think i’ll do that….

i just found out that hayato maki and his family scored the cover shot for the surfer girls magazine in japan. they did an article on cool surfer couples and they made the right choice by choosing the coolest one. wanted to say congratulations to hayato, mari, karen, and momo-chan…. good job!!!

hey guys, bring your tent to hawaii and let’s camp out. that looks freakin fun…. check out hayato’s blog BY CLICKING HERE….

then there is an article in there about shimpei horiguchi. freakin big wave japanese stud… check out shimpei’s blog BY CLICKING HERE…..

and last, i’m stoked that GO-NAMINORI is part of this issue. check out the cool ad featuring the next generation, or should i say, this generations surfer girls. alyssa, nao, and kelia. by the way, i heard that the new surfer girls mag’s will probably sell out so better get your copy soon. and can somebody please bring one to hawaii for me and the girls?

got fruits? atama ga itai….. looking at this photo, my head
hurts…..