Kirby wen go!

As the world watches Japan's disaster from afar Kirby decides to go! Kirby has been traveling with me all over and everytime we surf or dive together we end up talking about travel. We share the vision of making peoples dreams come true and went the tsunami hit while we were filming in Palau, it hit him hard. So hard he decided to go and do something.

We are planning another trip to go help the people in Japan later this year but it was on his heart to go now! So with his chief designer Naoka they came up with this tshirt design, raised money and went! Now he is in Sendai and we are all praying for him and wishing their team Gods speed as they go share the aloha and let them know we are "ONE". I know this is one of the most scariest trips ever for him ever and we look forward to a successful mission.

Check out his story: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=14369293

Pray for Japan

The more I watch the news the more depressed I get seeing the devastation of Japan. There color of the cherry blossoms will not be the same. The footage of the earthquake, tsunami and stories has left people with a dreadful images that will never be erased. Click here for video.

My favorite store, "Lawson" now with empty shelves in Sendai area, with people waiting for a hot bowl of ramen. I'm still amazed how calm and collected the country has kept itself despite the devastation. I bet if this was anywhere else in the world, looting and chaos would be in the forefront of the news.

I'm sure all of you have friends in Japan. I just remember meeting up with Mao, Yumi, and Rikya recently for a surf trip and think of their friends and family. Japanese are the most humble people in our world and to all my friends in Japan we are praying for you and your loved ones!