“Ricochet the Surfing Dog” to be
immortalized with statue like Kelly Slater, Duke Kahanamoku,
Cardiff Kook
By Chas Smith
Your help needed.
One of the highest honors in all of surfing is to have a
statue erected. A monument to one’s contribution to
sliding upon the sea. There are surprisingly few statues of
surfers, only four that I can think of off the top of my head, in
fact. Kelly Slater in Cocoa Beach, Yancy Spencer III in Pensacola,
Duke Kahanamoku in Honolulu and Kook in Cardiff-by-the-Sea.
A fifth will soon join the ranks.
“Ricochet the Surfing Dog.”
The beloved Golden Retriever sadly passed away last March after
a battle with liver cancer though her life was full. Ricochet used
her surfing skills to bring joy to many, including veterans
suffering PTSD. She traveled north and south, east and west, mostly
going straight in the whitewash but sometimes bashing the lip.
Artist Susan Bahary, renowned for creating “inspiring dog
sculptures” is not about to let the pup’s memory fade. She is
asking the public to help raise $145,000 in order to create the
bust which will, hopefully, live forever in Del Mar.
All funds will go to NSAM strictly for the building of our
Memorial and a full tax donation will be given. Our sculptor, Susan
Bahary, is offering her artistic services at no cost, other than
for the mold and casting costs. Therefore, you will be helping to
build the Ricochet memorial at the same time your donations will
help build the National Service Animals Memorial in the nation’s
Capital!
Two happy lil girls come (relatively) close to gruesome
end on Oahu beach.
Graphic: Cop on quad-bike almost crushes
two little girls playing on Oahu beach
By Derek Rielly
"It was pretty heavy, and she was going at a very
fast pace.”
North Shore locals are furious after a cop on a quad-bike
almost took out a couple of little girls playing on the beach a
couple of days back.
Here’s the scene.
Three Honolulu Police Department cops on quad bikes are stymied
in their progress by two little girls playing in the middle of the
beach.
Instead of, say, asking the kids to move or taking a different
line, the head cop, just…drops it… and flies around the
kids, missing ‘em by a couple of feet.
The former pro turned surf coach Kahea Hart posted the video on
his account yesterday.
And, after apologising for the quality of the footage, the
filmer freaked out when he thought he was going to see a kid
squashed, Hart narrates the vision as it switches to
slow-mo:
“These two little girls are lying on the beach, no clue to
what’s behind them…she decides to gun it and comes to within two
feet of these children. It was pretty heavy, and she was going at a
very fast pace.”
From what I understand… (the quad-bike patrols) are to
prevent those popup influencers parties and holiday drinking on the
beach but these patrols are out every weekend in the mornings
speeding down the beach.
Now, if an incident like this happens while on patrol how
would these officers perform when there’s an actual emergency or
some thing that needs to be addressed.
Like I said in the video, I felt very sorry for this officer
clearly out of her element not enough training and experience on
the machine or in the sand was done prior to the situation. I would
not like her to lose her job, but a lot more time needs to be spent
training a lot more time needs to be spent wisely with our
taxpayers money.
If these guys are in a patrol, it needs to be in the late
afternoon, and when the sun goes down and the Chronic come out two
case the vacant luxury second home along the beach.
We who LIVE here know that but where is the thinking from
the law enforcement and city of Honolulu?
As you might imagine, North Shore locals were unfavourably
disposed towards the cops’ behaviour.
Why are they patrolling the beach so intensely? 3 officers
needed for monitoring of families hanging out? So much for quiet
peaceful time. Go away cops.
Whoever approved this nonsense of law enforcement atvs zooming
on the beach should be held accountable. Where is the
justification? I’ve seen them going so fast down the beach at
crozier that I’ve been scared I’d be run over. Thank you for
bringing this issue up. We the people, the law abiding tax payers
are not having our money used in a way that is logical or providing
safety to us.
Her expression while almost running over these kids is
concerning, why the fuck is she smiling?
This is effing nuts! The police have absolutely no place on the
beach, especially with our phenomenal lifeguards. During covid at
the end of summer, I watched from a beachfront house as two cops,
obviously answering a “concerned citizen” report, schlepped in
closed shoes and street uniforms all the way out almost to the
shoreline in the midday heat at Ke Iki, to issue tickets to a
couple. These two had only been there for five minutes and were
sitting, looking at the water to assess ocean conditions before
getting in. There was not a single other person on the vast beach
to “infect”. What a waste of taxpayer money, then and…still?! Fish
out of water
Maybe would be better if they was patrolling at night when
theives and chronics are on the hunt .. not to much crime during
the day time on the beach. kinda just harassing and irritating.
