Just another day in paradise.
Ain’t it just a real big bummer when you’ve traveled all the way from your home to some foreign, exotic, faraway land and when you get their realize it’s crawling with tourists? The audacity of those people. The sheer audacity of them polluting a pristine, off-the-beaten-path nirvana with their touristy ways and bodies. It’s enough to make even the most patient woman or man send up all sorts of rage-filled posts on Instagram.
Speaking of which, you well know that it is North Shore Time on Oahu’s North Shore. The Triple Crown is running, the waves are pumping, surf houses hosting BBQs, surf industry having many productive “off-site” meetings and Pipeline is just weeks away from opening its doors to the world’s best surfers.
The most wonderful time of year except for all the dang traffic.
And these poor, beleaguered professional surfers are stuck in it. Stuck in it instead of professional surfing, attending surf house BBQs or getting interviewed by Ashton Goggans.
They have come from the far corners of the globe to be here. From California and Australia, Brazil and France, South Africa and France Part Deux (Tahiti) and they have come by the droves to what? To sit in traffic? The audacity of the tourists. The blow-ins there to clog everything up and look at turtles or coral or palm trees or dumb stuff.
The bastards.
At least there is Instagram for satisfyingly angry ripostes.
great to meet a fan. 😉
Give a fuck factor… Zero
Oh Ive installed more of those than I can remember. Easy to install but a motherfucker when they break. The last two Daikins I installed had main boards go out within a month. One of them took the condenser fan board and two indoor boards with it. It took a week and a half to get the parts. Customer was irate.
You don’t need to trash turtle tourists,
To love Beach Grit!
Kelly is just shedding light on the problems associated with over tourism . There I spun it for him in a positive light. Kelly hire me as publicist and I’ll combat people in comment threads all day for you.
There are two issues…you can see turtles at Alii Beach Park instead of at Laniakea. More importantly…if the Hawaii DOT wanted to they could build a bypass just like they did with Haleiwa. But that would be in court forever because of a myriad of reasons.
What’s funny is the traffic is waaaaay worse in summer
In February it was as bad as I have ever seen it. Traffic was basically backed up northbound at the Leong/Kam Highway intersection.
Elo’s shouting the entire team WSL to a day of turtle watching…
There’s a charming name ‘Turtle Head’ for a problem which afflicts busy people. Whereby a wee dod o’ shite repeatedly pokes it’s pointy end out yer ring-piece (like the head of turtle) as you bustle around attempting to make time for a trip to the porcelain throne.
I trust this brings some potential cultural value to the situation.
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Aka ‘prairie dogging’
kelly is such a cunt.
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People who have been stuck in Kansas or wherever their whole life save up for a trip to Hawaii and they want to see a turtle and surfing’s Lex Luthor gets his panties in a twist about it? That’s almost as dumb as some guy from Florida making a giant energy sucking pond in a state locked in perpetual drought and electricity delivery issues.
Million ups!
The traffic problem is a fake news story which has been propogated by numerous surfers desperate to avoid having to appear on the next episode of The Pick Up.
“Sorry Ashton, not gonna make it in time… crazy traffic on the Kam highway. Fucking tourists.”
Took me a couple years but Your comments have grown on me Mr. Lebrone. I cant stand that cunts voice.
Everything’s within a few miles – bikes should be made available and then it’d be supereasy and fast to get around – cars there make no sense for the vast majority
It’s better than slogging up the 805 or 15 to install a fucking duct system in an attic
If it’s at your moms house is it a fucking mother ducter?
Yes! I have her call the competition in that case.
Shouldn’t the magic healer cunt be able to make the mind not give a fuck about petty nuisances such as traffic?
How are you feeling right now…?
“You should watch the playback of yourself in traffic! Just have fun, guy’”
Like I want to smash the fucking other drivers! I mean, yes having fun
Who knows what the real story is here? I know several proposals to divert traffic and/or build parking and a bridge have been lodged but are always rejected by the cunty Hawaiian bureaucrats. Attempting to strong arm the North Shore residents who want to ‘keep the country country’, rather than allow lucrative development deals that would enrich said cunts in Honolulu, I assume?
YES. They have tried to ban parking and the locals got pissed so the only other option is a bypass like they have around Haleiwa Town. But as you mention is a battle between the locals, the environmentalists and the bureaucrats.
Meanwhile…if you want to see turtles…go to Alii Beach Park and walk the beach..especially towards the Jodo Mission on the south side.
Or go for a snorkel at Pua’ena Point, they’re basically crawling over the top of each other in the water.
I really don’t miss that annual shit show. Except for the bags of free crap. That was nice.
Why isn’t there any way to get a good plate lunch on the mainland? Thats what I miss.
There are a coupled “Hawaiian” places in SF that might have ’em. Haven’t tried yet, can’t be the same.
I’ll have to do a search. The rice is what they always get wrong. Thanks.
There aren’t any L&L or Nalu places up there? We have them here in OC. Not as good as on the islands, but better than nothing.
To give fellow gritters some context, the popular surf spot, Laniakea, has recently been dubbed “turtle beach”. Many tourist guides and Waikiki hotels send guests out to the North Shore to see a turtle. The grid lock on Kam Hwy is now miles in both directions pretty much year round.
Drive like a turtle tourism
https://youtu.be/VLNEfyB8Br4
So slow, you may get trampled by turtles. https://youtu.be/XirsfmpK0oY
Hadn’t heard of this band. I appreciate the heads up on new music.
Thanks DS
Chas v. Ashton Goggans Part Deux Deux.
I can sense the stirrings in the air. The faint stench of building animosity.
Were there cold stares exchanged in Florida? Little celebration of dances past shared? Slap silly good times, smiles turned upside down?
There’s a storm a brewing again. And I like it.
He cancelled his plans because I was there and didn’t come!
Ha! Avoidance?! So passive aggressive!
You mean evasion, Kent?
It’s true.
I just listened to the SS pod with you two “debating” and Ashton should have been DQ’d for the personal attacks and the lame-as-fuck “what about the children” trope. Chas is the winner!
Nah – Chas is my personal hero and I love him but he was the punk in that podcast – Chas’ entire persona is built on extolling personal attacks and insults – so it was a SUPER BAD look to get so bent out of shape for being called a glommer when he says worse things about everyone else left and right.
… and Chas shall always be.
I watched some Stab thingy on youtube where Goggins referred to hiself as “Beanie Boi” so.. you know.. it’s still on. I like it too Ottzie.
I’ve never heard specifically of a “Turtle Tourist Industry” also I stopped following Kelz cuz of relentless pseudo-science bullshit and long-winded defensives of said bullshit.
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I love your search engine.
Me too! Has got me out of a pickle many times (and helped me procrastinate for hideous amounts of time searching random variables)
….you know what their looking for!
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