Look it's Ui
Great thing about doing promo's is that you get to travel to different surf spots an see pro surfers at their home ground. This time pro surfer Hatsumi Ui chan in the middle & I along with Takeshi & Airi - left, and Ui's friend to the far right. Thank you for the photo. Hope you folks had a great time surfing. See you again in the ocean. alohaSunny day
So during the time I had spent in Shizuoka, I got to see Funayama a bodyboard pro & Esta surf owner. It was great to see everyone enjoying the day and having fun. Hope to see you all in the ocean again. Thanks esta for the photo. alohaHand Shaping
So I have been interested in shaping my own surfboards. I got the opportunity to shape my own hand shape surfboard, thanks to my shaper Sudo Yuki and my sponsor Daichi. Thank you guys for everything, also thanks Yo-chan, Koshi and Kazuo.....oh,yeah! Here is the result of my hand shape board.
Testing my board in some surf. Worked well in small surf. This board handles in 5ft surf too! Super stoked for my first hand shape.
Turns really good. Loose and very responsive.
Fast in the pocket. Enjoying a little tube riding...haha! Thanks Ryuji for the pics.Promotions from Ibaragi to Chiba
Recently I have been doing promotions around japan. The latest promotion I traveled to Ibaragi. Fun trip with everyone, and fun waves.
In chiba for a promo with my sponsor, also Ebihara from ESC surf came along. What a challenging day in the water. The current was really tuff!haha! But at least we got waves.
Wow! Restart surfboards all around. Here in this photo someone is checking out my new fun board model. This board is the next best thing to longboarding. I designed this board with my shaper. Its a mix between shortboarding & longboarding. Super fun for beginners to expert level surfers.
Restart has a big selection in surfboards. From shortboards, funboards,longboards, and even SUP's board. Check out RESTART surfboards if you are interested.
The parking lot at Oonuki. Imagine what the water look like.....people everywhere!haha! Such a fun day.Nihon Kai Promotions
I have been doing a lot of traveling lately with my board sponsor & surfboard shaper around japan. We decided to take a trip to the west side of japan. The Japan Sea. My sponsor being a past shortboard pro knew all about the timing of catching a swell on the west of japan. The timing was prefect! We scored. Here is some of Nihon kai famous food, saba sushi. Super delicious. Oh...yeah!!
My sponsor and the crew showing me where we are and also the history of that area & what is famous in that prefecture.
Still another 2 1/2 hours to go out of a 5 hour driver from shizuoka. Wow! Lucky I'm not driving....hahaha!
We finally reached our destination, Ishikawa ken. My sponsor's good friend & local surfer. Here is his surf shop, Stonney River's. Awesome surf shop.
Stonney River's even has a cool skate board quarter pipe.....awesome!
So our first session was somewhere in ishikawa, sorry this is just a picture from afar. Can't show you a picture of this local spot but let me tell you that the waves were unreal.....prefect! At least 3 to 4 ft. hawaiian scale.....super fun!
Of course after our first session you got to eat. So we decided to have raimen for lunch. Some pretty good stuff. I had the raimen with the charsu special. Unreal....ono!
Now is our second session. So of course check the waves, then go surf....yeah!
This point looked like ichinomiya. All with tetra ports and a similar wave fun and fast.
Here we are getting ready to chow. Special thanks to Anni for his hospitality while we were their. He really took good care of us all. A big mahalo, thank you.
For starters Sushi.....amazing! Onolicious!
Next came the calms but I forgot to get a picture of the calms. But I did get a picture of what Ishikawa ken is famous for the #1 crab in japan. Super delicious!!! Crab Miso, crab legs, and crab eggs! Oh...yeah!hahaha!
And more crab, I just couldn't stop eating. This thing was so delicious! Then came more sushi and another famous thing that ishikawa prefecture is famous for amai ebi. That was also delicious too! So after dinner we decided to call it a night. Stayed at the komatsu Grand Hotel. Just a beautiful place. I slept like a baby....ZZZzzzzZZzz!hahaha!
