Surfers and Entertainers.  Go see the Shima Bananas at the Okinawan Festival tomorrow, Sunday 3pm at the Convention Center.

Today was rehearsal.  check out the Shima Bananas in action at Ala Moana Bowls!   Haisai!

 french toast with eggs and bacon from Cafe Kaila.  so good!   i found out where Nagaishi-san’s ramen shop is!  it’s right on the main road in Chigasaki!!!  i use to pass by there everyday!  next time i go to Shonan, i’m going to go try the shoyu ramen!

Ramen KAIRIKIYA〒253-0055　神奈川県茅ケ崎市中海岸3-11-12 went to try out a really good plate lunch.  it was my first time and not my last… and not Nao-san’s last time either…  it was excellent!  thank you Nao-san for the snacks!!!   i was so hot and sweaty.  so i jumped on my little bike and  headed to the heart of Waikiki.  pulled it right on the sidewalk for the best free parking in the world.   now days, if you turn your head for a minute, somebody will come up and steal your toy.  so one eye was on my bike, and the other eye was on dessert.  happened to park right in front of Haagen Dazs so i thought i’d go eat my favorite mint chocolate chip ice cream.  late night sweets.  took me 10 minutes from my house, got to cool down, and people watch in Waikiki.  such a sweet night… thank you Toda-san and Takami-san for the snacks!  and for the dried fish too!  i’ve been eating fish for dinner 3x a week recently.  all i need is rice, miso soup, and tsukemono…  so happy and so healthy…

omg!  the evenings have been soooo good!  every single right and left have been peeling perfectly.  look at Nao-san and Seira-chan go!!!

Takami-san on the magic board going left.  Toda-san on the magic foil going right.

Seira-chan surfing better and better each day.  nobody can believe that this girl has only been surfing for 2 1/2 years.  that’s unbelievable!

super poised and super good style.

since Toda-san and Takami-san were pro surfers and also JPSA judges, i asked them what kind of advise would they give Seira-chan.  they both said “she already surfs good.  everything looks good already!”  i was so happy to hear that!  and i bet Seira-chan will be happy when i tell her that…

Nao-san’s also only been surfing for a couple years.  now she can paddle out and catch waves on her own.  that’s huge progress…

and now she won’t look at me when i’m foiling beside her so i can kind of trust her for not falling and hitting me.  i said “kind of.”  haha..

high risks equals high returns.  this is a one of a kind shot…

Takami-san’s been surfing more than ever.  and the more is proving to be better!

Toda-san is like a kid again.  i’ve surfed with him in the most perfect 8′ barreling waves in the Mentawai’s before, but i haven’t seen him happier than he is right now.  it’s crazy how the foil brings out the kid in all of us…

we were sitting in the lineup waiting for a wave.   then i thought to myself, “this was my biggest dream, and now i’m living it.!   my dream of connecting Japan and Hawaii like a rainbow is real.  Seira-chan, Takami-san, Toda-san, and Nao-san were all surfing together enjoying the moment.  laughing and smiling the whole way.  so yes, i’m living in my dream i dreamt up 30 years ago.  that’s freaking amazing…

when Toda-san started foiling, i was trying to help him as much as possible. mostly because i felt sorry for him.  haha.  i know the struggles and i knew it was all mental and he would overcome it someday.  and now that he’s past the mental part, he’s progressing super fast.  so now he’s on his own.  i’m not going to help him get better than me.  that would be foolish of me right?  haha…