hey kiku-chan from sendai, want to wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year! it was really nice to have met you this year. thank you for all your hard work, and thank you for keeping positive and helping the people of tohoku. we are always thinking of you.

hey azumi-san from ishinomaki, a merry christmas and happy new year to you! your bright smile has always brightened up our team. keep on surfing and hopefully we can all surf together in 2012.

to kimura-san and our fisherman friends in kobuchihama, wishing you a merry christmas and a happy new year. it was great to see such progress in kobuchihama. it is always great to see you strong men working so hard in getting things back to normal. we are with you all the way!

to naomi-san and your wonderful family in ishinomaki, hope you have a merry christmas and a happy new year. your stories, your emotions, your positive feelings touch each and every one of our hearts. keep strong, play baseball, and we will always be ONE!
and to everybody else we met along the way in tohoku. your in my heart everyday and i’ll never forget you all. keep strong, keep positive, and we will see you in 2012. have a safe holiday season and great things will happen in 2012. WE ARE ONE!

Merry Christmas Japan!
Merry Christmas Eve Hawaii!
Photo. Ruriko-chan.
7am Good Morning!
North Shore:
Laniakea-2′ and bumpy.
Pipeline- 1′ and junk.
South Shore:
Diamond Head- chest high and windy.
Bowls- knee high and weak.
Waikiki- knee high and crowded.
Weather: Cloudy becoming Sunny.
Wind: Windy trade winds @ 15-30 mph.
Plan: Go surf my secret spot. Waves GOOD!
Have a Wonderful Day!

haven’t gotten together for a while with my old time friends. we eat, we talk, we laugh, and we laugh, and we laugh. everything and anything we talk about is funny. and the funny thing is that we can’t keep still. we ended up going to a restaurant, then to a sports bar, then to karaoke, then to another sports bar. started at 7 pm and ended at 2:30 am when the bartender told us to leave. my next year new years resolution is to spend more time with my friends. i didn’t realize how much i missed them.
candace, hope you made it to work on time. many kids in hawaii are waiting for their christmas presents delivered by the postal reindeers. and thank you for the cool snowmen glasses. i love it!
john, thanks for leaving us again without saying anything. we all had to ask for rides home after we came out and seen your car gone. and you took my dam christmas present that holli gave me home. OMG!
holli, thanks always for the little gifts here and there. and for always putting smiles on our faces. my life would suck if you weren’t in it. thanks for putting up with my selfishness and loudness for the past 30 years. and thanks for the christmas present that i won’t see till next year. yeah, john took it home.
russ, don julio 1942 bottle night coming up. mexican food, corona beers, and the finest tequila you’ve ever tried. always good to see a great friend with a big heart.

i finally got scolded by the staff at the gym for wearing slippers. i told him, “sorry dude, next time.” haha. gosh, the waves have been junk, the diving weather has been junk. great! great for the gym. good to be back in the gym seeing old friends and sweating like a pig.