had such a great time surfing all day with Ogisako-san today. an elementary teacher/surfer from kagoshima that just loves to surf. we surfed a total of 6 hours today! yeah, 6 hours of wave after wave after wave. over 40 waves ridden by Ogisako-san and he told me it was the most he’s ever ridden in a day since he started surfing 10 years ago. and yes, the waves were super fun and not too many people out. this afternoon, it was just the 2 of us. score!

then i asked Ogisako-san what he wanted to eat for lunch. he said “saimin.” instead, i took him to eat the best vietnam saimin on the island. haha.

i use to eat saimin 3x a week before i discovered pho. now, never saimin again because pho tastes 100x better.

then we went looking at spots this afternoon. thought about things, and ended up surfing a spot with only the 2 of us out. thank you Ogisako-san for the surfing marathon day. i’m so sunburnt and tired. i bet you are too and will sleep very well tonight. enjoy the rest of your vacation in hawaii and keep on surfing. oh, and keep riding your Yamaha WR250! see you on the trails!

the whole month of december, the weather was pretty bad. but since yesterday, things have changed. the 2 most beautiful days of the year yesterday and today. tomorrow will be the same and so will be for the rest of 2014. lucky and enjoy!

Surf all day!

19 of us Fukunaga’s and Moniz’s on a small deck enjoying christmas dinner. been doing this even before these 2 boys Josh and Seth were even born. so happy to see them growing up year by year moving up and up.

then my 2 nieces Temari and Kelia. yes, Kelia has millions of fans in the world, but to us, she’s just our loving little niece. nothing will ever change.

if you know me, i can talk and talk forever. so imagine 19 of me on 3 small tables talking and talking forever. half way through the night, i asked Hiyori-chan “do you understand what we are talking about? she said “no.” then i thought to myself, not too many people would understand half the things we are talking about. it’s our kind of english. haha.

my grandnephew is the cutest kid in the world. i’m going to make sure i’ll be the first one to take him surfing, hopefully very soon. surfing is in this kids blood and i can’t wait to see him ripping pipeline. that’s what i use to say when the Moniz kids were growing up and guess what? they are all ripping pipeline.

once again, Temari with her dessert creations. the best in hawaii!
christmas is over, but our family traditional new years party is coming next week. can’t wait for that!