Seth Moniz @ Triple Crown World Cup Sunset Beach. Heat winner!
Good morning 6:10am.
North shore 3-5′ and bumpy. North swell with side/onshore winds.
South shore waist high and clean.
Diamond Head biggest at chest high.
North/East winds at 20mph.
Cloudy morning becoming super sunny.
Have a wonderful day!

was stoked to watch the contest today. i’m totally so proud of my 3 nephews. all putting their names in the world’s elite surfing club. watched all 3 heats and was stressed out. Joshua just couldn’t get another good wave so he lost. Isaiah squeezed by. and the youngest Seth, came back in the final minute from last to first. The waves were so hard and tricky today. so just getting through round 1 is awesome.

i think i lost half of my hair watching this heat. it was so stressful down to the last second. luckily, Isaiah got second and advanced.

Seth’s heat was more stressful. he was losing by far until the young 16 year old boy caught the biggest wave and did the biggest turns. he ended up getting the 2nd highest score in the whole contest today! i was screaming of joy! so stoked 2 of the 3 made it to round 2. i’m so proud of all of them!!!

here in hawaii, it’s peace and quiet. but in the rest of america, there is protest everywhere! a white police officer shoots a black kid in the back and kills him. the poor kid wasn’t supposed to die. the police officer was supposed to go to jail but last night, the judge said “you are not guilty!” so he’s a free man. unbelievable. the whole country of america is pissed off! protests everywhere.

white, black, or what ever color you are. everybody joining together to make a statement.

does the justice system in america work? thousands of people don’t think so.
anyway, wintery weather continues. i love to finally use a blanket at night. keep warm!

welcome wintery weather! all of a sudden, summer turned into winter. the wind and water just got a few degrees lower in the past few days. i kind of like it!

i have my go-team here in hawaii now. i had to have a meeting with Naoka and Eri-chan the other night. room? bar? restaurant? car? office? yeah! office!! i feel the most comfortable in my office so that’s where i decided to have our meeting. on the water, under the stars, and just out front of waikiki. we talked about business for about 2 minutes and then talked about life for 2 hours. i really believe that life is much more important than business. if you have a great life, you will have a great business. and as long as everybody is happy, that’s all i care about these days.

no computers and no phones in our meeting. it was just the 3 of us figuring out what will be the best the old fashion way. the way i want to return to someday. thank you Naoka and Eri-chan for the great floating meeting. i had a great time and my stomach still hurts from laughing so much. keep our dreams alive! Go-Naminori x Beach Press!

for the past 3 days, i spent money and time on trying to recover the lost video. i’d say a solid 10 hours on my computer or on the phone. the lost files started to show up so i started to celebrate. maybe celebrating too early?

i open it up and all i saw was a green screen. OMG! after that, i officially quit! i’m over it. i have no more time to be stressing out on lost video anymore. i sat back and told myself “maybe it was just meant to be.” so be it!

and another OMG! about a month ago, my friend Brent invited me to his wedding day on November 22. well, November 22 passed. then i saw him at a dinner on the 23rd. i looked at him thinking “something is wrong here? did i forget something?” OMG! i forgot his wedding! OMG! i totally forgot to go to his wedding. my other friend texted me earlier on the 22nd and asked me what i was wearing. what am i wearing? i thought “what are you talking about” and didn’t bother to reply. come to find out, Kekoa was asking me what i was going to wear to Brent’s wedding. so there i was on the 23rd the day after his wedding i missed. he was standing next to his beautiful new wife who i just met for the first time. OMG, i felt so stupid! i’m sure his wife thinks i’m a loser surfer or something because yes, i was surfing. haha. but actually, i’m just getting old and forgetful. sorry Brent and Suzie, wish you a wonderful bright future. and i’m really sorry again. please forgive me.