The next day we had breakfast & lunch at this really cute place where they served great coffee and egg waffles or something like that. Anyway it was awesome!
A picture of my egg waffle thing.
Check out my coffee, cool carmel design on the top. Super good!
Then we attended a local surf meet. Pretty cool beach break, with beautiful scenery. One thing that is bad is since Nihon Kai faces China & Korea all their waste that gets thrown into their waters flows an washes onto japan's beaches. Such a bad site to see. I walked along the beach, all I could see was most of the waste had korean or chinese writing. Beach clean was the best thing of the day, though. Nothing like keeping japans beaches clean.
After that it was back to shizuoka, where I'm designing my new 2011 longboard models with my shaper Sudo Yuki. Then its back to chiba for a day or two then its off to ibaragi and maybe Fukushima & Sendai. Busy,busy,busy! A picture of Mt.Fuji on my way back to chiba.Slater's 10x
Kelly Slater did it! His 10th world title. Amazing slater is still winning world title's and surfing better then ever. For sure the greatest surfer of all time. Congrats sl8's!!!
Just in perfect form kelly doing what he does best. Surfing every heat and just blowing up! Wow!!Duane De Soto our new ASP WLT champ!
The 2010 Oxbow ASP World Longboard Championship was held in Hawaii at the famous Makaha beach. A new longboard champion was crowned. Hawaiian local "Duane De Soto" is our new world longboard champion. Congrats! Proud to be from the 808 state. Good to see 3 hawaiians on the podium, Duane, Bonga, and Rusty....cheee!!!
Holding the hawaiian flag up with "PRIDE", Duane De Soto being carried to the stage. Surfing, its roots & history comes from the hawaiian people inventing this sport that we all love world wide. We hawaiian people have so much "PRIDE" of our land, family & friends, and especially our ocean. So its great to see a true hawaiian bring home the title on hawaiian soil. If you weren't born and raised in hawaii you just won't understand. Job well done, Kekoa and all the braddah's who represented the hawaiian state.
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11 December, 2010
09 December, 2010
Great thing about doing promo's is that you get to travel to different surf spots an see pro surfers at their home ground. This time pro surfer Hatsumi Ui chan in the middle & I along with Takeshi & Airi - left, and Ui's friend to the far right. Thank you for the photo. Hope you folks had a great time surfing. See you again in the ocean. aloha
07 December, 2010
So during the time I had spent in Shizuoka, I got to see Funayama a bodyboard pro & Esta surf owner. It was great to see everyone enjoying the day and having fun. Hope to see you all in the ocean again. Thanks esta for the photo. aloha
06 December, 2010
Got some new clothes from my sponsor Gr8land. If you are interested in getting some holiday gifts for family or friends check out Gr8land. Thank you Gr8land for your support. Everyone have a great holiday season & be safe. aloha
02 December, 2010
So I have been interested in shaping my own surfboards. I got the opportunity to shape my own hand shape surfboard, thanks to my shaper Sudo Yuki and my sponsor Daichi. Thank you guys for everything, also thanks Yo-chan, Koshi and Kazuo.....oh,yeah! Here is the result of my hand shape board.Testing my board in some surf. Worked well in small surf. This board handles in 5ft surf too! Super stoked for my first hand shape.Turns really good. Loose and very responsive.Fast in the pocket. Enjoying a little tube riding...haha! Thanks Ryuji for the pics.
Recently I have been doing promotions around japan. The latest promotion I traveled to Ibaragi. Fun trip with everyone, and fun waves.In chiba for a promo with my sponsor, also Ebihara from ESC surf came along. What a challenging day in the water. The current was really tuff!haha! But at least we got waves.Wow! Restart surfboards all around. Here in this photo someone is checking out my new fun board model. This board is the next best thing to longboarding. I designed this board with my shaper. Its a mix between shortboarding & longboarding. Super fun for beginners to expert level surfers.Restart has a big selection in surfboards. From shortboards, funboards,longboards, and even SUP's board. Check out RESTART surfboards if you are interested.The parking lot at Oonuki. Imagine what the water look like.....people everywhere!haha! Such a fun day.
