Click Here for some pics from the presentation of the Diverse cup at Tugun..

Diverse is proud to announce the First Diverse surf Japan Cup at Tugun. This event is for Japanese surfers only this year! we will have an expression session & lots of cool giveaways...

The Japan Fish fry is a boardshow of growing size.. no longer s it just for Fish Style surfboards.. anyones allowed even if its a cheap moulded board im told.. just go have fun in the surf...

Small Waves today.. Daisuke made the most of the Magic Mullets Small wave abilitys. With 5mm wetsuits and very powerless waves, it really takes patience & the right tools to get a fun surf session in!

In between visits to Surfshop customers We have been Surfing a couple times with customers too over the last days. its kind of duanting driving for 2 hours past snow capped mountains, watching steam come out of vents in the road!. i woke up at 6 am and saw outside completly coverered with snow, i went back to the warm bed thinking i would get some great pics later! , but up at 9 am and its sunny and all gone! I really begin to understand what my customers have to go thru here and other parts of the world!not even feeling my fingers.. before i get in the water, the hot water buckets to take to shower with at the beach, the Amazing custom order process to get a wetsuit! Oh another thing happened too. i Woke up to the whole house shaking. it was an earthquake. it was over pretty quick, it was only a 3.5! almost everyone slept thru it, its such a normal part of life here!

Hi Guys its Dave reporting from Cold Yokoham,a in Japan. The temp is 3 degrees outside! Heres a quick glimpse of yesterdays action.

rom: 石川　晋 Go Ishikawa
Date: 2 August 2009 5:03:15 PM
To: dave@diversesurf.com.au
Subject: hello from Japan

hi Dave how r u?
thanks for the board.
that goes really good.
noseride is good and also highperformance.

the pic from comp last monday.

hey dave.
sorry I missed you at the fish fry. my friends are stoked on those boards.
check out what I did to my surfboards.
 
here are the pics...


Life is Good......

Hitoshi "Jake" Sowa

this great Video of some of the fish fry action in Japan is by Shunsuke Suzuki of studiopippen.blogspot.com


More pics here....

well then... not many Diverse boards in front of the tent huh. they are all out on demo. we had a great day and it was really good to see how many people loved quality workmanship.

To Dave san
I received Boards today.
Thank you for the Beautiful art work. We are very Happy.
I already have 2 more custom order. These will fax soon.

This Photo is from my friends wedding!

My new board looks very good & light. Can't wait to try it!

Thank you very much for your very Professionally work.

Yuichi

A sunrise over a beachbreak...
Long Left reefbreaks
Finding out whats under you
Finding out whats around you
Long 4' Right hand Beachbreaks with a couple friends

Heres a quick clip of some of the reefbreaks waiting for typhoon swell and a higher tide...

wow. if you like my wood board, then this guy is amazing...
Shuhei Ogawara spent two years of his life collecting 7,382 wood disposable chopsticks from his office cafeteria, glued them together in three months, and applied a polyester coat to build this 13-foot long, 66-pound canoe.
so... who wants a surfboard that smells like ginger?

HEY ALL YOU BOOGERS, diverse has crossed over to your side. here is our latest range of bodyboarding equipment! coming in the shown colors as well as hot pink and luscious lime... if we are not sold out by the lunchtime of april the 1st you have missed out on our 1/2 day april fools day sale....

nights are filled with dinners and drinks... wish my family were here to join in!

Fin little 2 footers at Tebiro this morning, it lacked power as most reefbreaks do when its small. its on the rise so we should be in for a couple good sessions soon. it was perfect little waves for a Twinnie. the crowd was up a little today as everyone tends to have monday and tuesday off. a lot of people work afternoons and nights in resturants.

this was a 100 metre walk worth of nice shells.... my little girls would have loved it here!

marine life are abundant with big snapper nibbling your feet as you swim... my Wife would love to see the variety of fish that were all the rainbow of colors.

a Nice day to relax and chill at the reef... no surf so a snorkel was called for.

3rd costume change...

2nd costume change, but this time its at the reception.

A very nice Hot Sunny day. the sun is a little milder here than in oz as we didnt get sunburnt at all.

Yukie & Nari's wedding was on the beach at Bashayama

Our ex staff Japanese Agent Wedding is on today in a remote Island in Japan. Yukie worked with us for approx 3 years taking care of all our japanese customers!

Friday and Saturdays forecast is for the smallest swell, and this is Fridays offering... this wave would be approximately 50cm from top to bottom. Amazingly beautiful morning to have a swim and walk on the beach!

I went for a stroll thru the main shopping area as you do when you travel, i found a few interesting things. lots and lots of stuff my little girls at home would love, like Hello Kitty and Ampanman. But the most fun i had was finding a gunshop in the main street full of replicas. they all shot BB pellets. There was fully automatics and semi autos, ak47's and western style pistols. i showed some interest to the friendly shop owner and he gassed a Beretta and filled the magazine up and handed it over to me pointing out a target on the back wall of the shop. Of course i obliged and empty the thing! Insane stuff but i was getting thirsty...

Ramen for lunch with Yukie after i picked up a new digicam $200 cheaper than in oz!

They always say you should have been here last week... well its true for me again! the typhoon that went thru here last week was epic. i managed to get a photo off the local boys to show what it was like 2 days before i got here.

well first Day in Japan... Yukei picked me up at the airport and we went straight to surf. well i have a new record! I surfed japan the biggest ive ever had it 3-4 sets! it was at a break that i cant pronounce the name. it kind of broke like a left hand fingal causeway but on reef and rock. When the tide got high the backwash made it a bitch to get on to the waves which had lots of potential but not today as it got more sideshore the longer we stayed out. we then had to do a fun little scramble up a rockface between sets as the tide had come in far enough to be no beach left... just concrete and rocks. you had to time it so that you could scramble up around 6 feet before the next set came. i would love to post pics but my every trusty digicam is not so evertrusty anymore... it seems to have water inside the waterproof part! i will see what i can do about it over the next couple days. i think it ran out of warranty last week dammit! the house im staying at has a card reader so maybe i can get images off that that i shot before it went to poo. the water is 25 degrees and the air is 28 so its just like being in Bali! check back for more riveting action toomorow...

Well Im off to japan for 10 days of Typhoon season! by all reports it should be pumping... i have my Quads all oiled and greased ready to roll!
i will keep you posted.

Daves of to a tropical island in japan in 14 days... Typhoon season and Quads!
keep your eyes on the news & weather!