Saturday October19日 2024年

Two Groms in Hawaii Interview….

good windy sunday evening. gosh, feels like hurricane winds everyday recently. i love it but kind of feel sorry for the tourists. hawaii is really a beautiful place. just not this past 20 days. the waves were small and out of the north so only spots like laniakea and ehukai beach park were breaking. no swells on the way and the strong winds will be with us for a few more days. heard from a lot of people that most of the pro surfers are out of here dec. 20th. that means more waves for us. i’m looking forward to that…. but for now, just got to be patient a little while more. oh, just wanted to say something. recently there have been some freaky car accidents here. people are dying and innocent people are getting hurt. please be careful while you drive and always be alert. the winds and rain isn’t making it any better. but be safe and enjoy the holiday season…. good night…
***sat down with the two groms and had them introduce themselves. they were kind of shy but i told them that if they keep up the way their surfing, more interviews will surely come their way. in other words, let’s practice. so here is their first interview from Hawaii and this is what they had to say….

Hello, My name is Shun Murakami. I am 10 years old and from Japan. The thing I like most about surfing is when I catch a wave and can hit the lip. It feels so good. This is my first time to Hawaii. I like Hawaii because there are waves everyday. I surfed V-Land, Haleiwa, Jacko’s, Laniakea, Ehukai, and Kewalo’s. My favorite spot is V-Land because I got a backside tube. My dream is to become a WCT pro surfer. I’m going to practice hard, surf everyday, and do my best. I’m in Hawaii for 10 more days so I want to catch a lot of waves. To my sponsors in Japan and to my family and friends in Yugawara, your going to be surprised on how good my surfing got from coming to Hawaii. Thank you. Bye bye.


Hello, My name is Ryota Matsushita. I am 11 years old and in the 5th grade. I’m from Yugawara City in Kanagawa Prefecture. I’ve been on a surf trip to Bali before but this is my first time to Hawaii. When I got here, I was so surprised on how beautiful Hawaii is. And the rainbows are so nice. The waves in Hawaii are much better than Japan. There is more power and you can get so much speed. Since I got here, my favorite spot is Laniakea because i caught a long wave from deep all the way through. It felt so good and it was so fun. My dream is to become a pro surfer and enter a lot of contests. And of course, WIN!! While I’m in Hawaii, I think my surfing is going to get a lot better before I go back to Japan. I have a question to my friends in Yugawara. “Hey, Is there any waves in Yoshihama now?” See you soon, Bye bye…

World Record Grouper in Okinawa….

good morning. gosh it was raining hard and so windy last night. the roads are wet, the water is all bust up, and my car is so dam dirty. want to wash it but it will get dirty again right when i leave my house. going to stay home today because the waves are terrible. town is flat. north shore has 2′ max and super windy again. and today is sunday so expect another super grom session at ehukai. might go watch the boys surf in the evening. but for now, i’m staying warm and relaxing… have a nice day…

gosh, those guys in okinawa never quit. kevin sent me these photos of this huge grouper. they caught it off a cliff at some secret spot. look how huge this thing is? imagine how much bigger it looked in the water….

imagine how heavy this thing is? they have to lug this fish up 400 vertical stairs to get it back up the mountain. how would i do it? drag it by the tail or make somebody else carry it..

this is how the boys down in okinawa do it. when i first saw this photo, i laughed. but not that i think about it, what a great idea… maybe they can carry me up the stairs too? haha…. thanks kevin for the awesome photos. keep diving and save some fish for me. i can’t wait to go back there next year….

Frosty the Snowman….

good evening. left my house with the 2 boys, then headed over to my sisters house to pick up the other 2 boys. we had a fun day….

shun and ryota went to check out the moniz boys room. this is their trophy rack….

after i picked up the boys, we went to surf kewalo’s. the waves were so fun. much better than yesterday and it was really sunny. the kids had fun. then it was off for some fishing at uncle perry dane’s house. on the way out there, there was a yard sale. dropped by to check out some old surfboards and stuff. pretty cool hawaiian style beach front yard sale…

we went fishing right off the rocks and we caught a lot of fish. we ended up throwing some back because this was enough. these fish are called “aholehole”. deep fried these fish and you got an awesome meal. after some fishing, we headed to the north shore. ehukai beach park was the spot today. almost every grom on the island was out. even kelly slater and andy irons were surfing with the groms. surfed into the sunset….

now this is the shitty part. out all day, drove around the island, surfed two times, and even went fishing. yeah, the drive back to town sucks. especially when there is choke traffic and heavy rain. i’m lucky christmas is coming up because i was singing christmas songs they were playing on the radio all the way home. “frosty the snowman, was a very happy man……” i love christmas. christmas makes me happy….. good night…..
**today was pretty fun hanging out with the boys. the were playing around in the back seat of my car when i was driving. doing jun ken po, and teaching each other japanese and english. i was so stoked to hear seth saying “daijyobu? onamae wa nan desu ka? and nansai desu ka? that’s pretty good for today. shun and ryota were speaking english too. then after the japanese/english lesson, they started wrestling each other. i was just laughing because it was funny. but when i went to surf ehukai and pulled my board out of my board bag, i wasn’t laughing. there was a big hole in my good board from somebody’s surfboard nose. it must have happened while they were playing around. oh well, boys will be boys….