“Half Ass” in english means “Chutohanpa” in japanese. get this story. when i renewed my passport 2 years ago, i requested extra pages because i knew i was going to travel a lot. when i got it back, it seemed thin but i didn’t bother because i thought the USA passport agency would never make a mistake. sure enough, my passport pages filled up after a year and a half. so i went down the other day to find out what happened…. well, they forgot to add the pages i requested so they took my passport and said they will do it. i got it back yesterday and when i opened the envelope, i thought it was a joke. who ever added the pages in my passport did a terrible job. it actually looks like a preschool child did it. i’m sure i will be stopped at immigrations around the world of my now suspicious passport. look at it!

what should i do? take it back? get a new one? i’m confused. my newly passport looks pretty dam fake now. i’m super bummed out on the whole thing and kind of worried on my 2 upcoming trips to indonesia passing through japan and malaysia. will i get stopped and have to bribe my way out of it? ahhhh!!!
Half Ass means Chutohanpa!!!

moving on to brighter things. many of you young surfers don’t know what hawaii use to look like. when i was growing up, between pearl city and the north shore was either sugar cane or pineapple fields. now? houses, bushes, highways, and all kinds of man made stuff. so as i was driving to the north shore yesterday, i stopped to take a photo of what is probably the last remaining patch of pineapple fields on the island of oahu. i bet you in 5 years, this will be gone too….

and last, waimea bay was picture perfect yesterday!!! clean, fun, and empty!!!

Dear Mr. Wind,
Please Stop!!!
I want to go Diving!!!
Thank You, Kirby

good morning. 6 am on this?? gosh, what day is it? wednesday? anyway, looking at the waves and it’s looking like our epic winter and endless summer is over. yeah, the waves on the north shore and south shore finally calmed down. small waves everywhere with our normal trade winds. these are the kind of days i use to drive around the island looking for waves and end up not even surfing. if i were to guess the best spots, i would say laniakea on the north shore, and diamond head on the south shore. i’m going surfing. or wait! should i stay home and watch a DVD? maki-san gave me MJ’s “This is It” and i feel like doing the moon walk.. haha… maybe i’ll do both….

it’s been a while since i drove out to the north shore. the waves were kind of small and windy. didn’t see too many surfers out…

log cabins looked pretty fun. head high and nobody around!!!

meat jun is my favorite korean plate lunch. can you believe i ate this whole plate? i felt pretty dam full after that…

jelly fish are here!! every got stung by one? it hurts so bad…

and last, seth moniz got his new quiver from TSSC. matchi shaped them and seth can’t wait to ride um. my sister did a great job on the drawings. get ready to see seth in bali and japan….