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Meet Joe Blair!

Posted in Hawaii, Hawaiian Culture, Shapers, Surf, Surfing, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

In the surfing world, specifically the surfboard manufacturing industry, there are a slew of icons who’ve maneuvered themselves front and center. Names of the players and their companies, similar to fashion designers, splayed across products, which often focus more on apparel and accessories. But there are others diligently working, seemingly behind the scenes, expending less [...]

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Save O’oma (Pine Trees) in Kona

Posted in Big Island, Environment, Hawaii, Hawaiian Culture, Surfing, tagged , , , , , , on February 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I thought the fight was already lost, but it seems it is still up for debate whether or not the county/ state should acquire O’oma II to protect it as public, open space. Considering how important the area around Pine Trees is -how precious the waters and how vital this surf / recreational / camping [...]

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Sharks, Swells and Stinky Smells

Posted in Animals, Big Island, Hawaii, Hawaiian Culture, Shark Attacks, Surf, Surfer Girls, Surfing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 17, 2007 | 4 Comments »

It’s kinda a thing with surfers, to recite our homogeneous oceanic factoids and universal truths, though on occasion we’re not necessarily precisely sure what we’re talking about. This seems to be the case in regards to sharks, and particularly their olfactory sensibilities and its effect upon their desire to attack.
How many times have we heard [...]

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Noni: The Stinky Magical Lifesaver

Posted in Big Island, Hawaii, Hawaiian Culture, Health & Alternative Medicine, Recipes, noni, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 27, 2007 | 6 Comments »

It is assumed that Noni (”Aspirin of the Ancients”) originated in Southeast Asia (Indonesia) and was brought, approximately 2000 years ago, by ancient peoples of French Polynesia to the islands of the South Pacific. Captain Cook recorded it’s use in Tahiti (Nono) in the 1700s, and later documents show its use in Fiji (Kura), [...]

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Point Break 2: Young, Dumb and…More Surf Movies to Cum

Posted in Celebrities, Hawaii, Hawaiian Culture, Movies, Surfer Girls, Surfing, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 22, 2007 | 6 Comments »

You know, before Gidget came out in the late ’50s, there were supposedly only 5,000 surfers in the world. With that and the beach blanket bingo era to follow, by 1962 it’s been estimated a whopping 100,000 took to the waves. Today how many might there be? Millions?
My first bit of interest in surfing came [...]

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Secret Hair Tips for the Surfer Girl

Posted in Hawaiian Culture, Health & Alternative Medicine, Recipes, Sunscreen, Surfer Girls, Surfing, Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »

There is one thing every girl who surfs has in common. I mean, besides all the requisite health and physical benefits – one of the downsides is, we all have hair problems. Just think of putting a fine strand of silk in salt water and then letting it bake in the sun, then wetting it [...]

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