According to my Father, the Hawaii of his youth was "done" in September of 1959. The month the first commercial airline jet service began to Hawaii from the Mainland.
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Hawaii- Done
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Its not getting better ever , but its still a great place with lots of nice friendly people
This is exactly what I conveyed to a buddy this morning as he was literally turning red screaming at tourists to go in and get out of the way. Twas big today, with long long interval. These two specific English duuues were sitting on shortboards futilely trying to scratch into in betweeners and inevitably having them roll under them. But when the set came and we were taking off on the BIG BOARDS from way out the back you had to slalom past these two idiots duck diving the sets, which put you out of position every time for the short cover up to be had when they hit the inside peak well below these doofusses sitting like bouys. He was screaming at them to move to the inside peak cause they were in the way on every single wave.
I paddled over and just mentioned to my friend, "just imagine how the Hawaiians feel, right?". He
and went in himself.You cannot beat "progress".
Luckily, the ones of us who got it when it was good at least have that to fall back on. Just think about "discovering" surfing now as a youth.... Bummer, huh?
yeah I bet the old days were dope, no doubt, but I also love that in the 21st century I have some of the best surfboard tech ever invented under my feet, the warmest and most flexible wetsuits ever made, and I can jet off at a moments notice to surf any one of entire planet's selection of waves in a day or two, at literally ANY level of comfort level I desire, from a tent, to an air conditioned bure on Tavarua, to the 4 Seasons on Lanai ....or anything in between. we have it SO DAMN GOOD and all we do is whine whine whine. And i'm including myself in this. Somebody tee up the Louis CK clip where "Everything is Amazing, and Nobody's Happy" lol ...."You're hurtling through the sky at 500 miles per hour, at 39,000 feet, IN A CHAIR!'
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Portugal, loads of investors buying overpriced stuff cause they have no clue what to do with all their cash
Well there is still a few places left to discover, all u need to do is avoid the places surf media talks aboutLuckily, the ones of us who got it when it was good at least have that to fall back on. Just think about "discovering" surfing now as a youth.... Bummer, huh?
lets hope it stays like this eheh
The media is getting harder and harder to avoid. Everybody has phones and instagram and the social pressure to stay mum about cool places has pretty much evaporated.Well there is still a few places left to discover, all u need to do is avoid the places surf media talks about
This, so much this. If I was Hawaiian, I would probably be a bitter jerk to tourists and blow-ins.
In Hawaii I'm happy to just be tolerated, but often times have been reached out to and given respect and kindness.
Aloha is real
1959 ~ HNl - LAX on a 4 prop, cigar shaped "super connie". LAX was fogged in so we diverted to BURbank. First commercial jet ride was on a Pan American DC-8, LAX to HNL. $75.00. What a time difference between prop and jet, 3 to 3 1/2 hours. "Super 8's, stretch models & 747's were to come later. 727's, 737's, & 737 "Fat alberts" too.
1903 to 2021 ... "we've come a long way baby" in 118 years ~
Hawaii ... still can go
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"Boat Day's & Aloha Tower" Downtown Honolulu was bustling when Matson Navigation was offering sailing options to and from Hawaii from the West Coast ~ Meet and greet your arriving Friends or send them off with fragrant flower leis, sewn by local women.
A.G.E. no vaccine for this ;-)
I think this is a great post.
I would edit though - it's more what happens when 5 billion people on the planet have access to the internet.