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It's only Wednesday...but! so far this week in a Takanami mumma's life....

4 days, 3 prefectures, and a whole lot of doing stuff in the life of a takanami mum!
４日間、千葉県／神奈川／東京都 高波ママライフはやる事がいっぱいの！

Sunday-Wednesday...
日曜日〜水曜日までは。。。

Sunday, Ichinomiya station 9am, on the way to Tusjido for Greg's farewell
日曜日、一宮駅朝9時,グレッグのバイバイBBQのため湘南むかう

Sunday, 1pm, finally make it to Shonan for the BBQ...
日曜日午後１時。。。やっと湘南ついた。。。

Monday, chiba, family lunch!
月曜日ファマリーランチ！

Monday PM, mum and dad private BBQ
月曜日夜ママとパパプライベートBBQ

Tuesday, 4am wake-up. Drive to Yokohama. Drop papa off for his shoot trip. Family breakfast at Denny's.
火曜日朝４時起き。横浜までクニを送る。これから3日間の撮影トリップが入ります。最後ファマリーでブレックファースト。

Seeya Kuni

バイバイパパ。。

Tuesday, 8:30am, said bye to Kuni and now stuck in traffic heading to Tokyo. Luckily Ry is asleep in the car.
火曜日朝８時半。クニにバイバイして、東京にむかってるけどトラッフィックすごいの！来君が車で寝てるラッキー。

Time to kill before Nana haruyo comes home from work to look after Ry. 10:30am in Ikebukuro...
お婆ちゃんがこれから来君をみてくれるけどまだ仕事終わってなくて家いないの。朝１０時半。来君とまってるあいだ池袋でおもちゃを見に行く。

On the way to Itabashi...loooove this sign!
板橋むかう。。サインうける！

Got rid of the baby...time to go do some work. On the way to meeting with Pete and Kyle in Takebashi. Tuesday 1:30pm, Ikebukuro. In thongs of course.
ババの家まで来君を送って、これから仕事のミーテング。火曜日午後１時半。池袋駅、たけばしにむかう。もちろんビーチサンダル！

Pick up Ry by 6:30pm, jump in the car and head back to Chiba....hard traffic, get home at 10pm...
午後６時半来君をピックアップ。千葉の帰りでまたトラッフィク。。夜10時に家着く。。

Wednesday, 6am wakeup with Ry. All housework is done by 10am including some packing for the upcoming move to the studio and a big bike/run with the dogs. Baked cookies for friends.
Run around and do some work on the camping car after lunch.
水曜日来君と朝６時起き。１０時までハウスワークと大きい自転車犬散歩全部終わった。引っ越しじゅんびもいろいろ出来た。友達にクッキーもやいた。ランチ食べたあとスタジオに行ってキャンピングカーの中のリフォーム少しやった。

1:30pm, off to Mariko san's house for homemade Plum Juice and cake! bloody hot outside.
午後１時半。いつもおせわになってるの友達の家で手作りウメジュースとケーキ！外めちゃ暑い！

3pm, off to give cuddles to Baby Hideki and let Ry play in the pool with Marisa.
午後３時。ベビーヒデキ君とダッコ！河合過ぎ。。来君はマリサお姉ちゃんとプールで遊び！

4pm, no wind, bit of swell, off to the beach for a surf with Yuumi and Sawyer! yeeey!
午後４時。風邪ない。波残ってる。ユウミちゃんとソーヤ君とママサーフタイム！最高。

8pm. baby asleep. time to do computer work...office rules are no work without beer. Life is pretty damn sweet.
夜8時。疲れちゃった来君寝ちゃった。これからママのオッフィスオーペンする。。。オッフィスのルールはビールを飲まなきゃ。。。ライフは忙しいのに最高だね。。

What on earth is gonna come along tomorrow???
明日からどうなっちゃうかな！！！

Bye Bye Greggie!

BYE BYE GREGGIE!!!

