good morning. first, i’d like to wish all you fathers out there a Happy Fathers Day!!! hope you have an awesome day!!! as for the waves, chest high out on the north shore at laniakea. town looks like there is a nice shoulder high set coming in once in a while. it’s sunny, warm, and looks like it’s going to be another perfect day in paradise. hope you enjoy it!!!

i went down to my garage the other night to grab something. and as soon as i opened it, i seen this shinny black motorcycle with the keys in the ignition. ummm… temptation! i turn the key, i put it in neutral, i start it, the loud noise echos in my garage, i back it up, and i take it for a spin around diamond head. i just couldn’t resist. my brother knows that if something is in my garage, it’s pretty much free game. plus, he wasn’t home. haha… the funny thing is i don’t even have my license. haha.. and the biggest bike i rode in my life was my small motorcycle in bali. what a difference. i felt the power of this huge motorcycle and if you were around diamond head 2 nights ago, you would have heard me coming from a mile away….
i’m going down next week to get my license…
the waves were really junky so i went for a quick dive yesterday. i tried to launch my boat from the ala wai but there was so much traffic. what was it??? yup, the gay parade again!! it seem that every year i try to dive from the ala wai, there is the gay parade. what’s going on??? if you missed it, check out what you’ve been missing….

so i back out of traffic and head to sand island. i’ve been trying to spear a palani ever since i dove in yoran island, okinawa. the reason is because i want to eat the liver. see that thing in my hand? i dug it out of the stomach guts. i tried it in yoran and it tasted like clam. and the palani sashimi was good too. that will be my dinner tonight. i’ll let you know how it tastes…

the second row 4th guy from the left is Maoh Toda. this was maoh’s 2nd indo boat trip but 1st time to mentawai’s. it was 6 years ago when we went together to north sumatra on a boat and got fun waves, but nothing special. this trip was better. more waves, more barrels, more fun, and more sashimi. the day before we boarded the boat, maoh was at keramas in bali battling the top 100 or so professional surfers from japan. maoh made the finals and came in 4th place. what a huge accomplishment! i was stoked for him, but even more stoked to see him get the barrels of his life….
Maoh,
can you believe that we’ve been on 3 boat trips together? 2 in indo, and one in the maldives. i was looking for a photo of you on our other boat trips and couldn’t stop smiling at all the memories. don’t you think our boat trips keep on getting better and better? better surf? better sashimi? well, i was really impressed with your surfing. i surfed with you before in knee high miyazaki and let me say this, “your surfing shines when the waves are overhead.” watching you getting barreled and coming out with the biggest smile on your face was a great memory for me. i’ve seen most of your barrels through my 200mm lens and seen you smile made me happy. your such a nice down to earth person that’s easy to travel with. your mannerism and kindness is one of a true warm hearted person. so where are we going next? let’s start planning for next year because without you on the boat wouldn’t be the same. take care, surf hard, keep on smiling, and spread the aloha!!
mahalo,
kirby

i took this photo of you 6 years ago at teros. OH MY GOSH!!! YOU LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME!!
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