i was very grateful for Hawaii Skin Diver magazine to publish photos i took for their cover.  i actually got 3 cover shots that i  took.  this one was was 2008 in Okinawa.  we went hunting for big dogtooth tuna and the trip was successful.  here is Kevin with a beauty!  behind this fish is a very exciting story that i will get into later.  but for now, it’s 7pm and past my bedtime.  haha.

my email mailbox is FULL!  over 30,000 emails that i have to delete so i’m going one by one to make sure i don’t delete something i want to cherish.  Mayuki was custom made by hand so the guys building it would send me photos of the process.  she was beautiful from the start!

it took 6 long months to build her from scratch.  i was waiting very patiently and when she was finished, everything was as perfect as can be.  i never thought in my life that i would fall in love with fiberglass.  haha…

this was an advertisement from a Japanese surfing magazine.  it was taken many years ago at Off the Wall and till this day, i still remember this wave.  it was a sunny 6-8′ day with perfect conditions.  i was out for 3 hours trying to connect with photographer Seth Stanford.  it was hard because the other 30 pro surfers were trying to do the exact same thing.  finally, all the stars aligned and this was the result.  when i came in that day, i knew i got the perfect shot because i did my job, and i knew Seth did his.  i was driving back to town very happy that day.  then when the magazine came out, i was even happier!  this is like a dream shot for both a surfer and a photographer.  super stoked!

a bunch of my foil friends asked why i got back into short boarding so much recently.  this is why.  nothing in the world will beat the feeling of being deep in the barrel like this.  absolutely nothing!

Town Bound:  Glass Jungle

Good morning 4:30am.
North shore chest high and good.
Ala Moana waist high and super high tide now. More waves later on low tide.
Diamond Head chest high wind swell.
Trade winds at 25mph.
Sun, showers, and rainbows.
Going to the sea.
Have a wonderful day!