Introducing "Chambers."
The Israeli-Hamas conflict is entering its second week and it is heart-wrenching. Mass innocent casualties, many more over the horizon. The entire world is bent and twisted with rage, while watching. Comedian Sarah Silverman tweeting that Palestinian babies don’t deserve water. Beverly Hills doctors going on unhinged screeds about “demonic, pedophile zionists.”
Civil discourse down the drain.
In light of these wildly polarized times, Surfline, the forecasting giant and official partner of the World Surf League, has quietly altered the name of a beloved wave on Oahu’s North Shore just up from the Banzai Pipeline.
Yes, Gas Chambers is now, officially, simply Chambers.
The other Gas Chambers, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, is also, formally, Chambers.
A “gas chamber” is not, in and of itself, evil or bad though the most common association is certainly with the horrors of World War II when Germany’s Nazis attempted to wipe Jewish people from the earth, often utilizing gas chambers in hellish concentration camps.
Now, do you think Surfline’s sensitivity, here, is long overdue or are you of the mind that history is history and changing names, destroying monuments etc. is an affront to sense?
Which “team” are you on and can you shout the opposing side into oblivion or jail?
Give it a go.
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Pre Sid, great band.
Steamer’s…
Black’s…
Leo’s…
Swami’s…
Boo…
Since smoking a pipe is very old fashioned perhaps it should be called ‘Vape’ now.
Ignorance is bliss, especially when it comes to Surfline anything…
Cunt rock will always be Cunt rock
Almost every surf spot east of Haleiwa to Velzyland has a bastardized and misnomered name thanks to the west coast haole surf industry colonizers from the 1950’s and 60’s. I’d like to see the true Hawaiian locality names replace these stupid faker names but that’ll never happen. I could give a rip about Chambers but Surfline also fucked up the name of another non-Hawaiian named spot in the modern local surfer parlance and vernacular.
They list the spot between Laniakea and Chun’s as “Hultins”. The real name correctly dubbed is “Holton’s” – named in the late 1970’s for the haole brothers from town, Mike and Mark Holton. Not really deserved, but somehow that name stuck cause little Mikey used to paddle over there and surf it alone back in the day.
Not sure if this link works but here’s Mike and the Rubberman talking story bout 10 years ago.
Fun wave , worked on a house right in front earlyn00,s ,paddle right off the back lawn
Good times
vals looked good before the swell came in. sand everywhere ‘cept Sunset Pt.? stoked for the upcoming season. need anythin’?
Bitter over haole names? Please inform us what the local names are? By the way there wasn’t a surf industry in the 50s and 60s. No leashes, wetsuits, ASP,.. Just Gidget, Surfer mag, Hang Ten, and Bruce Brown
So by that reasoning, should we rename everything that was changed after Kamehameha I invaded and colonized Oahu and Maui (with English guns, no less)? He called the invaded Islands “the Kingom of Hawaii”. Before that, they had their own names. My family was from Kauaimanokalanipo, and my cuz is from Mauinohonapiilani. He also got rid of the Kapu system, which was never agreed upon by the other Ali’i.
No Hawaii unless it’s on the Big Island? Thoughts? And should we then get rid of all nationality names that don’t reflect Hawaiian? Just saying, it’s a slippery issue.
While I agree that local interests should take a preferred position, saying that the 50/60s surfers were “colonizers” is a bit much. And BTW, these surfer “colonizers” respected the culture to the point where they refused to enter the Pu’u o Mahuka. Mahalo.
They should change the name of every surf spot
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carry on my wayward son~
Winkipop now called “consensual envelopment”.
The one I know is a hottie blonde…
I’ve been calling for this. My farts are constantly offended
Woke will never sleep
AI forever
Chas Gambers…
Wow xox
Crap Table Blue’s
Did anyone ask for this?
Are they changing Blacks to African Americans.
Lance’s Right and Lance’s Left now Lance’s Bi-Partisan Cooperation
Impossibles is now A for effort.
Ha!
Participation Ribbons xox
straight offAdolph’sThis is so confusing as I know white African Americans
Mark Zuckerberg just outed himself by name dropping his homie elon.
THIS!!! BUT mine is blonde, female(ok that could be Elon too) and built for speed…
Oh it’s back to blacks.
and hidden eyes thru veils…
Dos EquisAmber’sI left some skin on the reef there many years ago. Swell was too west for Pipe. Ill have to check this cam for fond memories
be kind. rewind.
surfed there once with an Israeli who refused to go left into the shallow part where rocky rights ends.
what a pussy.
Surfline should go to the gas chamber.
” Hey this is Rob Mitstifer with your afternoon Auswitch surf report…”