Miyazaki: チキン南蛮, Early Morning Sessions, and X

Last week, we had a three day weekend, and a typhoon was coming. That can only mean one thing...surf. My boy Keiichi was visiting from LA, and Keoki, Ashley, and Steve were all ready to kill shit. Here is the crew:

We jumped into a car on Saturday morning, and jammed our way to Miyazaki. I had been once before, to Hyuuga, with my boys 山口さん and 徳永さん, but the board I used on that trip, as I came to realize on this trip, sucked, and it was ridiculously crowded. So, none of us knew what type of waves to expect.







Me doing my Jeff Lim impression.







We get to Miyazaki City, and before our check-in at the hotel, we decided to get a session in at 木崎浜. There was a surf contest that weekend, which one of my students happened to be entered in, so it was pretty crowded. I was using a board I had never used before, so I was a little nervous, but it turned out to be alright. It didn't look too good from shore, but it was one of those situations where it looks a lot better once you get out there.

Went out, drank, slept, and came back out for a morning session...

It was good, but, again, crowded. Keoki had done some research and thought we should try and follow the coast south to see if we could find some different types of spots.

Steve, looking from the road, found this nice little right, that honestly didn't look like much. As we got closer though, it looked nicer and nicer. Aaaaand...there was nobody out.

Steve, getting barreled, and me, on the next wave, me getting shut down.

I could have stayed there all night. It was the most fun I have had surfing since leaving Hawaii, definitely. The boys, surfed to exhaustion.

Surf til dark, jump in the car, and meet some of my boys from Fukuoka who also made the trip down. Get drunk, eat killer food, run back to the hotel for more nonsense. It's hard to explain the last photo, but it pretty much sums up the trip. X GONNA GIVE IT TO YA!

The End.