They were also ripping right next to the surfers on Jet Skis
this morning. Don’t know why we need police literally in the water
with us while we surf.
And so on.
Have you ever had a nice experience with police?
And do you like the idea of cops banging down the beach on
four-wheelers in the middle of the day while the thieves and
vagabonds sleep in their lairs?
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Slater(?) defended. Photo: Instagram
Kelly Slater’s girlfriend appears to clap
back at Shakira after singer ensnares surf champ in thirst
trap!
By Chas Smith
You may be in his DMs but you're not in his police
report. We are not the same."
It is easy to blame a man, or woman, for
stumbling in a relationship. Especially when that man, or woman, is
notable. Direct messages filled with amorous petitions, flirty
comments left underneath otherwise blameless photos, digital notes
passed underneath digital tables. Easy to blame, yes. The happily
coupled should, of course, avert eyes, stay focused, practice
restraint and self-control. Should not fall prey to momentary lust
that will certainly lead nowhere but perdition and/or a
lawsuit.
The Colombian songstress with the voice of an angel is
impossible to resist. Impossible from the tips of her toes through
those truth-telling hips all the way up to the hair on her
head.
Impossible and, much to the chagrin of men everywhere, Shakira
is newly single having spectacularly broken up with Spanish soccer
stud Gerard Piqué earlier in the year.
Enter Kelly Slater
One of Shakira’s first orders of business, post-split, was to go
surfing. One of her second orders was to follow the world’s
greatest surfer, Kelly Slater, on Instagram. Now, Slater all this
would be fine and well except for the fact that the 11x
champion has been in a committed and loving relationship with his
Chinese girlfriend for nearly two decades. By all accounts, they
appear very happy together, traveling the world with their small
Chihuahua etc.
So why is Kelly Slater “liking” photographs of Shakira’s
gam?
As previously stated, impossible to resist but in a new video,
what must be Slater’s girlfriend claps directly back at the
multi-time Grammy award winner and anyone else hoping for a little
extracurricular Cocoa Beach cuddling.
The couple, who simply must be Slater and his girlfriend by the
looks of it, are sitting in a car. That Slater figure is wearing a
white tank top with a blue neckerchief and sits quietly
nodding while his girlfriend declares, “You may be in his DMs but
you’re not in his police report. We are not the same.”
Raimana VB not under threat, thankfully, but others on
Big Island jobless today. Photo: Instagram
Bloody Friday on Big Island as surf school
lottery goes horribly wrong!
By Chas Smith
“It wasn’t illegal, but it’s not pono."
Now, the adult learner explosion has been bad
for many but also good for many. Costco, rinse kit manufacturers
and surf schools, to name but three. Now, as the grumpy local
knows, there can be such a thing as too much and certain
beaches have too much surf schools. Various municipalities, trying
to keep order, have turned to a permit solution, wherein operators
must apply for official recognition in order to teach the Sport of
Kings.
And let us make our way across the Pacific to Hawaii’s Big
Island where a novel approach to regulation went horribly awry.
Seventeen hopeful surf school owners had gathered in the Old
Kona Airport Pavilion, on Friday, waiting to see if they would
receive one of only four permits being offered for the very popular
Kalahu’u Bay. The Department of Land and Resources had decided to
drop balls in a hopper, bingo style, in order to select the
programs allowed to instruct the vulnerable.
The balls were dropped, spun and selected.
One person, Wesley Moore, getting three out of the four
slots.
His companies were not created until 2021.
Green Stegehuis, who was born and raised in Kahalu‘u Bay and has
been surf instructing for years was not happy, telling Big Island Now,
“It wasn’t illegal, but it’s not pono [right]. This is right before
the holidays and this is when we get our income. Our entire family
is like what now, come Monday?”
Schools which have been operating for decades now shuttered.
Dan Dennison, spokesperson for the state Department of Land and
Natural Resources that held the lottery, said it was all fair and
square, per the rules, and nothing can be done. If Wesley Moore
wanted to be a bro and kick a few of his permits to others, he’s
not even allowed as they would go to the next on the waitlist.
