Much-loved, if racist, surf website, banned from Hawaiian paradise…
The decision to post a video of a well known and typically pretty shitty Kauai beachbreak landed The Inertia in hot water this week. Shot by local crackpot Terry Lilley, the video is about five minutes of freight-train rights and bottoming-out, near-dry reef left barrels.
It’s no secret that Kauai has very good surf, nor is it a secret that the locals have traditionally done a very good job of keeping it under wraps. Topography plays a factor, there’s no Seven Mile Miracle equivalent on Kauai.
Coastal access is limited, meaning it can fire all day without anyone being the wiser. But, mainly, people are pretty smart about not posting photos or footage. No one wants to become the next Oahu.
Online reaction to the post has been, by and large, negative:
Way to go inertia kooks
CLOWNS. THIS IS BLOWN. NO FCKEN RESPECT
Kauai boyz living in California will be paying you guys a visit real soon!!! U fucked with the wrong island!!! Rule number one you don’t fucking film on Kauai! Rule number two you don’t fucking post it!! You broke both of their rules nd I just got word they are searching for you in California pal! Enjoy yourself punk!!
you shouldn’t even put “reef guardians” in the video. In fact you shouldn’t even have made the video. These locals defending their area are the real reef guardians not you clown. And you will learn sooner or later. Kauai is one big family ready to fight for what they think is right weather people like it or not. And if you guys don’t like it #nocomekauai
Thanks for exposing our zones u dumb kooks.
You guys are fucked and engoy runing beatiful spots . Guys like u is why locals gotta move away from their homes. Bumbai you learn the hard way.. fucking kooks is right u should take this shit down. I heard guys are looking 4 you now
Just another stoopid haole for u. No respect. U is the definition of one HAOLE! Cannot just come here and film our surf zones. U just put a big target on ur back brah Remove the video!!
Kauai boyz living in California will be paying you guys a visit real soon!!! U fucked with the wrong island!!! Rule number one you don’t fucking film on Kauai! Rule number two you don’t fucking post it!! You broke both of their rules nd I just got word they are searching for you in California pal! Enjoy yourself punk!!
These guys don’t learn, they got punked out last year and hid in their rooms at turtle bay.. Fucken scrubs!
Chava Greenlee, Kai Garcia, Kala Alexander, find the admin…
Tell the whole fucken world dipshits!! Fuck the inertia..this is why when kooks come here they get slapped..
Inertia is fucking lame and always has been! Now you’re narking off more spots that will lead to increased crowds and more tension in the water. Stay in L.A. and keep your mouths shut!
Explore, exploit and claim. Mentality is still the same as the first white man that discovered Hawaii.
He is clipped. He can no longer show his face on Kauai beaches
I emailed Alex Haro, The Inertia Senior Editor and all-around nice guy, to see what he’s been dealing with:
“Oh god, that shit’s crazy. I can see their point, though… but it’s not a secret spot at all, is it? I only lived in Kauai for three months, and that was the first place I went, I think. Although it didn’t look anything like that at the time.
“Been fielding hate mail all day… but it’s still not as bad as the stuff we used to get from the entire country of Brazil. One of them wrote my girlfriend and told her that she’s ‘in a relationship with a xenophobic, dick-sucking homo,’ which I thought was nice. I had to Google xenophobic, because dick-sucking homos are illiterate, I guess.”
Personally, I’m stoked that I didn’t come in from surfing all high on adrenaline and post it social media myself. And, even if I, theoretically, had, I’m sure I would have seen the shit storm brewing in enough time to wipe my electronic trail clean and dodge any accountability during the ensuing clusterfuck.
Because, empty threats of violence aside, I’ve gotta live here.
Pay them a “visit” to do what exactly?
that shot of elvis is disturbing.
That’s rich Parker, having a niggle at Neggles about commenters being allowed to ‘write shit,’ then publishing a piece that’s 90% comments.
Right?
I guess the entire island of Kauai has never heard of the Barbra Streisand effect.
Instead of ignoring the video which sounds like it wasn’t great any way. Everyone freaks out an draws attention to kauai of which they claim they don’t want? Now they have made such a fuss I’m guessing the place pumps an that it’s not crowded compared with its more famous neighbor? Well that was clever then. Had you just ignored the video maybe ppl would have gone ahhh that’s shit who cares. Just a thought? Not that I really care never wanted to surf Hawaii I’m to pussy. An after this post I’m not going to be a welcome haole
It’s offensive to us “locals” to have a jerk like Terry Lilley identified as a “local crackpot.” Terry Lilley is just a crackpot, a crackpot from California! He’s a johnny come lately, trying to pass himself off as a marine biologist who think he is God’s gift to Kauai. You just have to read the local paper to find out how many times he has been proven wrong about all his “scientific” findings. He’s a nut case and should crawl under the rock from where he came from – where he use to sell snakes and got into trouble for that! Terry Lilley is just another outsider selling out Kauai for personal gain.
