1/2 Month left...

15 days left in the Early Bird Wetsuit deal.

Nathan and Dave | Tokyo, Japan

Tomo found a few photos from our Japan trip last October.

Here is Nathan and I, bewildered by downtown Tokyo.

Zipper-free

Tomohiro, showing off his new zipper-less 3mm Almond wetsuit.

Handcrafted in Japan by Mr. Sayama

My only question is... if Tomo measures everyone for suits, who measured Tomo?

Mr. Hiromichi Soeda

Tomohiro's dad, Hiromichi Soeda, owns Soeda Surfboards Japan (SSJ) the company that distributes our surfboards in Japan. He is a legendary Japanese surfer who has been charging big waves in Hawaii and Japan for decades.'

Nathan and I got to meet Mr. Soeda while we were in Japan in October. We hung out at the beach with him during our surfboard demo in Shonan. Tomo told us that he had never seen his dad ride a longboard, and he probably hadn't done so since he was a kid. So, of course getting him to paddle out on a log became an instant goal for the trip.

During the demo, without the slightest prompting from any of us, Mr. Soeda zipped up his wetsuit, snatched Nathan's 9'9 off of the sand and headed toward the water. Needless to say, I was thrilled. I snapped a photo of him carrying Nate's board, then climbed up onto the sea wall to get a photo of him in trim on a log. The whole peanut gallery on the beach was loving it, I'm just glad I was able to snap a photo. Not sure if it was enough to convert him to a part-time logger.

TOMO TUESDAYS

For the foreseeable future, Tomohiro will be coming in on Tuesdays to take orders for custom Almond wetsuits.

It takes about 30 minutes to get measured, and you'll have a suit in hand in 2-3 weeks!

We're happy to invite you to the inaugural Tomo Tuesday from 12:00 to 2:00 tomorrow.

**Thanks James Kamo for the rad Almond Wetsuits logo**