hello cassidy, cool new board. it’s called “The Stoker?” awesome name. reminds me of the 70’s… hope the board works good. see you in the water…

and your boyfriend made this custom koa fin? that’s pretty cool!! do you think he can make me one too? haha…
*to Marvin over there in Germany. thanks a lot for the email and for checking out my blog. your dream is to visit hawaii within the next 3 years? that’s pretty easy man. just jump on a plane and come on over. maybe someday i’ll see you in the water. and as for the swim race with my surf trunks, yeah, i thought that was pretty funny too. i know i can finish the race in a faster time if i had some tight speedo’s on but you won’t catch me wearing those. i prefer my surf trunks… haha.. anyway, i’m glad to hear go-naminori is alive over there in germany. keep the dream alive. see you in hawaii!!!

*to Yumi-chan. your going to palau? oh my gosh!! so lucky!!! hope you get some good waves. and as for the vland photo, i can’t wait to go to sea song restaurant in chiba and see it hanging on the wall. i still think that’s the best barrel ever at vland. congratulations!!!

*hey mike in seattle, i’m glad you finally got the tapes i sent. i can’t wait to see the video of the boys. take your time and keep me posted!!! hope you see some sun over there in rainy seattle!!


kyle, thanks for the invite. i really want to go on this dive trip but the typhoons in japan might be calling me. LaPaz Mexico sounds fun. as time grows nearer, i’ll keep you posted….
**to fabian, hey, your going to indo from sept. 6th? if you want to pimp it, jump on a boat. if you want to go hardcore style, stay at the camp in front of HT’s. you’ll meet some cool, and probably crazy surfers. i’m not planning to go back to the mentawai’s this year but have a timor boat trip i’m jumping on in october. hopefully we can catch the last swells of the season!! see you in okinawa!!!

good morning. small and clean waves in town. waist/chest high sets maybe at bowls. looking sunny and really clean now. the winds backed down a little. it’s summer so expect crowds everyday all day long. mornings will be best because the kids are still sleeping. evenings? forget it. packed!! i’m going surfing now!! have a nice day!!!

i wanted to welcome toda-san and takami-san back to hawaii! thank you for the wonderful dinner last night. how’s all that meat? i’m still full… see you later today!!!

we’re currently working on go-naminori web magazine vol. 3 now. it been nice getting comments from a lot of body boarders. i know you all love surfing just as much as surfers so we’re trying our best to mix you all in together. we got some big things coming!!! stay tuned!!! this photo is from vol. 1. this is mayumi yamada @ bowls!!!

and guess what else will be in vol. 3. yup, OKINAWA!!! big waves, small waves, and fun for everyone!!! check out this crowd at sunabe. stay tuned….

the guy in the back row third from the right is Rikiya Kitada. rikiya is probably the most underground surfer from japan i’ve ever met. i had no idea who he was until recently. and after seeing his surfing skills on our mentawai trip, i respect him 10 x more. when i seen him first pull into padang airport, i thought he was balinese. he had the weirdest haircut i’ve ever seen. well, paying $1, can’t help. as soon as he got out his board and surfed the first wave, i was really impressed and i think everybody else was too. rikiya was ripping!!! he was getting big and deep barrels. in fact, he got the longest barrel of the trip at ht’s. i shot 35 photos and 8 of them can be cover shots. the video and photos of rikiya are amazing. when you see it, it will blow your mind…. and for those of you who don’t know, rikiya is also the “rich man, poor man” card game master. we had some great times and wait a little till i post the haircut session on the boat. freaking classic!!!
Rikiya,
hey, first, it was nice traveling with you for the first time. i had no idea how good you surfed and so did most of the members. your tube riding and off the lips were amazing. it was awesome watching you surf big waves. in my mind the whole time, i was thinking to myself “wow, if there was a JPSA contest out at the biggest day at HT’s, you would be in the final for sure and have a great chance of winning the whole thing.” i’ve been watching the JPSA for years and in waves like ht’s, you not too many pros can beat you. great surfing and great times!!! thanks for beating me all the time in “rich man, poor man.” i’ll never forget the moon we all saw that night! haha!!! anyway, hope to travel with you again in the future and when the footage of this past trip comes out, you’ll be stoked!!
mahalo,
kirby
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Magnificent!!!