A Nice Surf Adventure
well I recently went on a rather long trip, I mean one that took almost 3 weeks to conclude, and dealt with
all sorts of interminable delays (I recommend that you do not fly American Airlines if you can at all help it).
I went to Miami and the Florida Keys as well as Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and a few other islands in the region sometimes referred to as the Spanish Main. Now I am in Scottsdale, Arizona. All in all it was a pretty good trip despite the various travel delays (thanks American Airlines). I think I will try to fly Northwest Airlines next time because they happen to be a lot better in my humble opinion. I notice that a lot of folks are getting sports injuries and PRP or prolotherapy injections in order to rehab it. By the way PRP mean Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy and all in all both prolotherapy and PRP treatments seem to be growing in popularity overall.So it is nice to be back on my home island of Kauai, it is such a quiet and unassuming little place, and very beautiful as well. One thing I look forward to doing is getting back to the surfing, which is a passion of mine. I just visited some areas that have some really good surfing, such as the island of Barbados in the I believe British West Indies (which has been featured in Surfer magazine a number of times and was also one of the main settings in James Micheners book which chronicled the real life Pirates of the Caribbean such as Captain Morgan and Blackbeard, among others), I did not go because I did not have my surfboard with me, and it costs about as much as the board is worth to take it with me (I am exaggerating a bit here to be sure but you get the idea). At least I did not have golf bags since I am a huge fan of scottsdale golf courses on the whole or even Phoenix, Arizona golf courses. In any case, kauai boasts some top surfing, and some of the best surfers in the world, such as the Irons' brothers, Chris Marseille and Laird Hamilton, to name just a few, happen to be from here. That being said, the surf here is not quite as good as the north shore of Oahu, although it does get just as big, as of course it gets the same wave swells from Alaska's Aleutian islands. But the pointed shape of Oahu's north shore means a better shaped wave for the most part as they peal off the tip. Kauai has more of a rounded, blunt north shore, unfortunately, which is not so ideal for wave shape, thus you do not have the famous Waimea Bays and Pipelines, etc. that Oahu is known for. I have also heard that Costa Rica is a terrific surfing destination. may I suggest to you a costa rica surf camp or perhaps even a golf courses tour over there. They are highly recommended and can give you a truly great experience whether you are looking for this or even a costa rica surf and yoga retreat





