Home Sweet Home

Got to take a little Home Sweet Home Hawaii Vacay!!



Spend some time with my dogs...



Go to the IPA Schools' fundraiser with my crazy but ADORABLE nieces...





And spend time with this handsome guy...


My guy... (^з^)-☆


Surf at Makaha!


Just hang out... All day cruise at the beach day...


He taught me how to make my very first fishing lure!!
Can't wait to go home this winter so he can teach me how to drive a boat and catch me a fish!


And my favorite picture (Or in this case... pictures) from my short but very sweet trip...
What I would give to see my guy with a smile on his face everyday \(//∇//)\
lOvE...LOVE...luuuv him!!

Got one more month of tour left... Two competitions... JPSA Longboard Pro this weekend and the WLT Swatch Girls Longboard Pro in Hainan, China!

Time to DO work!!
Heading back to Japan.... Here we go!!

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MIYAZAKI NOW!!

It's good to be back with my little sister I never had... Hiroka Yoshikawa!! Missed this girl!!




Typhoon swells been pushing through... We got waves!! We're PUMPED!!




Till we find out we seeded in the same heat!! Aaaaaaaahhhhh!!!! Lol... Σ（ﾟдﾟlll）！(◎_◎;)




But no worries... We got this!!




And we did!! Yesterday we cleared our quarters and semi heats together...
Both in the FINALS!!




Whoooooohoooooo!!!
Thinking our finals is on today... We prep by starting off with a good breakfast...




MUSUBI BOMB!!!!!!




Then we find out... Finals are moved to tomorrow!!! ∑(ﾟДﾟ) Lol...
So... Now what?!?
Now... After Men's Round 2... We signed up for the Akugare Team Challenge!!
New rules for this year... Team surfing!! Catch the same wave and do the same tricks... We got this too!! Signed up!!




Team name??? PEAK!!!




We even got our gangsta PEAK sign down!! Hahahahaha...
This is gonna be FUUUUUN!!
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Izu Day 2&3

BREAKFAST!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!




But of course... Work first ^_−☆




After that... Bikini shoot at the beach... Quick surf session... Then off to lunch!!!




SPICEDOG Restaurant ♡




Taco Rice plate!!




Can u tell we are absolutely stoked about lunch?!? Lol...
Head back to our hotel and...
Look whose here!!!!!




YUKARI!!!!!!


Our little Miss Sugar and Spice! Now we're all good to go!!!



Ready for our hot spring shoot??
♪───Ｏ（≧∇≦）Ｏ────♪


Whoooohooooo!!!



That's a shot that won't be on the magazine for sure... But I like it!!!
☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆




Early the next morning...




Quick morning surf session... Getting our water surf shots!! Last thing on our check list for our Izu surf trip!!


Thank you YAMATOKAN!! I'll definitely be back (^-^)



OTSUKARESAMA!!
Looking forward to seeing the magazine scheduled to come out end of November!!
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ON THE BOARD 伊豆 LONGBOARD GIRLS TRIP

Road trip?!
YAYER!!
Here we go!!


Heading to Izu with these two ladies ^_−☆
JPSA pro longboarder Keiko Kodaka (left) and our camera girl, Yuriko Yonechi (right)!!


Weather in Japan has been slowly changing to Autumn/Fall... So its a good thing we're heading south!!
Definitely warmer... white sand beaches... clean ocean water!!


Perfect timing too since we have a typhoon swell pushing through!
We got SURF!!
Whoooooohooooooo!!

After our afternoon surf session... We take a bath and head to dinner.
We're staying at a beachfront property called Yamato-kan... And the view!! Oh, what a view!!!


We change into our dinner attire... Yukata ( ^ω^ ) I only get to wear these here in Japan at places like this...


Hahahahaha.... Yup... Now I look like a full on Japanese... Not that I'm not... I am! But this is as Japanese looking as I get!!
What do you think??


Don't we look cute??!
And then there's dinner...
*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･'(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)'･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*


Appetizer...


Sashimi...


Seafood and vegetables for the grill...


Snapper hot pot!!


We are soooooo STOKED!!!!!!!
And full!!!!! Lol...


Guess we gonna soak in our private bath outside our room and call it a night...
☆〜（ゝ。∂）
Nite nite!!
Can't wait for tomorrow...

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