good evening, the waves have been terrible but the waters been pretty clean. there are small craft advisories everyday so i take my small craft out in the ocean. people might think we’re nuts but it’s just like surfing during a typhoon i guess. i didn’t see any other boat in the ocean today so we were the only crazy guys. went diving with my brother and mike and caught a cooler of good fish. my gun? magic…. this is photos from the other day i went diving. when i get the chance, i will download the photo from today….

mike and i needed some fish for a christmas parties so we went to find some…. this is pretty good for 2 guys…

on the left side are uhu’s. and on the right are kumu’s and munu’s. and on the bottom are some mempachi’s….. all good!!!

these are the fish i look for when diving. if you haven’t eaten one before, your missing out. one fish will go for $50 in a chinese restaurant. more than lobster….

want to know how bad the weather’s been in hawaii? this is a photo outside my house this afternoon. yes, day time. it’s been like this forever. dark, windy, and rainy….
**oh, seen a pod of dolphins today. i was swimming back to my boat to put a fish in the cooler and 30 or so dolphins swam right by me. i made my dolphin noises and was swimming with them for a while. bummer i didn’t have my camera but it was pretty cool….
**as for the waves, the north shore cleaned up this evening. there were 20 guys surfing pipe/backdoor and about 25 guys surfing lani’s. the waves were 3-4′ and looking good…. town had some small ones too. it’s still windy and freaking freezing cold. i wore a full suit diving today and was still cold. my feet are still frozen. feels like winter in japan. hope we get our sunny hot days back but it looks like it won’t happen till next year. i going to surf the north shore with my full suit tomorrow.[:???:][:???:][:???:] have a safe evening and a good night…..[:???:][:???:][:???:]

good morning. 6:40am once again, windy, rainy, and small waves. same as yesterday. nobody out at bowls, rockpiles, lani’s, or pipe. there are thousands of surfers on the island and i wonder what everybody is doing? playing backgammon? chess? lucky me, i have so many hobbies so waves or no waves, i’m happy… have a nice day….

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
**just wanted to thank the many many people who taught me how to fish and dive throughout all these years. it’s keeping me healthy and keeping my mind from going crazy. sashimi’s on me…. this was the other day’s catch. today’s coming later…. yeah, the waves suck so i’m going diving….

**and speaking of fish. check out this humphead parrotfish. some populations of this south pacific fish are thought to have gone extinct. these big boys live really long but reproduce slowly. so next time you see one in the water, think before you spear it. it might be the last one you’ll see….

good rainy windy cold thursday evening. gosh, feels like we had 10 typhoons this past 2 months here in hawaii. i can’t remember the last day we had sunny skies with no winds and perfect waves. do you remember? september…[:????$B”L(B?:][:????$B”L(B?:][:????$B”L(B?:] good one yeah? haha… just trying to keep my spirits high before i start going crazy….

diamond head was pretty fun today. not too many surfers out and a really good angle for lighthouse. if you timed it right, you scored. if you didn’t, try again tomorrow…
check out this email holli sent me. i totally agree with it….
Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
So love the people who treat you right.
Forget about the one’s who don’t.
BELIEVE everything happens for a reason.
If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.
If it changes your life, let it.
Nobody said life would be easy,
they just promised it would be worth it!!
***and here’s your ASP World Tour Top 27
Fanning, Mick (AUS)
Burrow, Taj (AUS)
Slater, Kelly (USA)
Parkinson, Joel (AUS)
Durbidge, Bede (AUS)
Irons, Andy (HAW)
Sullivan, Pancho (HAW)
Flores, Jeremy (FRA)
Martinez, Bobby (USA)
Hobgood, C.J. (USA)
Otton, Kai (AUS)
Whitaker, Tom (AUS)
Morrison, Dean (AUS)
Knox, Taylor (USA)
Hobgood, Damien (USA)
Stedman, Luke (AUS)
Ward, Chris (USA)
Campbell, Michael (AUS)
Dornelles, Rodrigo (BRA)
Buchan, Adrian (AUS)
Padaratz, Neco (BRA)
Neves, Leonardo (BRA)
Patacchia, Fredrick (HAW)
Basnett, Ricky (ZAF)
Irons, Bruce(HAW)
Wills, Daniel (AUS)
Bryson, Royden (ZAF)
Requalifying for the ASP World Tour via ASP WQS
Souza,Adriano de (BRA)
Neve, Dayyan (AUS)
Munro, Luke (AUS)
ASP WQS Top 15 (12 as 3 requalifying from ASP World Tour)
Smith, Jordy (ZAF)
Reynolds, Dane (USA)
Thompson, Jay (AUS)
Pires, Tiago (PRT)
Aranburu, Aritz (EUK)
Bourgeois, Ben (USA)
Khodr, Jihad (BRA)
Perrow, Kieren (AUS)
Powers, Roy (HAW)
Alves, Heitor (BRA)
Picon, Mikael (FRA)
Ross, Daniel (AUS)
ASP Wildcards for 2008
Reyes, Tim (USA)
Logie, Travis (ZAF)
Dunn, Ben (AUS)
2008 ASP WOMEN’S WORLD TOUR
ASP Women???s World Tour Top 10
Gilmore, Stephanie (AUS)
Mulanovich, Sofia (PER)
Lima, Silvana (BRA)
Cornish, Samantha (AUS)
Beachley, Layne (AUS)
Donohoe, Amee (AUS)
Hedges, Chelsea (AUS)
Miley-Dyer, Jessi (AUS)
Woods, Rebecca (AUS)
Bartels, Melanie (HAW)
ASP WQS Top 6 Qualifiers
Silva, Jacqueline (BRA)
Abubo, Megan (HAW)
Redman Carr, Melanie (AUS)*
Petroni, Karina (USA)
Brooke, Serena (AUS)
Atherton, Nicola (AUS)
**and last….

check out this photo of the week from the philippines. pretty nuts….