surfing competition is taking place right now. this was supposed to be a huge festival of surfing. just down the beach is the ldest surf shop in town run by shingo nakamura. so close but shingo and his staff are forced to watch the action on television. shingo s father was one of the first to develop surfing here, learning from american sailors based injapan. there s a lot of sadness and frustration here, but also hope that the world will see that japan is notjust about sumo orjudo,