good evening. got my new toy today so had to try it out. woke up early to check the waves and it looked junky so hook up the boat, and off to the sea. for some reason, i started using Picasso Guns for the past 2 years. i caught a lot of fish with it but there was always times when i would just completely miss. it gets frustrating and i couldn’t figure it out. i spent so much money and time modifying it and doing all kinds of tricks to make it shoot better, and it didn’t get better. so after i got my gun yesterday, i just had to test it out. so it was off to dive on a day where going diving is crazy. today was windy and not a good diving day…. once i jumped in the water, i loaded my new gun. first shot, fish. second shot, fish. and every shot i took today, fish. this gun is so dam accurate it’s amazing.. am i happy? oh yeah… you know the saying “a magic board can change your life”. the same thing with diving. “a magic gun can change your life”….

this was half of the fish i caught today. the one in my right hand is called an amberjack or “kahala”. not kahala mall. i was watching all these small fish zip on by me so i looked back. there were 6 big kahala’s chasing them. i took out the medium size one and the other 5 kept hanging around. it was pretty cool. wish i had my camera. the fish in the other hand are an uhu and kumu’s…. today was a terrible day to dive but not when you have a magic gun…. wanted to thank andre again… terima kasih…

went diving with shawn. shawn’s the man. check out his fish. and this is only half of what he caught today. and yeah, this is town. it’s not that easy catching fish in town….

when you can load up a big cooler like this in a half days dive, your going home happy.. i’m going to have a merry christmas…. hope you have one too…..
**as for the waves? forget it. small, windy, and junk… north/west swell coming this weekend… yeah!!!

good morning. 5am and another windy day with small surf around the island. it’s been the same for a while now. getting bored of surfing small waves so taking a break today. find something else to do. have a nice day….

oh my gosh!!! santa came early and dropped off my present. the present i was waiting a long time for. my new hand made custom andre speargun from bali. it’s made from the highest quality teak wood and looks killer…. i’m so stoked….

andre even engraved my name in it. thanks so much andre… i’m going diving….

now maybe i can catch a big tuna like andre….

good evening. i tripped out when i found out the contest was on because i knew the waves were flat. i drove out to the north shore anyway so i stopped by pipeline. the were running the contest at off-the-wall and the waves were small. head high sets and windy and junky. this got to be the worst pipe masters ever. i actually felt sorry for the competitors. but if you want to become a competitive surfer, you got to be able to surf any size and any condition. today was a perfect example…

this was the conditions today. like i said, small and windy…. andy irons, bruce irons, kelly slater, mick fanning, and other top 10 surfers lost early….

the man of the day was australia’s bede durbidge. bede was ripping every heat and surfed every wave perfectly. he is the 2007 off-the-wall master and he also won the triple crown title. congrats…

no, this was not today. this was last years pipe masters. the waves have been so junk that i forgot how pipeline looked so i went back and found this photo i took at last years contest. will it ever get this good in 2007? with only a couple of weeks left and no swells forecasted, it’s looking grim….

future pipeline competitors? i hope so….
**and just wanted to say thanks to keone watson and rainos hayes from billabong. i went to the billabong house for lunch today and found my friend craig sako in the kitchen making the best grinds. craig is the chef at the 5 star restaurant in the halekulani hotel named “orchids”. the food he made was awesome. poke, steak, garlic fish, fried rice, and some other killer dishes. i ate 2 huge plates that made me feel like kalua….[:??$B”y(B???:][:??$B”y(B???:] thanks craig…..