Doko Daro???
Where is this???

good morning. 6:30 am on this sunny tuesday morning. glad to see the winds backing off. i went out for a drop yesterday into the blue water to look for ono’s. i wasn’t planning to but my lifeguard friend told me that there were a lot of big ono’s at this one ledge so i went to check it out. it was really windy. i’d say 30mph winds blowing my boat out to sea. it wasn’t too safe… i cut up a fish and waited. some big uku’s came by but every time i’d go 60′ to them, they would go deeper and deeper into the blue. it was 120′ out there and because i was by myself, i didn’t want to take that chance. a young 21 year old free diver kid just died out there 2 days before and that was on my mind all day. my lifeguard friend told me the whole story on how he drowned, where they found him, and how they pulled him out of the water. pretty sad… well, i didn’t see any ono’s but it’s ok because now i know where to go. i hope to get one soon…
as for the waves, waist high in town. going surfing!!! see you in the water….

yesterday was one an exciting day because i set out to get something i’ve always wanted to get….

a dolphin shot!!! i’ve swam with dolphins in the wild a lot of times but never had my good camera with me. and every time i took my good camera, i didn’t see any dolphins. yesterday was the day. can you believe i was swimming with them in the open ocean alone? i know where they are, thanks to a friends advice. so when i got home and downloaded the photos, i was pretty nervous because i was shooting pretty much blind. i was just aiming and hoping i get at least one great shot. well, i got more than just one. i got plenty!! this one is a throwaway…
now, one of my things i had to do in my life is done. if i get the chance again, it’s just a bonus… i know where the dolphins are every day but i’m not telling so please don’t ask me…
after the dolphin photo shoot, we went to spear some fish. it’s great to work, then play, then have a great dinner…

on the way home, a nice double rainbow formed right above my car. what an awesome day!!!
**oh, i’m falling behind in my email again. been getting so many that i can’t keep up. i’ll get back to sometime soon. as for everybody who sent the comments about the localism blog i posted a few weeks ago, thank you. i’m glad we share the same views on localism. yeah, localism is good and bad. it just depends which side your on. haha… keep the comments coming!!!

it was 2 and a half years ago when this little grom came to hawaii. he was 8 years old. kairi noro is from osaka and i call him “The Wild One.” i remember pushing him into waves at kewalo’s and also seen him catch his first wave at velzyland on the north shore. this kid has so much energy and i can’t stop laughing at his personality. i haven’t met another kid in this world like kairi. it’s his personality and determination to become a world champion that’s pushing his surfing day by day. i’ve been watching his surfing progress at an astonishing rate that’s leaving his 10 year old and under competitors behind. yeah, kairi’s only 10 years old and is winning pretty much everything he enters in california. the NSSA had this to say about him:

Kairi Noro fresh off the plane from Japan came out swinging in the Mini Grom division with a 3-event sweep. Noro displayed his incredible talent ripping HB???s peaks with speedy snaps and good cutbacks on the reform section. Noro has been a dominator in the water winning seven straight events plus the 2009-10 Southwest Conference title.

like i said 2 years ago in a blog i wrote: watch this kid. he’s going to make it big. he already is and i’m keeping my eyes on his road to his dreams…

**CLICK HERE FOR KAIRI NORO’S “THE WILD ONE” GO-NAMINORI BLOG….