Does Wesley Moore sound like a bro name?
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Griffin Colapinto falls under the spell of charismatic
faith healer Dr Joe Spinoza (inset, helping a woman to self-cure
her infertility.)
Surfing’s “Gandhi” Griffin Colapinto falls
under spell of charismatic faith-healer Joe Dispenza!
By Derek Rielly
“I’m leaving this retreat with so much love in my
heart and an understanding of how POWERFUL us humans Beings
actually are.”
Only three months ago and but two weeks before his
failed swing at tearing off Filipe Toledo’s bolted-on
crown, Griffin Colapinto posted an extraordinarily
personal message on Instagram.
Not for nothing is the twenty five year old referred to as
the Gandhi of surfing.
You’ll remember he helped cool heads following the furore from
Brazilian surf fans after he won the Surf Ranch Pro in May.
And so, Griffin Colapinto’s search for meaning amid the chaos of
life is unsurprising.
In the lengthy missive (which you can read here),
Griffin Colapinto explored his feelings of emptiness and his search
for meaning despite becoming the most successful Californian surfer
in over thirty years.
Griffin Colapinto explained his pivot to Sādhanā, an
ego-transcending spiritual practice from India and the grave
warning issued by Kolohe Andino, a believer in the Christian
doctrine, who wrote, “No false idols.”
The phrase is loaded as hell and is associated with the Ten
Commandments where it warns against worshipping anything other than
the divine.
Now, in a new and equally personal confessional, Colapinto has
told of falling under the spell of the best-selling author Doc Joe
Dispenza, a man who believes a woman’s infertility can be cured by
the power of thought and whose chiropractic degree is from an
institution that subsequently lost its accreditation for “poor
teaching methods.”
Who were all there, either to Heal themselves of life
threatening diseases and traumas, or just better themselves as
people and to live a happier life. On this retreat we ended up
meditating a total of 35 hours and all the other time we were being
informed on the PURPOSE and SCIENCE behind these meditations. That
way when we went into the meditation we had a strong BELIEF and
DIRECTION of what we were doing.
I’ll tell you right now. It was one of the best weeks of my
life! I’m leaving this retreat with so much love in my heart and an
understanding of how POWERFUL us humans Beings actually are. This
Practice is changing the world for the better and that is why I’m
sharing.
So, when I first showed up I had a thought that I wouldn’t
share this on social media, just due to the fact that I thought I
could use this Practice to have an edge on my competitors in my
Surf Events.
But as the week went on I realized that would be a very
limited thing to do and An Unlimited Person does not behave that
way. An Unlimited person shares their secrets.
I learned that to Attract the things we want in our life, it
takes a clear intention, an open mind, and an open heart.
It’s also important to walk, talk, and act as the person who
has already achieved their dreams. So for instance, I wanna be a
world champion surfer. I must walk, talk, and act like it. Do world
champions speak negatively, judge, gossip, complain? Those are all
limited actions.
So to have the awareness to not fall to the limited and stay
unlimited is very important. In these meditations is were we
strengthen that awareness. We draw the events to us by changing our
bad habits and become a new person.
Then the rest is up to life, god, source, the universe, to
Attract your clear intention when you least expect it. In a very
MAGICAL way!
Griffin Colapinto continues,
The thing about this retreat that’s really game changing is
the science side of it. We learned all about frequency, atoms,
molecules, brain waves, energy etc. and the way they play a massive
role in our universe.
Witch is a huge part of why this is changing the world! It
doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t matter if you are religious or
Athiest. The science Is what bridges the gap and unites every one
of us.
Another mind blowing experience was the Coherence Healing.
We witnessed some very surreal moments in this meditation. All I’ll
say is if I had an illness, the first thing I would do is go for a
coherence healing.
I mean 2,000 people all in the same room with the same
intention to heal those before them by sending them their love
energy. Cancer, Tumors, Als, blind, loss of hearing, liver disease,
depression and much more. We witnessed these healings first
hand!
We are all part of a web, each and every one of us is
connected to it. A change or healing in just one person affects the
web and Change creates new possibilities. Your personality creates
your personal reality!
Clearly our world is not in its best state right now. But
don’t worry because there’s a higher consciousness emerging! I saw
it and felt it.
Etc.
Not everyone is quite so taken by the good Doc, however.
