good evening. stayed home and did some carpenter work outside. my brother and i, with the supervision of my mom built an extension of our deck between our houses. if you ever seen us work together, you would laugh. we all have different opinions in what we think is the right way. half the time we just argue. but that’s how our family gets along. and that’s how the job gets done the right way. well, maybe not the right way, but our way. so the extension is done and everything’s looking good. a job like this would have probably cost about a lot of money if we hired professionals but we did it in 2 hours. it felt pretty good pounding nails. it’s like a stress reliever. not that i have any stress or anything. haha. i spent some time downloading old surf footage of me when i was younger. gosh, those were the good old days…

this is a clip of me surfing rocky point in 1993. the good old days…..

and this was in 1995 at pretty big backdoor. one of my best barrels of my life….
i just figured out how to use youtube. now i can finally post some video clips of all the years i’ve been shooting with my video camera. got some classic stuff from 16 years traveling around this world. i just need some time to get to all the footage. more like, i need a lot of time. i just put this dolphin clip off my olympus dig. camera that i lost. it was a few months ago when i was going out diving and past by this pod of dolphins. i’ve swam with wild dolphins a lot but this time, i had my camera. i dove down to about 15′ and shot this while the dolphins were swimming by. if you listen good, you can hear me making grunting noises. i tried to bring the dolphins in but they didn’t want to come this day. sometimes i make noises, they turn and come right up to me. anyway, it was cool swimming with the dolphins. actually it’s always cool…. check out my first youtube post…..


and last, check out japanese pro surfer tomohisa yoshikawa’s interview on GO-NAMINORI. CLICK HERE FOR INTERVIEW..

good morning. woke up at 6:30am, opened my eyes for 2 seconds, and went back to sleep. it’s cloudy, windy, and sunday… it’s 8:30am now and i’m checking the waves. north shore came up in the 2-4′ range. the conditions aren’t that bad and there’s 8 guys out at pipe. it would be epic if this was in november but after our 40 days and 40 nights of perfect surf, i’m kind of over it. town came down. way down… knee or waist high if your lucky. 15 guys out at bowls. i’m going to put on my hard hat and get out my hammer. it’s been a while but i feel like building something… have a nice day…

just wanted to congratulate yoshi on the grand opening of his shop in osaka called “LATINA”. cool clothes and hot staff…. haha…. congratulations and see you soon yoshi….

check out the “LATINA” website by CLICKING HERE….

and last, wanted to wish kazu-san from aloha street a happy birthday again. we had an awesome night starting out with dinner at champa thai. i took down the mu i caught the other day and they cooked it thai style. deep fried with the best garlic hot sauce. it was super good…. after dinner, i forgot what happened…. all i know is that we had fun…. happy 28th birthday kazu-san… haha…..

good evening. another windy day today. well, i shouldn’t say windy. it’s just another ordinary day here in hawaii. sunny skies with cool tradewinds. it’s spring and usually the trades blow everyday so it’s normal. just checked the forecast. north and south swells on the way with trade wind weather. so if your waiting for those glassy epic sunny mornings, forget it. you missed it. i think my winter north shore season is done. got tons of good waves and good barrels. enough to last me for a lifetime. going to put my guns away, get out my small boards, and have fun surfs. not dangerous big barreling waves over shallow reefs. i’m going to miss going to the north in the early mornings. miss the big waves, miss the barrels, and miss the photos. the only thing i won’t miss is filling my tank up 3x a week. my passport’s on the way and as soon as i get it, i’m out of here. hope to get good waves traveling around the world along with good experiences…. the journey continues….

last week, there was this big sex scandal. the governor of new york got busted for spending over $15,000 on a call girl, or better known as a prostitute. the outcome? the governor quit his job. well, he had too. nobody could get away with this kind of thing unless your president clinton. haha… so as the governor’s career comes to an end, we now have this famous prostitute girl’s career on the rise. i don’t even want to know her name and really don’t care. all i care about is that so many people in this world have to work so hard on their careers to make it. but now days, all you have to do is screw a famous person and you’ll be famous instantly. something’s wrong with this world. and it’s pretty dam sad. what message are we sending to our youth????

and last, check out this old school ambulance that probably transported thousands to the hospitals in the old days in hawaii. what an antique…