good evening. went to shoot the groms this morning at kaisers. it was sunny, fun, and perfect for a photo shoot. shooting the groms is super easy because they do all the work. i just shoot…

this is noah mizuno. half japanese/half hawaiian. a good kid with a great future. of all the kids today, i got the best photo of noah doing a sick layback snap on the left. magazine quality….

every time i go shoot seth, i get at least 1 cover shot photo of him. photos like this i throw away. now you see it, tomorrow you won’t….

want power? watch josh moniz. this kid is riding boards i ride already and throwing more spray than me. in his first heat in the rip curl grom contest, i seen him do 2 power turns followed by a 360 air reverse. i think he got a 9.5….

imai kalani davault is from maui. another top hawaiian grom!

if you were to ask any pro surfer or coach what a perfect bottom turn is, this is it!!! by shun coming to hawaii 2x a year, his surfing is becoming hawaiian style. strong and powerful!!

alyssa wooten was shooting with another photographer at bowls, then paddled over to kaisers to shoot with me. normal surfers won’t do that. but alyssa isn’t a normal surfer. she has dreams and knows what she has to do to get there. good job alyssa. did you see yourself on the news tonight? guy hagi used a photo i took of you. try to catch it on the 10 pm news. good job today!!!

and last, i was coming in and saw something that caught my eye. i would love to try this too!!! gosh, i want to do everything but i don’t have enough time!! and money. haha….
wanted to thank guy hagi for running the shots of the boys. more photos tomorrow…

Grom Session @ Kaisers!!!
More Photos Stay Tuned….

good morning. 7 am and fun waves in town. small but really clean. sunny and no wind. i’m going to go shoot today and hopefully get a cover shot. see you in the water!!

some people ask me why i do so many blogs and why i post so many photos. it’s pretty simple. i do blogs because this is like my journal. i know when i get old, i will forget. i already do. haha. but my blog will be with me forever so i can always look back and reminisce. as for photos? to me, photos are priceless. whether i take it or not, photos like these are priceless. i know for a fact that my sister and kelia don’t keep things like this. they probably are just depending on me so i’m the one who has to borrow these photos off websites and archive it. when kelia gets to be my age, she will look back at these photos and be glad i have them. then she can finally say thank you. haha…

remember the date AUGUST 14TH 2010. it’s a big party in shonan and kelia will be there!!! hope you can all stop by. more information coming soon!!!

before kelia was small so she had the technique but not the power. now, she’s getting bigger and her surfing is getting more powerful. power and grace? can’t beat that… by the way, this is called hanging 10.

hang 5!

cross step! the girls make this look so easy. last time i was playing around long boarding, i tried this and fell flat on my face. it’s pretty hard…

i skyped kelia last night. she was in spain waiting for a train or something. i was asking her how she felt about her result. she told me “good.” but i could see in her eyes that she was a little disappointed. then we started talking about our japan trip and she’s really excited. 3 weeks more and we’ll be touring japan!!! can’t wait…. kelia, good job and have a safe trip home!!!