Tusjido Beach

Greg, me and Ryde

Ry and I braved the 3hr something train ride and packed 3-day weekend crowds down to Tsujido in Shonan to say goodbye to good friend, bodyguard and brother Greg!
Great day with friends under the sun drinking beer and champagne! BBQ Japan stylee!
You will be missed my dear, but we can't wait to come find you in Jamaica and Canada!
Love your fam,
Ang, Kuni and Ry
xoxoxo

Greg, me, Aki chan and Ryde

The crew!

Wish someone coulda carried me like this!

When a man can build you a house...keep him!

The studio...hand built by Kuni. Love it. Coming along so nicely. The office is almost complete, should be moving in by end of the month.

He builds
He takes photos
Good father
Good man

I♥you baby!

今日クニちゃんとスタジオでいっぱい出来た！
もうそろそろオッフィス部屋終われる！

上手な旦さんが自分で出来てる。

家たてる
写真上手い
良いパパ
良い男

感謝です。

Torami surf!

Fun waves out at Torami this morning, bout waist high so good for the twinnie and fun on the sets. Bloody crowded though, what's with that? Does no-one work around here???

Gotta get it tomorrow too before the wind picks up, but with the Tokyo heads rolling in before dawn, and with dawn being at 4am...Might wait for the local crew surf time around 7...

今日クニと来君とクニの地元友達と東浪見でサーフ。セットでこしくらいあったかな。。だからツイン楽しかった！でも、すごい人多かった。。なんで？と考えてるね。。みんな仕事してないのかい？？笑う。

明日土壌日だからやばいでしょう。。夜中に来るから朝一より７じくらい入って来るとベストかもね。。

Steamers!

Ry and I went to visit Noriko and Lyla chan at Steamer's cafe today down in Hebara. I LOVE the Garlic Prawns there! Yum! Ry was super grumpy from no sleep (5am wake up for no reason..again..) but eventually he got some genki and the kids played a little. Lyla is 6 months and Ry 10months and it was amazing to see the difference. I can't beleive how much Ry has grown lately-he is now almost walking, doing some crazy frog crawl, talking a little in both Japanese and English (most probably only Kuni and I can understand, but he's repeating almost everything we say to him!) and he is sleeping less and less (great).

The wind was full blown onshore and surf almost flat, but it was lovely to sit looking out onto the ocean on such a clear day.

Thanks to Steamer's for having us again and to Noriko and Lyla for inviting us!

See you guys again soon
xo

Let's use our minds in the water!

Morning sunshine

パパが夜中無事に帰ってきて、 来くん起きられなかったから朝起きたらパパとなりにいた喜んだみたい！笑
パパゆっくり寝たかったのに朝5:30に元気な来くんが「遊ぼう遊ぼう」だって！

明日も早いかな。。ママ達寝たいのに！

Kick Kick Kick!

We are now in July, and it's been roughly 7 months since I changed the way I eat. My new year's resolution was to do more for the environment, including cutting out meat from my life and only buying local produce wherever possible.

I have found it challenging, particularly having a baby and breastfeeding trying to keep iron and protein levels up is hard! But I feel better for the change and although I still eat seafood, I keep the fish I buy local only and have been surprised that even though I live in a fishing town most of the seafood sold at the local supermarkets are all imported! So even fish has been off the menu unless something local comes in..and I know it was caught sustainably (none of that horrible overfishing thanks!)

On a magazine shoot trip back in Oz over xmas, a friend introduced me to a completely organic supplement called Spirulina:

Spirulina is the richest nutrient and complete food source found in the world. It contains over 100 nutrients, more than any other plant, grain or herb. Today Spirulina is widely used as a food supplement to maintain health, boost energy and reduce weight

Spirulina contains 60-63 % protein, up to 13 % of essence minerals like Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Phosphorus, Iron, and Zinc as well as complete vitamin B groups and many important anti-oxidants (which protect cells). The anti-oxidant Phycocyanin can only be found in Spirulina. It is the richest natural source of Vitamin E and beta-carotene.

