good morning. besides my never ending jetlag, i’m doing pretty good. it’s 5 am and the waves are flat, the temperature is baking, and i’m starting to miss hawaii already. i feel like jumping in my car, driving 10 minutes to the beach, and surf fun warm clean water waves. in japan, it’s a little different. this heat is making me go crazy!!!

we went to scope out the place for the upcoming event. it’s called the GO-NAMINORI X SURFER GIRLS SUMMER RIDE Supported by ROXY! it’s happening on august 14th from 8-12 midnight at Ciza Bar in Enoshima Bowl. the place is set, the time is set, and the event is set. live music by Kat and Aaron, Go-Naminori Slideshow and Mentawai Preview movie, Roxy’s Dear and Yonder DVD preview, live painting by Tomio, DJ’s, MC, and…..

yes, a bowling tournament!!!! make a team of 3, bowl the highest score, and you win awesome prizes!!! also having raffle ticket giveaway prizes worth more than $10,000. yes, 10,000 dollars worth of great prizes from hawaii and japan supporters. the flyer is coming out later today so stay tuned for more details. i’m getting excited!!!

shinomiya-san, eri-chan, naoka, aaron, and i had a great meeting yesterday finalizing the party. i’m so happy that such great people are involved. hope to see you all down there!!!

then i made my rounds to visit my sponsors here in shonan. first stop was DOVE WETSUITS. “Always Searching for the Perfect Wave”

then it was to the SPICE CLOTHING factory. “IF YOU DON’T GO, YOU WON’T KNOW”

Summer Ride Party Coming Soon!!!

good evening. it’s hot and the waves are flat. now i’m glad i surfed my brains out in hawaii before i came here. if i didn’t, i’d be homesick already. but i’m having fun here. working, meeting friends, and eating great food! been getting a lot of emails and still trying to catch up on some from my last trip. thanks for being patient…

first, i want to congratulate kyle on spearing his first marlin!!! oh my gosh!!! this thing is huge and i could imagine how big it looked underwater. a lot of sashimi for sure. i sent a congratulations email to kyle and also wrote “now it’s time to get mine!” haha…

wanted to thank shin-san for the photo and for always supporting the boys. i can’t wait to see them in chiba next weekend!!!

i’ve been eating the somen with this sauce recently. i got it in fujisawa on my last trip. this surfer guy from kagawa, shikoku makes this special sauce and once i tried it, i was amazed. it’s soooooo good and i can’t even explain the taste. now i want to get more but don’t know how. do you?

they make these gift packs and the sauce is in the inside. it says from Shodoshima. where is that? ahhh, i feel like eating it now!!!
**things for the party are going well. we’ve been getting awesome prizes from companies in hawaii and japan. got so much that i don’t even know where to put it. august 14th i’ll see you all there!!! flyer will be out tomorrow on GO-NAMINORI.COM…