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.
Blackfish: SlaveWorld (aka SeaWorld)
February 9, 2015 Hawaii Surf Report
Family: Protect the young.
Good morning 6:15am.
North shore 2-3′ and good! Clean off shore.
South shore chest high and junky. Onshore winds.
South winds at 15mph becoming South/West later today.
Clouds, sun, warm, and nice.
Going to work.
Have a wonderful day!
Live Forever
what a treat yesterday and today. waves fun yesterday, but even funner today. shoulder high perfect glassy rights all morning long. surfed for a couple of hours and had so much fun. felt like summer! BUT, tomorrow things will change. junky south/west winds for the next few days so ugly conditions again.
my grand nephew has been hanging out at my house a lot lately. this is the closest to a surfboard he’s been so far. i can feel the day coming!
after eating real japanese food in japan for the past 25 years, i think my taste buds knows what is good, and what isn’t. this is good. my mouth is watering again. i miss japan.
next month will be the first time in my life i’m going to new york! i’m not a big fan of traveling around america so i’ll just spend one day there, then move on to some other country i’ve never been to before. like always, mother nature will decide where i’ll go. can’t wait!
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Gandhi
this saying i truly believe in. i try to live by Gandhi’s guidelines. living each and every day as it’s my last. things happen so fast in this world we live in. one day you could be here, and the next, you could be gone. i’m still learning how to live this wonderful life. i’m still learning so the longer i live, the smarter i hope to be.
right as i was doing this blog, i get a text from bobby telling me about the terrible news. a japanese national got attacked by a shark in australia just a few hours ago. both legs bit off and he died on the beach after other surfers pulled him out of the water. it happened at New South Wales in very shallow water right off the shoreline. australian news posted the surfers name and photo as they are trying to contact his family. omg, so sad, and so shocking.
