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comment by Jim, 2009-10-21 11:15:08

Westside surfer
There's nothing I can't stand more than another haole giving the rest of us a bad rap on the island by acting like a cocky, entitled jerk. There are a lot of us haole guys just scratchin by on this island and we have more in common with the average local guy out on the westside than we ever will with the rich haole's running things now or the ones who perpetrated injustices on the Hawaiian people generations ago. There is a whole lot of bickering about race and localism on this site and I think a lot of it comes down to people harboring misdirected prejudices and making false assumptions on both sides. I did not grow up on this island and I recognize that whenever I paddle out to a primarily “local’s spot.” However, I did work my ass off to make it here as a contributing member to the community and I’ve sacrificed a lot to remain here. I hope the oahu-grown surfers will try to see us haoles as individuals who are not all deserving unprovoked negativity or intimidation.

comment by lexisky , 2009-03-14 09:28:33

comment by Anonymous, 2006-12-25 00:29:11

location
green laterns is way after maile point, not before. it's actually right before the sewage plant; the right breaks off the jetty...

comment by Anonymous, 2006-11-12 09:10:50

If it wasn't for the USA, HAWAII..you guys wouldn't have SHIT! REMEMBER its the US government that supports you. If it wasn't for tourism, you would be a third world country! We may have "stole" (bought) your islands, hundreds of years ago...GROW UP!

(and i agree, our government is a joke)

comment by jps, 2006-11-11 22:23:52

makaha
Localism ? I am a haole who has lived and surfed Oahu and
Maui; the locals I have met at Makaha are just plain nice

comment by Haole Shit that's rude!, 2006-11-11 05:52:36

Define "Polite"
I don't think you guys know what the word "Polite" means. When you say that non-Hawaiians should be polite, what you really mean is that they should be subserviant. Kick out of a wave I'm on because some local is paddling for it? Are you kidding? How about not paddling for a wave someone is already on - try that for once. That move is called dropping in on someone, here on the mainland anyway. But I don't speak Hawaiian. I guess "polite" means something else in your language.

comment by J, 2006-11-08 11:13:57

!!!!!!!!!!!!
Localism sucks balls in your fuckin america!!!!