I buy the powder form and put it in a banana/juice smoothie every morning for Kuni and I which gives us that extra kick we both need in our busy lives and those added nutrients and iron I need to keep up my breastfeeding regime without losing my own strength!

Today I received in the post a second-hand Juicer (I love recycled stuff! Why buy new when you can reduce waste by recycling!) which is all hand operated, so we don't have to worry about electricity which will be good when we move onto our un-finished studio later this month!

Ryder and I were keen to test it out with some rockmelon and the results! Delicious!

The new hand-operated juicer! Thanks Kuni for the lovely present!! xo

Ryder with a mix of vegemite and spirulina juice all over himself...

I must admit I find it tough to maintain an organic lifestyle out in Chiba-most of the farmers spray their crops with pesticides so even the farmer's markets aren't entirely safe...but over on our new land I've planted some of our own herbs and vegies which are thriving! No chemicals used whatsoever and that's the way it should be!

Omedetou 73 and Eiji kun!

Friday night in Tokyo...73Riders 10-year-anniversary party!

And happy birthday to the boss, Eiji kun!


Omedetou!

Check out 73 online store to pick up a special anniversary t-shirt colab with Kuni!

http://www.73-r.com/?pid=21777173



And keep an eye out for the latest catalog photos by Kuni and featuring myself and Masashi as models!


本当におめでとう！！！

Outdoor Japan Magazine July/August Issue 2010 OUT NOW!

Mikura Magic
Freedom in Exile
Q4:Aussie Surf Legend Wayne Lynch Interview by Angie Takanami
Japan Surf Guide by Angie and Kuni Takanami

and much more!

http://www.outdoorjapan.org/

Little Hideki

July 1st 2010 welcomes baby Hideki Katou!!
My best friends are proud parents, Aki and Tomo!
おめでとう加藤ファマリー！

Kuni Takanami Etsy Photo Shop Now Open!

We are very proud to announce that Kuni is selling his shots through Etsy's online store, at http://www.etsy.com/shop/KuniTakanami

Feel free to make any requests for photos not included on the gallery if you have seen them on the Surfers Eyes galleries.

Thanks for your ongoing support!

Angie and Kuni Takanami
www.surferseyes.com
http://www.etsy.com/shop/KuniTakanami

Family Style

It takes a long time to get to the point where you want to go, but once you're on that road it's worth the hard work.
Pleasure and pain as one, the balance between everything and anything.

Three of us have come together now, it's been struggle and smiles. And it's all worth it at the end.

Thanks Kuni, you have given me the opportunity to learn myself, know myself, and be myself. Ryder, thanks for the motivation and inspiration to take that next step.

Love to my family, they are my everything.

行きたい所まで行く事が長くて大変のに、最後まで行けたら大変な気持ちより上手く出来た気持ちがでてくるじゃない？
痛み、幸せ、どちでもなくて、バランスとたら全部一緒。

今３人でスマイルしても泣いてもやっと良い道見つけた。

クニ、いつもありあとう。あなたのおかげで私が自分の本当の事を見てる、分かってる、出来てる。
来君、お前のおかげでママがすぎのステップ行けるインスピレーションをゲットしたよ。
感謝です。

家族を愛してる。foreverまでも。

Work Stay in Chiba Japan!

Work for rent in Japan's favourite surfside town Ichinomiya/Taito.

The Takanami's are looking for a strong, fit guy or couple to help build our shooting studio in Chiba on the east coast of Japan. We can offer you a place to stay for free in exchange for working on the studio 5 days a week (Sat&Sun off or choose your own days off).

Great for the traveling surfer, 10min bike ride from Taito beach or Ichinomiya's famed Shida point (home to the WCT and WQS contests).

Stay as long as you like, could be a week or a month, we are flexible and negotiable!

Anyone interested please email Angie: angie@surferseyes.com

Peace!
Angie and Kuni