Hawaii- Done

[oneula]

round and round it goes
but its always back to zero
for the armpit of oahu

2019

2015

2012

we had this spot all to ourselves for almost decade or two 60's-80's

meanwhile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1rRz6BeRuc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c99r-xopKw

 

[HarryLopez2]

I’m at Bowls every morning there’s waves. First light until 7am on work days. Don’t drink but sharing a surf is great. Weekends have been a sh*tshow. Mondays are good.

It was a pleasure and honor to meet you teeroi! And thank you for the conversation. Honestly, it had been at least 25 years since surfing bowls. Paddled out on a borrowed board at first light. Was able to get a handful of good waves, listen to/watch the regulars talk story, shark sightings, etc. It was like sitting at the bar on Cheers. Mahalos again for the aloha.

Was visiting parents, mourning/dealing with my sister's passing and helping my parents with house stuff/probate/etc. Saw bunch of childhood friends, celebrated friends birthday at Sherwoods, spearfished for invasive reef fish while cruising the sandbar, surfed several different spots as there were waves everywhere, bodysurfed half-point a few times, staycation at Turtle Bay. Took my daughter to Walls, Waimea rock, and to swim with galapagos sharks. Ate my favorite childhood foods, and stuff we can't get in Central OR. Smiles for miles.

Hawaii is as done as people want it to be. Traffic easily minimized by little planning. More crowded than hanabata days, sure. So? Still so much stock available with the right attitude and knowledge. Hawaii- not done .

 

[teeroi]

Yeah @HarryLopez2 nice meeting you. Sorry for your loss. Glad you found time to surf. On your next trip home if there’s waves I’ll be at the same place same time. Aloha.

 

[Mr Doof]

Was visiting parents, mourning/dealing with my sister's passing and helping my parents with house stuff/probate/etc.

Sorry to hear of this. RIP sister of HarryLopez2.

 

[stringcheese]

There is no such thing as "American ancestry" - American is a nationality, not an ethnicity.

Being an American citizen is not contingent on ethnicity - like the UK, France, Australia, Brasil, etc.

Japanese is both. There are very few people whom are not ethnic Yamato Japanese who hold Japanese nationality.

And yes - many Japanese-Americans from Hawaii of the issei and nissei generations DID return to Japan at the outbreak of WWII - few were ever heard from again, as most died on islands in the Pacific.

They don't like to talk about the returnees in Hawaii, preferring to talk about the heroic 442 in Italy and the exceptional bravery shown by the Japanese-American soldiers in the US Army like future Senator Daniel Inouye - not the returnees.

Winners write history.

There is no such thing as any _____ ancestry. Just sayin'. It's all made up. Useful for some things, but still bullshlt.

 

[racer1]

celebrated friends birthday at Sherwoods

Nos Tank rides again

 

[HarryLopez2]

Nos Tank rides again

haven't seen Nos for a couple of years, make eye contact, and he launches right into story, with photos, of his wreck/busted up face/broken teeth... My daughter was trippin!

 

[oneula]

 

[bluemarlin04]

ugh.

@oneula

 

[bruhdakine]

It was a pleasure and honor to meet you teeroi! And thank you for the conversation. Honestly, it had been at least 25 years since surfing bowls. Paddled out on a borrowed board at first light. Was able to get a handful of good waves, listen to/watch the regulars talk story, shark sightings, etc. It was like sitting at the bar on Cheers. Mahalos again for the aloha.

Was visiting parents, mourning/dealing with my sister's passing and helping my parents with house stuff/probate/etc. Saw bunch of childhood friends, celebrated friends birthday at Sherwoods, spearfished for invasive reef fish while cruising the sandbar, surfed several different spots as there were waves everywhere, bodysurfed half-point a few times, staycation at Turtle Bay. Took my daughter to Walls, Waimea rock, and to swim with galapagos sharks. Ate my favorite childhood foods, and stuff we can't get in Central OR. Smiles for miles.

Hawaii is as done as people want it to be. Traffic easily minimized by little planning. More crowded than hanabata days, sure. So? Still so much stock available with the right attitude and knowledge. Hawaii- not done .

Fock yeah this is the hows. Sounds like you had a rad trip braddah. Sorry to hear about your sister. That sucks. Hope your family is doing OK. Are you back in OR yet? Let's grab a beer soon. I'm going home for the first time in 2 years for the whole month of August. Out of my mind stocked to see how 'done' it is. I'm expecting a terrible visit.

 

[HarryLopez2]

Fock yeah this is the hows. Sounds like you had a rad trip braddah. Sorry to hear about your sister. That sucks. Hope your family is doing OK. Are you back in OR yet? Let's grab a beer soon. I'm going home for the first time in 2 years for the whole month of August. Out of my mind stocked to see how 'done' it is. I'm expecting a terrible visit.

And missed the heat wave All of August?? my prediction is AURITE! Hope you get some swells.

 

[oneula]

 

[Muscles]

I still think the stretch from Diamond Head to Ala Moana is one of the coolest places in the world.

 

[Waiehu]

I still think the stretch from Diamond Head to Ala Moana is one of the coolest places in the world.

I agree with that.

 

[oneula]

eventually every free patch of undeveloped land here will either look like this


or like this





which is worse?
And don't think it won't happen to where you live.
There's too many people aside from those already here having kids who want to live here too
you can't stop it

 

[bluemarlin04]

eventually every free patch of undeveloped land here will either look like this
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or like this

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which is worse?
And don't think it won't happen to where you live.
There's too many people aside from those already here having kids who want to live here too
you can't stop it

Pretty much. Only a matter of time before NS becomes Waikiki. Happened everywhere else.

 

[JSC]

I still think the stretch from Diamond Head to Ala Moana is one of the coolest places in the world.

A heavily altered coastline with a multitude of artificial, uncoordinated and poorly conceived jetties, groins, dredging projects like the Kaisers channel and the Ala Wai entrance channel, gaping holes in the reef from coral mining (for Kawaihao Church and others) massive shopping centers and artificial failed property developments like Magic Island is one of the "coolest places in the world"?

Your world must be very limited - once the pandemic is over, you should try to get out a bit more.

 

[Muscles]

A heavily altered coastline with a multitude of artificial, uncoordinated and poorly conceived jetties, grins, dredging projects like the Kaisers channel and the Ala Wai entrance channel, gaping holes in the reef from coral mining (for Kawaihao Church and others) massive shopping centers and artificial failed property developments like Magic Island is one of the "coolest places in the world"?

Your world must be very limited - once the pandemic is over, you should try to get out a bit more.

I've been all over the world. Multiple times thanks to Uncle Sam. Still think Waikiki is cool.

 

[vanrysss]

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/07/23/large-police-presence-responds-reports-armed-man-pupukea-home/

Heard he took a potshot at HPD, and now has barricaded himself. Traffic is extra picanté this afternoon.

 

[youcantbeserious]

A heavily altered coastline with a multitude of artificial, uncoordinated and poorly conceived jetties, groins, dredging projects like the Kaisers channel and the Ala Wai entrance channel, gaping holes in the reef from coral mining (for Kawaihao Church and others) massive shopping centers and artificial failed property developments like Magic Island is one of the "coolest places in the world"?

Your world must be very limited - once the pandemic is over, you should try to get out a bit more.

beat it, donkey

you come here with all your WSL buddies to take take take and then leave, nobody gives a sh!t what you think