when Mateus was born, i planted a gardenia tree just for him.  now it’s super big and blooms all year around.  i told him to pose with these 2 beautiful buds we picked and here was his sweet smile.  i couldn’t stop laughing.  haha… put it in a vase and watched it because we knew it was ready to bloom…a few minutes later, it opened right in front of us!  Mateus couldn’t stop smelling the sweetness.  when he gets older, i bet you the first flower he will give his girlfriend will be a gardenia.  a gardenia right from our garden…  these are the sweetest smelling flowers in the world.  this smell makes us happy…

Classic Ben Aipa in Tokyo.  Photo by Nao-san…

Good morning 3:45am.

Ala Moana chest high and perfect.

Diamond Head head high and bumpy.

Trade winds at 20mph.

Sunny and warm and full moon!

Going to exercise.

Have a wonderful day!

woke up at 3am, checked the waves, and decided to go moonlight surfing.  this was the last supermoon of the year so i wanted to take advantage of that.  i passed by the Hilton Waikikian and there was only one light on.  i wonder who that was?

i love full moon surfing because it’s so peaceful.  nobody will be out, you use the moonlight to see the waves, and the rest is by feel.  my first 3 waves were in the pitch dark surfing perfect chest high Bowls.  riding my Aipa twin fin flying down glassy walls all alone.  i was so stoked that i was screaming the whole way.  i’m pretty sure you could have heard my from the parking lot.  haha.  then at 6:30am, i came in and was totally satisfied.  i can’t wait to do it again next month!!!

Nao-san sent me these photos from Shibuya.  one of the most busiest cities in the world is not so busy right now…

this is the same bus station where i jumped on a bus heading to nowhere back in 1992.  i remembering going with the flow.  i use to get lost on purpose so i could learn to speak Japanese.  it worked well.  i hope Japan will reopen soon because i miss the food, culture, and my friends so much…