Blogs from Haleiwa, Hawaii, United States, North America

TAKING OFF (1)(slang) When a surfer paddles into a wave and matches the speed of the wave rather than the speed they were paddling to obtain that wave. The exponential match in speed between surfer and wave causes the surfer to "take off" from gravity. (2) When a surfer gets on a plane and that plane takes off from the land causing a new horizon to be viewed and a new destination to be reached upon landing. Before i started my travels while i was still in Hawaii i watched a film called "The Way" with Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez. The film itself was a bit slow but there was a scene that I really was touched by. The father is going on a trek to remember his son who passed away traveling. He does ... read more

Ok, Hawaii was the pure awesomeness. Seriously, it was pure. I'm talking 100% not diluted. Exotic fruits, skydiving over Oahu, paddle boarding down Anahulu, climbing waterfalls in Palolo, getting the dankest strawberry-blueberry-banana-orange smoothies EVER at the Coffee Gallery in Haleiwa, drinkin' beers on white AND BLACK sand beaches, hiking with cool people (Lauren and Ryder) to secret waterfalls in Kahalu'u, hanging out with old and new friends on the big island (That's you guys, Mike, Celia, Rusty, Tyler and Ashley (Alicia). Also mad love to my new homies Shadow, Ali'i, Melay and Cocoa.) SHEER TERRIFICITY. I had such a good time, I felt it warranted making up a new word. Make note, Merriam and Webster. Most of all, though, I gotta thank Mike for making it all possible. You rock, Mike. Thank you for letting me ... read more

Note: If you click on one picture, all pics from day 3 and 4 will show up in an album. Day 3 found me at Ted's Bakery waiting in the small line at 7am for sinfully outstanding baked goods. Besides the normal sweet stuff, I brough home fresh croissants which we smothered with scramble eggs, crisp bacon and cheese back at the house. After breakfast we headed to Chun's Reef a mere 1/2 mile away for a private surf lesson in the AM. Our oldest son finally decided he wanted to try surfing. The lesson lasted roughly 1.5 hours and the surf board was ours to use until 9am the following morning. North Shore Surf Girls sent out Cheryl to work with our son Gordon. She had a terrific personality and our son got up on ... read more

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