love taking my camera in the water with me, especially when the water is so clean like it’s been.

diamond head is a power spot for sure. paddling out, catching a wave, and surfing into this beautiful mountain is awesome. it just takes your breath away.

no other background like this in the world.

and diamond head is one of those spots where at times there are more girls surfing then guys. glassy!

i’m not afraid to live in america because i know our military is the strongest in the world. i would never want to go to war with america.

watch out!!! pirate ship coming!!!

i see different faces at different spots. this girl was ripping rock piles! nice turn girl!

and good to see Jason ripping at diamond head.

the view from my office window. can’t beat it yeah?

and i’ve been seeing these big omilu’s or GT’s swimming through the lineup at bowls and rockpiles. luckily i had my camera to get the shot. if i had my spear, one of these would be sashimi for sure. you lucky fish!

45 years old and looking so beautiful!!!
Good morning 5:15am.
I woke up early at 3:30am because I have Ahi Fever! Haha.
Small waves today.
Knee high at Ala Moana and Waikiki.
Waist to chest high at Diamond Head.
Light winds so clean waves everywhere.
Little cloudy in the morning becoming a super sunny and warm day. Going Longboarding!
Have a wonderful day!

this morning i had a feeling diamond head was going to be the best spot on the island. and guess what? it was! small, but clean and beautiful!

then Ueda-san and i went to check out kewalo’s after lunch and it was pretty dam beautiful too!

perfect rights and lefts for locals only.

then i went surfing this afternoon with Nanami and her 2 sons Liam and Dustin. our 3rd session this time and i can see the progress big time!

i keep telling everybody not to stand up on the reef. why? because there is an excellent chance of stepping on sea urchin. Dustin told me he never stood up on the reef but i wasn’t too sure after i seen how deep and how many needles went into his foot. ouch! i know stepping on sea urchin is sore, but nothing is more sore than a 10′ hard long board hitting the back of your head. yeah, Dustin fell as i was trying to take some gopro video and his board hit me pretty hard in the back of the head. as long as there isn’t no blood, i’m fine.

luckily i keep vinegar in the car. if not, i would have to pee on his foot because that’s the only other thing what works. haha. see you guys again on tuesday for session 4!

surfing the past 2 mornings with Ueda-san was fun. just a super cool guy that loves to surf. yesterday we surfed bowls and rockpiles.

got a few at bowls first because it was very uncrowded. Ueda-san on my Chris Kaysen 5’8.

yes, these past few days has been picture perfect. this is paradise!

warm sun, cool trade winds, and perfect refreshing ocean temperature.

paddled over to rockpiles and the waves were good. seen this japanese girl ripping out there.

Ueda-san on his last wave before going in for a poke bowl lunch.

then this morning we went straight to diamond head. something totally different. nature and surf.

Ueda-san surfs good. nice cutback!

shaka from beautiful diamond head.

Ueda-san works for this sake company in nara. i can’t wait to try this bottle he gave me. Umenayado.

thank you Ueda-san for a fun 2 days of surf. please have a safe flight back to japan tomorrow and tell Yoshioka-san from Next Boarding Sports i said “aloha!”