19 November, 2010
I have been doing a lot of traveling lately with my board sponsor & surfboard shaper around japan. We decided to take a trip to the west side of japan. The Japan Sea. My sponsor being a past shortboard pro knew all about the timing of catching a swell on the west of japan. The timing was prefect! We scored. Here is some of Nihon kai famous food, saba sushi. Super delicious. Oh...yeah!!My sponsor and the crew showing me where we are and also the history of that area & what is famous in that prefecture.Still another 2 1/2 hours to go out of a 5 hour driver from shizuoka. Wow! Lucky I'm not driving....hahaha!We finally reached our destination, Ishikawa ken. My sponsor's good friend & local surfer. Here is his surf shop, Stonney River's. Awesome surf shop.Stonney River's even has a cool skate board quarter pipe.....awesome!So our first session was somewhere in ishikawa, sorry this is just a picture from afar. Can't show you a picture of this local spot but let me tell you that the waves were unreal.....prefect! At least 3 to 4 ft. hawaiian scale.....super fun!Of course after our first session you got to eat. So we decided to have raimen for lunch. Some pretty good stuff. I had the raimen with the charsu special. Unreal....ono!Now is our second session. So of course check the waves, then go surf....yeah!This point looked like ichinomiya. All with tetra ports and a similar wave fun and fast.Here we are getting ready to chow. Special thanks to Anni for his hospitality while we were their. He really took good care of us all. A big mahalo, thank you.For starters Sushi.....amazing! Onolicious!Next came the calms but I forgot to get a picture of the calms. But I did get a picture of what Ishikawa ken is famous for the #1 crab in japan. Super delicious!!! Crab Miso, crab legs, and crab eggs! Oh...yeah!hahaha!And more crab, I just couldn't stop eating. This thing was so delicious! Then came more sushi and another famous thing that ishikawa prefecture is famous for amai ebi. That was also delicious too! So after dinner we decided to call it a night. Stayed at the komatsu Grand Hotel. Just a beautiful place. I slept like a baby....ZZZzzzzZZzz!hahaha!The next day we had breakfast & lunch at this really cute place where they served great coffee and egg waffles or something like that. Anyway it was awesome!A picture of my egg waffle thing.Check out my coffee, cool carmel design on the top. Super good!Then we attended a local surf meet. Pretty cool beach break, with beautiful scenery. One thing that is bad is since Nihon Kai faces China & Korea all their waste that gets thrown into their waters flows an washes onto japan's beaches. Such a bad site to see. I walked along the beach, all I could see was most of the waste had korean or chinese writing. Beach clean was the best thing of the day, though. Nothing like keeping japans beaches clean.After that it was back to shizuoka, where I'm designing my new 2011 longboard models with my shaper Sudo Yuki. Then its back to chiba for a day or two then its off to ibaragi and maybe Fukushima & Sendai. Busy,busy,busy! A picture of Mt.Fuji on my way back to chiba.
07 November, 2010
Kelly Slater did it! His 10th world title. Amazing slater is still winning world title's and surfing better then ever. For sure the greatest surfer of all time. Congrats sl8's!!!Just in perfect form kelly doing what he does best. Surfing every heat and just blowing up! Wow!!
05 November, 2010
The 2010 Oxbow ASP World Longboard Championship was held in Hawaii at the famous Makaha beach. A new longboard champion was crowned. Hawaiian local "Duane De Soto" is our new world longboard champion. Congrats! Proud to be from the 808 state. Good to see 3 hawaiians on the podium, Duane, Bonga, and Rusty....cheee!!!Holding the hawaiian flag up with "PRIDE", Duane De Soto being carried to the stage. Surfing, its roots & history comes from the hawaiian people inventing this sport that we all love world wide. We hawaiian people have so much "PRIDE" of our land, family & friends, and especially our ocean. So its great to see a true hawaiian bring home the title on hawaiian soil. If you weren't born and raised in hawaii you just won't understand. Job well done, Kekoa and all the braddah's who represented the hawaiian state.