Big Wednesday

Remember that old show "Big Wednesday"?  Where a bunch of friends are able to catch up when the swell comes in.  Today was the best day thus far this summer!  Fun double overhead surf with big barrels for everyone.  I see all the regulars come out like Ronnie Yamada, Kirby Fukunaga, Nick Mita,  Kylen Yamanaka, Kaito Kino, Ti Rez and a few other boys and we just take turns on the set waves every 10 minutes.  Today I took out my bigger board so making the drops was easier.  As the tide peaked at 3:00 pm the swell also peaked and probably heading down now, but still should have some left overs for tomorrow.  Enjoy the summer!

South Swell No. 2

South Shore Swell No. 2 continues...Pulled up to my favorite spot, scored a perfect parking, and started to see some sets roll through.  Waxed up my favorite 5'6" Kashiwai and paddled out to see only a handful of guys out.  Score!

Its fun riding small boards in bigger surf but there is risk of taking some late drops.  This was my second wave and luckily I made the drop!  Thanks Glenn Matsumoto for snapping these shots.

Once I made it to the bottom I had to make it around the section and then the coast was clear!  There should be more fun waves for next few days so everyone be safe and get barreled!

Fiji GoPro Surf Shots

South Swell no. 2 has arrived and everyone having lots of fun!  Here's a couple screen grabs from Jimmy Nakano's go pro cam from recent Fiji trip.  Al Ah Nee dropping in on a set.

Kekoa Mau, a different view.

Matt Wakabayashi pit dogging.

Crazy Surf!

South Pacific continues to generate some amazing waves!  The south swell we will be getting is but mere left overs to what is happening in Tahiti.  This is what's happening at the end of the road.

 Click here to watch some "Crazy Surf"!

Fiji Pro Round 1

Fun waves today in Fiji with groms and pro taking to the water.  Heard Kelly Slater missed his heat and Joel Parkinson also.  Joel was out fishing and didn't make it back in time.  Stay tuned for round 2!  For me I will be waxing up for South Swell No. 2 coming tomorrow!  See you in the line up.

Fiji Pro Day 1

Volcom Fiji Pro 2013 finally gets underway today!  One of my friends is a part of the film crew and stoked to watch all the pros in action.  Tune into channel 1250 and watch it live!   Vinaka!

Hanapa'a Shootout 2013

This weekend was the 2013 Hanapaa shootout!  Total purse at $15k!  Lots of nice boats and Hawaii's top fisherman showed up for this big event.  Ahi Season is in full swing and the fish are out there if you know where to look.

This was the 2nd biggest Ahi that came up at 174 lbs.  These guys were stoked!

A couple nice marlin came up weighing in at 374 lbs.  As the marlin hung upside down a whole aku fell out of its stomach. 

Lots of spectators in the house.  These two men had a few beers and wanted to place bets with us on who could guess the correct weights.  They took out their coins, 4 cents each and started betting!

There were big boats coming in some around 50 ft long.  This guy had a 19ft glasspro and probably the smallest size boat but landed the biggest Ahi 188.6 lbs.  He was a smile from ear to ear and it was so cool to watch as he carried his daughter up for the photo.

It was a great fishing tournament and hopefully someday we can enter one also.  In the mean time we are going to practice to become better fisherman.  One of my dreams is to catch a 100 plus pound yellowfin!  Now I'm getting excited to go fishing!