good morning. small waves around the island. the waves came down everywhere. chest high sets if you know where to look. no contest at bowls. sunny, trade winds, and another nice day here in hawaii. enjoy!!

the other night we were at the nakamoto’s house. we were talking about our japanese roots. mine is from hiroshima and kumamoto. the nakamoto’s weren’t too clear where one side of their ancestors were from. so mrs. nakamoto got out all these papers in japanese and toda-san and takami-san started to investigate. after an hour or so, i think the nakamoto’s have a much clearer picture of their roots. one day, and some day, i will take the time out to search mine too. i bet you anything that i have relatives all over in japan that don’t even know their my relatives. wouldn’t that be cool to find that out? could somebody point me in the right direction? should i go to the hiroshima and kumamoto city halls? what do i say? what do i ask for? i don’t even know my great grandparents parents names? they were the first generation that came to hawaii over a hundred years ago. did they even document things back then? help!!!

we all surfed kaisers yesterday. there were 8 of us in our group. there were 15 guys out already. so that made 23 people out at small kaisers. it was pretty crazy… they had the WQS contest at bowls in chest high inconsistent surf. i felt sorry for the guys. today is small too and i hope they don’t run the contest again. 2 sets per heat with 4 hungry pros? yikes. i’m glad i quit surfing contests a long time ago. if i still did, i wouldn’t be a happy person yesterday….

there are 2 situations when i gain a lot of weight. one is when i’m traveling in japan eating, eating, and eating. and the other is when toda-san is in hawaii. this past 2 weeks, i must ate more desert than i usually eat in 2 years. 2 x waioloa shave ice, and 2 times tutti fruitty yogurt. toda-san and takami-san are leaving today so i’m going on a strict healthy diet. it’s fish everyday from now….
anyway, wanted to wish toda-san and takami-san a safe flight back to japan. see you guys soon!!!

shooting kelia has been so fun for me. you know why? because she’s a clown. i can’t wait to shoot with her again. i wish i could show you the awesome photos i took of her but i think she’s using it for her portfolio so you will just have to wait. we shot for 2 hours and i think her portfolio coming along pretty good. just throw in her cover shots, her book cover, her center spreads, her published interviews, and her roxy posters and i think she’s a complete package. wait, all she needs is a world title and the world is hers!!! go kelia!
i get so many comments everyday on my youtube videos. some are pretty cool so wanted to share it with you….
**this comment came from a video i took of kelia:
h, !
Wait, !
Is this the girl that was on Fuel TV?! :O She looked super young on New Pollution, I didn’t know she could drive ! ahah
wooww I’d love to meet her one day. (gahh why does that have to sound so weird and stalker’ish over the internet, though. . . x] haha)
Anyway she seems really laid back. Is she Japanese too!?!? I seriously would’ve never guessed that.
GO-sister woo~
**check out this comment about a video i posted with todd mitsui in:
todd mitsui was one of the best amateur’s in the late 80’s. He would dominate Courts/Concessions..

**comment posted on eating raw horse liver sashimi:
That Naoka dude is hot.
hahaha 🙂

**comments posted on the last mentawai ht’s clip:

fucking awesome!
What!!!
You’re kidding me!
I thought I scored in Bali… Guess I was wrong.

**comment on an ala moana surf clip:
hey, im moving there this year. are the kids mean ?

**and last, comment on the recent video i posted of toda-san:
wow he is fat???

Everybody so Happy!!!