i had a great time surfing with Hisako-san today. she’s from kobe and bodyboards, but wanted to surf in hawaii. from her first wave, she stood up, and after that, we paddled out and caught big sets. the waves, weather, and crowd was perfect! she did a great job and i’m sure she’ll be surfing again and again. thank you Hisako-san for a super fun day surfing, eating, and visiting nature! keep on surfing!

i go up this mountain about 4-5x a week. this is one place in hawaii i can never get tired of. it’s just too beautiful, relaxing, and the freshest air on the island.

talk about fresh. check out Kyle’s first Big Ahi caught by fishing. the first thing i asked was “did you spear the dam thing when you reeled it up near the boat?” he said “of course!” gosh, i wish i was there because i guarantee you i would have jumped into the water and speared that huge beast! you just don’t want to lose one of these prized and expensive fish so spearing it in the head will secure it, and will also kill it. i can’t wait to catch me one!

Tantalus with Hisako-san!
Good surf.
Good view.
Good day.

well, if you surfed yesterday, you scored. it was the last day of light trade winds, it was uncrowded, and the waves were pretty dam good. nobody predicted the swell so we were lucky. i surfed 3 rounds and am pretty satisfied. last night, the weatherman finally reported the south swell, kind of late, but better than nothing. then he said it will be 3-5′ today. Wrong! the freak 1 day swell already came down so no 5′ sets for sure. be lucky to get a chest high wave today. see you in the water!

read an article in japan about people complaining on the lack of service on these low cost airlines. all i have to say is “you get what you pay for.” you can’t expect top quality service for cheap tickets on cheap airlines. if you want good service, go to HIS and ride a real airplane. i ride air asia sometimes and when i get to my destination, my back hurts and i’m hungry. that’s life!

when japan gets hot, japan gets hot. i can’t even explain how hot and humid the summers get there. in the first week of july, 3 people died, and 2,600 people were taken to the hospital due to heat stroke. 35 degrees celsius or 95 degrees fahrenheit. OMG!

radioactive tritium is the highest ever since march 2011. it’s continuing to rise in seawater right off the plant in fukushima. that’s pretty sad as i know people are surfing around there. and the other day TEPCO planned to restart other nuclear plants? wouldn’t it be the smart to fix one problem before you start another? somethings wrong.

here’s a list of the 10 charities that were just investigated. see the percentage on the right? that’s the percentage of money going to directly to the victims. so if you donate $100 to the kids wish network, $2.50 will go to the kids. the other $97.50 goes to the CEO, the staff, luxury cars, good food, and a lot of vacation time. so my advise is to know who you donate too, and choose wisely.
Kids Wish Network (2.5%)
Cancer Fund of America (0.9%)
Children’s Wish Foundation International (10.8%)
American Breast Cancer Foundation (5.3%)
Firefighters Charitable Foundation (8.4%)
Breast Cancer Relief Foundation (2.2%)
International Union of Police Associations (0.5%)
National Veterans Service Fund (7.8%)
American Association of State Troopers (8.6%)
Children’s Cancer Fund of America (5.3%)