Hopefully Obama can maintain his integrity and smooth style as he surfs the candidacy for president. But we hope he doesn’t play it too easy! Michael Moore, in his recent rant entitled “How The Democrats Can Blow It, In Six Easy Steps” seemes to adequately point out some of the strange maneuvers as of late [...]
Archive for the ‘Surfing’ 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 »
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 [...]
Surfing the Tsunami
Posted in Hawaii, Surf, Surfing, Tip of the Day, tagged hawaii island, Hilo, pacific tsunami warning center, surfers, Surfing, tsunami on March 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Every so often, when a tsunami warning or incident occurs, talk ensues about the history and potential calamities of the next tsunami to hit the Hawai’i Islands. One of the quandries debated among the surfing community is what one should do if a tsunami takes place while out in the water (only people who do [...]
Free WiFi Hawaii Island
Posted in Big Island, Environment, Hawaii, Restaurants, Surfing, tagged Environment, free internet, hawaii island, hotspots, recycling, starbucks, T-Mobile, WiFi on February 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So, Starbucks made their splashy announcement that they’re ditching T-Mobile for AT&T and by this Spring (a little later for Hawaii) will offer two hours of free internet with a purchase of $3.99 or more. As cutting edge as they were by taking that Seattle gourmet coffee habit and spreading the addiction to a world [...]
Meet Joe Blair!
Posted in Hawaii, Hawaiian Culture, Shapers, Surf, Surfing, tagged downing, joe blair, paddleboards, quads, shaper, simon anderson, SUP, surfboard, xanadu 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 [...]
Save O’oma (Pine Trees) in Kona
Posted in Big Island, Environment, Hawaii, Hawaiian Culture, Surfing, tagged development, kohanaiki, kona, mayor kim, o'oma, pine trees, Sierra Club 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 [...]
Airlines and Surfboards
Posted in Hawaii, Surfing, tagged aloha airlines, baggage, ban, british airways, gear, hawaiian airlines, surfboards on February 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I always thought the luggage handlers who so carelessly tossed your surfboard onto the plane, or piled heavy baggage atop it, were jealous because you were going on a surf trip while they had to work. But when a whole airlines sez “screw you!” to surfers - you have to wonder why?
Certainly many of us [...]
Puna Getting Some Big Island Love
Posted in Big Island, Hawaii, Puna, Surf, Surfing, tagged fire department, issac hale park, lifeguards, ocean safety, pohoiki, Puna on January 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Puna had seemingly been losing the battle in terms of infrastructure and development needed to keep up with the population explosion of the past few years. While there’s been lots of debating, proposals, plans… actually action, when it occurs, is typically slow and inadequate. So it came as a surprise to many when the 5th [...]
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 [...]
Why Surfers Get Salt and Lemonade Cravings
Posted in Health & Alternative Medicine, Recipes, Surf, Surfing, Tip of the Day, tagged alkaline, blood sugar, electrolytes, Hawaii, kidneys, lemonade, lemons, real salt, sea salt, Surf, Surfing, tahitian limeade, water on November 20, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Or at least why some surfers do and why many more should….
You know, though I looove Google, when it becomes your main reference library, no matter how efficient a “surfer” you are, you can’t deny your researching deficiencies. I remember when my good friend Brian Doherty used to let me sneak into Reason Magazine and [...]
Fave Blog: Venice Surf Report
Posted in Celebrities, Surf, Surfing, tagged beer, boyos, california, dogtown, homeless, minnie driver, venice beach on September 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
There are a few surf-oriented web sites I like to check out on a regular basis - mostly for their surf reports, a scattering of surf-related news, vids, and such. For the most part they’re informational, some kinda generic, or ultimately catering to the business/contest-driven aspects of surf culture. But every so often you stumble [...]
Surfers vs. Hawaii’s Superferry
Posted in Environment, Hawaii, Superferry, Surfing, tagged Hawaii, Superferry, kauai, Environmental Impact Study, Protest, Sierra Club, Lingle on September 13, 2007 | No Comments »
After much ballyhoo regarding Hawaii’s Superferry, it seems that the State (which supported the project with a little bit of government funding - $40 million, that is) is going to let the Superferry continue its operations, at least to Kauai, while it’s awaiting word on whether or not it will need an environmental impact study [...]
Yawn From Cincinnati Wipes Out!
Posted in Movies, Pop-Culture, Rant, Surfer Girls, Surfing, tagged HBO, John From Cincinnati, Keala Kennelly, Rebecca DeMorney, Surfline, Tijuana Straits on August 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I recall this summer, my So. Cal surf buddy Marguerite made a funny comment regarding HBO’s then new “John From Cincinnati” while we were walking to the showers at El Porto and found ourselves bombarded with the show’s poster campaign. Well, the comment was more cleverly phrased but the gist was something to the effect [...]











