Morfo App…….

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Check out these short videos I put together with help from “Morfo Booth” app.


*Aaron Sadoyama……tattoo artist


*Joe Cumbee….tattoo artist


*Lisa Miranda…..shop girl….


*Paul Arakaki…..apple computer tech guy


*Rachel Lee…piercer

* Lucky we live Hawaii…..

*”Hey Jenn, hows about a game of tic-tac-toe”…..

*Is this Joe’s previous job?????? Male stripper????? Singer on “Village People”???? or Billy and his new app for his iphone….I think “Village People”….Hey Joe….Macho Macho Man….YMCA?????

Shaka Kalikimaka…..Happy New Year…….PRIMA RESTAURANT……

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Happy Holidays and all that great stuff….Hope your day was a joyous one……   For some of us die hard fans, we got a special treat this Christmas….the NBA season kicked off in grand fashion.  The New York Knicks squeaked a nail bitter vs the Boston Celtics…such a great way to start the season…  

The Knicks picked up a couple of great stars……Tyson Chandler from the Dallas Mavericks and Baron Davis from the Cleveland Cavs.

 

 

 

The 808 Tattoo Crew had a great Christmas lunch the other day at “Prima Restaurant” in Kailua……great stuff…. *Prima specializes in the best made stone oven pizza’s….if you been to the V Lounge and ate their pizza’s…then Prima is just your spot.

 

 

 

*I will try to get back to Prima and get my grind on, every chance i can.

Hurley / Contrast Magazine…Anti Canvas Art show……..

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First off….YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!! There is gonna be a NBA season this year. Maybe the Knicks can improve and get better……As of now the LA Lakers are trying to get “CP3″ New Orleans Hornets star guard…Chris Paul…I just double checked and the deal that would send CP3 to LA, Pao Gasol to Houston, and Lamar Odom to N.O. Hornets. This is gonna be crazy. I’m just glad we get to watch basketball!!! Start of the season is Xmas Day…..thank you Santa!!!

Meanwhile…..back at the ranch……..

Hurley and Contrast Magazine held its annual Anti Canvas Art show….Basically, they have about 30 artists from around the US have a piece of art printed on a board shorts and auctioned off and proceeds would go to Japan Relief Fund.

 

 

 

 

*I got there early so i could check out some art…….good thing I did because it got packed pretty quickly.

*This is the shorts that I did…I think someone paid over $125 for these….cool!!!!!

 

*It was great to see some of my old friends that I used to hang out with and compete against…..

*It was great to see Pat O’Connell. We had some fun times in the past and it was fun catching up.

*Joel Centeio is still one of the best in the world and another homey for you guys to deal with out at Big Rights when its good.

 

*PK….Peter King was once a MTV personality and a still is a great surfer….now PK is a photographer. I remember a heat out at Sunset when PK got ripped off by the judges and lost a close heat to Occy.

 

 

 

*Joe was pretty star struck seeing some pro surfers…..looks like a psychotic man crush!!!!!

*It also was Kanoe Uemurea’s 21st birsthday again….she was pretty toasted!!!! HAppy 21st again!!!!

 

*Back at the shop…..

*This is an old school mouse trap.

 

*LOST MAN…….

 

*Literally, the biggest “LOST” fan…EVER. He actually has a biz card that says “Lost Man”.

*Awwwww so cute…matching matching….the Power Puff Girls stopped by.

*Sausage Festival…Cock Fight…..Pissing Contest….”hold my hand, this hurts”

*Joe’s portrait? Charles Manson? Look at the pics above…..psychotic…..it is Joe.

Human Imagination/In4mation & 808 Tattoo First Friday Recap…..

In4mation/Human Imagination & 808 Tattoo……FIRST FRIDAY ART SHOW!!!!

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We just had a First Friday art show at Human Imagination “hi”/ In4mation in downtown on Nuuanu Ave. last night……. Thank you to all that has supported us at 808Tattoo. *Billy in deep thought. The single biggest reason why 808 Tattoo is such a huge success…….such a pretty lei!!!haha *Time to set up and hang…

Hisashibure…..”Its been a long time!!!”…….

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I know, you don’t need to say it…I’ve been slacking. There has been some great surf. I have some pics of that and some usually shit around the shop. I couple of weeks ago a huge swell slammed the south shore. I haven’t seen it this big in about 15-16 years. There was a lot…

Surf, Las Vegas, & How Do You Know You’re a Redneck?…………..

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I guess this blog went from daily, to weekly, to monthly…….hopefully not yearly. Sorry to disappoint you “Mats”, haha. Congratulations to Hawaii’s Carissa Moore and Ezekiel Lau for their accomplishments in the surfing world. *Carissa claimed her first of many ASP World titles. Carissa has made the finals in all 6 events on the Women’s…

NBA & NHL Champs and Chumps…….

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First off, hats off to the NBA Champions….DALLAS MAVERICKS…hahaha, not the Miami Heat. *The Mavs beat the Heat in 6 games. Honestly, I thought Miami was gonna win. But I was pulling for the Mavs the whole time. Dirk Nowitzki, Old man Jason Kidd and Jason Terry finally get the rings they deserve. It was…

True fans……

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Hey gang its been awhile….I know.  There has bee a shit load of stuff that has happened since my last post. Bin Laden is now “Been Shoten”. My Knicks got blown out by the Boston Celtics, who then got their asses handed to them by the Miami Heat. I got me some new toys for…

Kirby Fukunaga….GoNaminori….

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I have been friends with Kirby Fukunaga for a very long time. We surfed and competed with and against each other for years. Kirby has a website named His website is what brought about my site and blog. Kirby and his friends are taking action in Japan and tsunami devastated Sendai, Japan. Kirby about $15,000…