good evening. went down to bowls this morning to check out the waves and surprise, surprise, bowls had some little fun ones. had a really fun session and was glad to get in the water. north shore was really junk today so a lot of my friends came to town. ran around getting things done in town, including setting up my new gun. and in the news today, microsoft is making a bid to buy yahoo for 44 billion dollars. why? to get bigger and compete with google. gosh, how everybody wants to be number 1….

nothing like shirasu, natto, and miso soup for lunch…. ummmmm……

and wanted to let you know that nothings changing here in hawaii. wind and rain for the next 5 days…. same old shit…..

and last, there are so many sharks in hawaii. they are all over and we just don’t see them. but if you go diving, you’ll see them all the time. check out this 12′ shark swimming in 5′ deep water. i took this photo while on the way out for a dive a few years ago. just another big boy….

good aloha friday!! 6:30am and it’s blowing outside.[:???????????(J\(B:][:???????????(J\(B:] the winds are whipping and things are flying around my house. can barely see the waves but it’s got to be windy and choppy. and small. probably no contest today at pipe. they are looking at sunday to finish it up. it’s rainy right now and there is so much traffic on the roads. been hanging at home for the past 3 days so i’m going outdoors today. if your planning to go in the water in town, watch out for the box jellyfish. those hurt…. well, have a great day and drive safe. police drunk driving road blocks going up tonight for the next 2 weeks…. get a cab….

the moniz kid’s quiver. gosh, when i was a kid, i don’t remember having this many boards. i only had one…. lucky kids these days…

check out this collectors edition 1986 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational Silver Surfboard. not too many people in the world have this. it’s 22 years old and i bet a lot of people would like it have it hanging on their wall. including myself….

good evening. another windy, wet, junky surf day in hawaii. it’s the first time in over a year that i stayed home all day. i never even went outside… cool….

it’s pretty hard to leave the house when it looks like this outside. gosh, it’s been like this forever…. so i stayed home all day watching the monster pipe pro. it was pretty dam boring…

check out some of the scores. some guys were making the heat with a 2.25 and a 2.60. yikes…. it just goes to show you that pipeline has many faces. and you got to know every face to become a pipeline master. so surfing it only on the good days won’t help on days like this. it looked so tricky today and most of the guys looked confused. all japanese that surfed today lost today so that’s a bummer. had some major upsets like andy irons and rob machado losing too. no waves on the way so get use to this weather and waves…. oh, and stronger winds this weekend in the forecast….

wow!!! got my new andre blue water gun today. i was playing and staring at it for half the day. can’t wait to use it. might have to go hunting tomorrow….

and wanted to thank cathy for all the chocolates… this one is my favorite. hawaiian host whole macadamia white chocolate…. i ate my years worth of chocolates in the past 2 days…. it’s just too good…..
**and last, check out the rocket fish by taro tamai. gosh, makes me want to go snowboarding again. might have to go up to japan a few weeks early to get in a session at niseko in hokkaido….. just hope i don’t kill myself…. last time i was there, i didn’t realize that the trees up there don’t move….