good morning. wow, i had sweet dreams about yesterday’s afternoon session at vland. after over 22 years of surfing out there, i haven’t seen a better day than yesterday. and being a holiday, you would think it’s crowded? nope. from the beach, forget it. but when you paddle out, not one single local pro was out. i couldn’t believe all the barrels i seen. josh, seth, noah, matchi, maoh, rikiya, and yumi-chan scored. if i didn’t have my camera yesterday, i would have kicked myself in the ass. but i did so no ass kicking. i’m just so happy to have been there to witness and document some of the best riding i’ve ever seen out there. will we have to wait another 22 years to see another day like yesterday? i hope not. and for the people i called and never showed up, sorry but you might have missed the barrel of your life…
as for the waves today? it’s 7 am small everywhere. town is waist/chest high. north shore is 2-4′ and backdoor is looking good. if your going to vland today, don’t expect anything like yesterday. i’m burnt out but still going surfing!!! have a great day!!!
**remember when i told you the dog pulled into kewalo’s the other day looking for a bad guy? well, he made like everybody in the parking lot was bad. i’m still bummed out on the way he treated the local people of hawaii. the dog has no aloha spirit in him and if you seen him with the aloha spirit on tv, it’s fake. people with the aloha spirit don’t treat the people of hawaii like that. and if his excuse is that he made a mistake, he could have at least apologized. a simple sorry could have made all the difference. but no, no sorry, and no aloha from that guy. kazz sano took a video of the ending but if you seen the beginning like how i saw it, you would be pissed on how he ran out of his car and wanted to pick a fight with local boy travis. the dogs tv crew shot the whole thing and i’ll guarantee you will never see it. you will just see the parts that make him look good like always. that’s why i don’t like to watch tv anymore. too one sided…. anyway, check out the clip taken by kazz. and wanted to thank sam for sticking up for the boys…. aloha from kewalo’s….

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good evening. it was a day of morning sickness out on the north shore. early morning the waves were bumpy and kind of weird. but i had a feeling that as the day goes on, the trade winds will kick in and clean up everywhere…

this was backdoor around 8 am. matchi and i were watching it and decided to surf somewhere else…

we made the right call by going to haleiwa. the waves were sooo fun and not too many guys were out. we caught so many good rights!! saiko!!! after we ate lunch, matchi and i planned to meet at velzyland at 2 pm for an afternoon session…. and guess what? the waves were ALL TIME!!! the best velzyland i’ve ever seen… barrel after barrel….

matchi caught so many good waves. absolutely no local pros were out so it was a japanese session with matchi, maoh, rikiya, yumi, and a few others….

i called josh and seth this morning and told them to get their asses out here. so they called uncle jake and got a ride. i hope they thank me because if i wasn’t the irritating uncle, seth wouldn’t have been in this barrel. he would have been doing a small cutback at kewalos. haha… i got the most craziest photos today. i forgot my card reader so this is the only way to see it…

yumi-chan is maoh’s wife. i’ve seen her paddle out to velzyland and get hassled and dropped in all the time. but she never gives up. she’s out there all the time trying really hard. and if you keep on trying hard, it will pay off in the end. after getting dropped in on a few times, the magic wave came straight to her. i seen it coming and was yelling “go, go, go!!” she took off, the wave tripled up, most people would go straight because she was way too deep. instead, she set her rail and pulled into the biggest, heaviest, thickest barrel i’ve ever seen at velzyland. i thought she was going to die, then she somehow came out. what???? i was yelling!!! i was so happy!!! the photo sequence i took of her is cover shot material. i’ve never seen a photo like this of a japanese girl getting so dam barreled. this is 2 shots before the ultimate photo i’ve ever taken of a bodyboarder. the bummer thing is i’m not posting it. you’ll have to wait and see where it comes out….
**and yumi-chan, if you want to see it, call me tomorrow and i’ll show it to you. you’ll be stoked!!!