Thought this an interesting way to advertise health insurance to those who surf; direct-marketed to me on MySpace. So I curiously clicked, and found the Platinum Kaiser Plan is just $195.00 a month (!), for an average Hawaii surfer, who might like swimming with sharks (I’m assuming the sharks in the ocean, not the sharks [...]
Archive for the ‘Shark Attacks’ Category
Should Surfers Be Insured?
Posted in Environment, Health & Alternative Medicine, Shark Attacks, Sunscreen, Surfing, Tip of the Day, tagged bethany hamilton, cancer, coverage, health insurance, medical bills, shark attack, skin cancer, surf insurance, travel insurance on May 23, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Sharks, Swells and Stinky Smells
Posted in Animals, Big Island, Hawaii, Hawaiian Culture, Shark Attacks, Surf, Surfer Girls, Surfing, tagged blood, diving, Hawaii, marine biology, menstruating, period, rag, research, seals, shark attack, smells, turtles, urine, victim 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 [...]
Honu Attacks in Hawai’i!
Posted in Animals, Hawaii, Shark Attacks, Surf, Surfer Girls, Surfing, tagged Hawaii, Hilo, Honu, marine biology, mating, National Geographic, sea turtles, sex on December 1, 2007 | 5 Comments »
As a magazine writer (publishing my own magazines where I could -and would- add pages and shrink type size to barely legible as needed), I’ve grown accustomed to the zealous and verbose. Hey, when we wrote freelance back then we got two dollars for every drawn-out word (ah, the good old dayz). Anyway, I like [...]











