Just surf kooks
Why don't you all just shut the fuck up and surf.
comment by keahoku Ocean, 2007-05-03 03:50:49
A Locals Experience With Kauai Localism
Over the years, things have actually simmered down. I remember in the 80s haoles would get jacked regularly with no recourse, because lawman was one of the good ole boys, too. These days, the remnants of bad-ass local boy cant get away with beating people up, becuase these days the court/crinimal justice system are working little bit bettah and people aren't afraid to turn to the law. For all you who want to return to the time of the Hawaiian Monarchy and Kingship, ask yourself, are you ready for this:1. No class movements - that is, no upward mobility. If you are a banana farmer, that's all you're ever allowed to be, even if you work harder than your neighbour who happens to be King. So be ready to be very humble in your lot in life, like in India's caste system. It was not a democratic system. 2. Censorship: You cannot say anything bad about the King or any of his friends or family, even if you know you are right and they have wronged you. If you speak badly, you will at the very least be slightly tortured and perhaps even executed. It was not a democratic system.3. Feifdom: If you produce lots of crops, or tasty ones, expect the King to vouchsafe much of them for his own economic advances. It was not a capitalist system, but more like a feifdom. 4. Be ready to join the Kings army or die. Remember the movie 300? If you resist joining the supreme ruler, you are a small minority up against a vast and powerful dictatos and amry, and will be crushed. It was not democracy. 5. No surfing unless you are royalty. That it was 'The Sport of Kings' means just that - regular people weren't allowed to surf - only royalty! It was not like it is today where everyone, even the poor, is free to surf! So, for all those who cry about the loss of the old Hawaii society and its great Kings, I think if you moved to present-day North Korea or Iran, you would feel a little closer to home... you like to be subjugated, controlled, and powerless, not by any white man or occupying force, but by your own royalty. Know your history, stop smoking ICE and work hard like everybody else who succeeds in life, before crying about your present 'plight'.By the way, Kauai got some great waves! But if you want to go back to old times, bettah hope you is royalty otherwise dont bring your board coz you wont be allowed to use it... Taro for thought.
comment by Anonymous, 2007-05-02 08:52:14
Whereever you go localism is around. just dont surf there. Tunnels is a crazy wave anyways. If youre just visiting, then dont expect to surf super good waves, it aint gunna happen. Go to Mexico or somewhere else, Localism isnt as bad. But...Kauai is not the spot to go if you're looking to escape localism. You're wrong about the ass kicking thing too, the boys arent gunna get it any worse. Who you gunna go to? The local cops? Think their gunna have some haole tourists back? No. Shoots.
comment by Anonymous, 2008-04-30 20:14:12