good morning. 5am and i’m freakin excited. i got everything ready and am looking forward to airplanes, busses, trains, boats, and automobiles. it’s going to be a busy trip, or should i say, trips. my cut on my foot healed, my hairs cut, and i’m going to get sunburned over sunburned. i’m going straight to jakarta which will take 19 hours. and i won’t drink arak. thanks for the emails and stuff warning me about that poison put in there. i’m still kind of freaking out about that. anyway, going to close my new suitcase up, grab my camera bag, and get out of here. i’m sooooo excited!!! have a great day!!!

wanted to say hello jasmine who sent me this photo. they had an event in chiba with donavon frankenreiter’s for his new CD release called “MOVE ON YOUR OWN”. and that’s kat on the far right. hi kat!! cool photo that manabu nomoto took. hope to see you all in chiba this month….

i just got my camera i bought on ebay serviced at canon. they cleaned and checked everything for $30. it took 3 days. it’s in top working order and i’m stoked ot have a solid backup camera in my bag…..

queen’s is a great place to surf. it’s a wave for everyone and if you haven’t surfed there before, you should try. check out takami-san on a good long one…

toda-san has fun whether he’s on a 6′ set in the mentawai’s, or a waist high wave in waikiki. surfing is about having fun and toda-san is a perfect example… i was just checking his blog and he posted some photos of our last molokai trip. he takes some cool photos.. thanks toda-san…
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Photo by Yoshi…

good evening. it’s getting late and i still haven’t started packing yet. 18 days isn’t too bad so an hour will do. as long as i don’t forget my passport, i’ll be ok. going to be a late night for me but i have 2 long flights so i’ll be sitting back sipping on a beer watching movies, reading a book, and sleeping… gotta get going…
traveling gives me motivation, resets my mind, and makes me appreciate everything i have. the experiences, meeting people, and just having fun is what it’s all about. not too long ago, i was invited to yet another voyage into unchartered waters. a voyage that will put another chapter in my book. i don’t have too many details but all i know is that i’ll be boarding a 9 hour flight to narita, 2 hour transit, then board a 8 hour flight to jakarta, sleep in the airport hotel, then jump on the early morning flight to padang, then jump on this……

yes, the sanssouci2 again!!! we’re going to someplace different that will take us 20 hours to get too. let the party begin!!! come tuesday morning, i will be waking up to indo barrels, diving in the afternoon for sashimi, drinking bintangs watching the sunset, and doing it all over every day again…. i haven’t had the time to think about this trip because i’ve been so busy but now that i think about it, i’m pretty excited!!!

and what makes it even better is…. i’m going with 3 of my sponsors that i’ve known for over 17 years. starting from left to right. i met ishino-san (OWNER OF BARRELS WATER SPORTS) in shikoku back in 1992 catching barrels at a secret river mouth together. now he’s my surf shop sponsor that supports me for what i love to do. next is tokura-san (OWNER OF DOVE WETSUITS) who i owe my life to for making my dreams come true. next is akazawa-san (OWNER OF SPICE CLOTHING) that has taken care of me ever since spice started. a designer, creator, with a lot of drive. i took this photo 2 years ago at the tssc party in shikoku. all my sponsors are family to me. if it wasn’t for them, i wouldn’t be the happy guy i am……
oh, i heard we got a lot of talent coming too. including legend pro snowboarder taro tamai and friends. gosh, somebody wake me up because i feel like i’m still dreaming…. stay tuned for photos and blogs from indo….