good evening. still wet, windy, and stormy big waves today. when will this get over? wanted to surf or dive today but couldn’t do anything. stayed home all day and my eyes are burning from my computer. and my head is sizzling….. i feel like a computer dork or something. i could never do this everyday of my life. no way… still no school in a lot of areas, traffic, down trees, wet roads, dirty water, and a lot of pissed off people. still no power at waimea? our island looks like a typhoon came through. and we needed water? got plenty now. i heard this past storm was on national news. nuts… it’s freaking raining so hard outside my house right now. i guess it’s going to be another one of those nights. can’t wait till the clean water, clean waves, and sunny skies come back. should be soon…. well, i hope so…. until then, hang in there and be safe….
**surfed the net today and found some sick footage of the big winter storm 2 days ago. check this out…

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO….

**and check out kelly slater and tom curren surfing this sick sanbar in california. CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO….

Let’s Learn Indonesian- Part 1

“nashi” in indonesia means rice. and “goren” means fried. so nashigoren is fried rice. this one if from the restaurant right in front of the surf spot in bali called “changu”. surf, eat, surf, eat….. bali style…

and “tabako” in indonesia means tobacco. this is a tiny island off north sumatra. we pulled up and they had these leaves drying in the sun. home made cigarettes….
**and “terima kasih” means “thank you”….
**and “saya chinta kamu” means “i love you”….
**and “jiggy-jig” means “your so beautiful”…. haha… just joking on that one… find out what jiggy-jig means youself. can’t say it here…..

good morning. still junky waves around the island. north shore is 15’+ and bumpy. town, forget it. the weather supposed to clear up and the winds back to trades this weekend. perfect timing for the Pipeline Masters that starts dec. 9th….

anyway, i got to get in the water so i’m going to drive around and look for waves. have a nice day….

how’s this. i was going to pay for lunch the other day and when i pulled out this bill, i saw some writing on the top. www.wheresgeorge.com. i was really curious to see what it was so i came home and checked. wheresgeorge.com is bill tracking report. see, you log on, type the serial number in, and it will track it. i put it in and am wondering where this $10 bill will show up next. check out the track by CLICKING HERE….

and check out waimea bay the other day. heard wakita got a bomb. can’t wait to see the photos. this one if from surfline.com. stay tuned….

by the way, dove wetsuits came out with a cool towel. it’s probably going to sell out soon so get yours while you can. aloha….

good evening. what a hectic day here in hawaii. fallen trees, fallen telephone poles, blackouts around the whole island, flooding, high winds, lightning, high surf, and pretty much every advisory posted. wanted to stay home and get some work done but my internet, telephone, and cable were all out. so couldn’t get anything done except clean up. and get this, the worst isn’t over yet. more bad weather on the way. i guess it’s our rainy season here in hawaii so can’t complain because at least it’s still warm. as for surfing or diving? forget it. the ocean is dangerous and the water is dirty. going to chill for a couple more days and go for a surf somewhere. until then, kick back and relax. catch up on some work and rest. have a great evening…. by the way, buoy 1 jumped up to 26 feet, 15 seconds. yikes. huge huge surf on the way…. stay tuned…

check out these photos from the honoluluadvertiser.com. this was today in waikiki. probably one of the few days of the year that not one soul is in the water…

this is kapiolani park. now you know how strong the winds were today. nuts…

i told everybody to stay in the house. why didn’t you listen??

and last, you meet the coolest people through surfing and traveling. here we are on this island in the philippines. from left to right: indonesia, japan, philippines, and hawaii. and the trippy thing is that we all knew each other for years before we took this photo last september. this was just another freak chance that we met again. and you know what? i’ll probably meet these same guys again in some other country in the future… so when jisai-san interviewed me the other day and asked me what surfing meant to me. i told him that surfing is my life. it’s about traveling, connecting with people, and connecting with the ocean. surfing is my life and everything else just revolves around it…. if your a traveling surfer, you know exactly what i’m talking about….