Nick Against the World (68 Viewers)
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I'm heading to the big island of Hawaii in a month. I fully expect to return with the flesh on my chest fully exfoliated like I've been through a giant cheese grater ... from all the chest plants I'm going to do into the sand bars.
I'm heading to the big island of Hawaii in a month. I fully expect to return with the flesh on my chest fully exfoliated like I've been through a giant cheese grater ... from all the chest plants I'm going to do into the sand bars.
Hawaii is one of the places on my shortlist that I must visit before I die. I have not even set foot on one of the Islands and I can already sense that there is something special about the place, and that is not just because you can travel to the North Shore and ride 20 foot waves every week. It has to be one of the most beautiful places on earth.
I do a lot of body surfing -- both because I'm clearly not skilled at the balancing act it takes to do any boarding well, but also because I do like the "zen" nature of it being you and the waves and nothing inbetween.
But no -- I try to avoid the 15' pipelines.
It's enough for me to drive a few miles down from my home to Half Moon Bay where I can watch Mavericks about a mile offshore with binoculars on occasion (a nice, safe distance).
As for Hawaii itself, it's alright. I think it's overrated by a lot of folks. There's something messed up like about a 9 month average stay for new residents... they vacation there, get excited, decided to buy property, move in, and realize they're landlocked, they've run out of things to do, and they still need to work for a living. Having been to my wife's native Azores -- which you could almost call a kind of Hawaii in the Atlantic -- I actually prefer them a lot more to Hawaii. But for different reasons (at least as beautiful, but far less developed, etc.).
Though if you're into surfing, there's something about the North Coast of Oahu and Maui that are really intense - the wind and waves are constantly pounding the shores. It's not uncommon to see people surfing and a helicopter overhead, pulling some unfortunate fool out.
Hawaii is worth visiting before you die. But on the downside, it has some of the most hideous architecture in the world (particularly Honolulu), the food is incredibly bland, the tourist thing gets a bit too heavy depending on where you go, and it attracts too many mainlanders as residents who are little better than Polynesian hippie wannabes.
But no -- I try to avoid the 15' pipelines.
It's enough for me to drive a few miles down from my home to Half Moon Bay where I can watch Mavericks about a mile offshore with binoculars on occasion (a nice, safe distance). As for Hawaii itself, it's alright. I think it's overrated by a lot of folks. There's something messed up like about a 9 month average stay for new residents... they vacation there, get excited, decided to buy property, move in, and realize they're landlocked, they've run out of things to do, and they still need to work for a living. Having been to my wife's native Azores -- which you could almost call a kind of Hawaii in the Atlantic -- I actually prefer them a lot more to Hawaii. But for different reasons (at least as beautiful, but far less developed, etc.).
Though if you're into surfing, there's something about the North Coast of Oahu and Maui that are really intense - the wind and waves are constantly pounding the shores. It's not uncommon to see people surfing and a helicopter overhead, pulling some unfortunate fool out.
Hawaii is worth visiting before you die. But on the downside, it has some of the most hideous architecture in the world (particularly Honolulu), the food is incredibly bland, the tourist thing gets a bit too heavy depending on where you go, and it attracts too many mainlanders as residents who are little better than Polynesian hippie wannabes.
The Azores look like a very nice place as well, however are there decent waves down there?
But yes the main attraction I feel to Hawaii is the great surfing and laid-back Island lifestyle that we see being portrayed in certain movies I remember. Living in a beach cabin just a hundred yards away from the shoreline, waking up every morning to sun, waves, and a beautiful hawaiian surfer girl sounds like good simple living to me. Although, everything gets old after a while.
But yes the main attraction I feel to Hawaii is the great surfing and laid-back Island lifestyle that we see being portrayed in certain movies I remember. Living in a beach cabin just a hundred yards away from the shoreline, waking up every morning to sun, waves, and a beautiful hawaiian surfer girl sounds like good simple living to me. Although, everything gets old after a while.