Dumb and Dumber.
Good morning 6:20am.
North shore 10-15′ today and really junky winds.
South shore chest high and bumpy.
North/West winds at 15mph.
Clouds, sun, rain, wind, winter.
Have a wonderful day!
February 10, 2015 Hawaii Surf Report
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: Ronda Rousey
so cool to see MMA champion fighter Ronda Rousey in the new sports illustrated swimsuit issue. she might look beautiful in this photo but don’t let this fool you. do something stupid and she’ll knock your teeth out.
this is the Ronda Rousey i know. the strongest woman in the world. undefeated and no other girl will come close to beating her anytime soon.
i decided to spend 1 hour/day for the next month on the computer researching where to go. just by researching things to do, places to stay, and things to eat, i feel like i’m traveling already. trying to focus down south somewhere, depending on the waves of course.
and of course i’m going somewhere warm, especially after hokkaido. might freeze my ass off 2 days in new york, but after that, i’m going somewhere warm where my surf trunks and tshirts are enough day and night.
i think i had enough snow for a year.
i’m also looking at cuba. it was just opened up to americans to travel there but you have to use one of two tour companies. not my kind of travel. i like to go places alone and won’t be caught in a tour bus with a bunch of tourists. i’d rather stay home. BUT, i found out there is a way for hardcore travelers to get into cuba. i’m looking into it right now.
have a wonderful evening.
Blackfish: SlaveWorld (aka SeaWorld)
i’ve never believed in holding wild animals in captivity. strictly for business and entertainment purposes. a billion dollar industry led by sea world. i swim with wild dolphins all the time. i see how they swim so freely, i see how they have no stress, and i can see how they interact with each other. and i also seen dolphins in captivity. they don’t get to swim so freely, they have extreme stress, and don’t get to interact with each other. they do everything and anything just to get fed. no, i’m not an animal rights activist. i’m just a normal guy that seen a lot, maybe too much.
Tilikum is this huge killer whale living in a fish tank at sea world.. he was taken away from his mother out of the wild when he was just a baby. he’s pretty much unpredictable as he’s known to attack his trainers.
one of his trainers he attacked was during a show. he was throwing the trainer around like a beach volleyball. luckily the trainer survived to tell his story. another female trainer wasn’t so lucky shortly after. he bit her up and killed her.
so Kelly Slater designed a surfboard with the killer whale colors. it’s to raise awareness of the killer whales being held in captivity around the world.
he rode it at pipeline and lots of people were wondering what that board meant, including me. so i came home and watched the documentary movie that changed his way of thinking.
it’s called “Blackfish” and just came out last year. here is the trailer but please watch the full movie. i can go on and on about this subject but won’t. just watch it and come to your own conclusion.
