We wanted to step away from surfing for just a small second and pay tribute to a funny man … George Carlin. Although he said many things that should be remembered, here are some of our staff favorites: Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things. Atheism is a non-prophet organization. If [...]
Living in Hawai’i, it is not uncommon to see famous people. Some on vacation, some filming movies, some playing concerts. Most people just leave them alone and let them enjoy their time. A recent surf session to the North Shore caused us to cross paths with one of these movie stars. We had been in [...]
Because the Ring of Fire – the volatile, 40,000 km-long (25,000 MILE) zone that encircles the Pacific Ocean and includes the most seismically dangerous ground on the planet- follows the coastlines of Pacific Ocean, almost any major quake can also produce a tsunami, a powerful wave that travels from the epicenter of the temblor across the [...]
Impromptu Surf Report: The surf was uniquely uninteresting today – no power, very little size, and of course as Diamond Head always will be, the winds were howling like a wolf stubbornly standing in front of a jet engine on full blast. Although the regulars have grown accustomed to the winds and ways of Diamond [...]
It is a well-known fact that there is increased interest and usage of recycled surfboards made from green foam blanks (60% recycled foam), eco friendly surf wax such as Matunas Surf Wax, green surf products like the Pickle Wax Remover, and even electric modes of transportation (from bicycles, scooters, and cars!) to your favorite surf break. Recycling and [...]
Yesterday I went surfing with my friend, April. She just won a new board in a comp raffle and was excited to try it out. She rang to invite me to come along with her, so we met up in the carpark of a busy local break and I sat and chatted with her as [...]
This is not surfing related, but a personal rant, so enjoy : The best thing about being a newbie or a transplant anywhere, is that you immediately are awarded a privilege to reinvent yourself … pretend that you are someone else – different from who you were back home – and from a rather removed stand [...]
Everyday there are choices that I make that I am becoming more and more aware of. The choice to stay late at work, or catch up with a friend. The choice to stop and have a healthy lunch, or work through lunch to maybe leave for home before the sun goes down. In the movie The [...]
Everybody seems to know how to kiss. The question is: Are you aware of a variety of interesting facts and details about a kiss? Is kissing good or bad for you? How do they do it in Japan, France and other countries? Can you slim down by kissing too much? Below are some of the [...]
As it turns out, if you take a second to look around carefully, you may notice that there are people in this spinning ball of lava that we call our world, who are often times unable to participate in mature, adult, and reasonable human confrontation or discourse. Generally, I try to avoid being exposed to, [...]
Much like most modern-day people, there are rarely quiet moments in my day. However, I don’t mean quiet as in noiseless or without the constant chatter of computers, cell phones, iPods, or the droning toll of endless meetings. No, that is something I have come to enjoy and rally around … it’s inside my own [...]
One of the internet lists I received a while back contained this item of interest: “Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.” It was an opportune moment when I read this, since I had just finished one of those internal monologues with myself about one of the character [...]
I was making French toast this morning … yummy! The usual ingredients were present on the counter: eggs, cinnamon, milk, and of course bread. The good stuff too, not day old or cheap bread … the multi grain kind from Milton bread! Spare no expenses when it comes to making this breakfast item! I vowed [...]
I’ve lost my mind again among a pile of papers. I can see bits and pieces of it. Part of it with those pages stacked in my inbox and another part with the stack of papers to my left. Yet, still another, small piece of my mind has escaped to the outside. To a world [...]
Don’t try and multitask, it can’t be done: Human brains can only focus and concentrate on one thing at a time, this is a proven scientific fact. While you can most likely handle multiple menial tasks, anything that requires you to concentrate, reason, or decide deserves full focus.
