OMG!!! Big Kumu Today. Itadakimasu!!!!

good morning. north shore is super junky conditions. north winds here to stay all day long. town is clean but super small. maybe a good day to dive? umm…. have a nice day and see you in the water…

i still can’t believe how good vland was 2 days ago. with all the photos i took, i can put together a 40 page article on just the 1 1/2 hours i was shooting. amazing shit!!!

when i see my nephews out surfing, i try to push them as hard as tony use to push me 25 years ago. i yell “GO” on waves that they might not make. and they GO!! that’s how i learned how to charge. and that’s how i hope they learn how to charge. when uncle is yelling “GO” from the channel, they better GO!!! here is one joshua wished he never went on…. haha… i posted this photo for a reason. i want joshua to see it, get bummed, get angry, and want revenge. next time, i bet you he’ll be in the barrel laughing….

no 12 year grom in the world is better than seth moniz at tube riding. from the take off, i can see him setting up for the tube. he stalls, he drags his hands in the face to slow down, and pumps his board making the impossible possible. this kid is fearless!!! look good and see the track in the barrel. that’s not from his board, it’s from seth dragging his hands to slow down and get deeper!!! deeper and deeper!!!

it was good to see megan abubo out there. i always liked her power surfing and still do. this girl throws more sprays that men. amazing surfer….
**once again, thanks for all the comments from all around the world about our new web mag. i forgot to thank all the people who has a photo in our mag. if it wasn’t for you surfers, this mag couldn’t happen. i got an email from a person who got a photo in the new web magazine. it was her first time in a mag and she was so happy. when she told me that her dream came true, i was sooooo happy. all the hard work and late nights were worth it. this is what go-naminori magazine is all about. i’m living out my dream every single day and if we at go-naminori can make other peoples dreams come true, it’s worth every minute!!! and also want to thank our sponsors and supporters. if it wasn’t for you too, our big go-naminori family and fans would just be a dream. but now that this dream is alive, i’m going to give my 110% to keep it going. you all make my dream come true everyday and not it’s my turn to make yours too… SURF YOUR DREAMS….

i called matchi early in the morning. he didn’t answer. i paddle out to backdoor and he was already out there. i was stoked to see him out there so early in the morning. i surfed backdoor, nothing. went to off the wall, nothing. back to backdoor, nothing. back to off the wall, nothing. i had a shitty session so i just came in. today just wasn’t my day and i didn’t want to force anything and get hurt. usually i’d be bummed but i’m not going anywhere anytime soon so there will be more days to come… so i went home to change and came back to watch the waves. just as i got there, i seen matchi walking up the beach with the biggest smile on his face. a smile that i haven’t seen come from him after 20 years on the north shore. he told me he got the best backdoor barrel of his life!! i’m really stoked for matchi and i hope to see him out there every morning. like i always say “hard work always pays off!!”

here’s matchi yesterday at vland. his best session he’s ever had out there. two days of epic surf!! does life get any better??? ask matchi….

maoh also got some really nice ones yesterday. he was ripping!!!

rikiya was ripping too. i saw him after he broke his board this morning at off the wall. now he’s down to only one more board, a 7’7. maoh and rikiya are already signed up on our april mentawai surf trip. the seats are filling up fast so if you want to go, better email me real soon. oh, we leave bali on april 18th headed to padang. board the boat and going surfing/diving/fishing and having fun!!!

i still think yumi-chan got the best wave i’ve ever seen at vland. this is sequence #28 out of 32. #7 and 8 is freaking crazy!!!
**last, i want to thank everybody for the emails and phone calls about the new go-naminori web magazine. yeah, it was hard work but we pulled it off. the magazine is all about creating a good vibe and to make everybody happy. so all the happy emails and comments make us here at go-naminori feel pretty good. our server crashed again last night because so many people were trying to access the magazine. sorry but thank you. and thank you to each and every one of you who helped put our incredible 274 page vol 2 magazine together. mahalo!!!
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