New York, New York! OMG, snow again in New York???
Good morning 6am.
North shore 3-5′ coming up to 6-8′ out of the North. Bumpy surf. South shore waist high and perfect. Super clean.
North/East winds at 20mph.
Cloudy becoming sunny.
Going surfing then traveling!
Have a wonderful day!

had an awesome time surfing with Ura-san today. such a cool guy and such a great surfer.

can you believe Ura-san’s only been surfing for 2.5 years? unbelievable. getting trained in japan by Naohisa Ogawa so he’s getting coached the right way. super stoked to see him get so many good waves today.

check out this duck dive shot i took of Ura-san. pretty cool with all the fish!

the waves were perfect for us today. just riding clean glassy offshore waves. felt so good!

had a lot of girls out today. just thought i’d take a few of them too.

Ura-san on another good wave. great smile and great bottom turn.

and yes, i got some good waves today too. feels so good to be surfing!

this girl was getting all the good long ones. super good style!

and always nice to see Alyssa Wooten in the water. a part of the go-naminori family.

stoked with my new Dove Wetsuit. fits so good, feels so good, keeping me super warm.

thanks for the wonderful surf session Ura-san and hope to see you next year! keep on ripping in kamogawa!

had an awesome time with Seigo-san when he was in hawaii. finally got to see the photos he and i took from that day. just the 2 of us surfing our secret spot.

pretty shallow secret spot. maybe that’s why nobody comes here? haha.

i got a photo of Seigo-san duck diving. look how close he is to the reef. pretty cool!

and yes, the water is always clean there. i just love watching waves from under the water. it is like free art!

so we start heading back and see the pod of dolphins. i give Seigo-san my camera and tell him “jump in!”

he grabs it, and jumps in.

i position myself right where i think the dolphins will swim.

Seigo-san jumps in and seen something he’s never seen before. maybe that’s why he’s so happy! dolphins everywhere!

Seigo-san gets the shots. photos don’t give justice to the situation. to see it with your own eyes is mind blowing. i’ve swam with dolphins over a hundred times and i still get so excited.

the most beautiful creatures in the world.

then Seigo-san is done. the dolphins are gone, but the smile continues. just a very lucky day surfing all alone and swimming with the dolphins all alone. no tourist, no noise, no other people. just us and nature at it’s purest. can’t wait to do it again!