Last week of 2019

Lotsa rain and wind the other day in kaneohe,  but nice water falls on the koolaus.

Went out for a quick run to find some red meat for the new year.  Got lucky!  Thankful to find some otaru for my family and friends.

And ended the year with a birthday celebration with Uncle Joe Todoroki.  Happy 104th Birthday Uncle Joe!

Happy Holidays!

This year is flying by so fast!  It was a good year of fishing for these two.  Just in time for Christmas!

A great year for this young man Italo Ferreira.  Congrats on the world title.  You worked hard and deserve it!

And my friend who just turned 40.  Happy birthday Keaka!  Life is good! Well time to get ready for the new year!  Happy Holidays everyone!

Winter Waves Mahi

Red Sea Christmas Tree up and riding!

Winter in full swing!  Pipe masters on this week as we expect some big waves to come.  I think I counted at least 12 swells already.

Mahi's on the menu also this week!  I saw a window before the big waves came so we did a quick run out and in with enough fish for family and friends!

But first had to sample to make sure it was ono!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!  We have so much to be thankful for this year.  Our family, friends and fellow brothers and sisters who have been by our side through thick and thin.  Weather the seas are calm or rough in our lives we have been blessed with good people.

There is no place like home!  We set out for some last minute shopping and got lucky with this beautiful sunrise.  Red Sea!

And load of mahi mahi for our big party!  Have a great turkey day!

UH Football

First UH bows game for me all season.  Got to watch it with our family and Akule Joe.  Mean kine grinds!

Akule Joe going to eat this lobster one day soon!  Stoked UH won their game, it was a close one and down to the wire.  Holidays are upon us already, time to go fishing soon to get sashimi.

Dude PerfecT!

Check out the fun and creativity of the Shelter Lodge Staff! Dude PerfecT!

Shelter Lodge Banquet

Had a great dinner banquet for our trip to Shelter Lodge put on by Alaska Reel Adventures.  Ono kine grinds.

Great event and Kenji, Richard and Jackie Yamada put on a fun program.  

Bug Dive

Been watching weather to do some lobster diving for HSDTV.  Finally saw the window and went over to the neighbor islands on a whim.  

Got some action early and the game was on!

Started catching menpachi for a break then back in for more bugs.

Mahalo's to my friends from the Big Island for a great dive!

So peaceful except this is Cochi frog heaven!

Fishing & Filming

Did a little bottom fishing with Takahashi san the other day.  He got this nice nabeta which he is going to eat and enjoy!  

Guys also got some hole which didn't last too long.

We eat everything, even our bait.  Nothing goes to waste in our family.

Great day filming the moniz bros.  Seth and Josh Moniz are super hard core surfers who also love to dive. They are the next generation of Professional surfers and role models for many to follow.

Moniz Brothers

Busy week filming with the Moniz brothers, Seth and Josh.  These boys are the most respectful hard core surfers of the next generation.  We had a great day diving and got to see two big tiger sharks in one hour of our dive.  Stay tuned for more on Hawaii Skin Diver TV!

Shark Surfing

Beware of more sharks on the east side.  Went out this morning to find out that Tony was already there watching us.  Thank God he already had breakfast.   Whew!

Tony the Tiger

Surf has been firing again today and everywhere got fun waves.  Tony the tiger shark paid a visit to the east side also and luckily no surfers were out here.   Just 20 ft from shore.  More light winds and swells to come!  I love winter!

Winter is Here!

Week has been a blur with awesome surf up on the North Shore!  Monster XXL to wake up the surfers to get ready for winter is here!  Another big swell coming on Monday but not as big as last one.

Been in the edit bay working on the next HSD show, so tune in and watch some crazy action!

XXL swell

XXL swell starting to rise today.  It will peak tomorrow on the North Shores of Oahu.  Dangerous surf will probably only allow a few spots to be rideable.  Be safe out there!

Family Dinner

Nice to have our ohana all together for dinner.  Our 103 year young uncle Jo still happy and healthy!   He loves fish so fish is what we went for.

Got some action with these mahis.

Always enjoy eating our catch.

Mentawai Blues

Another great trip in the books!  Great times with good friends is always fun!

We were blessed with good swell.

Hollow Barrels at HTs all alone.

And our floating paradise. Naga Laut.  Mahalo boys!  See you next year!

Mentawai Tatoo

Having a great group is key for a successful trip.  We were blessed to have such a great crew.

Great Doctor and Guide are important too!  Mahalo Spencer and Didit for all your support!

Anton the magician can do it all!  Always capturing the moment with his camera.

Donn Arizumi got us pupus!

Matt got his mentawai tattoos at Lances left also.  He got rolled over the reef after getting cleaned out.  Good thing his brother Jeff was there to tape him up.  

Going Off!

Swell picked up at Hts was on fire with nobody out!  We couldn't believe it and we waxed up and had a day to remember.

Epic waves!  Best waves all summer for sure!

Crowd control

Jeff, Matt, and Julio are jujitsu fighters so we got no problems in the line up.  Ha ha!  If the crowd is thick no problem, our boys got it covered.  

Warming up on a fun right hander.  This spot is called Roxy rights and it's a perfect wave.  Easy take off and a ripple wall with a barrel.

Surf travel

Finally back on the grid to post a few pics of our trip to Indo.  Our group of surfers from Hawaii and California made for a great time.

First stop in taiwan to break up the trip.

Then to Padang where we got all our bags.

Then on the boat for 12 hour ride.

Set up the board quiver and everyone was ready to surf!  Boards from 21 liters to 38 liters on the rack.