im a photographer from kauai, i shoot many spots that alot of people cannot shoot. i put in my dues and gained trust with alot of people on this island. one thing you do, is you dont name drop, i tell people most of my sick stuff is off island, which some is, and some honestly isnt. its messed up when someone who hasnt lived here, experienced the lifestyle here of surfing, seeing waves get more and more crowded just from instagram or facebook, when you make a video with an article called “KAUAI HAS BEEN FIRING” youre putting a target on your head, to some here on kauai, surfing is all we got, and to have the spots turn into what oahu is (thats not far from us at all, it could happen) would be the nightmare to many, i personally have seen the crowds grow since i was a kid, lived on Kauai for 23 years. so anyone talking crap about people being protective over our spots, you just dont understand, and you gotta respect that, because honestly you have no clue. kauai is hawaii’s gem, and now alot of people know we got waves, just expect hot heads in the water when it starts to look like waikiki or the north shore of oahu.
Let’s see here…spend piles of cash getting there, get hassled by locals, reef rash, drugs, and a strong potential for jail time. Sounds like a dream vacation! Sign me up
surf in kauai. you’re gonna have a bad time
They should probably spend a little more time on their grammar than protecting their coastline. Its surfing. Why make it so fucking serious.
When commenting on poor grammar, one should always take the time to ensure their post is without grammatical errors….
Like?
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But I’d have to be a real asshole to point that out. Right?
Go for it.
I know you wordsmiths get a hard on for grammar mistakes you can correct.
I understand you are just making sure you can still go to or stay in Hawaii.
You’re also missing a ?
I’d typically hyphenate hard-on.
Word on the grape vine here is that JOB is lawyering up for defamation and da boys will be defacating on you if you ever show your face on the N.S. again. Brought it on yourself man with such a classless b.s. article. And ppl wonder why pro surfers hate surf “journalists”….
Oh my! Whatever shall I do?
I’d celebrate Rory, someone just called you a journalist!!
Eh, journalist implies I feel an obligation to be truthful.
You’re no journalist queer. You and Chas Smith should go take turns butt plugging one another in France.
If only…
There was “quotation marks” … No way would i consider or call that wanker a journalist. More like scum tabloid writer. His next piece should be on that faggot tranny pro surfer from OZ since his writing style suits the story perfectly.
Can a faggot be a transvestite?
Hide your money…. Ugh that’s right with an ugly mug like that I’m sure you don’t have any or you would of had facial reconstructive surgery already. You’re sure going to need it tho if you show your face around here brah. Cheers ya ugly fat fuck.
Around here, as in Florida?
Hopefully the ‘Nertia nobodies just go back to posting photo series of every delicate and localized spot in NorCal after this, you know, just to keep the trend they’ve established there.
Man there are plenty of Kauai locals that make a living off exposing other peoples waves and a fair few of them have based themselves on the North Shore of which they fear Kauai may turn into but it is the Inertia so whatever.
This is so true. Not supporting the inertia’s actions by any means. Exposing spots sucks.
But there are so many Kauai surfers exposing waves all over the world. Same as hypocritical bullshit as ‘locals’ from any spot demanding waves when they travel, and then being unwelcoming in their own backyard (unless the visitor is sponsored, whereby open arms and testicle massaging ensues)
For reference see Maroubra, North Narra, Uluwatu, etc.
I love how the inertia break every rule possible with out even trying, if I were an inertia staff member I would delay any trips to Hawaii for a little while
The Inertia is the worst. People who think the Inertia is righteous are the same people who think surfing should be in the Olympics. Someone should fire up one of those on-line petitions to get the inertia shut down. It’s a website marketed to people who started surfing in their 20’s and don’t live anywhere near the ocean. Fuck that site. Major kooks.
These kooks gonna get the smackdown everywhere they go… All their posts are about Nicaragua and Hawaii. Not too long before they aren’t welcome in Nica. We know they’ll never go back to Hawaii now lolololol
Nicaraguans (and, likewise, the Floridian ex-pats there) don’t have internet and they certainly can’t read, so I think they’re safe there.
You’re a fucking idiot.
No, Trogan Fan is only wrong about two things: the ex-pats have internet and even the California ex-pats–like their Florida, Maryland, and North Cackalackee cracker brethren–are illiterate.
The poorest people in Nica are probably illiterate but the local costal Nicas def know how to read english and work the internet machine. Get ya head out your moms puss.
Grrrrrr, I’m angry! Grrrrr!
No you’re as gay as your dads stick stuck in your mouth. Faggot cunt