see the TS? that means Tropical Storm. then the yellow color turning to orange, then to red. red means “SUPER TYPHOON!” i usually jumped on a flight to Japan right when i see the TS form. we called it the typhoon egg. meaning, “newborn.”
we use to chase those typhoons from Okinawa all the way to Sendai. then when another “egg” forms, we would fly back to Okinawa and start the chase all over again. sometimes this would go on for months! so yeah, as a traveling surfer, i did my own laundry between swells.
this was one of the Super Typhoon days at this little island off Japan. i can’t say where because i still want to be welcomed there. haha. i still remember how big and wild it was that day. i rode a 7’6 gun and it still felt small. it was 10-12′ Hawaiian scale. no lifeguards and no hospital. so yeah, it was risky business…
and when we scored good waves, we would always go out with the locals and eat the best food ever. omg, i miss that the most!
and sometimes we would have a Japanese bbq. this was my favorite.
surf good waves and eat good food. that’s the surfers life…
during those trips, i would only hang out with cool people. Kaori-chan was Japan’s Grand Champion a few years and i should have known better to challenger her to pool. she beat me pretty bad. after i lost, i blamed the beer. then we played again and she beat me again. haha…
