good evening. wow, what a pretty long day it was. busy busy and busy but once i hit the water, nothing else was on my mind. it was just me and the ocean…

shun came in today. he came out of customs smiling and the first thing he asked me was “nami dou”…. which means, “how are the waves”…. what a cute kid….

hayato finally speared a couple of big kumu’s. he started diving about 5 years ago and was trying to catch a big one since then. now, he knows how to find and stalk kumu’s so he’s going to be having awesome dinners. once again, this is the prize fish in hawaii and if you ever had the chance to taste one, you’ll know why.. next thing on hayato’s mind is a big ulua or “GT”…. by the way, hayato also speared a good size “ika”, “cumicumi”, or squid. a rare thing to spear in hawaii….

naoka, hayato, and i speared so many fish today. it’s back to the north shore tomorrow so it will be fresh fish on the go-naminori house dinner menu. these are the prize fishes. don’t touch it… haha…

this was our catch today. not bad for 3 guys yeah? naoka is getting better and better and i hope he can spear a kumu before he goes back to japan…. oh, see that ika in the middle?

here it is.. ikadakimasu!!! it was swimming at 3pm in the open ocean, then it was on our dinner table at 6pm…. that’s the rewards of diving… can’t get any fresher… thanks hayato for the ika….
**by the way, there was an aggressive shark where we were diving. every time i speared a fish, it would come up to try to eat it off my spear. i kicked it twice with my fins and he still didn’t want to leave. the shark has to be over 12′ for me to give up my dinner. i’m freaking so tired. going to surf all day tomorrow… have a safe evening and hope you don’t see any sharks tonight….

today diving day. today many fish. today many sashimi. today many
beer. tonight many sleep. i’m so happy….

good monday morning. 6:30am. the buoy picked up over night but so did the north winds. the waves look around 2′ right now at pipe but should be a lot bigger by the end of the day. and the winds are picking up right now too so the conditions aren’t going to be that great on the north shore. i just seen a perfect knee/waist high set at bowls with perfect conditions. looking great for diving on the south shore. ummmm…… going to pick up little tssc/dove/spice ripper shun murakami from the airport right now. i can’t wait to see that kid. have a nice day….

oh my gosh!!! i was a hard core football fan since intermediate school. since then, pittsburgh steelers was my team. i remember the rivalry against dallas cowboys back then. there would be no way i would miss a super bowl game since then… well, that’s until i started surfing the north shore. when the super bowl games on every year, the lineups on the north shore are empty. and i would be out there every year surfing with my japanese friends, while the rest of hawaii would be glued to the tv with beers flowing… this year, the waves were flat so i stayed in town yesterday to watch the game at home. i’d figure i’d take a nap, watch the game, take a nap, and watch it till the end. well, i had a hard time taking a nap because my neighbors were going crazy. it was so loud in my valley and when ever somebody scored, everybody would be screaming. i even heard some gunshots…. anyway, this super bowl game turned out to be on of the most exciting games i seen!!! my team was down but they didn’t give up. and freakin won it in the end…. pittsburgh steelers are the champions and i feel like i’m in intermediate school again…. remember the steel curtain???? ahhright…….

DEFENSE!!! THAT’S BEEN THE KEY TO VICTORY….