been on this big project for the past week or so. if the weather was good, we’d be done in 3 days. but since the weather has been bad, we all have to put our weather forecasting brains together, our great knowledge for hawaii, and umbrellas. haha. when the sun pops out, nothing can stop us. got some amazing photos i want to post on my blog but i heard i’m not supposed to. if you seen them, you wouldn’t think the weather has been this bad at all. the ocean, the mountains, and everything is so dam beautiful here even when it’s all wet. our stylist tiarre’s been taking some behind the scenes photos and i’m not sure if i’m even supposed to post this? so please don’t tell anybody. haha. but hey, wait till you see the finished product that will be out in bookstores all around japan in a few months! give you more info later. gotta get back to shooting!

it was not even a month after the 3/11, we went up to tohoku taking all kinds of supplies. water, food, warm clothes, etc. beer wasn’t nowhere in my mind. but after driving around seeing what we saw, something entered our minds. the women and children were so happy with the daily necessities we provided, but there was something missing for the fishermen. they were left with nothing. they didn’t need clothes, they didn’t need candy, they didn’t need daily necessities. these guys are tough! what the needed was something to cheer them up, something to make them feel good, and something that they drank every single day for most of their lives, BEER! so on Mission 2, we loaded up the van with lots of daily necessities, including beer for our fishermen friends. just remember that these guys lost everything. just remember that the last thing they will spend their little money left on is alcohol, and just remember that the nearest market is 2 hours away. when we pulled up to different villages and brought out the beer for the men, their faces lit up! we seen smiles that we were looking for. now 5 missions later, we will still take up beer for our fishermen friends. and hopefully one day, i will sit down with them around a hard days work and drink until morning. i don’t care what anybody says but these guys are my heros. these guys seen and been through the worst. now their back rebuilding their villages one by one and things will get better. i learned from these guys never to give up. NEVER!
**just wanted to say that all the beer was donated either by people sending it us, or our own personal money. no beer money was used from donations from We Are One. that said, we are going back to tohoku in april and if you want to hand to hand a case of beer for our friends, please do. i will post an address soon. mahalo.

Family BBQ. Local Style
Good morning 6:15am.
North shore: Down. Small at 1-3′. Little choppy. Laniakea best.
South shore: Down. Waist/chest high. Very clean. Rockpiles/Diamond Head
best.
Wind: North/East 10-20mph.
Weather: Cloudy morning, Sunny afternoon.
Plan: Photo shoot/Surf/Photo shoot.
Have a wonderful day!

i’ve been so busy recently that sometimes i don’t even have time to eat. the other day, i had 10 minutes of free lunch time all day so what did i eat? mcdonald’s. yeah, as much as i hate eating there, that’s the only place i can eat a meal in 10 minutes.

what did i order? because i’m a tight ass, i always look at the Dollar Menu. a dollar double cheeseburger, a dollar side salad, and free water. this lunch cost me $2.08. and if i had more time, i would have ordered a dollar hot fudge sundae. busy, busy, busy!!!

imagine being a parent of a surf family. you raise your kids well, you watch them grow into young adults, and watch each of them go their own way. then one day your sitting at pipeline and see your eldest son taking a pipeline left, while your youngest son is taking a backdoor right. you take out your camera and capture the moment. this is the moment. this is my sisters 2 kids. this is my 2 nephews. and this isn’t the last time you will see something like this. you think my sister is proud? shit, i’m feeling pretty dam happy now thinking that my nephews are carving their names into the most infamous surf spot in the world! good job boys! uncle’s proud of you guys!