Almost gone too soon.
Kai Lenny, man. Is there anything the Maui built super stud can do wrong? The handsome 31-year-old is handsome, fearless, respected, talented and handsome. “Brave and daring and honey coloured,” according to master of modern erotic surf poetry Derek Rielly. He is, or was, best friends with Mark Zuckerberg but even that closeness with a technology master could not save him from getting caught by Surfline’s “definitely under-forecast” swell.
Those who do not live on the Hawaiian islands were, maybe, unaware as, days ago, monster waves made a sneak attack on north facing shores. While surfers hurried to wax the probably the wrong boards, caught unawares, homeowners and commuters took to the streets in order to hold protests. Fiery chants of “Blame Surfline” filling the balmy air.
Kai Lenny Over the Falls
Kai Lenny, though, confident and audacious, was out amongst it, a the ominously named Jaws, and shared a terrifying video of him paddling up the face of a watery giant before getting sucked over in slow motion, likely driven deep. Davey Jones tickling his ankles with cold, clammy fingers.
“Learning new tricks in big waves don’t come with out consequences. Every fall or caught inside there’s a chance the board will go straight on the rocks. In an attempt to save my board I was dragged over the falls,” he penned to Instagram.
The question must be asked, though. Might the potentially deadly trip been averted had Surfline done its job?
Allowing Kai Lenny to, as advertised, “Know before he went?”
More to the point, should a congressional inquiry be taken up in order to get to the bottom of the misfire?
I think it would be a very good use of resources. Something that would bring the country together.
In any case, I was out surfing yesterday morning too. I caught a rib-high right and was ready to really get into it when a vulnerable adult learner, male, aged 55+, dropped out of the sky, nearly landing right on me. While not as dynamic as the Kai Lenny footage, it was scary.
#IStandWithKai
#BraveBoy
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No one’s going to listen til the end of this song, if they listen at all, but vocalist Fox Trotsky sings: “… but there’s a U in Fuckhead”. I think about that a lot.
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Imagine being able to read a synoptic chart and having access to the best buoys in all the land.
Xox
Or having access to the best boys in Thailand…
Oh la la xoxo
took a commercial break from feed Phil food show in Thailand…no boyz were hurt during the filming, or eating/
Am I the only person that stops watching a instagram clip as soon as the footage swaps to slow mo?
#istandwithjimmy
Unless it’s tiddies.
Xox
“fell out of the sky”
Paraglider? Forced sex by inbred trash?
Guy has two kids now. Should probably just hang it up.
If I had two kids, I’d be trying to drown.
Ditto
Guy probably definitely has a garage full of every craft imaginable and plenty of “resources” to get many many more… ain’t worth dying over.
I watched a youtube video of his garage. Lots of red bull cans… all shapes and sizes and many many back ups.
Did you pull your inflation vest, Chas, or was inside pipes shallow enough to stand up?
Thankfully I could stand. #blessed